Friedhelm Eicker

Friedhelm Eicker (5 April 1927 – 19 March 2022) was a German statistician and former professor at the University of Dortmund. He is known for his contributions in the development of heteroscedasticity-consistent standard errors.

Friedhelm Eicker
Born(1927-04-05)5 April 1927
Died19 March 2022(2022-03-19) (aged 94)
Alma materUniversity of Mainz
Known forHeteroscedasticity-consistent standard errors
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
InstitutionsUniversity of Dortmund
ThesisStatistische Theorie der Phasenumwandlung von Paraffinkristallen: Unter Berücksichtigung der Molekülverdrillung bei mittlerer Kettenlänge (1956)
Doctoral studentsThomas Royen
Websitewww.statistik.tu-dortmund.de/eicker.html

A native of Radevormwald, Eicker earned his PhD from the University of Mainz in 1956.

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