Walter A. Shewhart
Walter Andrew Shewhart (pronounced like "shoe-heart"; March 18, 1891 – March 11, 1967) was an American physicist, engineer and statistician, sometimes known as the father of statistical quality control and also related to the Shewhart cycle.
Walter A. Shewhart | |
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Shewhart in April 1920 | |
| Born | March 18, 1891 New Canton, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 11, 1967 (aged 75) Troy Hills, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois, University of California, Berkeley |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | physics, engineering, statistics |
| Institutions | Western Electric |
W. Edwards Deming said of him:
As a statistician, he was, like so many of the rest of us, self-taught, on a good background of physics and mathematics.
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