George Gallup
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American statistician (1901–1984)
OverviewAI-generated
George Gallup Jr. (1930–2011) was an author who produced fifty-two works. His notable publications include *Commentary on the state of Religion in the U.S. today*, *The people's religion*, *Adventures in immortality*, *Religion in America 1990*, and *The 1979 Gallup Poll*.
He was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1930
- Died
- 2011
- Works
- 52
Top works
- Commentary on the state of Religion in the U.S. today
- The people's religion
- Adventures in immortality
- Religion in America 1990
- The 1979 Gallup Poll
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,940x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,627x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,872x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 27,626x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 23,198x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “I could prove God statistically. Take the human body alone — the chances that all the functions of an individual would just happen is a statistical monstrosity.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- George Horace Gallup , ( 1901-11-18 ) November 18, 1901, Jefferson, Iowa , U.S.
- Died
- July 26, 1984 (1984-07-26) (aged 82), Tschingel ob Gunten , Bernese Oberland , Switzerland
- Alma mater
- University of Iowa
- Occupation
- Statistician
- Known for
- Gallup poll
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jefferson
- Place of death
- Tschingel
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Educated at
- University of Iowa
- Employer
- Gallup
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- statistics
- Image
- George Gallup 1961 (01).jpg
Show 9 more facts
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1901-11-18
- date of death
- 1984-07-26
- Commons category
- George Gallup
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- name in native language
- George Horace Gallup
- P12749
- The Sims 3: Seasons
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
George Horace Gallup (November 18, 1901 – July 26, 1984) was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a statistically based survey sampled measure of public opinion.
Life and career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “George Gallup” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.