Herman Wold
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Herman Ole Andreas Wold was a Swedish mathematician, economist, and statistician who worked in probability theory and economics. Born in Skien on December 25, 1908, he was educated at Stockholm University. He served as a university teacher at Uppsala University and the University of Gothenburg. His doctoral advisor was Harald Cramér, and he supervised doctoral students including Karl Gustav Jöreskog and Peter Whittle.
Wold was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the Econometric Society. He died in Gothenburg on February 16, 1992. He spoke English and had a child named Agnes Wold.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andreas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Skien
- Place of death
- Gothenburg
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Stockholm University
- Employer
- Uppsala University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Harald Cramér
- Field of work
- economics
- Image
- Professor Herman Wold, Uppsala, 1969.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1908-12-25
- date of death
- 1992-02-16
- member of
- Econometric Society
- birth name
- Herman Ole Andreas Wold
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