Jerzy Neyman

Jerzy Neyman was a mathematician, philosopher, statistician, and university teacher. He worked in the fields of mathematical statistics, mathematics, and statistics. His notable work includes the Neyman–Pearson lemma. He received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Wilks Memorial Award, and the National Medal of Science. Neyman was a member of the Royal Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences.

Born in Bender in 1894, he held citizenship in Poland and the United States. He was educated at the University of Warsaw, the National University of Kharkiv, University College London, and the University of Paris. His doctoral advisor was Wacław Sierpiński. Neyman earned a Doctor of Philosophy and a habilitation. He taught at the University of California, Berkeley, University College London, the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, and the Polish Academy of Sciences. He died in Oakland in 1981.