Chris Heyde
Chris Heyde | |
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| Born | 20 April 1939 Sydney, Australia |
| Died | 6 March 2008 (aged 68) Canberra, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | The Australian National University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Probability theory, Stochastic processes, Statistics |
| Institutions | Columbia University, University of Melbourne, CSIRO, University of Manchester, University of Sheffield, Michigan State University, The Australian National University, Canberra. |
| Doctoral advisor | Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran |
Christopher Charles Heyde (20 April 1939, in Sydney – 6 March 2008, in Canberra) was a prominent Australian statistician who did leading research in probability, stochastic processes and statistics.
Heyde was a professor at Columbia University, the University of Melbourne, CSIRO, University of Manchester, University of Sheffield, Michigan State University, and The Australian National University, Canberra.
In 2008, Heyde died of metastatic melanoma.