Edward Tufte
Edward Tufte | |
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Tufte (age 73) during his one-day course in Dallas, May 21, 2015 | |
| Born | March 14, 1942 Kansas City, Missouri |
| Occupation | Professor, statistician, writer, sculptor |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Stanford University (BS, MS) Yale University (PhD) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | The Civil Rights Movement and Its Opposition (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Dahl |
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Edward Rolf Tufte (/ˈtʌfti/ ⓘ; born March 14, 1942), sometimes known as "ET", is an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design and as a pioneer in the field of data visualization.