John Aitchison
John Aitchison | |
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| Born | 22 July 1926 East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland |
| Died | 23 December 2016 (aged 90) Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | lognormal distribution, logratio approach to compositional data analysis |
| Awards | Guy Medal, 1982 Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1993 William Christian Krumbein Medal, 1995 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge University of Glasgow University of Liverpool University of Hong Kong University of Virginia |
John Aitchison (22 July 1926 – 23 December 2016) was a Scottish statistician.