John Chambers (statistician)

John Chambers
Born
John McKinley Chambers

(1941-04-28) April 28, 1941
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Toronto (BSc)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Known forR programming language
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsStatistical computing
Institutions
Websitejohnmchambers.su.domains

John McKinley Chambers (born April 28, 1941) is the creator of the S programming language, and core member of the R programming language project. He was awarded the 1998 ACM Software System Award for developing S.