Walter A. Shewhart
Walter A. Shewhart | |
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Shewhart in April 1920 | |
| Born | March 18, 1891 New Canton, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 11, 1967 (aged 75) Troy Hills, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois, University of California, Berkeley |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | physics, engineering, statistics |
| Institutions | Western Electric |
Walter Andrew Shewhart (pronounced like "shoe-heart"; March 18, 1891 – March 11, 1967) was an American physicist, engineer and statistician. He is sometimes also known as the grandfather of statistical quality control and also related to the Shewhart cycle.
W. Edwards Deming said of him:
As a statistician, he was, like so many of the rest of us, self-taught, on a good background of physics and mathematics.