About Hubert Lilliefors
Lived 1928 – 2008 (aged 79). Hubert Lilliefors was an American statistician and mathematician.
Hubert Whitman Lilliefors (June 14, 1928 – February 23, 2008 in Bethesda, Maryland) was an American statistician, noted for his introduction of the Lilliefors test.
Lilliefors received a BA in mathematics from George Washington University in 1952 and his PhD at the George Washington University in 1964 under the supervision of Solomon Kullback. At the same university, he was a professor of statistics for 39 years. In the 1970s he participated in the randomizing process for the US military draft.
A memorial session in his honor was held at the Joint Statistical Meetings in August 2009 in Washington, D.C.
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Who was Hubert Lilliefors?
American statistician (1928–2008)
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Hubert Lilliefors was born on 14 June 1928 in Reading.
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Hubert Lilliefors died on 23 February 2008 in Bethesda.
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Hubert Lilliefors was a statistician and mathematician.
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Hubert Lilliefors was American.
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