Sokal, Robert R.

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Sokal, Robert R.
Date of birth
1926-01-13
Date of death
2012-04-09
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 108444893
Wikidata: Q2158553
Library of congress: n 50016659
HAI10: 000263361
Sources of Information
  • His Principles of numerical taxonomy, 1963.
  • Letzte Zuflucht Schanghai : die Liebesgeschichte von Robert Reuven Sokal und Julie Chenchu Yang, 2008:p. 16 (b. 13 Jan. 1926)
  • OCLC, 19 May 2008(hdg.: Sokal, Robert R.; Sokal, Robert Reuven, 1926-; Sokal, Robert R.; usage: Robert R. Sokal)
  • Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1926)

Wikipedia description:

Robert Reuven Sokal (January 13, 1926, in Vienna, Austria – April 9, 2012, in Stony Brook, New York) was an Austrian–American biostatistician and entomologist. Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Stony Brook University, Sokal was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He promoted the use of statistics in biology and co-founded the field of numerical taxonomy, together with Peter H. A. Sneath.

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