John Tukey

John Tukey
Born	(1915-06-16)June 16, 1915 New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	July 26, 2000(2000-07-26) (aged 85) New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Education	Brown University (BA, MS) Princeton University (PhD)
Known for	Exploratory data analysis Multiple comparisons problem Projection pursuit Box plot Blackman–Tukey transformation Cooley–Tukey FFT algorithm Freeman–Tukey transformation Siegel–Tukey test Stone–Tukey theorem Tukey–Duckworth test Tukey's range test Tukey lambda distribution Tukey's trimean Tukey's test of additivity Tukey's lemma Tukey mean difference plot Tukey median Tukey depth Tukey's biweight function Tukey's fences Tukey window Cepstrum Flexagon Median polish Midhinge Slash distribution Theory of conjoint measurement Coining the term 'bit' Scagnostics
Awards	Wilks Memorial Award (1965) National Medal of Science (1973) Shewhart Medal (1976) IEEE Medal of Honor (1982) Deming Medal (1982) Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1991)
Scientific career
Fields	Topology
Institutions	Bell Labs Princeton University
Thesis	On Denumerability in Topology[1]
Doctoral advisor	Solomon Lefschetz[1]
Doctoral students	David R. Brillinger Kai Lai Chung Arthur Dempster Leo Goodman Karen Kafadar Paul Meier Frederick Mosteller John A. Hartigan

John Wilder Tukey (/ˈtuːki/; June 16, 1915 – July 26, 2000) was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and box plot.^[2] The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller–Tukey lemma all bear his name. He is also credited with coining the term bit and the first published use of the word software.