Walter Francis Willcox

Walter F. Willcox
Born(1861-03-22)March 22, 1861
DiedOctober 30, 1964(1964-10-30) (aged 103)
NationalityAmerican
EducationAmherst College
Columbia University
Childrenone daughter and 3 sons
Academic career
InstitutionCornell University
Doctoral
advisor
Richmond Mayo-Smith
Doctoral
students
Allyn Abbott Young

Walter Francis Willcox (March 22, 1861 – October 30, 1964)[1] was an American statistician. He was professor of economics at Cornell University.[2] He founded the statistical research office in the U.S. Census Bureau.[3]

  1. ^ Rice, Stuart A (1964). "Walter Francis Willcox, March 28, 1861 - October 30, 1964". Revue de l'Institut International de Statistique / Review of the International Statistical Institute. 32 (3). ISI: 340–346. JSTOR 1401885.
  2. ^ "Walter Willcox, an Economist, 103; Ex-Cornell Professor Dies —Aide for Census Unit". New York Times. 1964.
  3. ^ Anderson, Margo J. (2001), Heyde, C. C.; Seneta, E.; Crépel, P.; Fienberg, S. E. (eds.), "Walter Francis Willcox", Statisticians of the Centuries, Springer, pp. 265–267, doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-0179-0_56, ISBN 978-1-4613-0179-0

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