Sixto Ríos
Sixto Ríos García (Pelahustán, Toledo, January 4, 1913 – Madrid, July 8, 2008), was a Spanish mathematician, known as the father of Spanish statistics. Biography The son of José María Ríos Moreiro and Maria Cristina Garcia Martin, he was taught by his parents, who were teachers. When the family moved to Madrid, he attended St. Maurice School and the IES San Isidro, being always the valedictorian.: M.A. Gomez-Villegas (2005Entrevista al Profesor Sixto Rios Garcia, ''Boletin de Estadistica e Investigacion Operativa'' 21(3)16–19 In 1932 he graduated with a degree in Mathematics from the Complutense University of Madrid, with the best marks and getting the award "''Bachelor's Degree Extraordinary Award, Premio Extraodinario''", later he obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematics. He was a student of Julio Rey Pastor and the Laboratory and Seminar of Mathematics (LSM). He recalled that Esteban Terradas influenced his entry to statistics. He became professor of mathematical analysis at ...
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