Woodroofe (surname)
Woodroofe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Grace Woodroofe, Australian guitarist * Michael Woodroofe (1940—2022), American statistician See also * Woodrooffe References {{surname Surnames of Old English origin ...
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Grace Woodroofe
Grace Rachel Woodroofe is a blues singer and guitarist from Perth, Australia. From 2015-2021, she performed under the name R.W. Grace. In 2023 she announced her return to music with a new single "Beginning", again using her original artist name of "Grace Woodroofe". Career When she was 17 and still in high school, Woodroofe recorded two demos of songs she wrote and uploaded them to the Triple J website Unearthed. One of her friends was also Heath Ledger's sister, and the friend sent Ledger a link to Woodroofe's music. Ledger liked Woodroofe's music, so he invited her to Los Angeles, where she met Ben Harper, who also took a liking to her music. Woodroofe was Ledger's first music act signed to his label The Masses. Harper later produced her debut album, ''Always Want'', and his band, Relentless7, played on the album. Ledger also produced a video for her cover of the David Bowie song " Quicksand". In 2010, she said of this video that "It was completely his vision. He directed ...
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Michael Woodroofe
Michael Barrett Woodroofe (March 17, 1940 – February 22, 2022) was an American probabilist and statistician. He was a professor of statistics and of mathematics at the University of Michigan, where he was the Leonard J. Savage Professor until his retirement. He was noted for his work in sequential analysis and nonlinear renewal theory, in central limit theory, and in nonparametric inference with shape constraints. Education and career Woodroofe was born in Corvalis, Oregon, and grew up in nearby Athena, Oregon. He received his Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Stanford University in 1962. He went on to the University of Oregon for his masters and PhD in mathematics, which he completed in 1965. After his PhD, he spent a brief stint as an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, before moving to the University of Michigan in 1968. He spent the rest of his career at Michigan, where he was a founding member of the statistics department. In 1994 he was named ...
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Woodrooffe
Woodrooffe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Woodrooffe (1766–?), 19th-century British author * Thomas Woodrooffe (1899–1978), British naval officer, broadcaster, and writer See also * Woodroffe * Woodroofe (surname) Woodroofe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Grace Woodroofe, Australian guitarist * Michael Woodroofe (1940—2022), American statistician See also * Woodrooffe References {{surname Surnames of Old English origin ...