Danie Gerhardus Krige () (26 August 1919 – 3 March 2013) was a South African

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and

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who pioneered the field of

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and was professor at the

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, Republic of

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. The technique of kriging is named after him. Krige's empirical work to evaluate mineral resources was formalised in the 1960s by

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Georges Matheron.

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Obituary in Canadian Mining JournalKeynote: Address: A tribute to Prof. D.G. Krige for his contributions over a period of more than half a century
South African statisticians South African geologists South African mining engineers 1919 births 2013 deaths 20th-century South African engineers University of the Witwatersrand alumni University of the Witwatersrand academics People from Nala Local Municipality Geostatistics {{SouthAfrica-academic-bio-stub