John Clements Davis (born October 21, 1938) is an American geologist best known for his research in the application of

statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ''wikt:Statistik#German, Statistik'', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of ...

to geology. He spent almost his entire professional career with the

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, being an Emeritus Scientist since 2003. He then served as Univ-Prof of Reservoir Characterization at the Montanuniversität in Leoben, Austria and is now Chief Geologist for Heinemann Oil GmbH in Austria.
Davis has been a member of several professional societies, most active in the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences, where he was Editor of the Newsletter (1973–1989), Western Treasurer (1972–1980), Secretary General (1980–1984), President (1984–1989) and Distinguished Lecturer (2002). The Association acknowledged his valuable contributions to the organization and science by presenting him with the Krumbein Medal. Davis also received the Haidinger Medal from the

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for his contributions to mathematical geology.

Education

*Ph.D. in geology, University of Wyoming, 1967 *M.S. in geology, University of Wyoming, 1963 *B.S. in geology, University of Kansas, 1961

Books

* John C. Davis (2002). Statistics and Data Analysis in Geology. Wiley & Sons, 3rd edition, 638 p. * John W. Harbaugh, John C. Davis, Johannes Wendebourg (1995). Computing Risk for Oil Prospects: Principles and Programs. Pergamon, 452 p. * John C. Davis, Ute C. Herzfeld, eds., (1993). Computers in Geology—25 Years of Progress. Oxford University Press, 298 p. * John W. Harbaugh, John C. Davis, John Doveton (1977). Probability Methods in Oil Exploration. John Wiley & Sons, 284 p. * John C. Davis, Michael J. McCullagh, eds., (1975). Display & Analysis of Spatial Data. Wiley & Sons, 378 p.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, John Clements Living people 20th-century American geologists University of Kansas alumni University of Wyoming alumni 1938 births People from Baldwin City, Kansas People from Neodesha, Kansas Scientists from Kansas 21st-century American geologists Academic staff of the University of Leoben American expatriates in Austria