Kuno Ruben Gabriel (1929–2003) was a statistician known for the inventing the

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and the

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. See in particula
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and for his work in statistical

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.Kuno Ruben Gabriel, Pioneer of Statistics, Dies
University of Rochester, May 30, 2003, retrieved 2014-07-02. Gabriel was born in

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, emigrated to

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, grew up in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, was educated at the

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and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, taught at the Hebrew University until 1975, and then moved to the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants Undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Doctorate, do ...

where he remained until his retirement in 1997. He died on May 25, 2003.. He was a

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of the

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and the

Institute of Mathematical Statistics The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is an international professional and scholarly society devoted to the development, dissemination, and application of statistics and probability. The Institute currently has about 4,000 members in all parts o ...

, and was an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.

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1929 births 2003 deaths Israeli statisticians Alumni of the London School of Economics Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem University of Rochester faculty Fellows of the American Statistical Association Fellows of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics Elected Members of the International Statistical Institute American statisticians {{statistician-stub