William Sealy Gosset [SEP] date of death
William Sealy Gosset
William Sealy Gosset (13 June 1876 – 16 October 1937) was Head Brewer of Guinness, Head Experimental Brewer of Guinness, and a pioneer of modern statistics. He pioneered small sample experimental design and analysis with an economic approach to the logic of uncertainty. Gosset published under the pen name Student and developed most famously Student's t-distribution - originally called Student's "z" - and "Student's test of statistical significance".
Life and career.
Born in Canterbury, England the
' then colleague at Rugby, T.W. Jex-Blake. The couple had seven children, the eldest of whom died in early infancy. Among the remaining six the most notable was Dame Bertha Surtees Phillpotts, the Icelandic scholar. His youngest daughter, Marjory Surtees Philpotts captained the England Ladies Hockey Team and married William Sealy Gosset. Owen Surtees Phillpotts O.B.E. had a distinguished career in the diplomatic service. Lieutenant Colonel Brian Surtees Phillpotts D.S.O., R.E. died a hero's death in the First World War.
Personality.
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