Died 1967-03-11.
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Walter A. Shewhart
Walter Andrew Shewhart was an American physicist, engineer and statistician. He is sometimes also known as the grandfather of statistical quality control, inventor of the Shewhart chart and the Shewhart cycle.
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science · American statistical quality control pioneer (1891-1967) · physicist · engineer · statistician · economist · also Walter A. Shewhart, Walter Andrew Shewhart, W. A. Shewhart, Shewhart
Born 18 March 1891 · Died 11 March 1967 · Q462232
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1954· 1 entry
Won Holley Medal (1954).
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1948· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Econometric Society (1948).
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1945· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1945–1945).
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1938· 1 entry
His work came to the attention of physicists W
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1936· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1936).
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1933· 1 entry
And advocated to improve production during World War II in American War Standards Z1
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1932· 1 entry
Under the sponsorship of Karl Pearson (another committed operationalist) his ideas attracted little enthusiasm within the English statistical tradition
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1925· 2 entries
And worked there until his retirement in 1956
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Until his retirement in 1956, publishing a series of papers in the Bell System Technical Journal
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1918· 2 entries
Joined Western Electric, which manufactures hardware for the Bell Telephone Company
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Industrial quality was limited to inspecting finished products and removing defective items
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1917· 1 entry
Studied at University of California, Berkeley (1917).
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1914· 1 entry
Studied at University of Illinois System (1914).
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1891· 1 entry
Born 1891-03-18.
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