Oscar Kempthorne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oscar Kempthorne

British statistician

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1919

Place of Birth: St Tudy, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 15-Nov-2000

Profession: statistician, geneticist, philosopher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Oscar Kempthorne (January 31, 1919 – November 15, 2000) was a British statistician and geneticist known for his research on randomization-analysis and the design of experiments, which had wide influence on research in agriculture, genetics, and other areas of science. Born in St Tudy, Cornwall and educated in England, Kempthorne moved to the United States, where he was for many decades a professor of statistics at Iowa State University.