Jacob Wolfowitz
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 43 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 19,1910 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Warsaw |
| Poland | |
| Date of died | July 16,1981 |
| Died | Tampa |
| Florida | |
| United States | |
| Children | Paul Wolfowitz |
| Laura W. Sachs | |
| Known for | Wald–Wolfowitz runs test |
| Dvoretzky–Kiefer–Wolfowitz inequality | |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada |
| Claude E. Shannon Award | |
| Grandchildren | Rachel Wolfowitz |
| Sara Wolfowitz | |
| David Wolfowitz | |
| Education | New York University |
| Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Library | |
| Notable student | Jack Kiefer |
| Gottfried E. Noether | |
| Samuel Kotz | |
| Howard Levene | |
| Albert H. Bowker | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 420810 |
Jacob Wolfowitz Life story
Jacob Wolfowitz was a Polish-born American Jewish statistician and Shannon Award-winning information theorist. He was the father of former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense and World Bank Group President Paul Wolfowitz.
