Abraham Wald

American jewish mathematician, statistician, and scientist (1902–1950).

Born October 31st, 1902 in Cluj-Napoca.

Died December 31st, 1950 at 48 years old in Nilgiri Mountains (Air India VT-CFK, aviation accident).

Occupations
economist, mathematician, research scientist, statistician, university teacher
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner