1900 - 1978
Gertrude Mary Cox (January 13, 1900 – October 17, 1978) was an American statistician and founder of the department of Experimental Statistics at North Carolina State University. She was later appointed director of both the Institute of Statistics of the Consolidated University of North Carolina and the Statistics Research Division of North Carolina State University. Her most important and influential research dealt with experimental design; In 1950 she published the book Experimental Designs, on the subject with W. G. Cochran, which became the major reference work on the design of experiments for statisticians for years afterwards. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gertrude Mary Cox has received more than 77,190 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gertrude Mary Cox is the 9th most popular statistician, the 11,303rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,818th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Statistician.
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Among statisticians, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 9 out of 9. Before her are Karl Pearson, Thomas Bayes, Ronald Fisher, Jerzy Neyman, C. R. Rao, and Joseph Kruskal.
1857 - 1936
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 3
1702 - 1761
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 4
1890 - 1962
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 5
1894 - 1981
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 6
1920 - 2023
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 7
1928 - 2010
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 8
1900 - 1978
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 9
Among people born in 1900, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 294. Before her are Delfo Bellini, Sverre Sørsdal, Ruth Clifford, Alice Terry, Frederica Sagor Maas, and Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt. After her are Edna Best, Natalie Schafer, Albert Hackett, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Beatrix Loughran, and Horatio Fitch. Among people deceased in 1978, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 239. Before her are Paul Scott, Tom Wilson, Ray Noble, Tim McCoy, Lee Garmes, and Theresa Weld. After her are Ruth Etting, Kofi Abrefa Busia, Selwyn Lloyd, Robert Sobukwe, Hugh MacDiarmid, and Ilka Chase.
1900 - 1953
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 288
1900 - 1996
HPI: 40.43
Rank: 289
1900 - 1998
HPI: 40.30
Rank: 290
1900 - 1987
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 291
1900 - 2012
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 292
1900 - 1994
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 293
1900 - 1978
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 294
1900 - 1974
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 295
1900 - 1991
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 296
1900 - 1995
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 297
1900 - 1980
HPI: 38.78
Rank: 298
1900 - 1975
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 299
1900 - 1985
HPI: 38.64
Rank: 300
1920 - 1978
HPI: 40.27
Rank: 233
1931 - 1978
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 234
1903 - 1978
HPI: 40.01
Rank: 235
1891 - 1978
HPI: 40.00
Rank: 236
1898 - 1978
HPI: 39.82
Rank: 237
1893 - 1978
HPI: 39.45
Rank: 238
1900 - 1978
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 239
1896 - 1978
HPI: 38.43
Rank: 240
1913 - 1978
HPI: 38.31
Rank: 241
1904 - 1978
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 242
1924 - 1978
HPI: 36.85
Rank: 243
1892 - 1978
HPI: 36.61
Rank: 244
1905 - 1978
HPI: 35.59
Rank: 245
Among people born in United States, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 11,303 out of 18,182. Before her are Uri Caine (1956), Glen Keane (1954), Alexei Panshin (1940), John Langdon (1741), Davis Guggenheim (1963), and Ernest Tubb (1914). After her are Chris Zylka (1985), Tyler Joseph (1988), Jon Gries (1957), Jane Irwin Harrison (1804), Twyla Tharp (1941), and John Singleton (1968).
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 11,297
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 11,298
1940 - 2022
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 11,299
1741 - 1819
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 11,300
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 11,301
1914 - 1984
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 11,302
1900 - 1978
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 11,303
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.36
Rank: 11,304
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.36
Rank: 11,305
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.36
Rank: 11,306
1804 - 1846
HPI: 39.36
Rank: 11,307
1941 - Present
HPI: 39.36
Rank: 11,308
1968 - 2019
HPI: 39.36
Rank: 11,309
Among statisticians born in United States, Gertrude Mary Cox ranks 2. Before her are Joseph Kruskal (1928).