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Gilbert Walker

1868 - 1958

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Sir Gilbert Thomas Walker (14 June 1868 – 4 November 1958) was an English physicist and statistician of the 20th century. Walker studied mathematics and applied it to a variety of fields including aerodynamics, electromagnetism and the analysis of time-series data before taking up a teaching position at the University of Cambridge. Although he had no experience in meteorology, he was recruited for a post in the Indian Meteorological Department where he worked on statistical approaches to predict the monsoons. He developed the methods in the analysis of time-series data that are now called the Yule-Walker equations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gilbert Walker is the 747th most popular physicist, the 4,605th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 82nd most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Gilbert Walker ranks 747 out of 851Before him are Paul Corkum, Hubert Curien, George F. R. Ellis, William Stanley Jr., Ernst Ising, and Frank Benford. After him are Juan Martín Maldacena, Kees Schouhamer Immink, Miguel Alcubierre, Arthur Schuster, Grigory Landsberg, and Lene Hau.

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Among people born in 1868, Gilbert Walker ranks 186Before him are Annie S. D. Maunder, Lida Heymann, Otokar Březina, Johannes van Dijk, H. J. R. Murray, and Harry Blackstaffe. After him are Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, Spottiswoode Aitken, Jaroslav Kvapil, Horace Elgin Dodge, Augusto Pestana, and Mariano Trías. Among people deceased in 1958, Gilbert Walker ranks 173Before him are Cyril M. Kornbluth, Norman Bel Geddes, Sam Zimbalist, George Orton, Kurt Neumann, and Virginia Pearson. After him are Maksimilijan Mihelčič, Alma Bennett, Paul Pilgrim, Marie Pujmanová, Émile Delchambre, and Mark Jones.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gilbert Walker ranks 4,605 out of 8,785Before him are Kay Stammers (1914), Thomas Heath (1861), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), Dele Alli (1996), Lindsay Hoyle (1957), and Stephen Morris (1957). After him are Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), Alister McGrath (1953), Phil Collen (1957), Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), Adela Pankhurst (1885), and John of Worcester (1100).

Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Gilbert Walker ranks 82Before him are Brandon Carter (1942), Peter Mark Roget (1779), Julian Barbour (1937), John Aitken (1839), Alan Cottrell (1919), and Bernard Lovell (1913). After him are Balfour Stewart (1828), Charles Sheffield (1935), Brian Cox (1968), Jeffrey Goldstone (1933), John Houghton (1931), and Ronald Drever (1931).