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George Kingsley Zipf | |
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 1917 photograph from the 1919 Annual of the Freeport High School, Freeport, Illinois | |
| Born | January 7, 1902 |
| Died | September 25, 1950 (aged 48) |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Known for | Zipf's law |
| Spouse | Joyce Waters Brown Zipf |
| Children | 4 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics, linguistics |
George Kingsley Zipf (/ˈzɪf/ ZIFF;[1] January 7, 1902 – September 25, 1950) was an American linguist and philologist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages.[2]
Zipf earned his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University, although he also studied at the University of Bonn and the University of Berlin.[2] He was chairman of the German department and university lecturer (meaning he could teach any subject he chose) at Harvard University.[2] He worked with Chinese and demographics, and much of his effort can explain properties of the Internet, distribution of income within nations, and many other collections of data.[3]
- ^ Leitch, Matthew (2010), A Pocket Guide to Risk Mathematics: Key Concepts Every Auditor Should Know, John Wiley & Sons, p. 62, ISBN 9780470971468.
- ^ a b c "Zipf Dies After 3 - Month Illness", The Harvard Crimson, September 27, 1950.
- ^ Saichev, A. I.; Malevergne, Yannick; Sornette, Didier (2009), Theory of Zipf's Law and Beyond, Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems, vol. 632, Springer, p. 1, ISBN 9783642029462.