Person: Blackwell, David Harold

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David Blackwell was an American statistician and mathematician who worked in game theory, probability theory, information theory and Bayesian statistics. He was the first African-American member of the US National Academy of Sciences.

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Born 24 April 1919, Centralia, Illinois, USA. Died 8 July 2010, Berkeley, California, USA.

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African American, Origin Usa


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