Jerzy Neyman

Jerzy Neyman
Born	Jerzy Spława-Neyman (1894-04-16)April 16, 1894 Bendery, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Bender, Moldova)
Died	August 5, 1981(1981-08-05) (aged 87) Oakland, California, US
Nationality	Polish
Alma mater	University of Warsaw Kharkov University
Known for	Neyman construction Neyman–Pearson lemma Neyman–Rubin causal model Fisher–Neyman factorization theorem Confidence interval Hypothesis testing Statistics of galaxy clusters
Awards	Newcomb Cleveland Prize (1958) Guy Medal (Gold, 1966) National Medal of Science (1968) Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology University College London University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisor	Wacław Sierpiński
Doctoral students	George Dantzig Lucien Le Cam Evelyn Fix Erich Leo Lehmann Joseph Hodges Pao-Lu Hsu

Jerzy Neyman (April 16, 1894 – August 5, 1981; born Jerzy Spława-Neyman; Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈspwava ˈnɛjman]) was a Polish mathematician and statistician who first introduced the modern concept of a confidence interval into statistical hypothesis testing^[2] and revised Ronald Fisher's null hypothesis testing with Egon Pearson. Neyman spent the first part of his professional career at various institutions in Warsaw, Poland and then at University College London, and the second part at the University of California, Berkeley.