Walter A. Shewhart

Walter A. Shewhart
Shewhart in April 1920
Born(1891-03-18)March 18, 1891
DiedMarch 11, 1967(1967-03-11) (aged 75)
Alma materUniversity of Illinois, University of California, Berkeley
Scientific career
Fieldsphysics, engineering, statistics
InstitutionsWestern Electric

Walter Andrew Shewhart (pronounced like "shoe-heart"; March 18, 1891 – March 11, 1967) was an American physicist, engineer and statistician, sometimes known as the grandfather of statistical quality control and also related to the Shewhart cycle.

W. Edwards Deming said of him:

As a statistician, he was, like so many of the rest of us, self-taught, on a good background of physics and mathematics.[1]

  1. ^ Deming, W. Edwards (1967). "Walter A. Shewhart, 1891–1967". The American Statistician. 21 (2): 39–40. doi:10.1080/00031305.1967.10481808. JSTOR 1401495.

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