William Feller

William Feller
Born	Vilibald Srećko Feller July 7, 1906 (1906-07-07) Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (now Croatia)
Died	January 14, 1970 (1970-01-15) (aged 63) New York City, US
Nationality	Croatian–American
Alma mater	University of Zagreb University of Göttingen
Known for	Feller process Feller's coin-tossing constants Feller-continuous process Feller's paradox Feller's theorem Feller–Pareto distribution Feller–Tornier constant Feller–Miyadera–Phillips theorem Proof by intimidation
Awards	National Medal of Science (USA) in Mathematical, Statistical, and Computational Sciences (1969)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	University of Kiel University of Copenhagen University of Stockholm University of Lund Brown University Cornell University Princeton University
Doctoral advisor	Richard Courant
Doctoral students	Patrick Billingsley George Forsythe Robert Kurtz Henry McKean Lawrence Shepp Hale Trotter Benjamin Weiss David A. Freedman
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William "Vilim" Feller (July 7, 1906 – January 14, 1970), born Vilibald Srećko Feller, was a Croatian–American mathematician specializing in probability theory.