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2. mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk › Biographies › BlackwellDavid Harold Blackwell - MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive

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   Jul 8, 2010 · Biography David Blackwell's parents were Grover Blackwell and Mabel Johnson and David was the oldest of their four children.Grover Blackwell worked for the Illinois Central Railroad and his job consisted of looking after the locomotives while Mabel looked after the family bringing up David, his two brothers and one sister.

3. www.blackpast.org › african-american-historyDavid Harold Blackwell (1919-2010) - Blackpast

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   Jul 27, 2010 · David Harold Blackwell, mathematician and statistician, was the first African American to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1965) and is especially known for his contributions to the theory of duels. Blackwell was born on April 24, 1919, to a working-class family in Centralia, Illinois. Growing up in an integrated community ...

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   • Born April 24, 1919 to a homemaker and an Illinois Central Railroad worker in Centralia, IL, David H. Blackwell would become the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, seventh overall in the United States (Agwu, Smith, & Barry, 2003).

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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. David Blackwell's parents were Grover Blackwell and Mabel Johnson and David was the oldest of their four children.

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   • They had eight children together, three sons and five daughters: Ann, Julia, David, Ruth, Grover, Vera, Hugo, and Sara. David Blackwell died of complications from a stroke on July 8, 2010, at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley, California. He was 91 years old. In his lifetime, Blackwell received 12 honorary doctorates.

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   Jul 17, 2020 · Blackwell came from humble beginnings to being one of the most influential figures in the field of statistics. Born April 24, 1919 to a homemaker and an Illinois Central Railroad worker in Centralia, IL, David H. Blackwell would become the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...

6. www.nytimes.com › 2010/07/17 › educationDavid Blackwell, 91, Statistician and Mathematician, Dies ...

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   Jul 17, 2010 · David Harold Blackwell was born on April 24, 1919, in Centralia, Ill. Early on, he showed a talent for mathematics, but he entered the University of Illinois with the modest ambition of becoming ...

7. www.pnas.org › doi › fullDavid Blackwell, 1919–2010: An explorer in mathematics and ...

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   Nov 13, 2020 · David Blackwell, a pioneering explorer who made foundational contributions to several branches of mathematics and statistics, passed away on July 8, 2010. He was born in Centralia, Illinois, on April 24, 1919, and, as his mathematical talents were recognized early, he entered the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign at age 16.

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9. news.berkeley.edu › 2010/07/15 › blackwellEminent statistician David Blackwell has died at 91

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   Jul 15, 2010 · July 15, 2010. David Harold Blackwell, an eminent statistician at the University of California, Berkeley, who was the first black admitted to the National Academy of Sciences, died Thursday, July 8, of natural causes at Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley. He was 91.

10. www.npr.org › sections › thetwo-wayPioneering Mathematician David Blackwell, 1919-2010 - NPR

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    Jul 19, 2010 · Pioneering Mathematician David Blackwell, 1919-2010. July 19, 20105:08 PM ET. By. Frank James. David Blackwell had at least two big firsts -- he was the first African-American professor to get ...