Danie G. Krige, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Danie G. Krige

South African mining engineer

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1919

Place of Birth: Free State, South Africa

Date of Death: 03-Mar-2013

Profession: engineer, geologist, university teacher, statistician, mining engineer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Danie Gerhardus Krige Afrikaans pronunciation: [d?ni? 'kri??] (26 August 1919 – 3 March 2013) was a South African statistician and mining engineer who pioneered the field of geostatistics and was professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Republic of South Africa.
The technique of kriging is named after him.
Krige's empirical work to evaluate mineral resources was formalised in the 1960s by French engineer Georges Matheron.