George Dantzig, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Dantzig

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1914

Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, United States

Date of Death: 13-May-2005

Profession: computer scientist, mathematician, statistician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

George Bernard Dantzig (; November 8, 1914 – May 13, 2005) was an American mathematical scientist who made contributions to industrial engineering, operations research, computer science, economics, and statistics. Dantzig is known for his development of the simplex algorithm, an algorithm for solving linear programming problems, and for his other work with linear programming.
In statistics, Dantzig solved two open problems in statistical theory, which he had mistaken for homework after arriving late to a lecture by Jerzy Neyman.At his death, Dantzig was the Professor Emeritus of Transportation Sciences and Professor of Operations Research and of Computer Science at Stanford University.