John Tukey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Tukey

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1915

Place of Birth: New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jul-2000

Profession: computer scientist, politician, chemist, university teacher, statistician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

John Wilder Tukey (; June 16, 1915 – July 26, 2000) was an American mathematician best known for development of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and box plot.
The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller–Tukey lemma all bear his name.
He is also credited with coining the term 'bit'.