Sidney Siegel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sidney Siegel

American psychologist

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1916

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 29-Nov-1961

Profession: psychologist, statistician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sidney Siegel (4 January 1916 in New York City – 29 November 1961) was an American psychologist who became especially well known for his work in popularising non-parametric statistics for use in the behavioural sciences.
He was a co-developer of the statistical test known as the Siegel–Tukey test. Siegel completed a Ph.D.
in Psychology in 1953 at Stanford University.
Except for a year spent at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, he thereafter taught at Pennsylvania State University, until his death in November 1961 of a coronary thrombosis. His parents, Jacob and Rebecca Siegel, were Jewish immigrants from Romania.