George Kingsley Zipf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Kingsley Zipf

American statistician

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1902

Place of Birth: Freeport, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 25-Sep-1950

Profession: statistician, philologist, linguist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

George Kingsley Zipf (; January 7, 1902 – September 25, 1950), was an American linguist and philologist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages.Zipf earned his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University, although he also studied at the University of Bonn and the University of Berlin. He was Chairman of the German Department and University Lecturer (meaning he could teach any subject he chose) at Harvard University.
He worked with Chinese and demographics, and much of his effort can explain properties of the Internet, distribution of income within nations, and many other collections of data.