What is Herman Chernoff?
[[File:Herman Chernoff October 2015.jpg|right|200px]] '''Herman Chernoff''' (born July 1, 1923) is an [[Americans|American]] [[applied mathematics|applied]] [[mathematician]], [[statistician]] and [[physicist]]. He was a professor at [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]], [[Stanford University|Stanford]], and [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]. He now works at [[Harvard University]].<ref> {{cite journal |last1 = Bather |first1 = John |journal = [[Statistical Science]] |title = A conversation with Herman Chernoff |volume = 11 |issue = 4 |pages = 335–350 |year = 1996 |doi = 10.1214/ss/1032280306 |doi-access= free }} </ref> Chernoff was born in [[New York City]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chernoff, Herman}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American mathematicians]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:University of Illinois faculty]] [[Category:Scientists from New York City]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] [[Category:Harvard University faculty]] [[Category:American statisticians]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{authority control}}