Carl-Erik Quensel
| Carl-Erik Quensel | |
|---|---|
| Born |
9 October 1907 Malmö, Sweden |
| Died | 10 April 1977 (aged 69) |
| Residence | Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | Lund University |
| Alma mater | Lund University |
| Doctoral students | Gunnar Kulldorff |
| Spouse | Birgitta Sederholm |
| Children | Maria, Elisabeth, Anna-Sofia, Johan |
Carl-Erik Quensel (9 October 1907 – 10 April 1977) was a Swedish statistician and demographer, specializing in population statistics, statistical distribution theory and biostatistics.
Biography
Early life
Carl-Erik Quensel was born in Malmö, Sweden on 9 October 1907, the son of Conrad and Ester Quensel. .[1]
Scientific career
In 1935 Qunsel earned a licentiate degree from the Department of Statistics at Lund University, followed by a PhD degree in 1938. In 1941, he was appointed professor of Statistics at Lund UnIversity .[1] Quensel was an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.[2] He served as a Swedish delegate to the United Nations Population committee.[3]
Major scientific work
A Method of Determining the Regression Curve When the Marginal Distribution is of the Normal Logarithmic Type, Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 7:196-201, 1936.
Second moment and of the Correlation Coefficient in Samples from Populations of Type A, The Statistical Institute at the University of Lund. Lund, C. W. K. Gleerup/Leipzig, Otto Harrassowitz, 1938.
Lärobok i den teoretiska statistikens grunder, Lund 1944.
Befolkningsframskrivningar för Hälsingborgs stad 1945 – 1975, Lund, 1949.
Studenternas utbildningsval, tillsammans med Bo Israelsson, Lund, 1958.
Notes
- 1 2 Svensk biografisk handbok, 1977, p.830
- ↑ Gerrit J. Stemerdink. "Members of the International Statistical Institute, A cumulative list for the period 1885-2002" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ↑ Kulldorff, 1978
References
- Blom, Gunnar. "Carl-Erik Quensel". Nationalencyklopedin.
- Kulldorff, Gunnar (1978). "Carl-Erik Quensel, 1907-1977". International Statistical Review. 46 (2): 233–234.
- Svensk Biografisk Handbok (1977), Quensel, Carl-Erik, P.A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, p. 830