Waloddi Weibull
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Swedish mathematician
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Mathematics
Waloddi Weibull's Degrees
- PhD Mathematics Uppsala University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Ernst Hjalmar Waloddi Weibull was a Swedish civil engineer, materials scientist, and applied mathematician. The Weibull distribution is named after him. Education and career Weibull joined the Swedish Coast Guard in 1905 as a midshipman. He moved up the ranks with promotion to sublieutenant in 1907, Captain in 1916 and Major in 1940. While in the coast guard he took courses at the Royal Institute of Technology. In 1924 he graduated and became a full professor. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Uppsala in 1932. He was employed in Swedish and German industry as a consulting engineer.
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