* 13 June 1876, † 16 October 1937
William Sealy Gosset was born on 13 June 1876 in Canterbury, England. Gosset invented the t -test to handle small samples for quality control in brewing. He wrote under the name “Student”. William Sealy Gosset died on 16 October 1937 in Beaconsfield, England.
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