Mathematician:Irving John Good

Mathematician
British mathematician of Polish ancestry who worked as a cryptologist at Bletchley Park with.

Subsequently focused on the design of computers and Bayesian statistics.

Nationality
English, of Polish origin

History

 * Born: 9 December 1916 in London, UK
 * Died: 5 April 2009 in Radford, Virginia, US

Theorems and Definitions

 * Good-Turing Frequency Estimation (with )

Publications






Also known as
Born Isadore Jacob Gudak to Polish Jewish parents.

Changed his name to Irving John Good and signed his publications I.J. Good.

Generally known as I.J. or Jack.