Samuel S. Wilks

For the British physician of the name, see Samuel Wilks.
Samuel S. Wilks
Born(1906-06-17)June 17, 1906
Little Elm, Texas
DiedMarch 7, 1964(1964-03-07) (aged 57)
Princeton, New Jersey
Alma materUniversity of Iowa
Known forWilks's lambda distribution
Scientific career
FieldsMathematical statistics
InstitutionsPrinceton University
Thesis On the Distributions of Statistics in Samples from a Normal Population of Two Variables with Matched Sampling of One Variable  (1931)
Doctoral advisorHenry Louis Rietz
Doctoral students

Samuel Stanley Wilks (June 17, 1906 – March 7, 1964) was an American mathematician and academic who played an important role in the development of mathematical statistics, especially in regard to practical applications.

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