Oskar Johann Viktor Anderson (2 August 1887, Minsk, Belarus — 12 February 1960, Munich, Germany) was a German mathematician. He was most famously known for his work on mathematical statistics. August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... For things named after Minsk, see Minsk (disambiguation) The Mariinsky Cathedral, 1732 Minsk (Belarusian: Менск, Мінск; Russian: Минск) (population 1. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ... A mathematician is a person whose area of study and research is mathematics. ... Mathematical statistics uses probability theory and other branches of mathematics to study statistics from a purely mathematical standpoint. ...

Life

Anderson was born from a German family in Minsk, but soon moved to Kazan (Russia), on the edge of Siberia. His father, Nikolas Anderson, was professor in Finno-Ugric languages at the University of Kazan. His older brother was the folklorist Walter Anderson. Oskar Anderson graduated from Kazan Gymnasium with a gold medal in 1906. After studying mathematics for one year at University of Kazan, he moved to St. Petersburg to study Economics at the Polytechnic Institute. From 1907 to 1915, he was Aleksandr Chuprov's assistant. In 1912 he started lecturing at a commercial school in St. Petersburg. For things named after Minsk, see Minsk (disambiguation) The Mariinsky Cathedral, 1732 Minsk (Belarusian: Менск, Мінск; Russian: Минск) (population 1. ... Siberian federal subjects of Russia Siberia ( Russian: Сиби́рь, common English transliterations: Sibir, Sibir; possibly from the Mongolian for the calm land) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ... Geographical distribution of Finno-Ugric (Finno-Permic in blue, Ugric in green). ... Kazan State University is located in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. ... Folkloristics is the formal academic study of folklore and mythology. ... Walter Anderson born October 10, 1885 in Minsk, (Belarus), died August 23, 1962 in Kiel (Germany) was a German folklorist. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Mathematics, often abbreviated maths in Commonwealth English and math in American English, is the study of abstraction. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Economics is the social science studying production and consumption through measurable variables. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov (or Tschuprov) (February 18, 1874 - April 19, 1926) Russian statistician who worked on mathematical statistics, sample survey theory and demography. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ...

Work

Sources and further reading

• " Oskar Anderson (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Anderson.html)." University of St. Andrews on Oskar Anderson. Accessed on March 15, 2005.