Biography:Danie G. Krige
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Danie G. Krige | |
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Born | Danie Gerhardus Krige 26 August 1919 Bothaville, (OFS), South Africa |
Died | 3 March 2013 (Age 93) Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand |
Known for | Kriging |
Awards | Order for Meritorious Service, Class 1, Gold |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geostatistics |
Institutions | Anglo Transvaal, University of the Witwatersrand |
Danie Gerhardus Krige GCOB (Afrikaans: [dɑːni ˈkriχə]) (26 August 1919 – 3 March 2013) was a South African statistician and mining engineer who pioneered the field of geostatistics and was professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Republic of South Africa .[1] The technique of kriging is named after him. Krige's empirical work to evaluate mineral resources[2] was formalised in the 1960s by France engineer Georges Matheron.[3]
References
- ↑ "Obituary: Danie Krige, South Africa's giant of geostatistics". Northernminer.com. 2013-04-08. http://www.northernminer.com/news/obituary-danie-krige-south-africas-giant-of-geostatistics/1002208623/. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- ↑ Krige, Danie G. (1951). "A statistical approach to some basic mine valuation problems on the Witwatersrand". J. of the Chem., Metal. and Mining Soc. of South Africa 52 (6): 119–139. doi:10.10520/AJA0038223X_4792.
- ↑ Matheron, Georges (1962). Traité de géostatistique appliquée. Editions Technip.
External links
- Obituary in Canadian Mining Journal
- Keynote: Address: A tribute to Prof. D.G. Krige for his contributions over a period of more than half a century
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danie G. Krige.
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