John E. Freund Explained

John Ernst Freund
Birth Date:	6 August 1921
Birth Place:	Berlin, Germany
Death Place:	Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA
Occupation:	Author of statistics textbooks, mathematics professor
Years Active:	1952–2004
Spouse:	Maxine Freund née Henville

John Ernst Freund (August 6, 1921 – August 14, 2004) was a prominent author of university level textbooks on statistics and a mathematics professor at Arizona State University. Born in Berlin, Germany, he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in the 1930s. He studied at the University of London and at the University of California at Los Angeles, from which he received his bachelor's degree. He did graduate work at Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh, from which he received his doctorate in 1952.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

In 1960 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.^[5]

Selected publications

• Freund . John E. . 1952 . Some Methods of Estimating Prior Probabilities from Heterogeneous Populations . University of Pittsburgh.
• Book: Freund, John E. . 1962 . Mathematical statistics . Englewood Cliffs, N.J. . Prentice-Hall . 859809293.
• Book: Marylees . Miller . Miller . Irwin . John E. . Freund . 2014 . John E. Freund's Mathematical Statistics with Applications . Upper Saddle River, N.J. . Pearson Education . Eighth . 9780134995373 . 1020297405.
• Book: Freund . J. E. . Simon . G. A. . 1992 . Modern elementary statistics . Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey . 8 . Prentice-Hall . 24173724 . 9780136026990 .

Further reading

• News: Maxine Freund . December 28, 2014 . The Arizona Republic .

Notes and References

1. Goodall . Gerald . January 13, 2005 . News and Notes . Teaching Statistics . 27 . 1 . 32 . 10.1111/j.1467-9639.2005.00201.x.
2. Web site: In Memoriam Archive . Mathematical Association of America . December 31, 2009 .
3. News: John Ernst Freund . The Arizona Republic . August 18, 2004 .
4. Book: Freund, John E. . Mathematical statistics . 1971 . Prentice-Hall. 9780135622230 . See "About the Author".
5. Web site: Fellows of the ASA . American Statistical Association . 2022-02-04. Entry for Freund, John. E