Leopold Schmetterer Explained

Leopold Schmetterer
Occupation:	Mathematician
Doctoral Advisor:	Nikolaus Hofreiter
Birth Date:	8 November 1919
Birth Place:	Vienna, Austria

Leopold Karl Schmetterer (8 November 1919 in Vienna  - 23 August 2004 in Gols) was an Austrian mathematician working on analysis, probability, and statistics.

Decorations and awards

• 1973: Fellow of the American Statistical Association
• 1975: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
• 1976: Science Award of the City of Vienna
• 1981: Austrian State Prize for Science Policy (Ludwig Boltzmann Prize)
• 1984: Erwin Schrödinger Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
• 1969: Gibble award

References

• • Friedrich Pukelsheim: Leopold Schmetterer 8.11.1919–24.8.2004, Jahrbuch der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2004, 317–320.