Leopold Schmetterer

Leopold Schmetterer
Born	(1919-11-08)8 November 1919 Vienna, Austria
Died	23 August 2004(2004-08-23) (aged 84)
Occupation	Mathematician
Scientific career
Doctoral advisor	Nikolaus Hofreiter

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

• Leopold Schmetterer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
• Friedrich Pukelsheim: Leopold Schmetterer 8.11.1919–24.8.2004, Jahrbuch der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2004, 317–320.
• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Leopold Schmetterer", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews