Danie G. Krige
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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Template:Infobox scientist Danie Gerhardus Krige GCOB (Template:IPA; 26 August 1919Template:Snd3 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The technique of kriging is named after him. Krige's empirical work to evaluate mineral resources<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> was formalised in the 1960s by French engineer Georges Matheron.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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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
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Categories:
- South African statisticians
- South African geologists
- South African mining engineers
- 1919 births
- 2013 deaths
- 20th-century South African engineers
- University of the Witwatersrand alumni
- Academic staff of the University of the Witwatersrand
- People from Nala Local Municipality
- Geostatistics
- Recipients of the Order of the Baobab
- Surveying