Gerald Gardner

Mathematician, Deceased Person

1926 – 2009

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Who was Gerald Gardner?

Gerald Henry Frazier Gardner was an Irish mathematician, geophysicist and social activist whose statistical analysis led to the banning of classified advertising segregated by gender in a 1973 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations. On a professional basis, he did early work on the use of monitoring seismological vibrations to identify deposits of natural gas that became industry standards.

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Born
Mar 2, 1926
Profession
Education
  • Princeton University
Died
Jul 25, 2009

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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