Abraham Wald
(1902-1950)

Romanian mathematician, statistician and scientist (1902-1950) – Abraham Wald was born in Cluj-Napoca (City and seat of Cluj County in northwestern Romania) on October 31st, 1902 and died in Nilgiri Mountains (Mountain range in Tamil Nadu, South India) on December 13th, 1950 at the age of 48. Today Abraham Wald would be 121 years old.

Age

how old was Abraham Wald when he died?

Abraham Wald died in 1950 at the age of 48.

Biographical data

Birthday	October 31st, 1902 (Friday)
Place of Birth	Cluj-Napoca City and seat of Cluj County in northwestern Romania
Death Date	December 13th, 1950 (Wednesday)
Death place	Nilgiri Mountains Mountain range in Tamil Nadu, South India
Birth sign (Zodiac)	Scorpio (The Scorpion) ♏
Chinese Zodiac	Tiger 兎

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Abraham Wald

Birthday

When was Abraham Wald born?

Abraham Wald was born on October 31st, 1902.

Death

When did Abraham Wald die?

Abraham Wald died on December 13th, 1950 at the age of 48 in Nilgiri Mountains (Mountain range in Tamil Nadu, South India). Today Abraham Wald would be 121 years old.