Waloddi weibull biography for kids

The Weibull distribution is by far the world’s most popular statistical model for life data.

It is also used in many other applications, such as weather forecasting and fitting data of all kinds. Among all statistical techniques it may be employed for engineering analysis with smaller sample sizes than any other method.

Having researched and applied this method for almost half a century, I am honored to be asked to write this short biography of this remarkable man from Sweden.

Waloddi weibull biography for kids

Wallodi Weibull was born on June 18, 1887. His family originally came from Schleswig-Holstein, at that time closely connected with Denmark. There were a number of famous scientists and historians in the family. His own career as an engineer and scientist is certainly an unusual one.

He was a midshipman in the Royal Swedish Coast Guard in 1904 was pro