David Harold Blackwell (1919 - 2010)

Born 24 Apr 1919 in Centralia, Marion, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Jul 2010 at age 91 in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States

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Biography

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Dr. David Harold Blackwell was a mathematician and statistician. He was the first African-American elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1965. He is best known for his work on the theory of duels.^[1]

David Harold Blackwell was born on April 24, 1919,^[2] to Grover Blackwell and Mable Johnson in Centralia, Illinois. He was the eldest of four children.

David Harold Blackwell married Ann Madison in 1944. They had eight children together. ^[3]

He died in 2010 in Berkeley, California.^[4]

Known for

• Rao–Blackwell theorem
• Blackwell channel
• Arbitrarily varying channel
• Games of imperfect information
• Dirichlet distribution
• Bayesian statistics
• Mathematical economics
• Recursive economics
• Sequential analysis

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Blackwell
2. ↑ Military: "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947"
   National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Illinois, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 142
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2238 #300093161 (accessed 21 July 2022)
   Name: David Harold Blackwell; Race: Negro (Black); Age: 21; Birth Date: 24 Apr 1919; Birth Place: Centralia, Illinois; Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940; Registration Place: Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, USA; Height: 5 6; Weight: 140; Complexion: Light Brown; Hair Color: Black; Eye Color: Brown; Next of Kin: Grover Blackwell Father.
3. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK52-SV3Y : accessed 23 December 2021), Dr David Harold Blackwell, Washington DC, United States, 16 Jul 2010; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Washington Post, The, born-digital text.
4. ↑ Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
   Chicago Tribune; Publication Date: 22 Jul 2010; Publication Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/233173502/?article=a5d064f7-fec1-468c-9ebe-6a0248aefc22&focus=0.6454046,0.3284395,0.85290277,0.7296372&xid=3355
   Ancestry Record 61843 #654492572 (accessed 21 July 2022)
   Name: David H. Blackwell; Gender: Male; Death Age: 91; Birth Date: abt 1919; Residence Place: Centralia, Ill.; Death Date: 8 Jul 2010; Death Place: Berkeley, Calif.; Obituary Date: 22 Jul 2010; Obituary Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA; Newspaper Title: Chicago Tribune; Spouse: Ann; Child: Hugo Ann Blackwell Vera Gleason Sarah Hunt.

• 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1920; Census Place: Centralia Ward 4, Marion, Illinois; Roll: T625_391; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 176
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #24208092 (accessed 21 July 2022)
  David H Blackiwell (0), single son, in household of Grover Blackiwell (29) in Centralia Ward 4, Marion, Illinois. Born in Illinois.
• 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1930; Census Place: Centralia, Marion, Illinois; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0009; FHL microfilm: 2340278
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #47441574 (accessed 21 July 2022)
  David H Blackwell (10), single son, in household of Grover Blackwell (39) in 918 Marion Ave, Centralia, Marion, Illinois, USA. Born in Illinois.
• 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1940; Census Place: Centralia, Marion, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00852; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 61-14
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #141386765 (accessed 21 July 2022)
  David H Blackwell (21), single son, in household of Grover Blackwell (49) in Centralia, Marion, Illinois. Born in Illinois.
• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: 2526; Sheet Number: 21; Enumeration District: 1-1237A
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #15651310 (accessed 21 July 2022)
  David H Blackwell (30), married head of household in Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Born in Illinois.