George Gallup

George Horace Gallup (November 18, 1901 – July 26, 1984) was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 18, 1901
Birth nameGeorge Horace Gallup
Birth place
Jefferson Iowa
Date of deathJuly 26, 1984
Place of death
Switzerland , Bernese Oberland , Tschingel
Education
University of Iowa
Known for
Gallup (company)

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External resources

  1. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/gallup-papers-give-glimpse-us-polling-history
  2. http://www.gallup-robinson.com/galluplegacy.html
  3. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=28537852
  4. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=59669912
  5. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=71288534
  6. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=8540600
  7. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98754501
  8. http://www.romir.ru/GGallup_en.pdf
  9. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,798516,00.html