Tore Dalenius (1917-2002) was an employee of

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. Much of his early work was published in the Swedish language journal '' Statistisk Tidskrift'', the predecessor to today’s Journal of Official Statistics. He proposed a formal methodology for statistical disclosure control in 1977, which ultimately led to the invention of both

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and

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. Dalenius earned his PhD from

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in 1957. His advisor was Herman Wold.

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Swedish statisticians 1917 births 2002 deaths Uppsala University alumni {{Statistician-stub