Edward Tufte

Edward Tufte was an American statistician, sculptor, university teacher, computer scientist, writer and political scientist (born 1942). He was born at Kansas City.

Also recorded as Edward R. Tufte; Edward Rolfe Tufte; Edward Rolf Tufte.

Overview

Born at Kansas City in 1942.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Edward R. Tufte, Edward Rolfe Tufte and Edward Rolf Tufte. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of Virginia Tufte.

Formation and teaching

Edward Tufte studied at Beverly Hills High School, Yale University and Stanford University. He trained under Robert A. Dahl.

Catalogued works

10 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1727 to 1997.

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Visual explanations: images and quantities, evidence and narrative, dated 1997. Envisioning Information. Data analysis for politics and policy. Envisioning information / Edward R. Tufte., dated [1990], held by Wellcome Collection. The visual display of quantitative information / Edward R. Tufte., dated [1983], held by Wellcome Collection. Visual explanations : images and quantities, evidence and narrative / Edward R. Tufte., dated [1997], held by Wellcome Collection. Edward Augustus Holyoke, 1728-1829 : the scholarly pursuits of a distinguished colonial physician., dated [1963], held by Wellcome Collection. Much ado about nothing: or, a plain refutation of all that has been written or said concerning the rabbit-woman of Godalming. : being a full and impartial confession from her own mouth, and under her own hand, of the whole affair, from the beginning to the end. Now made publick for the general satisfaction., dated M.DCC.XXVII. [1727], held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence S, dated 1953-1979, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

9 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Tufte, Edward, Encyclopedia of New Media, 2003. Review: <i>The Visual Display of Quantitative Information</i>, by Edward R. Tufte and <i>Envisioning Information</i>, by Edward R. Tufte, The Public Historian, 1991. Edward Tufte, The Lancet, 2000. Tufte, Edward (1942–), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design, 2016. Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte, Technology and Culture, 1992. Visualisation de données et design émotionnel peuvent-ils se conjuguer?, Communiquer, 2020. Charles A. Cutter and Edward Tufte: Coming to a Library Near You, via BIBFRAME, In the Library with the Lead Pipe, 2013. The Changing Drawing. From Technical Representation to Data Visualization as an Ethical Agent of Society, Disegnare con, 2026. Visualizing data visualization: a systematic literature mapping by Brazilian design researchers, InfoDesign: Brazilian Journal of Information Design, 2021.

Digitised editions and texts

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.

Tufte On Powerpoint (1978) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Edward Tufte studied at Beverly Hills High School, Yale University and Stanford University. training under Robert A. Dahl is recorded. the recorded working language is English.

Employment is recorded with Yale University. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Statistical Association and AIGA Medal.

Chronology

  1. 1942Edward Tufte born at Kansas City.
  2. 1978Tufte On Powerpoint digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1983The visual display of quantitative information / Edward R. Tufte. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1990Envisioning information / Edward R. Tufte. (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1997Visual explanations: images and quantities, evidence and narrative.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Edward Tufte”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1293908: Edward Tufte

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