Background
Lauritzen, Steffen Lilholt was born on April 22, 1947 in Copenhagen.
educator mathematician statistician
Lauritzen, Steffen Lilholt was born on April 22, 1947 in Copenhagen.
He Studied Statistics at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, completing the degree of Candidatus statisticae (Master of Science level) in 1972 and Licentiatus statisticae (Doctor of Philosophy level) in 1975.
He is a leading proponent of mathematical statistics and graphical models. He was appointed there as Lecturer of Statistics until 1981. He continued as professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Aalborg University, Denmark, from 1981 to 2004.
From 2004-2014 he was Professor of Statistics at the University of Oxford and, since 2014, Professor of Statistics and the University of Copenhagen.
Fellow Royal Statistical Society (honorary), Institute of Mathematics Statistical. Member International Statistical Institute, American Mathematics Society, Bernoulli Society Mathematics Statistical and Probability, Academia Europaea.
Married Kirsten Bodil Larsen, December 3, 1967. Children: Birgitte, Charlotte, Kristine.