John Hajnal
| John Hajnal | |
|---|---|
| Born |
26 November 1924 Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany |
| Died | 30 November 2008 (aged 84) London, England |
| Nationality | Hungarian-British |
| Fields |
Mathematics Statistics |
| Institutions | London School of Economics |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
John Hajnal FBA (born Hajnal-Kónyi; 26 November 1924 – 30 November 2008), was a Hungarian-British academic in the fields of mathematics and economics (statistics).
Hajnal was born in Darmstadt, at the time the capital of the People's State of Hesse in Weimar Germany, to a Hungarian Jewish family. In 1936 his parents left Nazi Germany, and placed him in a Quaker school in the Dutch countryside while they arranged to settle in Britain. In 1937, John was reunited with his parents in London, where he attended University College School, Hampstead.
At age 16, he entered Balliol College, Oxford. He gained a first there in economics, philosophy and politics in 1943. His skills in academic-level mathematics were mostly autodidactical.
After the war, Hajnal worked on demography for the United Nations in New York, and later for the Office of Population Research, Princeton University.
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