| Intro | South African mining engineer |
| A.K.A. | Danie Krige, Danie Gerhardus Krige |
| Was |
Mathematician Engineer Mining engineer Educator Geologist Statistician Professor |
| From |
South Africa |
| Type |
Academia Engineering Mathematics Science |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 26 August 1919, Free State |
| Death |
3 March 2013, Johannesburg (aged 93 years)
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Danie Gerhardus Krige [dɑniː ˈkriχə] (26 August 1919 – 3 March 2013) was a South African statistician and mining engineer who pioneered the field of geostatistics and was professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Republic of South Africa. The technique of kriging is named after him. Krige’s empirical work to evaluate mineral resources was formalised in the 1960s by French engineer Georges Matheron.