Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid (November 13, 1927 – February 26, 1985) was an African American[1] mathematician and theorist who worked extensively on probability theory, Markov chains, and statistics.
The author of more than 70 papers and 6 books, his work touched on such diverse fields as economics, physics, and biology.
He continued his studies at the University of Chicago from 1950 to 1953, where he began to focus more intensely on statistics and probability.
[citation needed] Bharucha-Reid published his first paper, a work on mathematical biology, when he was only 18 years old.
In particular, in 1970 he was appointed Associate Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies at Wayne State University.