Pierre Maurice Gy (French: [pjɛʁ ʒi]; 25 July 1924 – 5 November 2015) was a chemist and statistician.
[1] Born in Paris, France, to Felix and Clemence, Gy graduated in chemical engineering from ESPCI ParisTech[2] in 1946.
[3] On graduation, Gy worked as a chemical engineer for the Compagnie Minière du Congo Français, Congo, before returning to Paris in 1949 as a research engineer for the mining and processing trade organisation Minerais et Metaux.
Gy became head of the mineral processing laboratories and, by 1962, technical manager, during which time he continued to develop his sampling theory.
Gy received doctorates in physics (1960) and mathematics (1975) from the University of Nancy but has always worked outside the academic mainstream, publishing 9 books and over 175 papers,[4] including: In August 2003, the First World Conference on Sampling and Blending (WCSB1) was held in honour of Dr Pierre Gy in Esbjerg.