page_title: Edward Tufte
hierarchical_section_title: Edward Tufte
caption_attribution_description: English: Edward Tufte presenting in Dallas, Texas, May 2015.
context_page_description: Edward Rolf Tufte is an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design and as a pioneer in the field of data visualization.
context_section_description: Edward Rolf Tufte (/ˈtʌfti/; born March 14, 1942) is an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design and as a pioneer in the field of data visualization.
caption: Tufte during his one-day course in Dallas, May 21, 2015
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