Edward R. Tufte

Statistician/visualizer/artist Edward Tufte is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University. He wrote, designed, and self-published 5 classic books on data visualization: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1983, 2001), Envisioning Information (1990), Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative (1997), Beautiful Evidence (2006), Seeing with Fresh Eyes: Meaning, Space, Data, Truth (2020). The New York Times described Tufte as the "Leonardo da Vinci of data," Bloomberg as the "Galileo of graphics," and Nature as “The world’s leading analyst of graphic information.” Having completed his most recent book Seeing with Fresh Eyes: Meaning, Space, Data, Truth, ET is now constructing a 234-acre tree farm and sculpture park in northwest Connecticut, which will show his artworks and remain open space in perpetuity. He founded Graphics Press, ET Modern Gallery/Studio, and Hogpen Hill Farms.