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Hans Rosling: Data visionary and educator dies aged 68 | Hans Rosling: Data visionary and educator dies aged 68 |
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Hans Rosling, a Swedish professor of global health and well-known public educator, has died aged 68, his Gapminder foundation has announced. | Hans Rosling, a Swedish professor of global health and well-known public educator, has died aged 68, his Gapminder foundation has announced. |
Mr Rosling was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a year ago and died in Uppsala, Sweden. | Mr Rosling was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a year ago and died in Uppsala, Sweden. |
He was known for lively presentations that used data and animation to explain global development in a compelling way. | He was known for lively presentations that used data and animation to explain global development in a compelling way. |
His Gapminder co-founders said that they would continue to fight for "his dream of a fact-based worldview". | His Gapminder co-founders said that they would continue to fight for "his dream of a fact-based worldview". |
Mr Rosling was a professor of global health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute but decided to "drop out" in 2007 to dedicate his time to Gapminder, which allows users to create their own data visualisations. | Mr Rosling was a professor of global health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute but decided to "drop out" in 2007 to dedicate his time to Gapminder, which allows users to create their own data visualisations. |
Hans Rosling: Five ways the world is doing better than you think | Hans Rosling: Five ways the world is doing better than you think |
The Joy of Stats: 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes | The Joy of Stats: 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes |
He co-founded the foundation with his son Ola Rosling and daughter-in-law Anna Ronlund in 2005. | He co-founded the foundation with his son Ola Rosling and daughter-in-law Anna Ronlund in 2005. |
In a statement announcing his death, they said the time he dedicated to Gapminder "made him a world-famous public educator, or Edutainer as he liked to call it". | In a statement announcing his death, they said the time he dedicated to Gapminder "made him a world-famous public educator, or Edutainer as he liked to call it". |
Hans Rosling became widely known after a talk he gave at a Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference in 2006 called "The best statistics you've never seen" was watched millions of times online. | |
In it, he used animated bubble charts to show how developing countries were catching up in development indicators with the West, presenting in the style of a sports commentator. | In it, he used animated bubble charts to show how developing countries were catching up in development indicators with the West, presenting in the style of a sports commentator. |
Mr Rosling presented Don't Panic: The Truth About Population on BBC2 in 2013, which included a demonstration of how British university graduates would be outperformed by chimpanzees in a test of knowledge about developing countries. | Mr Rosling presented Don't Panic: The Truth About Population on BBC2 in 2013, which included a demonstration of how British university graduates would be outperformed by chimpanzees in a test of knowledge about developing countries. |
He enjoyed debunking myths about the changing world, including fears of massive overpopulation due to decreasing child mortality. | He enjoyed debunking myths about the changing world, including fears of massive overpopulation due to decreasing child mortality. |
"I've watched people have this 'aha' moment when Hans speaks," Melinda Gates of the Gates Foundation told the journal Nature last year. "He breaks these myths in such a gentle way. I adore him." | "I've watched people have this 'aha' moment when Hans speaks," Melinda Gates of the Gates Foundation told the journal Nature last year. "He breaks these myths in such a gentle way. I adore him." |
Gapminder was set up to provide a view of the world different to that which most people would imagine from reading news headlines, its website says. | Gapminder was set up to provide a view of the world different to that which most people would imagine from reading news headlines, its website says. |
Facts, Mr Rosling believed, could correct "global ignorance" about the reality of the world, which "has never been less bad". | Facts, Mr Rosling believed, could correct "global ignorance" about the reality of the world, which "has never been less bad". |
The Swedish professor was listed as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People globally in 2012 and gave advice to charity leaders, technology company executives and globe-trotting politicians like Al Gore. | The Swedish professor was listed as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People globally in 2012 and gave advice to charity leaders, technology company executives and globe-trotting politicians like Al Gore. |