FLICKR, NEIL FANTOMEarly yesterday morning (February 7), Swedish statistician Hans Rosling died of pancreatic cancer, one year after his diagnosis. He was surrounded by family in Uppsala, Sweden, his son Ola Rosling and daughter-in-law Anna Rönnlund wrote in a statement.
Rosling, a medical doctor and professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, was a highly sought-after speaker. An inadvertent YouTube star, Rosling was known for his dynamic way of portraying data on global health issues. “Having the data is not enough,” he said in one video where he shows how the populations of 200 countries have changed in terms of wealth and life expectancy over the last 200 years. “I have to show it in ways people both enjoy and understand.” Rosling gave several TED Talks and, in 2015, delivered a surprise lecture on the global refugee crisis at a charity concert.
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