of geostatistics. Krige developed statistical methods for assessing the size of buried mineral deposits. Aged 19, he graduated in mining engineering from Witwatersrand U. In 1981, having retired from a career in the mining industry, he returned to the University to spend ten years as Professor of Mineral Economics.
http://www.northernminer.com/news/obituary-danie-krige-south-africas-giant-of-geostatistics/1002208623/ Obituary with photograph.