Ronald Fisher
R. A. Fisher | |
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| File:R. A. Fischer.jpg Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (1890-1962) | |
| Born | 17 February 1890 |
| Died | 29 July 1962 (aged 72) |
| Nationality |  British |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Known for | Fisher's fundamental theorem Maximum likelihood Fisher information Analysis of variance Fisher-Kolmogorov equation Coining the term 'null hypothesis' Fiducial inference Fisher's exact test Fisher's principle Fisherian runaway F-distribution |
| Awards | Royal Medal (1938) Guy Medal in Gold (1946) Copley Medal (1955) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistician Evolutionary biologist Geneticist |
| Institutions | Rothamsted Experimental Station University College London University of Cambridge CSIRO |
| Academic advisors | Sir James Jeans F.J.M. Stratton |
| Doctoral students | C.R. Rao D. J. Finney |
| Influences | Leonard Darwin |
| Influenced | Joseph Oscar Irwin A. W. F. Edwards Georg Rasch |
| Notes | |
He was the father-in-law of George E. P. Box. | |
Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, FRS (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was an English statistician, evolutionary biologist, and geneticist. He was described by Anders Hald as "a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science"[1] and Richard Dawkins described him as "the greatest of Darwin's successors".[2]
References
- ↑ Hald, Anders (1998). A History of Mathematical Statistics. New York: Wiley.
- ↑ Dawkins, Richard (1995). River out of Eden.
