Ronald Fisher
Ronald Fisher
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a British polymath who was active as a mathematician, statistician, biologist, and geneticist. "a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science"
Born
Ronald Aylmer Fisher 17 February 1890 London, England, UK
Died
29 July 1962 (aged 72) Adelaide, SA, Australia
Nationality
British
Known for
Fisher's exact test Fisher's inequality Fisher's principle Fisher's geometric model Fisher's Iris data set Fisher's linear discriminant Fisher's equation Fisher information Fisher's method Fisherian runaway
Fields
Statistics, genetics, and evolutionary biology
Alma mater
University of Cambridge
Awards
Weldon Memorial Prize (1930) Royal Medal (1938) Guy Medal (1946) Copley Medal (1955)
Institutions
Rothamsted Experimental Station University College London University of Cambridge University of Adelaide Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Academic advisors
James Hopwood Jeans F. J. M. Stratton
adultbasic
Britain
Doctoral students
Walter Bodmer D. J. Finney Ebenezer Laing Mary F. Lyon C. R. Rao
Education
Harrow School
era
1800+