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Karl Pearson FRS FRSE (/ ˈ p ɪər s ə n /; born Carl Pearson; 27 March 1857 – 27 April 1936) was an English eugenicist, mathematician, and biostatistician. [3] [4] He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics .
Apr 23, 2024 · Karl Pearson (born March 27, 1857, London, England—died April 27, 1936, Coldharbour, Surrey) was a British statistician, leading founder of the modern field of statistics, prominent proponent of eugenics, and influential interpreter of the philosophy and social role of science.
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Mar 27, 2012 · Karl Pearson was an English mathematician and biostatistician. He introduced the idea of correlation and applied statistics to biological problems of heredity and evolution. With Francis Galton, he was a supporter of eugenics.
Mar 24, 2023 · Founder of biometrics, Karl Pearson was one of the principal architects of the modern theory of mathematical statistics. He was a polymath whose interests ranged from astronomy, mechanics, meteorology and physics to the biological sciences in particular (including anthropology, eugenics, evolutionary biology, heredity and medicine).
Of the three mathematicians, it was Karl Pearson, along with his ambition and determination, that lead people to consider him the founder of the twentieth-century science of statistics. Born on March 27, 1857 in London, England, Karl Pearson's early years were spent being educated at home. At age nine, Karl was sent away from home to University ...
May 18, 2018 · PEARSON, KARL (b. London, England, 27 March 1857; d. Coldharbour, Surrey, England, 27 April 1936) applied mathematics, biometry, statistics. Pearson, founder of the twentieth-century science of statistics, was the younger son and the second of three children of William Pearson, a barrister of the Inner Temple, and his wife, Fanny Smith.
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Science. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Karl Pearson. views 3,978,582 updated. Karl Pearson. 1857-1936. British Mathematician. A man of wide-ranging interests, Karl Pearson became the father of statistics by an indirect route that led him from mathematics to other disciplines and back again.
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