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Karl Pearson FRS FRSE [1] ( / ˈpɪərsən /; born Carl Pearson; 27 March 1857 – 27 April 1936 [2]) 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.
- Theodore M. Porter
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.
May 18, 2018 · Karl Pearson, “founder of the science of statistics,” was born in London in 1857 and died at Coldharbour in Surrey, England, in 1936. Pearson’s father, William Pearson, was a barrister, Queen’s Counsel, and a leader in the chancery courts.
Mar 24, 2023 · Karl Pearson was Founder of the Biometric School. He made prolific contributions to statistics, eugenics and to the scientific method. Stimulated by the applications of W.F.R. Weldon and F. Galton he laid the foundations of much of modern mathematical statistics.
While his first eight lectures formed the basis of his iconoclastic and positivistic Grammar of Science (Pearson, 1892), the remaining 30 lectures dealt with statistics, which represent Pearson's earliest ideas about mathematical statistics. It is Pearson's first eight.
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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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