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Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher FRS [5] (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was a British polymath who was active as a mathematician, statistician, biologist, geneticist, and academic.
Jul 25, 2024 · Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (born February 17, 1890, London, England—died July 29, 1962, Adelaide, Australia) was a British statistician and geneticist who pioneered the application of statistical procedures to the design of scientific experiments.
Sep 17, 2015 · Although Ronald Fisher's name is less well-known than some others, he was one of the twentieth century's greatest scientists. In addition to being probably the greatest statistician ever, he also invented experimental design and was one of the principal founders of population genetics.
Aug 6, 2019 · In offering his colleague a cup of tea, Ronald Fisher was just being polite. He had no intention of kicking up a dispute—much less remaking modern science. At the time, the early 1920s, Fisher worked at an agricultural research station north of London. A short, slight mathematician with rounded spectacles, he’d been hired to help scientists ...
A 4 part documentary exploring the importance of Sir Ronald Fisher and his contributions to the Statistics, Evolutionary theory and Genetics.
Sir R. A. Fisher, (born Feb. 17, 1890, East Finchley, Middlesex, Eng.—died July 29, 1962, Adelaide, S.Aus., Austl.), British statistician and geneticist. As statistician for an agricultural research institute, he investigated the linkage of genes for different traits.
Mar 24, 2023 · Ronald Aylmer Fisher, arguably the greatest statistician of the last (or any) century was born in Hampstead, England. After attending Harrow, he studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from 1909 to 1913; later returning to Cambridge first as a Fellow, and then as Professor of Genetics.
