Ronald A. Fisher

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Ronald A. Fisher was a pioneering British statistician and geneticist whose work helped found modern statistical science and unify Mendelian genetics with Darwinian evolution.

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instanceOf academic
biologist
eugenicist
evolutionary biologist
geneticist
human
mathematician
statistician
academicDegree degree in mathematics
awardReceived Copley Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society
Guy Medal in Gold
causeOfDeath cancer
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1890-02-17
dateOfDeath 1962-07-29
educatedAt Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
employer Rothamsted Experimental Station
University of Adelaide
University of Cambridge
familyName Fisher
fieldOfWork eugenics
evolutionary biology
experimental design
genetics
statistics
fullName Ronald Aylmer Fisher
linked to: Ronald A. Fisher
givenName Ronald
influenced modern evolutionary synthesis
modern statistics
population genetics
knownFor F-distribution
F-test
Fisher information
Fisher's exact test
Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection
Fisher's linear discriminant
analysis of variance
design of experiments
foundations of modern statistical science
maximum likelihood estimation
randomization in experiments
sufficient statistics
unifying Mendelian genetics with Darwinian evolution
memberOf Royal Society
name Ronald A. Fisher
nationality British
notableWork Statistical Methods for Research Workers
The Design of Experiments
The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection
numberOfChildren 8
placeOfBirth East Finchley, London, England
placeOfDeath Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
linked to: Adelaide
positionHeld Galton Professor of Eugenics at University College London
Professor of Genetics at the University of Cambridge
Research statistician at Rothamsted Experimental Station
religion Anglicanism
sexOrGender male
spouse Eileen Guinness

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Evolution: The Modern Synthesis influencedBy Ronald Fisher
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Ronald Coase influencedBy Ronald Fisher
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The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection author Ronald Aylmer Fisher
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The Design of Experiments author Ronald A. Fisher
The Design of Experiments author R. A. Fisher
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Animal Species and Evolution influencedBy Ronald A. Fisher
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The Evolution of Sex influencedBy Ronald Fisher
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