R.A. Fisher

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gptkb:Darwin_Medal
gptkb:Guy_Medal_in_Gold
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1890-02-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:East_Finchley,_London,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Frank_Fisher
gptkb:George_Fisher
gptkb:Harry_Fisher
gptkb:Janet_Fisher
gptkb:Joan_Fisher_Box
gptkb:Margaret_Fisher
gptkb:Mary_Fisher
gptkb:Harriet_Fisher
gptkbp:deathDate 1962-07-29
gptkbp:deathPlace Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_Bateson
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harrow_School
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
evolutionary biology
genetics
statistics
biometry
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Ronald_Aylmer_Fisher
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label R.A. Fisher
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Cox
gptkb:Egon_Pearson
gptkb:Frank_Yates
gptkb:Jerzy_Neyman
gptkb:John_Tukey
gptkb:William_Sealy_Gosset
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Francis_Galton
gptkb:Gregor_Mendel
gptkb:Karl_Pearson
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:F-distribution
gptkb:Fisher's_exact_test
gptkb:Fisher's_principle
gptkb:Fisher_information
gptkb:Fisher's_linear_discriminant
gptkb:Fisher–Yates_shuffle
gptkb:analysis_of_variance_(ANOVA)
gptkb:Fisher's_method
design of experiments
founder of modern statistics
population genetics
statistical inference
maximum likelihood estimation
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gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Indian_Statistical_Institute
gptkbp:nationality British
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gptkb:Statistical_Methods_for_Research_Workers
gptkb:The_Design_of_Experiments
gptkb:The_Genetical_Theory_of_Natural_Selection
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:statistician
biologist
eugenicist
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St._George's_Church,_Magill,_South_Australia
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