| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:University_of_Cambridge 
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                                | gptkbp:awards | gptkb:Copley_Medal gptkb:Darwin_Medal
 gptkb:Guy_Medal_in_Gold
 gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
 gptkb:Royal_Medal
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1890-02-17 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:East_Finchley,_London,_England 
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                                | gptkbp:children | gptkb:Frank_Fisher gptkb:George_Fisher
 gptkb:Harry_Fisher
 gptkb:Janet_Fisher
 gptkb:Joan_Fisher_Box
 gptkb:Mary_Fisher
 gptkb:Elizabeth_Fisher
 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1962-07-29 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor | None (did not have a PhD) 
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                                | gptkbp:education | gptkb:Harrow_School gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:Commonwealth_Scientific_and_Industrial_Research_Organisation_(CSIRO) gptkb:Rothamsted_Experimental_Station
 gptkb:University_College_London
 gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
 
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                                | gptkbp:field | evolutionary biology genetics
 statistics
 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | gptkb:Ronald_Aylmer_Fisher 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:David_Cox gptkb:Egon_Pearson
 gptkb:Frank_Yates
 gptkb:Jerzy_Neyman
 gptkb:John_Tukey
 gptkb:William_Sealy_Gosset
 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Charles_Darwin gptkb:Francis_Galton
 gptkb:Gregor_Mendel
 gptkb:Karl_Pearson
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:F-distribution gptkb:Fisher's_exact_test
 gptkb:Fisher's_fundamental_theorem_of_natural_selection
 gptkb:Fisher's_principle
 gptkb:Fisher_information
 gptkb:Fisher's_linear_discriminant
 gptkb:Fisherian_randomization
 gptkb:analysis_of_variance_(ANOVA)
 design of experiments
 founder of modern statistics
 statistical inference
 maximum likelihood estimation
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
 gptkb:Indian_Academy_of_Sciences
 gptkb:Royal_Society
 gptkb:Royal_Statistical_Society
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | British 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:Statistical_Methods_and_Scientific_Inference gptkb:Statistical_Methods_for_Research_Workers
 gptkb:The_Design_of_Experiments
 gptkb:The_Genetical_Theory_of_Natural_Selection
 gptkb:Statistical_Methods_in_Genetics
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:biologist gptkb:statistician
 gptkb:eugenicist
 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Anglican 
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                                | gptkbp:restingPlace | gptkb:St_Peter's_Cathedral,_Adelaide 
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                                | gptkbp:signature | R._A._Fisher_signature.svg 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Ruth_Eileen_Guinness 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:British_Eugenics_Society 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | R. A. Fisher 
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