Harold Jeffreys

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Bayesian statistician astronomer geophysicist human mathematician seismologist statistician

Harold Jeffreys was a British mathematician, geophysicist, and statistician renowned for his foundational contributions to probability theory, Bayesian statistics, and the study of the Earth's interior.

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Harold Jeffreys canonical 4
Sir Harold Jeffreys 2

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instanceOf Bayesian statistician ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
geophysicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
seismologist ⓘ
statistician ⓘ
academicDegree Doctor of Science ⓘ
awardReceived Bakerian Medal and Prize ⓘ
Copley Medal ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Guy Medal in Gold ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
Sylvester Medal ⓘ
Vetlesen Prize ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1891-04-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1989-03-18 ⓘ
educatedAt Newcastle University ⓘ
surface form: Armstrong College, Newcastle

Durham University NERFINISHED ⓘ
St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Jeffreys ⓘ
fieldOfWork Bayesian statistics ⓘ
Earth sciences ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
geophysics ⓘ
mathematical statistics ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
fullName Harold Jeffreys self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Harold Jeffreys
givenName Harold ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
honorificTitle Knight Bachelor ⓘ
influenced development of Bayesian statistics in the 20th century ⓘ
modern model selection using Bayes factors ⓘ
knownFor Jeffreys prior ⓘ
Jeffreys scale for Bayes factors ⓘ
contributions to geophysical fluid dynamics ⓘ
foundational work in Bayesian inference ⓘ
seismological models of the Earth ⓘ
work on the Earth’s interior structure ⓘ
work on the origin and age of the Earth ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf International Astronomical Union ⓘ
Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
Royal Statistical Society ⓘ
notableWork Methods of Mathematical Physics ⓘ
Operational Methods in Mathematical Physics ⓘ
The Earth: Its Origin, History and Physical Constitution ⓘ
Theory of Probability ⓘ
placeOfBirth County Durham ⓘ
Fatfield ⓘ
placeOfDeath CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridgeshire

England ⓘ
positionHeld Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

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Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge → hasGraveOf → Harold Jeffreys ⓘ
Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge → hasNotableHolder → Harold Jeffreys ⓘ
William Bowie Medal → notableRecipient → Harold Jeffreys ⓘ
Hermann Bondi → academicAdvisor → Harold Jeffreys ⓘ
Harold Jeffreys → fullName → Harold Jeffreys self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Harold Jeffreys
Durham School → educated → Harold Jeffreys ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Harold Jeffreys