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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R. A. Fisher 7
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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 (FRS)
surface form: 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
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer Rothamsted Experimental Station
University of Adelaide
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName Fisher
fieldOfWork eugenics
evolutionary biology
experimental design
genetics
statistics
fullName Ronald A. Fisher self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ronald Aylmer 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 self-link
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
surface form: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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 (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
sexOrGender male
spouse Eileen Guinness

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William Bateson influenced Ronald A. Fisher
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Darwin–Wallace Medal notableRecipient Ronald A. Fisher
Chigwell School hasAlumnus Ronald A. Fisher
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G. Ledyard Stebbins influencedBy Ronald A. Fisher
Ronald A. Fisher name Ronald A. Fisher self-link
Ronald A. Fisher fullName Ronald A. Fisher self-linksurface differs
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Sewall Wright influenced Ronald A. Fisher
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis influencedBy Ronald A. Fisher
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Ronald Coase influencedBy Ronald A. Fisher
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Motoo Kimura influencedBy Ronald A. Fisher
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Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh notableRecipient Ronald A. Fisher
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William D. Hamilton inspiredBy Ronald A. Fisher
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George C. Williams influencedBy Ronald A. Fisher
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Karl Pearson notableStudent Ronald A. Fisher
Karl Pearson influenced Ronald A. Fisher
Eugenics Society notableMember Ronald A. Fisher
Fisher hasNotableBearer Ronald A. Fisher
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Hotelling influencedBy Ronald A. Fisher
subject surface form: Harold Hotelling
East Finchley, London, England hasNotableResident Ronald A. Fisher
subject surface form: East Finchley
F-distribution namedAfter Ronald A. Fisher
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Fisher information namedAfter Ronald A. Fisher
Fisher information introducedBy Ronald A. Fisher
Fisher's exact test namedAfter Ronald A. Fisher
Fisher's linear discriminant namedAfter Ronald A. Fisher
Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection formulatedBy Ronald A. Fisher
this entity surface form: Ronald Aylmer Fisher
The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection author Ronald A. Fisher
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The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection author Ronald A. Fisher
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The Design of Experiments author Ronald A. Fisher
The Design of Experiments author Ronald A. Fisher
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Eileen Guinness spouse Ronald A. Fisher
Nick Barton influencedBy Ronald A. Fisher
Animal Species and Evolution influencedBy Ronald A. Fisher
Brian Charlesworth influencedBy Ronald A. Fisher
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Raj Chandra Bose influencedBy Ronald A. Fisher
Bedford School notableAlumnus Ronald A. Fisher
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John influencedBy Ronald A. Fisher
subject surface form: John W. Tukey
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Walter Bodmer doctoralAdvisor Ronald A. Fisher
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