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Fisher, Ronald Aylmer (1890 - 1962)

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Geneticist and Statistician

Born: 17 February 1890 England. Died: 28 July 1962.

Ronald Aylmer Fisher was Professor of Genetics, University of Cambridge 1943-57, and Professor of Genetics, University College, London 1933-43. During his retirement Fisher became a Research Fellow at the Division of Mathematics and Statistics, CSIRO, Adelaide 1959-62. Besides laying the foundation of virtually the whole of modern mathematical statistics and developing many particular aspects both theoretical and applied, Fisher made a great many outstanding contributions to genetics, particularly in its biometrical and evolutionary aspects.

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'Fisher, Ronald Aylmer - Ms 90', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms090.txt. [ Details ]

Collected Papers of R. A. Fisher, 1890-1962, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, 2003, http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/digitised/fisher/index.html. [ Details ]

Aldrich, John, A Guide to R. A. Fisher, 2003, http://www.economics.soton.ac.uk/staff/aldrich/fisherguide/rafframe.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 10 September 2004

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