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Karl Pearson

1857 - 1936

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Karl Pearson (; born Carl Pearson; 27 March 1857 – 27 April 1936) was an English biostatistician and mathematician. He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics. He founded the world's first university statistics department at University College London in 1911, and contributed significantly to the field of biometrics and meteorology. Pearson was also a proponent of Social Darwinism and eugenics, and his thought is an example of what is today described as scientific racism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Pearson is the 5th most popular statistician (down from 3rd in 2019), the 869th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 663rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Statistician.

Karl Pearson is most famous for his contributions to the field of statistics. He is considered one of the founders of mathematical statistics and is often referred to as the father of modern statistics.

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Among STATISTICIANS

Among statisticians, Karl Pearson ranks 5 out of 8. Before him are Francis Galton, Thomas Bayes, C. R. Rao, and Ronald Fisher. After him are Jerzy Neyman, Gertrude Mary Cox, and Joseph Kruskal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Karl Pearson ranks 34. Before him are Georg Michaelis, Joseph Babinski, Thorstein Veblen, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Ida Tarbell, and A. E. Waite. After him are Cécile Chaminade, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, George Gissing, Christian Michelsen, 12th Dalai Lama, and Otto von Below. Among people deceased in 1936, Karl Pearson ranks 42. Before him are Nikolai Ostrovsky, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Georgy Chicherin, Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, Robert E. Howard, and Heinrich Rickert. After him are Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Julius Schreck, Wilhelm Gustloff, Max Schreck, Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, and José Sanjurjo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Karl Pearson ranks 869 out of 8,785. Before him are James Joseph Sylvester (1814), Mike Hawthorn (1929), Ælla of Northumbria (800), Brian Epstein (1934), Thandie Newton (1972), and Jude Law (1972). After him are Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), William Hyde Wollaston (1766), John Paul Jones (1946), Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), Dionysios Kasdaglis (1872), and Catherine of Lancaster (1373).

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Among STATISTICIANS In United Kingdom

Among statisticians born in United Kingdom, Karl Pearson ranks 4. Before him are Francis Galton (1822), Thomas Bayes (1702), and Ronald Fisher (1890).

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