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Ronald Fisher

1890 - 1962

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Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was a British polymath who was active as a mathematician, statistician, biologist, geneticist, and academic. For his work in statistics, he has been described as "a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science" and "the single most important figure in 20th century statistics". In genetics, Fisher was the one to most comprehensively combine the ideas of Gregor Mendel and Charles Darwin, as his work used mathematics to combine Mendelian genetics and natural selection; this contributed to the revival of Darwinism in the early 20th-century revision of the theory of evolution known as the modern synthesis. For his contributions to biology, Richard Dawkins declared Fisher to be the greatest of Darwin's successors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ronald Fisher is the 4th most popular statistician, the 809th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 735th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Statistician.

Ronald Fisher is most famous for his work in population genetics. He is also known for his work in the field of statistics, and for his contributions to the design of experiments.

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Among STATISTICIANS

Among statisticians, Ronald Fisher ranks 4 out of 8. Before him are Francis Galton, Thomas Bayes, and C. R. Rao. After him are Karl Pearson, Jerzy Neyman, Gertrude Mary Cox, and Joseph Kruskal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Ronald Fisher ranks 36. Before him are Victor Lustig, Giorgio Morandi, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Eduard Dietl, Fanny Kaplan, and Karl Harrer. After him are Elsa Schiaparelli, Rachele Mussolini, Anthony Fokker, Michael Collins, Beniamino Gigli, and Hans-Valentin Hube. Among people deceased in 1962, Ronald Fisher ranks 28. Before him are Vasily Stalin, Natalia Goncharova, Bruno Walter, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Charles Laughton, and Alfred Cortot. After him are Shunroku Hata, Georgios Papanikolaou, Hans Lammers, Therese Neumann, C. Wright Mills, and Joseph Berchtold.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronald Fisher ranks 809 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Powell (1905), Charles Laughton (1899), Dua Lipa (1995), Oliver Smithies (1925), Martin Evans (1941), and Ian Paice (1948). After him are Wentworth Miller (1972), Stephen Graham (1973), Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), Richard Francis Burton (1821), Beatrice Webb (1858), and Mackenzie Bowell (1823).

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Among STATISTICIANS In United Kingdom

Among statisticians born in United Kingdom, Ronald Fisher ranks 3. Before him are Francis Galton (1822), and Thomas Bayes (1702). After him are Karl Pearson (1857).

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