Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher FRS (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was a British statistician, geneticist, and professor. 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, 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, Fisher has been called "the greatest of Darwin’s successors".
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17 February 1890 East Finchley, London, England
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Died |
29 July 1962 (aged 72) Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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