Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher

1890 - 1962

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The contributions Fisher made included the development of methods suitable for small samples, the discovery of the precise distributions of many sample statistics and the invention of analysis of variance.
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List of References (13 books/articles)

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Additional Material in MacTutor

  1. Preface to R A Fisher: the life of a scientist
  2. R A Fisher's Introduction to Statistical Methods
  3. R A Fisher's History of Statistics
  4. Obituary: The Times

Honours awarded to R A Fisher
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Fellow of the Royal Society1929
Royal Society Royal Medal1938
RSS Guy Medal in Gold1946
Royal Society Copley Medal1955

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  3. Mathematical Genealogy Project
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