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RefNoEC/1929/04
Previous numbersCert XIV, 67; A02418
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TitleFisher, Sir Ronald Aylmer: certificate of election to the Royal Society
DescriptionCitation typed
CitationDistinguished for a long series of original contributions to the mathematical theory of statistics, in particular the theory of sampling, and applications to agriculture, biology and meteorology. Author of 'Statistical Methods for Research Workers' (2nd Ed, 1928); and the following memoirs amongst others: - 'Correlation between relatives on the supposition of Mendelian Inheritance' (Trans Roy Soc Edin, 52, 1918); 'Mathematical Foundations of Theoretical Statistics' (Phil Trans, A, 222, 1922); 'Influence of Rainfall on the Yield of Wheat at Rothamsted' (Phil Trans, B, 213, 1924); 'Triplet Children in Great Britain and Ireland' (Proc Roy Soc, B, 102, 1927).
ProposersG Udny Yule; A S Eddington; Gilbert T Walker; R H Fowler; R C Punnett; A D Hall; V H Blackman; J B Farmer; E J Russell
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Fisher, Sir Ronald Aylmer: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA7969Fisher; Sir; Ronald Aylmer (1890 - 1962); statistician and geneticist1890 - 1962
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