Person Fisher; Sir; Ronald Aylmer (1890 - 1962); statistician and geneticist Fisher Ronald Aylmer Sir statistician and geneticist 1890 - 1962 British Male East Finchley, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom 17 February 1890 18900217 Adelaide, Australia, Oceania 29/07/1962 19620729 Burial: St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, Australia, Oceania

Statistician; Geneticist; Teacher Statistics Biometry Eugenics Evolution Genetics Married (Ruth) Eileen Guinness, 1917, daughter of Dr. Henry Gratton Guiness (1861-1915), physician and missionary; eight children born 1919-1938; separated 1943. A daughter, Joan Fisher Box, wrote a biography of her father: she married the statistician George E. P. Box Eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to 'improve' the physiological qualities of a human population, usually along lines of physical and mental ability. These practices have been characterised as sometimes embracing 'positive' measures, such as encouraging individuals deemed particularly fit to reproduce; and/or 'negative' measures, such as marriage prohibitions and voluntary or forced sterilization of people deemed unfit. The history of eugenics (a term coined by Francis Galton) began in the mid 19th and early 20th centuries. It was generally linked to negative views of race and class. A popular eugenics movement emerged in the United Kingdom, tied in with the thinking of physiological anthropologists, interpretations of Darwinism and natural selection, and the rise of statistical modeling and quantative analysis in science. Fisher was associated with the Eugenics Society; of those who were involved, there were many different approaches and Fisher's relationships with others, such as Karl Pearson, were subject to public disagreements and some animosity. Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1938; Darwin Medal 1948; Copley Medal 1955 Lectures: Croonian 1953, gave lecture on population genetics Fellow 02/05/1929 39 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Wikipedia Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1963 vol 9 pp 91-129, plate, by F Yates and K Mather References: David C Watt, 'Lionel Penrose, FRS (1898-1972) and Eugenics: Part One' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 137-151 Sahotra Sarkar, 'J B S Haldane and R A Fisher's Draft Life of Karl Pearson' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 119-124 A. W. F. Edwards, 'R. A. Fisher on Karl Pearson' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 97-106, plate Bernard Norton and E. S. Pearson, 'A Note on the Background to, and Refereeing of, R A Fisher's 1918 Paper "On the Correlation Between Relatives on the Supposition of Mendelian Inheritance"' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 151-162 Sir Gavin de Beer, 'Mendel, Darwin, and Fisher (1865-1965)' in NR 1964 vol 19 pp 192-226 'The Race Concept: Results of an Inquiry', UNESCO, 1952 J. F. Box, 'R. A. Fisher: the life of a scientist' (1978) Walter Bodmer, R. A. Bailey, Brian Charlesworth, Adam Eyre-Walker, Veron Farewell, Andrew Mead and Stephen Senn, 'The outstanding scientist, R. A. Fisher: his views on eugenics and race', Heredity 126, pp.565-576 (2021) ©Godfrey Argent Studio International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 'The correlation between relatives on the supposition of Mendelian Inheritance', 1918; 'Statistical methods for research workers ', 1925; 'The genetical theory of natural selection', 1930; 'The design of experiments', 1935; 'The wave of advance of advantageous genes', 1937; 'The theory of inbreeding', 1949; 'Gene frequencies in a cline determined by selection and diffusion', 1950; 'Statistical methods and scientific inference ', 1956 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-19900 17 Feb 1890 - 29 Jul 1962 NA7969 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 24/02/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/41900609 7c5e13e2-c70d-4026-95be-062eb635c198