| Reference number | EC/1929/04 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIV, 67; A02418 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Fisher, Sir Ronald Aylmer: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Distinguished 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). |
| Proposers | G 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 |
| Access status | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7969 | Fisher; Sir; Ronald Aylmer (1890 - 1962); statistician and geneticist | 1890 - 1962 |