Sir Ronald Aylmer FisherSir Ronald Aylmer Fisher

Born: February 17 1890Born: February 17 1890Died: July 29 1962Died: July 29 1962

ChildhoodChildhood

Born February 17 1980Born February 17 1980 Katie Heath and George FisherKatie Heath and George Fisher Youngest of 8 kidsYoungest of 8 kids Twin brother was stillbornTwin brother was stillborn Extreme myopiaExtreme myopia

EducationEducation

Concentrated in mathematicsConcentrated in mathematics Harrow School at 14Harrow School at 14 Received special instruction at nightReceived special instruction at night Did work without pen and paperDid work without pen and paper Received the Neeld MedalReceived the Neeld Medal Scholarship to Gonville and Caius College, Scholarship to Gonville and Caius College,

CambridgeCambridge Became a wrangler in 1912Became a wrangler in 1912

Early LifeEarly Life

Work on a farm in CanadaWork on a farm in Canada Statistician for Mercantile and Statistician for Mercantile and

General Investment CompanyGeneral Investment Company Tried to enlist in the ArmyTried to enlist in the Army Teacher at public schoolsTeacher at public schools Married Ruth Eileen in 1917Married Ruth Eileen in 1917

Work at RothamstedWork at Rothamsted Partitioned sub-experimentsPartitioned sub-experiments Maximum likelihoodMaximum likelihood Analysis of varianceAnalysis of variance Breeding experimentsBreeding experiments On the Dominance RatioOn the Dominance Ratio (1922) (1922) Statistical Methods for Research WorkersStatistical Methods for Research Workers

(1925)(1925) The Genetical Theory of Natural SelectionThe Genetical Theory of Natural Selection

(1930) (1930)

ProfessorshipsProfessorships

1933 Galton Professor at University 1933 Galton Professor at University College, LondonCollege, London

1943 Arthur Balfour professor of 1943 Arthur Balfour professor of genetics at the University of genetics at the University of CambridgeCambridge

1959 University of Adelaide1959 University of Adelaide

AwardsAwards

1929 Fellow of the Royal Society1929 Fellow of the Royal Society 1938 Royal Medal of the Society1938 Royal Medal of the Society 1948 Darwin Medal of the Society1948 Darwin Medal of the Society 1952 Knighted1952 Knighted 1955 Copley Medal of the Royal 1955 Copley Medal of the Royal

SocietySociety

PublicationsPublications

Statistical Methods for Research Workers (1925)Statistical Methods for Research Workers (1925) The Genetical Theory of Natural SelectionThe Genetical Theory of Natural Selection (1930)(1930) The Design of Experiments (1935)The Design of Experiments (1935) Statistical Tables for Biological, Agricultural and Statistical Tables for Biological, Agricultural and

Medical Research (1938)Medical Research (1938) The Theory of Inbreeding (1949)The Theory of Inbreeding (1949) Contributions to Mathematical Statistics (1950)Contributions to Mathematical Statistics (1950) Statistical Methods and Scientific Inference Statistical Methods and Scientific Inference

(1956)(1956) http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/coll/special//http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/coll/special//

fisher/bibliog.htmlfisher/bibliog.html

SummerySummery

Made breakthroughs in experimental Made breakthroughs in experimental designdesign

Married Mendelian and Darwinian Married Mendelian and Darwinian ideasideas

Was a statistician as well as a Was a statistician as well as a geneticistgeneticist

Proponent of eugenicsProponent of eugenics

BibliographyBibliography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Fisherhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Fisherhttp://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/coll/http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/coll/special//fisher/special//fisher/http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Fisher.html~history/Biographies/Fisher.htmlhttp://www.economics.soton.ac.uk/staff/http://www.economics.soton.ac.uk/staff/aldrich/fisherguide/rafreader.htm aldrich/fisherguide/rafreader.htm