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Fisher, Sir Ronald Aylmer (1890–1962), statistician and geneticist

Hamish G. Spencer

in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Published in print September 2004 |
Published online September 2004 | e-ISBN: 9780198614128 | DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33146

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Fisher, Sir Ronald Aylmer (1890–1962), statistician and geneticist, was born on 17 February 1890 at his parents' home in East Finchley, Middlesex, the last of seven surviving children born to George Fisher (1843–1920), a dealer in fine arts, and his wife, Katie (1855–1904)...

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Subjects: Human Genetics ; Genetics and Genomics ; Zoology and Animal Sciences ; Probability and Statistics ; Plant Sciences and Forestry

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