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Ronald Aylmer Fisher (1890–1962) was born in London as the son of a prosperous auctioneer whose business collapsed in 1906, whereafter Ronald had to fend for himself. In 1909 he won a scholarship in mathematics to Cambridge University where he graduated in 1912 as a Wrangler in the Mathematical Tripos. He was awarded a studentship and spent another year in Cambridge studying statistical mechanics and quantum theory. In addition he used much of his time studying Darwin’s evolutionary theory, Galton’s eugenics, and Pearson’s biometrical work.
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(2007). Fisher’s Early Papers, 1912–1921. In: A History of Parametric Statistical Inference from Bernoulli to Fisher, 1713–1935. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-46409-1_18
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