Portrait of Ronald Aylmer Fisher
Date
mid 20th century
Sitter
Ronald Aylmer Fisher (1890 - 1962, British) , Statistician
Creator
Walter Stoneman (1876 - 1958, British) , Photographer
Creator - Organisation
J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 155mm
width (print): 110mm
width (print): 110mm
Subject
Mathematics
> Statistics
Biology
> Genetics (Biology)
Politics & Government
> Law and legislation
> Eugenics
> Statistics
Biology
> Genetics (Biology)
Politics & Government
> Law and legislation
> Eugenics
Description
Head and shoulders portrait Ronald Aylmer Fisher, looking directly out at the camera, dressed in a white shirt, a black tie and a grey suit jacket.
Ronald Aylmer Fisher (1890-1962), British statistician, geneticist and eugenicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1929. He received the Society’s Royal Medal, 1938, Darwin Medal, 1948, and Copley Medal, 1955, and gave the Croonian Lecture in 1953 on population genetics. He helped to found the Cambridge University Eugenics Society as an undergraduate in 1911, and in 1933 succeeded Karl Pearson (1857-1936) as Galton Professor of Eugenics at University College London.
Ronald Aylmer Fisher (1890-1962), British statistician, geneticist and eugenicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1929. He received the Society’s Royal Medal, 1938, Darwin Medal, 1948, and Copley Medal, 1955, and gave the Croonian Lecture in 1953 on population genetics. He helped to found the Cambridge University Eugenics Society as an undergraduate in 1911, and in 1933 succeeded Karl Pearson (1857-1936) as Galton Professor of Eugenics at University College London.
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