Person    | Male  Born 17/2/1890  Died 29/7/1962

Sir Ronald A. Fisher

Categories: Science

Statistician, geneticist and evolutionary biologist.
Born in East Finchley. His family moved into Hill House in 1896 but in 1906 his father lost his fortune and the family moved to Streatham.

In 1933 Fisher succeeded Karl Pearson (also of Hampstead) as Galton Professor of Eugenics at University College London. Fisher and Pearson went on to have a long running feud.

Died in Adelaide Australia, where he was working after retirement.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Ronald A. Fisher

Commemorated ati

Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher

English Heritage Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, 1890 - 1962, statistician and gen...

Read More

Other Subjects

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks

From the British Library: "Joseph Banks was a prominent botanist, who served as President of the Royal Society, and advised on the development of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. He was a key figu...

Person, Science

2 memorials
Venn diagram

Venn diagram

Invented by Dr John Venn.  We think the attached picture does an excellent job of both illustrating all you need to know about how Venn diagrams work and also of succinctly answering that knotty qu...

Concept, Science

1 memorial
Sir William Hooker

Sir William Hooker

Botanist. Born William Jackson Hooker at 7 Magdalen Street, Norwich. He collected specimens of mosses from Scotland and Iceland. Became first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1841. Fat...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Science, Iceland / Faroe Islands, Scotland

1 memorial
George Hornidge Porter, Lord Porter of Luddenham

George Hornidge Porter, Lord Porter of Luddenham

Born Yorkshire. 1967 Nobel Laureate for his work on photosynthesis relating to the potential use of hydrogen to supply energy.

Person, Science

1 memorial