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February 17, 1890
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July 29, 1962
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Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher
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OL117058A0
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Ronald Fisher, also known as Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, was born in London on February 17, 1890. He was a mathematician, geneticist, statistician, astronomer, and biologist from the United Kingdom.
Fisher received his education at the University of Cambridge, Harrow School, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. His doctoral advisor was James Jeans.
Throughout his career, Fisher supervised several doctoral students, including C. R. Rao, Walter Bodmer, Mary F. Lyon, Joseph Oscar Irwin, and D. J. Finney.
Ronald Fisher passed away on July 29, 1962, in Adelaide.
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