Karl Pearson
Karl Pearson
Karl Pearson FRSwas an influential English mathematician and biostatistician. He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics, and contributed significantly to the field of biometrics, meteorology, theories of social Darwinism and eugenics. Pearson was also a protégé and biographer of Sir Francis Galton...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMathematician
Date of Birth27 March 1857
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