Sir ronald a fisher biography of william
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Ronald Aylmer Fisher
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London, England
Adelaide, Australia
Biography
R A Fisher's parents were Katie Heath, the daughter of a solicitor, and George Fisher, of Robinson and Fisher a firm of auctioneers in King Street, St James, London.Katie and George had seven children, four boys and three girls.
Sir ronald a fisher biography of william
After the birth of Geoffrey in and Evelyn in , they named their third child, who was born the following year, Alan. He died at a very young age and Katie, being superstitious, decided that all their children from that time on would have a "y" in their name.
Ronald Aylmer Fisher was the second of twins, but the older twin was still-born.
In Ronald entered Harrow, but this was a difficult time for the fourteen year old boy, for his mother died in that year of acute peritonitis.