Biographical entry Fisher, Ronald Aylmer (1890 - 1962)

Summary

Ronald Aylmer Fisher was Professor of Genetics, University of Cambridge 1943-57, and Professor of Genetics, University College, London 1933-43. During his retirement Fisher became a Research Fellow at the Division of Mathematics and Statistics, CSIRO, Adelaide 1959-62. Besides laying the foundation of virtually the whole of modern mathematical statistics and developing many particular aspects both theoretical and applied, Fisher made a great many outstanding contributions to genetics, particularly in its biometrical and evolutionary aspects.

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Ronald Aylmer Fisher - Records, 1955 - 1961, MS 090; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide

• Ronald Aylmer Fisher - Records, 1911 - 1960, MSS 0013; Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Online Resources

• 'Fisher, Ronald Aylmer - Ms 90', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms090.html. Details
• R.A. Fisher Digital Archive, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, 2003, http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/coll/special/fisher/index.html. Details
• A Guide to R. A. Fisher, 2003, http://www.economics.soton.ac.uk/staff/aldrich/fisherguide/rafframe.htm. Details
• 'Fisher, Ronald Aylmer', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-822505. Details

See also

• Stephens, C.G. and Quirk, J.P., 'James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 3, 1988, pp. 299-313. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9880730299.htm. Details