Statistics is the grammar of science.
Karl Pearson Quotes
The mathematician, carried along on his flood of symbols, dealing apparently with purely formal truths, may still reach results of endless importance for our description of the physical universe.
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| Birth: | 27th March, 1857 |
| Death: | 27th April, 1936 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Mathematician |
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Karl Pearson was an influential English mathematician and biometrician. He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics, and contributed significantly to the field of biometrics, meteorology, and theories of Social Darwinism and eugenics. A major proponent of eugenics, Pearson was also a protégé and biographer of Sir Francis Galton.
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