Karl Pearson FRS (27 March 1857 – 27 April 1936) was an influential English mathematician who has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics.
In 1911 he founded the world's first university statistics department at University College London. He was a proponent of eugenics, and a protégé and biographer of Sir Francis Galton.
A sesquicentenary conference was held in London on 23 March 2007, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth.
Read more about Karl Pearson: Family, Education and Early Work, Einstein and Pearson's Work, Politics and Eugenics, Awards From Professional Bodies, Contributions To Statistics, Resume of Academic Career, Publications
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