Harold Jeffreys Scientist

Sir Harold Jeffreys, FRS (22 April 1891 – 18 March 1989) was an English mathematician, statistician, geophysicist, and astronomer. His book Theory of Probability, which first appeared in 1939, played an important role in the revival of the Bayesian view of probability.

Personal facts

Harold Jeffreys
Birth dateApril 22, 1891
Birth place
Fatfield
Date of deathMarch 18, 1989
Place of death
England , Cambridge
Spouse
Bertha Swirles

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Scientist

awards
Royal Society
Murchison Medal
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
doctoral student
Field of study
Mathematics
Geophysics

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  2. http://www.economics.soton.ac.uk/staff/aldrich/jeffreysweb.htm
  3. http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/vetlesen/recipients/1962/jeffreys_bio.html