Karl Pearson
Scientist
Karl Pearson FRS (/ˈpɪərsən/; originally named Carl; 27 March 1857 – 27 April 1936) was an influential English mathematician and biometrician. He has been credited with establishing the disciplineof mathematical statistics, and contributed significantly to the field of biometrics, meteorology, theories of social Darwinism and eugenics. A major proponent of eugenics, Pearson was also a protégé and biographer of Sir Francis Galton.In 1911 he founded the world's first university statistics department at University College London. A sesquicentenary conference was held in London on 23 March 2007, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth.
Personal facts
| Alias (AKA) | Pearson Carl |
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| Birth date | March 27, 1857 |
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| Birth name | Carl Pearson |
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| Birth place | England , London , Islington |
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| Date of death | April 27, 1936 |
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| Known for | Pearson's chi-squared test Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient |
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