Karl Pearson
Mathematician
Karl Pearson FRS FRSE was an English eugenicist, mathematician, and biostatistician. He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics. Wikipedia
Born: March 27, 1857, Islington, London, United Kingdom
Died: April 27, 1936 (age 79 years), Capel, United Kingdom
Children: Egon Pearson, Helga Sharpe Pearson, and Sigrid Loetitia Pearson
Awards: Darwin Medal (1898) and Weldon Memorial Prize (1912)
Parents: Fanny Smith and William Pearson
Books
The Grammar of Science
1892
Mathematical Contributions to the Theory of Evolution
1904
National Life From The Standpoint Of Science
1901
The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton
1914
A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials: From Galilei to the Present Time
1893
Darwinism, Medical Progress and Eugenics: The Cavendish Lecture, 1912, an Address to the Medical Profession
1912