Thomas Bayes
Statistician and philosopher
Thomas Bayes was an English statistician, philosopher and Presbyterian minister who is known for formulating a specific case of the theorem that bears his name: Bayes' theorem. Bayes never published what would become his most famous... Wikipedia
Born: 1702, London, United Kingdom
Died: April 7, 1761 (age 59 years), Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
Parents: Joshua Bayes and Anne Carpenter
Alma mater: University of Edinburgh
Fields: Probability
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