Egon Pearson
Egon Pearson | |
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| Born | Egon Sharpe Pearson 11 August 1895 |
| Died | 12 June 1980 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Neyman–Pearson lemma Frequentist statistics Type I and type II errors |
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| Awards | Weldon Memorial Prize (1935) Guy Medal (Gold, 1955) FRS (1966) |
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| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | University College London |
| Doctoral students | George E. P. Box Bhaskar Kumar Ghosh Pao-Lu Hsu Norman Lloyd Johnson |
Egon Sharpe Pearson CBE FRS (11 August 1895 – 12 June 1980) was one of three children of Karl Pearson and Maria, née Sharpe, and, like his father, a British statistician.