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Egon Pearson
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Egon Sharpe Pearson
11 August 1895 |
| Died | 12 June 1980 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Neyman–Pearson lemma |
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| Awards | Weldon Memorial Prize (1935) Guy Medal (Gold, 1955) |
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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 was an important British statistician. He was born on August 11, 1895, in Hampstead, London. Like his father, Karl Pearson, Egon became a leading expert in statistics. He passed away on June 12, 1980.
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Egon's Education and Early Career
Egon went to Winchester College and then Trinity College, Cambridge, for his education. After finishing his studies, he followed in his father's footsteps. He became a professor of statistics at University College London. He also took over as editor of an important science journal called Biometrika.
Key Contributions to Statistics
Egon Pearson is most famous for his work with another statistician, Jerzy Neyman. Together, they developed the Neyman–Pearson lemma. This is a very important idea in statistics. It helps scientists and researchers test their guesses, or "hypotheses," using data. Their work changed how many statistical tests are done today.
Pearson also made many other important contributions. He helped develop ways to use statistics in different areas, like in factories and for testing new inventions.
Awards and Recognition
Egon Pearson received many honors for his work.
- In 1948, he was chosen as a Fellow of the Econometric Society.
- He served as the President of the Royal Statistical Society from 1955 to 1956.
- In 1955, he was awarded the Guy Medal in gold, a very high honor from the Royal Statistical Society.
- He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1946.
- In March 1966, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. This is a special group for top scientists.
Egon's Family Life
Egon Pearson married Eileen Jolly in 1934. They had two daughters named Judith and Sarah. Sadly, Eileen passed away in 1949. Later, in 1967, Egon married Margaret Theodosia Scott. They lived together in Cambridge until Margaret's death in 1975. Egon then moved to West Lavington in Sussex, where he lived until he passed away in 1980.
Egon's Published Works
Egon Pearson wrote several important books and papers about statistics. Some of his notable works include:
- On the Use and Interpretation of certain Test Criteria for the Purposes of Statistical Inference (1928) – written with Jerzy Neyman.
- The History of statistics in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries (1929) – based on his father's lectures.
- On the Problem of the Most Efficient Tests of Statistical Hypotheses (1933) – also with Jerzy Neyman.
- Karl Pearson : an appreciation of some aspects of his life and work (1938) – about his father.
- Studies in the history of statistics and probability (1969) – co-authored with Maurice George Kendall.
