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Thomas Bayes

1702 - 1761

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Thomas Bayes ( BAYZ ; c. 1701 – 7 April 1761) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Bayes has received more than 933,062 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Thomas Bayes is the 2nd most popular statistician (up from 3rd in 2019), the 545th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 634th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Statistician.

Thomas Bayes is most famous for his Bayes' theorem, which is a mathematical formula that calculates the probability of a hypothesis (H) being true, given evidence (E). The equation is: P(H|E) = P(E|H)P(H)/P(E).

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Among STATISTICIANS

Among statisticians, Thomas Bayes ranks 2 out of 8. Before him are Francis Galton. After him are Karl Pearson, Ronald Fisher, Jerzy Neyman, C. R. Rao, Joseph Kruskal, and Gertrude Mary Cox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1702, Thomas Bayes ranks 2. Before him is Anne Bonny. After him are Emperor Nakamikado, Jean-Étienne Liotard, Maria Clementina Sobieska, Legall de Kermeur, Muhammad Shah, Sava Petrović, Francesco Zuccarelli, Jacques Aved, Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and William Fermor. Among people deceased in 1761, Thomas Bayes ranks 1. After him are Pieter van Musschenbroek, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Samuel Richardson, Stephen Hales, Tarabai, Tokugawa Ieshige, Thomas Simpson, Clemens August of Bavaria, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, John Dollond, and Francesco Feo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Bayes ranks 545 out of 8,785. Before him are Oliver Sacks (1933), Gregory Bateson (1904), Roger Glover (1945), Gustav Holst (1874), Stanley Rous (1895), and Bruce Dickinson (1958). After him are George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859), Betty Williams (1943), David McCallum (1933), David Lean (1908), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), and Jane Seymour (1951).

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Among STATISTICIANS In United Kingdom

Among statisticians born in United Kingdom, Thomas Bayes ranks 2. Before him are Francis Galton (1822). After him are Karl Pearson (1857), and Ronald Fisher (1890).

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