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Karl Pearson

lived from 1857 to 1936

Karl Pearson was an English mathematician and biostatistician. He introduced the idea of correlation and applied statistics to biological problems of heredity and evolution. With Francis Galton, he was a supporter of eugenics.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Pearson/