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Harold Jeffreys

British geophysicist and statistician (1891-1989) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 97

Sir Harold Jeffreys, FRS was a British geophysicist who made significant contributions to mathematics and statistics. His book, Theory of Probability, which was first published in 1939, played an important role in the revival of the objective Bayesian view of probability.

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1989Died18 March 19891964Wollaston MedalAward1963Guy Medal in GoldAward1962Fellow of the American Geophysical UnionAwardVetlesen PrizeAward1953Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1952Royal Society Bakerian MedalAwardWilliam Bowie MedalAward1948Royal MedalAward1941Victoria MedalAward1939Murchison MedalAward1929Buchan PrizeAward1927Adams PrizeAward1925Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1915Smith's PrizeAward1891Born22 April 1891

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