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Thomas Bayes
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Thomas Bayes was an English mathematician, statistician, cleric, and philosopher who worked in the fields of probability theory and mathematics. Born in London in 1702, he was educated at the University of Edinburgh. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom and was a member of the Presbyterian faith.
Bayes is noted for his work on Bayes' theorem. His other writings include "An essay towards solving a problem in the doctrine of chances," "An Introduction To The Doctrine Of Fluxions," and "Divine benevolence." He was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
He died in Royal Tunbridge Wells in 1761 and was buried at Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.
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Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1761
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Divine Benevolence : Or, an Attempt to Prove That the Principal End of the Divine Providence and Government Is the Happiness of His Creatures
- Versuch Zur lösung Eines Problems der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung
- An Introduction To The Doctrine Of Fluxions
- An essay towards solving a problem in the doctrine of chances
- Divine benevolence
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 163,298x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,252x
- U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 59,975x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 51,115x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 44,354x
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 1701, London , England
- Died
- 7 April 1761 (1761-04-07) (aged 59), Royal Tunbridge Wells , England
- Alma mater
- University of Edinburgh
- Known for
- Bayesian statistics , Bayes' theorem , Conditional probability , Inverse probability , Bayes prior , Bayes factor , Bayesian inference , See full list
- Fields
- Probability
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Bayes (/beɪz/ 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.
Bayes never published what would become his most famous accomplishment; his notes were edited and published posthumously by Richard Price.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Bayes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.