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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:938-942
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Symposium

RA Fisher, statistician and geneticist extraordinary: a personal view

Walter Bodmer

Sir Walter Bodmer, Hertford College, Catte Street, Oxford OX1 3BW. E-mail: walter.bodmer@hertford.ox.ac.uk

Accepted 29 May 2003

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I was among the last of RA Fisher’s students and disciples and, as a result, he had an enormous influence both on my career and on my attitudes to science and scientific research. In the summer before I started taking Fisher’s lecture courses in statistical and mathematical population genetics, I was given a reading list that included Fisher’s three outstanding books, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection,1 Statistical Methods for Research Workers,2 and The Design of Experiments.3 These formed a little light recommended reading over a summer vacation! Later in that year, I went to see Fisher in the Genetics Department about the possibility of doing research with him. I then wrote in my diary.... ‘very promising, looks as though all will be well. I hope it’s the right subject.’ Well, it undoubtedly was and has remained with me for the following 47 years, and hopefully more to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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