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Sir Harold Jeffreys
Black and white portrait photograph of Sir Harold Jeffreys looking into the camera. He is wearing a shirt, tie and jacket. He has a moustache and is wearing spectacles.
Born(1891-04-22)22 April 1891
Fatfield, County Durham, England
Died18 March 1989(1989-03-18) (aged 97)
Cambridge, England
Alma materArmstrong College
St John's College, Cambridge
Known forJeffreys prior
Jeffreys model
WKBJ approximation
SpouseBertha Swirles
AwardsSmith's Prize (1915)
Adams Prize (1926)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1937)
Fellow of the Royal Society (1925)[1]
Murchison Medal (1939)
Royal Medal (1948)
William Bowie Medal (1952)
Guy Medal (Gold, 1962)
Vetlesen Prize (1962)
Wollaston Medal (1964)
Scientific career
Fieldsmathematics
geophysics
Doctoral studentsHermann Bondi[2]
Sydney Goldstein
Vasant Huzurbazar
Plaque to Sir Harold Jeffreys, Newcastle University

Sir Harold Jeffreys, FRS[1][3] (22 April 1891 – 18 March 1989) 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.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b Cook, A. (1990). "Sir Harold Jeffreys. 2 April 1891–18 March 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 36: 302–326. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1990.0034. S2CID 71454940.
  2. ^ Roxburgh, I. W. (2007). "Hermann Bondi 1 November 1919–10 September 2005: Elected FRS 1959". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 53: 45–61. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2007.0008. S2CID 70786803.
  3. ^ "Errata: Sir Harold Jeffreys. 2 April 1891–18 March 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 37: 491. 1991. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1991.0025.
  4. ^ Jaynes, E. T. (2003). Probability Theory: The Logic of Science. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-59271-2.
  5. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Harold Jeffreys", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
  6. ^ Robert, C.P.; Chopin, N.; Rousseau, J. (2009). "Harold Jeffreys's Theory of Probability Revisited". Statistical Science. 24 (2): 141–172. arXiv:0804.3173. doi:10.1214/09-STS284.

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