Only known portrait that is possibly of Bayes from a 1936 book,[1] but it is doubtful whether the portrait is actually of him.[2][3]
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
Scientific career
Fields
Probability
Signature
Thomas Bayes (/beɪz/BAYZaudioⓘ; c. 1701 – 7 April 1761[2][4][note 1]) 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.[5]
^Terence O'Donnell, History of Life Insurance in Its Formative Years (Chicago: American Conservation Co:, 1936), p. 335 (caption "Rev. T. Bayes: Improver of the Columnar Method developed by Barrett.")
^ abBayes's portrait The IMS Bulletin, Vol. 17 (1988), No. 3, pp. 276–278.
^Bellhouse, D. R. (1 February 2004). "The Reverend Thomas Bayes, FRS: A Biography to Celebrate the Tercentenary of His Birth". Statistical Science. 19 (1): 3. Bibcode:2004StaSc..19....3B. doi:10.1214/088342304000000189. ISSN 0883-4237.
^Belhouse, D.R. The Reverend Thomas Bayes FRS: a Biography to Celebrate the Tercentenary of his Birth Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
^McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch. (2011). The Theory That Would Not Die p. 10., p. 10, at Google Books
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