1891
Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (died 1989)
Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (died 1989)
Harold Jeffreys
British physicist and mathematician
- Born
- 1891
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.