Harold Jeffreys
Sir Harold Jeffreys | |
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| Born | 22 April 1891 Fatfield, County Durham, England |
| Died | 18 March 1989 (aged 97) Cambridge, England |
| Alma mater | Armstrong College St John's College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Bayesian probability Jeffreys divergence Jeffreys model Jeffreys prior Jeffreys' scale Jeffreys–Lindley paradox WKBJ approximation |
| Spouse | Bertha Swirles |
| Awards | Smith's Prize (1915) Adams Prize (1926) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1937) Fellow of the Royal Society (1925) Murchison Medal (1939) Royal Medal (1948) William Bowie Medal (1952) Guy Medal (Gold, 1962) Vetlesen Prize (1962) Wollaston Medal (1964) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | mathematics geophysics |
| Doctoral students | Hermann Bondi Sydney Goldstein Vasant Huzurbazar |
Sir Harold Jeffreys, FRS (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.