From: Maggie Johnston <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 09 September 2019 15:16
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Subject: Exhibition in the Old Sample House
Fisher exhibition info.
Some dates for your diaries:
* Rothamsted Manor will be open to the public on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September as part of Heritage Open Days. There will be free guided tours (booking essential), self-guided tours of the garden and cream teas in the Courtyard Café. Full details and information on booking at https://www.rothamstedmanor.com/heritage-open-weekend
* And on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th September there will be an opportunity to see the exhibition in the Old Sample House marking the centenary of R.A. Fisher’s appointment to the staff at Rothamsted. Full details below.
THE LEGACY OF R. A. FISHER: 100 YEARS OF STATISTICS AT ROTHAMSTED.
MEMBERS OF THE ROTHAMSTED ASSOCIATION AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS ARE INVITED TO VISIT THIS EXHIBITION ON TUESDAY 24th OR WEDNESDAY 25th SEPTEMBER BETWEEN 1.00 and 2.30 pm
Ronald A. Fisher, who was appointed by John Russell, came to Rothamsted almost exactly 100 years ago, on 22nd September 1919. He published his first Rothamsted paper in 1921 soon followed, in 1924, by a paper in which, using data from the Broadbalk experiment, he explored the influence of rainfall on the yield of wheat. The real legacy of his 14 years at Rothamsted was, however, to develop protocols for the design, conduct and analysis of experiments and effectively lay the foundations of modern statistical theory.
To mark this anniversary, the 7th Channel Network Conference of the International Biometric Society was held at Rothamsted in the middle of July. Delegates to the Conference had an opportunity to visit an exhibition in the Old Sample House, which explained the origins of the yield and weather data that were the subject of Fisher’s early work. The exhibition also highlighted the contributions of Rothamsted’s statisticians over the 100 years following Fisher’s appointment, supplemented by artefacts relating to Fisher and a display of calculators.
Many of the artefacts have been displayed on previous occasions but, even if you have attended all of our previous exhibitions, there will still be something new to see.
John Jenkyn
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