A. W. F. Edwards
Anthony William Fairbank Edwards, FRS (born 1935) is a British statistician, geneticist and evolutionary biologist. He is the son of the surgeon Harold C. Edwards, and brother of medical geneticist John H. Edwards. He has sometimes been called "Fisher's Edwards" to distinguish him from his brother, because he was mentored by Ronald Fisher. Edwards has always had a high regard for Fisher's scientific contributions and has written extensively on them. To mark the Fisher centenary in 1990, Edwards proposed a commemorative Sir Ronald Fisher window be installed in the Dining Hall of Gonville & Caius College. When the window was removed in 2020, he vigorously opposed the move.
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Edwards at the Royal Society admissions day in 2015 | |
| Born | Anthony William Fairbank Edwards 4 October 1935 London, England |
| Education | University of Cambridge |
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| Relatives | John H. Edwards (brother) |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (2015) |
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| Fields | Statistics, genetics |
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| Doctoral students | Elizabeth A. Thompson |
| Website | royalsociety |
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