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Harold Jeffreys

Harold Jeffreys
Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1989)

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.

22 April 1891

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