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134 years old
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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 |
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