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  1. 1890-1962. English statistician and
  2. geneticist. He modernized Charles Darwin's
  3. theory of evolution, thus securing the key
  4. biological concept of genetic change by
  5. natural selection. Fisher developed several
  6. new statistical techniques and, applying his
  7. methods to genetics, published The Genetical
  8. Theory of Natural Selection in 1930. This
  9. classic work established that the discoveries
  10. of the geneticist Gregor Mendel could be
  11. shown to support Darwin's theory of
  12. evolution.
  13.