Harold Jeffreys, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harold Jeffreys

mathematician

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1891

Place of Birth: Fatfield, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1989

Profession: astronomer, mathematician, statistician, seismologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Sir Harold Jeffreys, FRS (22 April 1891 – 18 March 1989) was a British mathematician, statistician, geophysicist, and astronomer.
His book, Theory of Probability, which first appeared in 1939, played an important role in the revival of the objective Bayesian view of probability.