Mathematician
Karl Pearson
Correlation, the chi squared test, and much of modern statistics.
Karl Pearson was an English biostatistician and mathematician. He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics. He founded the world's first university statistics department at University College London in 1911, and contributed significantly to the field of biometrics. Pearson was also a proponent of Social Darwinism and eugenics, and his thought is an example of what is today described as scientific racism. Pearson was a protégé and biographer of Sir Francis Galton. He edited and completed both William Kingdon Clifford's Common Sense of the Exact Sciences (1885) and Isaac Todhunter's History of the Theory of Elasticity, Vol. 1 (1886 to 1893) and Vol. 2 (1893), following their deaths.
- Born
- 1857-03-27, London, EnglandA Friday
- Died
- 1936-04-27, Coldharbour, EnglandA Monday, aged 79
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1857-03-27, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 6°46′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 28°44′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 22°56′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 19°27′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 25°06′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 18°26′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 7°35′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 22°23′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 20°44′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Taurus | 4°29′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1936-04-27, Coldharbour, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 7°00′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 25°10′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 24°18′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 20°11′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 18°39′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 23°59′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Pisces | 19°02′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 5°34′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 14°11′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 25°14′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Karl Pearson was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.