Egon Pearson

Egon Pearson

CBE FRS
Egon Pearson; CBE FRS
Born	Egon Sharpe Pearson; 11 August 1895; Hampstead, London, England
Died	12 June 1980 (aged 84); Midhurst, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Known for	Neyman–Pearson lemma
Spouses	Dorothy Eileen Jolly; Margaret Theodisia Scott;
Children	Judith Pearson; Sarah Pearson;
Parents	Karl Pearson (father); Maria Sharpe (mother);
Awards	Weldon Memorial Prize (1935); Guy Medal (Gold, 1955)
	Scientific career
Fields	Statistics
Institutions	University College London
Doctoral students	George E. P. Box; Bhaskar Kumar Ghosh; Pao-Lu Hsu; Norman Lloyd Johnson

Egon Sharpe Pearson CBE FRS (11 August 1895 – 12 June 1980) was one of three children of Karl Pearson and Maria, née Sharpe, and, like his father, a British statistician.

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