Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Zhang: Street/road sign with famous biologist's last name

Fisher Street in Westborough is named after the famous 
biologist Ronald Fisher:
1.    Fisher (1890-1962) introduced the method of maximum likelihood
 and contributed to the understanding of Darwin’s natural selection. He is
 known as the founder of modern statistics and he is a significant, respected 
geneticist. In fact, he is considered the most important geneticist of the 
twentieth century. Location: 42.27172, -71.62231
Gray Street in Boston is named after three famous biologists. 
Take your pick:
1.   Asa Gray (1810-1888) was considered America’s top botanist in 
the mid-19th century and he fully supported Darwin’s theories. Gray is
 known for publishing his observations and ideas in Flora of North America 
and Darwiniana.
2.    George Robert Gray (1808-1872) was an English zoologist. He was 
known for writing Genera of Birds and he was the head of ornithological 
(zoology specifically concerning birds) part of the British Museum for
 forty-one years.
3.    John Edward Gray (1800-1875) was a British zoologist. He was the 
Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum in London and developed the 
zoological collections there. 
Location: 42.34585, -71.07046
 




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