More or Less: Behind the Stats Bayes: the clergyman whose maths changed the world
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May 2, 2021 Explore the life and work of Thomas Bayes, an 18th century English statistician and clergyman. Learn about his development of Bayes' Rule and its applications in AI, genetic studies, code-breaking, and language translation.
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Business School Name Change
- The University of London's business school, formerly named after Sir John Cass, changed its name due to Cass's ties to the slave trade.
- Cass was a director of the Royal Africa Company, a major player in the transatlantic slave trade.
Bayes' Legacy
- Thomas Bayes, an 18th-century statistician and clergyman, is the namesake of the newly renamed Bayes Business School.
- Despite being less famous, Bayes' work significantly impacted statistics, particularly Bayes' Rule.
Bayes' Education
- Bayes, a Presbyterian minister, studied theology and mathematics at the University of Edinburgh.
- Excluded from Oxford and Cambridge due to his religious affiliation, Bayes benefited from Edinburgh's superior mathematics program.