title: The pedigree of the International Biometric Society.
abstract: On the 60th anniversary of the International Biometric Society, a look back is taken to the view of biometry held by the first president, R. A. Fisher, as reflected in notes taken in a lecture course he gave in 1935-1936.
authors: Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, 5734 University Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. stigler@galton.uchicago.edu
authors: Stephen M
authors: SM
authors: Stigler
mesh_terms: D001699:Biometry / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D038622:Internationality; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000266:history*