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Advanced Search About Resonance Editorial Board Guidelines Subscribe Current Issue April 2003 (Contents) Back Issues	Article-In-A-Box Thomas Bayes (1702-1761) Mohan Delampady Thomas Bayes was born in 1702 in London, England. His father was one of the first six Nonconformist ministers to be ordained in England. Thomas Bayes' parents had their son privately educated, and some believe that he was taught by de Moivre, who was doing private tuition in London during this time. Bayes went on to be ordained a Nonconformist minister. He first assisted his father in Holborn, England. In the late 1720's, Bayes took the position of minister at the Presbyterian Chapel in Tunbridge Wells near London. Bayes continued his work as a minister until he retired in 1752, but continued to live in Tunbridge Wells till his death on April 17, 1761. Read full article (71 Kb) Address for Correspondance Mohan Delampady Statistics and Mathematics Unit Indian Statistical Institute RVCE Post, Bangalore 560,059, India.

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