
What is recorded here
This claret commemorative plaque records: Thomas Bayes 1702-1761 Nonconformist minister and mathematician Originator of the statistical theory of probability, the basis of most market research and opinion poll techniques lived here 1731-1761 Fourth centenary Recorded plaque organisation: Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Thomas Bayes was an 18th-century Nonconformist minister and mathematician, best known for his work on probability theory which underpins modern statistical methods including market research and opinion polling.
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