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Surely his nationality is English. Wikipedia seems to have a policy whereby Scots, Welsh, Irish etc all have their own national identities (even if they lived most of their life overseas) whereas the English get lumped under the term "British". If he had been born in Scotland or Wales (or one of his parents had) he would be down as Scottish or Welsh and never British. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kinigi ( talk • contribs) 08:30, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Britannica gives date of death as 17th April 1761 (Gregorian calendar assumed). Any views on this?
The location of Bayes' death is stated as Tunbridge Wells in the summarising box on the right, but is stated as Tunbridge in the main body. As far as I am aware, the location Tunbridge does not exist, and should be changed to Tunbridge Wells (or perhaps Tonbridge - a neighbouring town). If Tunbridge means Tonbridge (using the historic spelling) then the summarising box should be corrected (and perhaps Tunbridge should be clarified).-— Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.156.46.186 ( talk) 13:02, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
The external link about new manuscripts is broken. -- 24.187.162.243 01:52, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Someone should contact Steven Stigler at the University of Chicago about that image of Thomas Bayes. I took a class with him several years ago and he mentioned that he was the one who found that image and wasn't 100% sure it truly was a picture of him. Dr. Mandrake.-— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.46.186.12 ( talk) 16:11, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
There seems to be lots of skepticism about whether the portrait on this Wiki is actually one of Thomas Bayes. Should such an unverifiable image be used? For more information, see Bellhouse (2004) pg 28. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.167.220.68 ( talk) 03:37, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
I have removed this section, which if it belongs anywhere, belongs in the article on Bayesian statistics, not here. EdwardLockhart 09:49, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
I've often seen the question raised in online discussions, and never saw a good answer (nor do I know it myself). A pronunciation footnote would be quite useful on this page.-— Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.86.37.110 ( talk) 11:24, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
There should be something linking to Harsanyi's Game Theory application of Bayes rule in Bayesian Equilibria-— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.232.175.122 ( talk) 21:05, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Why is he listed as an American Presbyterian?-— Preceding unsigned comment added by Domminico ( talk • contribs) 14:05, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Article relating to a celebration of his 250th death anniversary at his alma mater: http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/features/Bayes-was-a-past-master.6830991.jp Jodi.a.schneider ( talk) 07:41, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
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The book "The Theory that Would Not Die" by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne says that the image is definitely not a portrait of Bayes: The caption in the original source is "Rev. T .Bayes, Improver of the Columnar Method developed by Barrett", but Barrett didn't develop his method until 1810, and the hairstyle is also anachronistic for the 18th century... AnonMoos ( talk) 21:03, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
The technical term " reference class" would benefit from a few explanatory words.
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Surely his nationality is English. Wikipedia seems to have a policy whereby Scots, Welsh, Irish etc all have their own national identities (even if they lived most of their life overseas) whereas the English get lumped under the term "British". If he had been born in Scotland or Wales (or one of his parents had) he would be down as Scottish or Welsh and never British. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kinigi ( talk • contribs) 08:30, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Britannica gives date of death as 17th April 1761 (Gregorian calendar assumed). Any views on this?
The location of Bayes' death is stated as Tunbridge Wells in the summarising box on the right, but is stated as Tunbridge in the main body. As far as I am aware, the location Tunbridge does not exist, and should be changed to Tunbridge Wells (or perhaps Tonbridge - a neighbouring town). If Tunbridge means Tonbridge (using the historic spelling) then the summarising box should be corrected (and perhaps Tunbridge should be clarified).-— Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.156.46.186 ( talk) 13:02, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
The external link about new manuscripts is broken. -- 24.187.162.243 01:52, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Someone should contact Steven Stigler at the University of Chicago about that image of Thomas Bayes. I took a class with him several years ago and he mentioned that he was the one who found that image and wasn't 100% sure it truly was a picture of him. Dr. Mandrake.-— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.46.186.12 ( talk) 16:11, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
There seems to be lots of skepticism about whether the portrait on this Wiki is actually one of Thomas Bayes. Should such an unverifiable image be used? For more information, see Bellhouse (2004) pg 28. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.167.220.68 ( talk) 03:37, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
I have removed this section, which if it belongs anywhere, belongs in the article on Bayesian statistics, not here. EdwardLockhart 09:49, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
I've often seen the question raised in online discussions, and never saw a good answer (nor do I know it myself). A pronunciation footnote would be quite useful on this page.-— Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.86.37.110 ( talk) 11:24, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
There should be something linking to Harsanyi's Game Theory application of Bayes rule in Bayesian Equilibria-— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.232.175.122 ( talk) 21:05, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Why is he listed as an American Presbyterian?-— Preceding unsigned comment added by Domminico ( talk • contribs) 14:05, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Article relating to a celebration of his 250th death anniversary at his alma mater: http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/features/Bayes-was-a-past-master.6830991.jp Jodi.a.schneider ( talk) 07:41, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
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The book "The Theory that Would Not Die" by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne says that the image is definitely not a portrait of Bayes: The caption in the original source is "Rev. T .Bayes, Improver of the Columnar Method developed by Barrett", but Barrett didn't develop his method until 1810, and the hairstyle is also anachronistic for the 18th century... AnonMoos ( talk) 21:03, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
The technical term " reference class" would benefit from a few explanatory words.