摘要翻译：
2004年11月27日，纪念亚伯拉罕·德·莫夫尔逝世250周年。莫夫尔在统计界以其对二项式分布的著名大样本逼近而闻名，其推广现在被称为中心极限定理。德·莫夫尔是古典概率论的伟大先驱之一。他还在解析几何、复分析和年金理论方面做出了开创性的贡献。德·莫夫尔的第一部传记是马修·马蒂用法语写的，此后几乎所有的传记都依赖于此。它于1755年发表在《不列颠哥伦比亚克》杂志上。作者在这里首次提供了马蒂的德·莫夫尔传记的完整英文翻译。新材料，其中大部分取自现代来源，在脚注中给出，以及许多注释，旨在为当代读者提供马蒂传记的额外清晰度。
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英文标题：
《Maty's Biography of Abraham De Moivre, Translated, Annotated and
  Augmented》
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作者：
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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最新提交年份：
2007
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分类信息：

一级分类：Statistics        统计学
二级分类：Methodology        方法论
分类描述：Design, Surveys, Model Selection, Multiple Testing, Multivariate Methods, Signal and Image Processing, Time Series, Smoothing, Spatial Statistics, Survival Analysis, Nonparametric and Semiparametric Methods
设计，调查，模型选择，多重检验，多元方法，信号和图像处理，时间序列，平滑，空间统计，生存分析，非参数和半参数方法
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英文摘要：
  November 27, 2004, marked the 250th anniversary of the death of Abraham De Moivre, best known in statistical circles for his famous large-sample approximation to the binomial distribution, whose generalization is now referred to as the Central Limit Theorem. De Moivre was one of the great pioneers of classical probability theory. He also made seminal contributions in analytic geometry, complex analysis and the theory of annuities. The first biography of De Moivre, on which almost all subsequent ones have since relied, was written in French by Matthew Maty. It was published in 1755 in the Journal britannique. The authors provide here, for the first time, a complete translation into English of Maty's biography of De Moivre. New material, much of it taken from modern sources, is given in footnotes, along with numerous annotations designed to provide additional clarity to Maty's biography for contemporary readers.
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PDF链接：
https://arxiv.org/pdf/708.3965