"On Rereading R. A. Fisher," an article published in The Annals of Statistics, vol. 4, no. 3, 1976, was edited for publication by John W. Pratt from the lecture, "On Rereading Fisher," given by Leonard A. Savage as the R. A. Fisher Memorial Lecture, at the A.S.A. Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, on December 29, 1970.