| RefNo | EC/1855/02 |
| Previous numbers | Cert IX, 351; A02335 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Farr, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | William Farr Esqr. The author of mathematical formulae on the Property & Income-tax, of numerous official Reports on the Public Health; on the Mortality & Causes of death in England; of the English Life Table; of the Report on the Mortality from Cholera, 1848/9 to 1852; Census Report of 1851, jointly with Major Graham & Horace Mann, 1852-4. The Improver of English Life Table in its construction. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Statistics & Life Annuity Principles. Eminent as an Author on Statistical subjects. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. Fitzwilliam; Geo Tho Staunton
From Personal Knowledge. W H Sykes; Thos Tooke; S Oxon; Charles Lemon; John P Boileau; J W Gilbart; James Clark; John Forbes; R D Thomson; Tho Graham; Richard Owen; James Glaisher; T B Curling; G B Airy; John Webster; J Hodgson; J R Martin; Charles Babbage |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7683 | Farr; William (1807 - 1883) | 1807 - 1883 |