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RefNoEC/1855/02
Previous numbersCert IX, 351; A02335
LevelItem
TitleFarr, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationWilliam 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.
ProposersFrom 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
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Farr, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA7683Farr; William (1807 - 1883)1807 - 1883
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