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William Farr

b. 30 November 1807 d. 14 April 1883

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Farr is internationally renowned as developer of vital statistics and epidemiology.

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  1. Michel Dupaquier
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  1. School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

    C. C. Heyde

  2. Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA

    C. C. Heyde

  3. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

    E. Seneta

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Dupaquier, M. (2001). William Farr. In: Heyde, C.C., Seneta, E., Crépel, P., Fienberg, S.E., Gani, J. (eds) Statisticians of the Centuries. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0179-0_33

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