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You complain that your report would be dry. The dryer the better. Statistics should be the driest of all reading.
William Farr
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William Farr
Born:
November 30, 1807
Died:
April 14, 1883
(aged 75)
Bio:
William Farr was a British epidemiologist, regarded as one of the founders of medical statistics.
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