ABSTRACT
Although William Farr did not die before 1883, in his seventy-sixth year, I never spoke to him. I learnt much concerning him from the late Mr. W. J. H. Whittall, f.i.a., Actuary of the Clerical, Medical and General Insurance Society, a friend of many years, who was a relative of Farr. In 1923 Whittall gave money to the London School of Economics for a Farr Memorial Medal to be awarded to the best statistical student of each year. I was asked to give a public lecture at the school inaugurating the gift, and in preparation was given access to a trunk containing notebooks, letters, etc., left by Farr, which I utilised for the published lecture (Economica, November 1923).
