Farr, William, statistician, born at Kenley, Shropshire; studied medicine, and practised in London; obtained a post in the Registrar-General's office, and rose to be head of the statistical department; issued various statistical compilations of great value for purposes of insurance (1807‒1883).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Farquhar, George * Farragut, David Glasgow