IDENTIFIERS
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id:	156550
accession number:	CM.31-2005

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 30 June 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: William Farr was a British epidemiologist who died in 1883, being by then known as one of the foremost contributors to the field of medical statistics due to his work on infection in cholera epidemics that helped to lead to the public health measures over standing water that eventually quelled the disease in Britain. The Farr Medal was established, with its associated prize, in 1923
by Mr W. J. H. Whittall and the London School of Economics and Political Science, to be awarded annually to one student, being the most successful student in "The Theory and Practice of Statistics". In 1961 the LSE, as it had become, approved inclusion of Computational Methods and between 1977 and 1979 this was again reviewed and an additional School prize in Mathematics was established. In 2004 the award of the medal was finally dropped, but the prize is still given annually. The Museum must thank Mr Thomas Hewlett at the LSE for the information here presented. The medal was designed by Allan Gairdner Wyon, and this piece is a specimen of the design in white-metal; the Museum also has one in bronze.
title:	Farr Medal

NOTES
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type: history note
value: From the estate of the late Mrs Venetia M. Watson, daughter of the artist


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals
collection:	Wyon Collection

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156550





CATEGORIES
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category: medal

DATING
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creation date:	1923 - 1924
creation date earliest:	1923
creation date latest:	1924

CREATORS
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maker: Wyon, Allan Gairdner
maker: London School of Economics and Political Science
maker: Whittall, W. J. H.


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