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Hayter, Henry Heylyn (1821 - 1895)CMG |
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| Born: 28 October 1821 Eden vale, Wiltshire, England. Died: 23 March 1895 Armadale, Victoria, Australia. | ||
| Henry Heylyn Hayter was a world renowned statistician, whose system of statistical recording was adopted by all Australian colonies in 1875. He also advised the New Zealand government and the British House of Commons on how to improve their statistical recording and was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG). The French and Italian governments also bestowed Hayter with their top awards for his contribution to the field of statistics. |
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After migrating to Australia in 1952, Henry Heylyn Hayter was given temporary employment by the Registrar-General’s Office. Because of Hayter’s impressive work and 1859 report, he was soon promoted to assistant registrar-general. In 1874 the statistics branch of the Registrar-General’s Office became a separate department with Hayter in charge. He remained with the statistics department until 1895 and carried out the 1861, 1871 and 1891 Victorian censuses. Hayter fought hard for uniformity in census taking throughout the Australasia colonies, Great Britain and Ireland and in 1881 the Colonial Office finally agreed and asked all colonies to take their census on the same day. One of Hayter's most noted implementations as head of the statistics department was to replace the method of reporting based on the Statistics of Victoria with the methods described in his Statistical Registrar (1859). Over the next ten years, the register was expanded and developed and eventually evolved into the inaugural Victorian Year Book (1873). This book was updated and published annually and became a popular resource book which even received praise from England and America. Henry Heylyn Hayter was bestowed many honours for his contribution to statistics and census taking. He was also appointed an honorary member of the Royal Statistical Society of London, the Statistical and Social Enquiry Society of Ireland, the Statistical Association of Tokyo and the Royal Societies of South Australia and Tasmania. Chronology
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