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Wickens, Charles Henry (1872 - 1939) |
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| Statistician and Actuary | |
| Born: 16 October 1872 Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia. Died: 30 July 1939 Balwyn, Vaud. | |
| Charles Henry Wickens was Commonwealth Statistician and later Commonwealth Statistician and Actuary (1922-1932), succeeding Sir George Knibbs (qv). His Australian life tables for the decennia 1881-90, 1891-1900 and 1901-10 enabled comparisons between the States, found that life expectancy had increased since 1890 and that female rates of mortality were generally lower than those of males. Wickens also investigated social insurance schemes in preparation for the development of national insurance proposals by Sir Earle Page. He received the Messenger prize from the Institute of Actuaries (London, 1906) for an essay on the collection and analysis of mortality and population data; was a Foundation member of the Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand and a President of the Actuarial Society of Australasia (1924). |
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