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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-10-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002754b.htm person Wickens Charles Henry ISO AACR2 16 October 1872 30 July 1939 Place of Birth Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Balwyn, Victoria, Australia Statistician Actuary Charles Wickens was Commonwealth Statistician and later Commonwealth Statistician and Actuary (1922-1932), succeeding Sir George Knibbs (qv). His Australian life tables for the decennia 1881-1890, 1891-1900 and 1901-1910 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). c. 1896 c. 1896 Education - Qualified through private study as an associate of the Institute of Actuaries 1897 1899 Career position - Assistant Clerk in the Western Australian Public Service 1899 1906 Career position - Clerk in the Statistical Bureau June 1901 1905 Career position - Assistant Compiler and Departmental Actuary 1906 1906 Award - Messenger Prize, Institute of Actuaries, London 1906 1913 Career position - Compiler with the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics 1913 1922 Career position - Supervisor of census 1922 1924 Career position - Commonwealth Statistician 1923 1923 Career position - President, Section G (Social and Statistical Sciences), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1923 1923 Career position - Formulated the Commonwealth superannuation scheme 1924 1924 Career position - President, Actuarial Society of Australasia 1924 1932 Career position - Commonwealth Statistician and Actuary 1926 1926 Award - Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO) - Commonwealth Statistician 1927 1927 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Economics and Statistics), Australian National Research Council 1928 1928 Career position - Chair of the Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section G (Social and Statistical Sciences) 1923

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Associate Member (Economics and Statistics) 1927 -

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 Wickens, Charles H (1872-1939)

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 'Wickens, Charles Henry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wickens, Charles Henry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: Mr. C. H. Wickens Obituary: Mr. C. H. Wickens 1939 Australian Journal of Science 2 1 17 Journal Article: Charles Henry Wickens, 1872-1939 [includes list of publications] Lancaster, H. O. Charles Henry Wickens, 1872-1939 [includes list of publications] 1974 Australian Journal of Statistics 16 2 71-82 Book Section: Wickens, Charles Henry (1872-1939), statistician and actuary Hazlehurst, Cameron; Kerley, Margot Wickens, Charles Henry (1872-1939), statistician and actuary Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 481-482 Journal Article: Sir George Knibbs Wickens, C. H. Sir George Knibbs 1929 Economic Record 5 334-5 Journal Article: Statistical Society of New South Wales Lancaster, H. O. Statistical Society of New South Wales 1988 Australian Journal of Statistics 30 B 99-109