“ FALKNER, ROLAND POST, an American statistician; born in Bridgeport, Conn., April 14, 1866; was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1885; studied economics at Berlin, Leipzig, and Halle-on-Saale, Germany; was instructor in accounting and statistics in the University of Pennsylvania in 1888-1891, and Professor of Statistics in 1891-1900. He served also as statistician of the United States Senate Committee of Finance in 1891 ”