Background
Huff was born in Gowrie, Iowa, and educated at the University of Iowa, (Bachelor 1938, Master of Arts 1939).
Huff was born in Gowrie, Iowa, and educated at the University of Iowa, (Bachelor 1938, Master of Arts 1939).
Before turning to full-time writing in 1946, Huff served as editor of Better Homes and Gardens and Liberty magazine. As a freelancer, Huff produced hundreds of "How to" feature articles and wrote at least sixteen books, most of which concerned household projects. One of his biggest projects was a prize-winning home in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, where he lived until his death.
Stanford historian Robert North. Proctor wrote that Huff "was paid to testify before Congress in the 1950s and then again in the 1960s, with the assigned task of ridiculing any notion of a cigarette-disease link.
On March 22, 1965, Huff testified at hearings on cigarette labeling and advertising, accusing the recent Surgeon General"s report of myriad failures and "fallacies"." First and foremost, though, Huff is credited with introducing statistics to a generation of college and high-school students on a level that was meaningful, available, and practical, while still managing to teach complex mathematical concepts. His most famous text, How to Lie with Statistics, is still being translated into new languages.
His books have been published in over 22 languages, and continue to be used in classrooms the world over. and Corey, P. and Huff, F. and Huff, F. 6.
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