Background
Austin, William Lane was born on January 25, 1871 in “Hurricane Farm,” Scott County, Mississippi, United States. Son of Richmond Pearson (Doctor of Medicine and Sue D. (Lane) A.
Austin, William Lane was born on January 25, 1871 in “Hurricane Farm,” Scott County, Mississippi, United States. Son of Richmond Pearson (Doctor of Medicine and Sue D. (Lane) A.
Harperville (Mississippi) College, 1886-1891. Bachelor of Philisophy, University of Mississippi, 1897, Bachelor of Laws, 1898.
With United States bureau of Census since 1900, statistician in charge census of plantations, 1910, chief clerk, 1913-1917. Chief statistician division agriculture, 1917-1932, also chief statistician division of cotton and tobacco statistics, 1917-1929, in charge 14th decennial census of agriculture, irrigation and drainage, 1919-1922, of 1925 census of agriculture, 1924-1926, and of 15th decennial census of agriculture, horticulture, irrigation and drainage, 1930-1932. Assistant director bureau of Census, 1933, director 1933-1941.
Retired 1941.
Member American Statistical Association, International Statistical Institute, Inter-American Statistical Institute, Phi Kappa Psi.
Married Eley Doctorate. Campbell, December 29, 1903 (died November 1, 1939).