William james farrer biography of rory
Farrer was born on 3 April in the town of Docker, Westmorland in the English north west (now Cumbria).The son of Thomas Farrer, a tenant farmer, and his wife Sarah William, William Farrer was selected for a scholarship at Christ's Hospital, London where he was awarded a gold and silver medal for mathematics and soon earned a scholarship to Pembroke College where, after earning a B.A. at.