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Robin Farquharson
Robin Farquharson
	Dr Robin Farquharson 1970
Born	Reginald Robin Farquharson; 3 October 1930
Died	1 April 1973 (aged 42); Somers Town, London
Nationality	South African
Citizenship	British

Reginald Robin Farquharson (3 October 1930 – 1 April 1973) was an academic whose interest in mathematics and politics led him to work on game theory and social choice theory. He wrote an influential analysis of voting systems in his doctoral thesis, later published as Theory of Voting,^[1] and conjectured the Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem together with the philosopher and logician Michael Dummett.

Farquharson diagnosed himself as suffering from bipolar disorder (manic depression), and episodes of mania made it difficult for him to obtain a permanent university position and also resulted in him losing commercial employment.^[2] In later years, he dropped out of mainstream society, and became a prominent counter-cultural figure in late-1960s London. Farquharson wrote an account of his unconventional life in his 1968 book, Drop Out!, in which he described a week of being homeless in London.^[3] In 1973 he died from burns associated with an arson, for which two persons were convicted of unlawful killing.

^ Farquharson, Robin (1969). Theory of Voting. Blackwell (Yale U.P. in the U.S.). ISBN 978-0-631-12460-3.
^ Dummett, Michael (2005). "The work and life of Robin Farquharson". Social Choice and Welfare. 25 (2): 475–483. doi:10.1007/s00355-005-0014-x. S2CID 27639067.
^ Farquharson, Robin (1968). Drop Out!. Anthony Blond. ISBN 978-0-218-51453-7.

[1] Farquharson, Robin (1969). Theory of Voting. Blackwell (Yale U.P. in the U.S.). ISBN 978-0-631-12460-3.

[Dummett2005-2] Dummett, Michael (2005). "The work and life of Robin Farquharson". Social Choice and Welfare. 25 (2): 475–483. doi:10.1007/s00355-005-0014-x. S2CID 27639067.

[DropOut-3] Farquharson, Robin (1968). Drop Out!. Anthony Blond. ISBN 978-0-218-51453-7.

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Robin Farquharson
Dr Robin Farquharson 1970
Born	Reginald Robin Farquharson (1930-10-03)3 October 1930
Died	1 April 1973(1973-04-01) (aged 42) Somers Town, London
Nationality	South African
Citizenship	British