> records <- read.fwf("http://commres.net/wiki/_export/code/r/input_output?codeblock=11", widths=c(10,10,4,-1,4),
+                     col.names=c("Last","First","Born","Died"))
> records
        Last      First Born Died
1 Fisher     R.A.       1890 1962
2 Pearson    Karl       1857 1936
3 Cox        Gertrude   1900 1978
4 Yates      Frank      1902 1994
5 Smith      Kirstine   1878 1939