$\def\sone#1#2{\left[#1\atop #2\right]} \def\stwo#1#2{\left\{#1\atop #2\right\}} $ These formulas can be proved by Lagrange interpolation, using the fact that $\stwo{n}{n-m}$ and $\sone{n}{n-m}$ are polynomials in $n$ of degree $2m$. See H. W. Gould, [The Lagrange interpolation formula and Stirling numbers,][1] Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 11 (1960), 421–425 [1]: http://www.ams.org/journals/proc/1960-011-03/S0002-9939-1960-0114769-1/S0002-9939-1960-0114769-1.pdf