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German statistician
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Place of birth
Wrocław
Place of death
Berlin
Age
87 years
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Biography
August Meitzen (born 16 December 1822, in Breslau; died 19 January 1910, in Berlin) was a German statistician.
Biography
He was born in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) and educated at Heidelberg and Tübingen. He was a prominent member of the Statistical Bureau, and in 1875 was made an associate professor of political sciences (Staatswissenschaften) at the University of Berlin (honorary professor from 1892).
Works
His contributions to the science of statistics include:
- Die internationale land- und forstwirtschaftliche Statistik ("International statistics on land and forest management"; 1873).
- Geschichte, Theorie und Technik der Statistik ("History, theory and technique of statistics"; 1886).
He also wrote:
- Der Boden und die landwirthschaftlichen Verhältnisse des Preussischen Staates ("The soil and the agricultural conditions of the Prussian state"; 8 volumes and 2 atlases, 1868–1908).
- Die Mitverantwortlichkeit der Gebildeten für das Wohl der arbeitenden Klassen (The obligation of the educated to the well-being of the working classes; 1876).
- Siedelung und Agrarwesen der Westgermanen und Ostgermanen, der Kelten, Römer, Finnen und Slawen ("Settlement and agriculture of the west and east Germans, the Celts, Romans, Finns and Slavs"; 1895).
He was the author of several biographies in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.
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Notable German people in academia
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
Notable German people in finance
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
Notable German mathematicians
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Notable German people in social science
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
Notable German politicians
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
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Notable German Historians
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
Notable German Mathematicians
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
Notable German Agrarian historians
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
Notable German Economists
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
Notable German Politicians
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
Notable German Statisticians
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1800 to 1849
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