August Meitzen
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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).[1]
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).[2][3]
He was the author of several biographies in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.[4]
Notes
- ^ Meitzen, August In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4, S. 734 f.
- ^ August Meitzen de.Wikisource (bibliography)
- ^ Ashley, W. J. (1898). "Meitzen's Siedelung und Agrarwesen der Germanen". Political Science Quarterly. 13 (1): 143–155. doi:10.2307/2140007. ISSN 0032-3195. JSTOR 2140007.
- ^ Kategorie:ADB:Autor:August Meitzen at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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