August Meitzen (born 16 December 1822, in Breslau; died 19 January 1910, in

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) was a German

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Biography

He was born in Breslau (now

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

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) and educated at

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

and

Tübingen Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thr ...

. He was a prominent member of the Statistical Bureau, and in 1875 was made an associate professor of political sciences (''Staatswissenschaften'') at the

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(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 ''

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* German statisticians 1822 births 1910 deaths Clergy from Wrocław Heidelberg University alumni University of Tübingen alumni Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin {{Germany-academic-bio-stub