Edward Szturm de Sztrem (18 July 1885 in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

– 9 September 1962 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

) was a

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

statistician and

demographer Demography () is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings. Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as ed ...

. From 1929 till the

German invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week afte ...

in 1939 he was the director of the Polish Central Statistical Office, succeeding

Józef Buzek Józef Buzek (16 November 1873 in Końska – 22 September 1936 in Cieszyn) was a Polish lawyer, economist, statistician and politician from the region of Cieszyn Silesia. He was born in the village of Końska to a peasant's family. He graduat ...

. In 1937 he became the president of the newly founded Polish Statistical Society. He was a lecturer in the Wolna Wszechnica Polska before the war, and after the war, in the Main School of Planning and Statistics.

Publications

*''Kształtowanie się cen na ważniejsze artykuły rolne w Polsce'', 1927 *''Atlas statystyczny Polski'', 1941 *''Elementy demografii'', 1956

References

* Leinwand Artur, ''Tadeusz Szturm de Sztrem''. PWN, Warszawa 1987 1885 births 1962 deaths Scientists from Warsaw People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent Polish demographers Polish statisticians SGH Warsaw School of Economics faculty Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University alumni Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta Burials at Powązki Cemetery {{statistician-stub