August Meitzen
German statistician (1822–1910)
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August Meitzen (German pronunciation: [ˈaʊɡʊst ˈmaɪtsn̩]; born 16 December 1822, in Breslau; died 19 January 1910, in Berlin) was a German statistician.
16 December 1822
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| Born | August Meitzen 16 December 1822 |
| Died | 19 January 1910 (aged 87) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
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| Notable students | Max Weber |
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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] Between 1889 and 1891, he advised Max Weber in his completion of his post-doctoral habilitation, a thesis that Weber titled Roman Agrarian History and Its Significance for Public and Private Law.[2]
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).[3][4]
He was the author of several biographies in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.[5]
