Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet FRSF or FRSE was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist who founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences.... Wikipedia
Born: February 22, 1796, Ghent, Belgium
Died: February 17, 1874 (age 77 years), Brussels, Belgium
Known for: contributions to social physics
Award: Fellow of the Royal Society (1839)
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