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

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) and educated at

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and

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. 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). Between 1889 and 1891, he advised

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in his completion of his post-doctoral

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, a thesis that Weber titled '' Roman Agrarian History and Its Significance for Public and Private Law''.

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 Burials at Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery Clergy from Wrocław Heidelberg University alumni University of Tübingen alumni Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Mathematicians from the Kingdom of Prussia {{Germany-academic-bio-stub