Karl Becker (2 October 182320 June 1896) was a German statistician.

Biography

Becker was born in ,

Rodenkirchen Rodenkirchen () is a southern borough (''Stadtbezirk'') of Cologne (Köln) in Germany. It has about 110,000 inhabitants and covers an area of . The borough includes the quarters Bayenthal, Godorf, Hahnwald, Immendorf, Marienburg, Meschenich, R ...

in what is now

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. In 1842, he received a commission in the army, and was also an instructor in the Oldenburg Military Academy. He fought in the

First Schleswig War The First Schleswig War (), also known as the Schleswig-Holstein uprising () and the Three Years' War (), was a military conflict in southern Denmark and northern Germany rooted in the Schleswig–Holstein question: who should control the Du ...

against

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, and rose to be a captain. In 1855, he organized the statistical bureau of

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, of which he was director until 1872. He edited ''Statistische Nachrichten über das Grossherzogthum Oldenburg'' (Statistical reports for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg; 1857–72). He then became director of the statistical office of the

German Empire The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperia ...

, where he remained until his death in

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. In this capacity, he edited the ''Monatsheft zur Statistik des Deutschen Reichs'' (Statistical Monthly for the German Empire) and the ''Statistischen Jahrbuches'' (Statistical Yearbook). His writings include ''Zur Berechnung von Sterbetafeln an die Bevölkerungstatistik zu stellende Anforderungen'' (1874).

References

* * 1823 births 1896 deaths German statisticians {{Germany-mathematician-stub