The title of Quetelet Professor is a distinction awarded to professors at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...

. It is named after

Adolphe Quetelet Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet FRSF or FRSE (; 22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist who founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in introdu ...

, the Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician, sociologist, and founder of the Royal Observatory of Belgium.

Current recipients

The prize is currently held by: *

Paul Lazarsfeld Paul Felix Lazarsfeld (February 13, 1901August 30, 1976) was an Austrian-American sociologist. The founder of Columbia University's Bureau of Applied Social Research, he exerted influence over the techniques and the organization of social resea ...

, Q.p. of Social Science (1963, emeritus 1971); Lazarsfeld died in 1976. *

Peter Blau Peter Michael Blau (February 7, 1918 – March 12, 2002) was an American sociologist and theorist. Born in Vienna, Austria, he immigrated to the United States in 1939. He completed his PhD doctoral thesis with Robert K. Merton at Columbia Unive ...

, Q.p. of sociology (1977, emeritus 1988); Blau died in 2002. * Jonathan Cole, Q.p. of Social Science (1989) *

Jeffrey Sachs Jeffrey David Sachs () (born 5 November 1954) is an American economist, academic, public policy analyst, and former director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, where he holds the title of University Professor. He is known for his work ...

, Q.p. of sustainable development (2002) * Mario Luis Small, Q.p. of Social Science (2022)

References

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