Girolamo Ghilini

Reverend
Girolamo Ghilini
Girolamo Ghilini
Born(1589-05-19)19 May 1589
Died12 December 1668(1668-12-12) (aged 79)
NationalityItalian
Occupations
  • Catholic priest
  • Writer
  • Scholar
Known forTeatro d'huomini letterati
Titlecanon
Spouse
Giacinta Bagliani
(m. 1614; died 1630)
Children7
Parent(s)Gian Giacomo Ghilini and Vittoria Ghilini (née Omati)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Parma
Academic work
DisciplineHistory of literature, statistics

Girolamo Ghilini (19 May 1589 – 12 December 1668) was an Italian writer and scholar of the Seicento. Ghilini was the first who used the term statistics in his unpublished treatise Ristretto della civile, politica, statistica e militare scienza (Alessandria, Bibl. civica, ms. n. 7).[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Ostasiewicz, Walenty (2014). "The emergence of statistical science". Śląski Przegląd Statystyczny. 12 (18): 76–77. doi:10.15611/sps.2014.12.04.
  2. ^ Bruneau, Quentin (2022). States and the Masters of Capital: Sovereign Lending, Old and New. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231555647.
  3. ^ Ferrario, Giuseppe (1838). Statistica medica di Milano dal secolo XV. fino al nostri giorni escluso il militare. Vol. 1. Milan: Giuseppe Bernardoni. p. 4.