Reverend Girolamo Ghilini | |
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Born | |
Died | 12 December 1668 | (aged 79)
Nationality | Italian |
Occupations |
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Known for | Teatro d'huomini letterati |
Title | canon |
Spouse |
Giacinta Bagliani
(m. 1614; died 1630) |
Children | 7 |
Parent(s) | Gian Giacomo Ghilini and Vittoria Ghilini (née Omati) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Parma |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History 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 Ghilini was the first who used the term statistics in his unpublished treatise Ristretto della civile, politica, statistica e militare scienza (Alessandria, Bibl.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]