Gottfried Achenwall | |
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Born | |
Died | 1 May 1772 | (aged 52)
Nationality | German |
Known for | Statistics |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Göttingen, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities |
Gottfried Achenwall (20 October 1719 – 1 May 1772) was a German philosopher, historian, economist, jurist and statistician. He is counted among the inventors of statistics.