Adolphe Quetelet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adolphe Quetelet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adolphe Quetelet

Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1796

Place of Birth: Ghent, Belgium

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1874

Profession: astronomer, naturalist, physicist, mathematician, university teacher, sociologist, statistician, criminologist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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About Adolphe Quetelet

Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet FRSFor FRSE (French: [k?tl?] (listen); 22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist.
He founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences.
His name is sometimes spelled with an accent as Quételet.
He founded the science of anthropometry and developed the body mass index scale, originally called the Quetelet Index.

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