Adolphe Quetelet
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ScientistsLived 1796 to 1874 · aged 77
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Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician, and sociologist who 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.
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Lived 1796 to 1874 · aged 77
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