Louis Bertillon
Louis-Adolphe Bertillon (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 1 April 1821 in Paris – 28 February 1883 in Neuilly-sur-Seine)[1] was a French statistician.
Life
He was born in Paris on the 1 April 1821. He practised as a medical doctor for a number of years. After the revolution of 1870, he was appointed inspector-general of benevolent institutions. He was one of the founders of the school of anthropology of Paris and was appointed a professor there in 1876. His Demographic figurée de la France (1874) is an able statistical study of the population of France. He died at Neuilly on 28 February 1883.Template:Sfn
His son Alphonse Bertillon is known for the invention of anthropometry, and another son Jacques also became a notable statistician. His granddaughter, Suzanne Bertillon, was a journalist and resistance fighter.
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