The New International Encyclopædia/Achenwall, Gottfried

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Edition of 1905. See also Gottfried Achenwall on Wikipedia, and the disclaimer.

ACHENWALL, äG'en-väl, Gottfried (1719-72). A German economist and statistician. He was professor of philosophy in Göttingen from about 1750 until his death. Though not the originator of the science of statistics, he was the first to formulate and define its purpose.

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