"In the history of natural science, Quetelet will, with good right, be placed in the rank of Pascal, Leibnitz, Bernoulli, Laplace, Poisson, and such scientists."
— Adolphe Quetelet

January 1, 1970

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Hankins ibid. quoting from Von John, Geschichte der Statistik, erster Teil, von dem Ursprung der Statistik bis auf Quetelet (1835) p. 335