Adolphe Quetelet

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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Who was born first?

• Adolphe Quetelet and Jakob Steiner were born the same year
• Adolphe Quetelet and John Torrey were born the same year
• Adolphe Quetelet and Nicolas Carnot were born the same year
• Adolphe Quetelet and Karl Ernst Claus were born the same year
• Adolphe Quetelet and Johann Christian Poggendorff were born the same year

Timeline

1. Adolphe Quetelet (this page)February 22, 1796 – February 17, 1874
2. Jakob SteinerMarch 18, 1796 – April 1, 1863
3. Johann Christian PoggendorffDecember 29, 1796 – January 24, 1877
4. John TorreyAugust 15, 1796 – March 1873
5. Karl Ernst ClausJanuary 11, 1796 – March 12, 1864
6. Nicolas CarnotJune 1, 1796 – August 24, 1832

Related

• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716