Background
He was born in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) and educated at Heidelberg and Tübingen.
economist historian mayor politician statistician
He was born in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) and educated at Heidelberg and Tübingen.
University of Tübingen.
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina]
He was a prominent member of the Statistical Bureau, and in 1875 was made professor of the science of statistics and of political economy at the University of Berlin.