LAMBERT ADOLPHE JACQUES QUETELET
\lˈambət ˈadɒlf ʒˈak kwˈɛtɛlət], \lˈambət ˈadɒlf ʒˈak kwˈɛtɛlət], \l_ˈa_m_b_ə_t ˈa_d_ɒ_l_f ʒ_ˈa_k k_w_ˈɛ_t_ɛ_l_ə_t]\
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A Belgian statistician and astronomer; born at Ghent, Feb. 22, 1796; died Feb. 17, 1874. He was educated at the lyceum of Ghent; became professor of mathematics in the athenaeum of Brussels in 1819; was lecturer at the Museum of Science and Literature from 1828 to 1834, and was at the same time director of the Royal Observatory. In 1834 he was made secretary of the Brussels Academy. His principal works were "On Man and the Development of his Faculties", and "Anthropometry"; but he wrote many others.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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