Johannes Fallati
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Johannes Fallati was a German
statistician
and economist
. He was born at Hamburg
, where his father, originally of Rovigo
(Venetia), was a merchant.
Fallati was educated at Tübingen
and Heidelberg
, and in 1838 became professor of political history and statistics at the former university. In 1839 he travelled to England, inquiring into English statistical societies and other institutions. In 1848 he became a member of the Württemberg
parliament, and imder-secretary for commerce in the short-lived Frankfurt
imperial assembly, 1848, 1849. On its dissolution he returned to an academic career, becoming in 1850 university librarian at Tübingen.
From 1844 till his death, Fallati was joint-editor of the quarterly Zeitschrift "fur die gesammte Staatswissenschaft. During his brief political career he planned and embodied legislative organisation in four directions, viz. the imperial consulate, inland navigation, marine measurement, and his most cherished idea an imperial statistical bureau. He also prosecuted inquiry in the question of emigration. To a winning personality and many-sided culture he united clear and practical method.
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
statistician
Statistician
A statistician is someone who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. The core of that work is to measure, interpret, and describe the world and human activity patterns within it...
and economist
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
. He was born at Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, where his father, originally of Rovigo
Rovigo
Rovigo is a town and comune in the Veneto region of North-Eastern Italy, the capital of the eponymous province. -Geography:...
(Venetia), was a merchant.
Fallati was educated at Tübingen
Tübingen
Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...
and Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
, and in 1838 became professor of political history and statistics at the former university. In 1839 he travelled to England, inquiring into English statistical societies and other institutions. In 1848 he became a member of the Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
parliament, and imder-secretary for commerce in the short-lived Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
imperial assembly, 1848, 1849. On its dissolution he returned to an academic career, becoming in 1850 university librarian at Tübingen.
From 1844 till his death, Fallati was joint-editor of the quarterly Zeitschrift "fur die gesammte Staatswissenschaft. During his brief political career he planned and embodied legislative organisation in four directions, viz. the imperial consulate, inland navigation, marine measurement, and his most cherished idea an imperial statistical bureau. He also prosecuted inquiry in the question of emigration. To a winning personality and many-sided culture he united clear and practical method.
Works, economic and statistical
- Die Statistischen Vereine der Englander, Tübingen, 1840.
- Ueber die sogenannte materielle Tendenz der Gegenwart, Tübingen, 1842.
- Einleitung in die Wissenschaft der Statistik Tübingen, 1843.
- In the Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift " Ueber die Haupterscheinungsformen der Sucht, schnell und muhelos reichtzuuwerden, im Gegensatze des Mittel-alters und der neueren Zeit", 1840. 3tes Heft.
- In the Zeitschrift f. Staatsw. : on Social Origins, i. (1844) ; on Association as a Moral Force, i. (1844)'^ on English Working Men's Clubs and Institutes ; on Free Trade in Land ; and on German Blue Books, ii. (1845) ; on Agriculture and Technology at the Congresses of Italian Scientists, iii. iv. (1846–47) ; on Progress in Practical Statistics ; and on 'knodes of Statistical Inquiry in England, France, and Belgium, iii. ; on Dearth and Famine Policy in Belgium ; Belgian Excise ; Belgian Census ; Statistics in Sicily, Denmark, and Schleswig-Holstein ; and Socialism and Communism, iv. ; on Statistics at the Lübeck Germanist (Philoteuton) Conference, v. (1848) ; on the Evolution of Law in Savage and Barbarous Tribes ; a proposed Inland Navigation Law ; and Administrative Statistics in Germany, vii, (1850) ; on Trade Combinations in France, viii. (1851) ; on Statistics of Area and Population in British India ; and Administrative Statistics in Norway, ix. (1852) ; on the Statistical Congress at Brussels, ix. (1853).