Robert Kuczynski
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Robert René Kuczynski (1876–1947) was a German-based, Jewish economist and demographer and is said to be one of the founders of modern vital statistics
. He studied at the universities of Berlin, Munich, Freiburg and Strasburg and made his doctoral dissertation in 1897. After it he worked for the United States Census Office and different German statistical offices. In 1933, after Hitler had come to power, Kuczynski left Germany and went with around 20.000 book (half of the large family library) to Great Britain
. There he held lectures at the London School of Economics
and became later advisor for the British Colonial Office
. His most noted work was in the 1930s when he published figures on the extent of the slave trade between Africa and the Americas over the preceding three centuries. His figure of 15,000,000 million slaves became widely used by other researchers, but is no longer thought to be correct.
Kuczynski and wife Berta had six children. Among them the GDR-economist Juergen Kuczynski, Brigitte Kuczynski, and one of the most successful secret agents of the twentieth century Ursula Kuczynski
. All of them were Soviet spies.
Vital statistics
Vital statistics are the information maintained by a government, recording the birth and death of individuals within that government's jurisdiction. These data are used by public health programs to evaluate how effective their programs are...
. He studied at the universities of Berlin, Munich, Freiburg and Strasburg and made his doctoral dissertation in 1897. After it he worked for the United States Census Office and different German statistical offices. In 1933, after Hitler had come to power, Kuczynski left Germany and went with around 20.000 book (half of the large family library) to Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
. There he held lectures at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
and became later advisor for the British Colonial Office
Colonial Office
Colonial Office is the government agency which serves to oversee and supervise their colony* Colonial Office - The British Government department* Office of Insular Affairs - the American government agency* Reichskolonialamt - the German Colonial Office...
. His most noted work was in the 1930s when he published figures on the extent of the slave trade between Africa and the Americas over the preceding three centuries. His figure of 15,000,000 million slaves became widely used by other researchers, but is no longer thought to be correct.
Kuczynski and wife Berta had six children. Among them the GDR-economist Juergen Kuczynski, Brigitte Kuczynski, and one of the most successful secret agents of the twentieth century Ursula Kuczynski
Ursula Kuczynski
Ursula Maria Kuczynski was a German author and spy for the Soviet Union. A daughter of Robert René Kuczynski, she joined the Communist party at an early age...
. All of them were Soviet spies.
Works by Kuczynski
- Kuczynski, Robert René; American Loans to Germany, With the Aid of the Council and Staff of the Institute of Economics in Washington, 378 pages, publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York, September 1927
- Kuczynski, Robert René; Banker's Profits from German loans, publisher: The Brookings Institution, First Edition, Institute of Economics in Washington, Publication 41, 228 Seiten Washington,1932.