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1874 CEStatistical atlas of the United States based on the results of the ninth census 1870, with contributions from many eminent men of science and several departments of the government.
WALKER, Francis Amasa (1840 – 1897)
WALKER, Francis Amasa (1840 – 1897)
1892 CE"A copy of the earliest known Weekly Bill of Mortality. British Museum. Egerton MSS. 2603, f.4." IN: An inquiry into the trustworthiness of the old bills of mortality.
OGLE, John William (1824 – 1905)
1971 CEA bibliography of Sir William Petty F.R.S. and of Observations on the bills of mortality by John Graunt F.R.S
GRAUNT, John (1620 – 1674)
PETTY, Sir William (1623 – 1687)
PETTY, Sir William (1623 – 1687)
KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887 – 1982)
KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887 – 1982)
1759 CEA collection of the yearly bills of mortality, from 1657 to 1758 inclusive. Together with several other bills of an earlier date. To which are subjoined I. Natural and political observations on the bills of mortality; by Capt. John Graunt, F.R.S. reprinted from the sixth edition, in 1676. II. Another essay in political arithmetic, concerning the growth of city of London; with the measures, periods, causes, and consequences thereof. By Sir William Petty, Kt. F.R.S. reprinted from the edition printed at London in 1683. III. Observations on the past growth and present state of the city of London; reprinted from the edition printed at London in 175.1; with a continuation of the tables to the end of the year 1756
HEBERDEN, William Sr. (1710 – 1801)
HEBERDEN, William Sr. (1710 – 1801)
PETTY, Sir William (1623 – 1687)
PETTY, Sir William (1623 – 1687) MORRIS, Corbyn (1710 – 1779) POSTLETHWAYT, James ( – 1761)
1767 CEA comparative history of the increase and decrease of mankind in England, and several countries abroad, according to the different soils, situations, business of life, use of the non-naturals, &c. faithfully collected from, and attested by, above three hundred vouchers, and many of them for a long course of years, in two different Periods. To which is added a syllabus of the general States of health, air, seasons, and food for the last three hundred years; and also a meteorological discourse.
SHORT, Thomas (1690 – 1772)
SHORT, Thomas (1690 – 1772)
1837 CEA descriptive and statistical account of the British Empire, exhibiting its extent, physical capacities, population, industry and civil and religious institutions. 2 vols.
MCCULLOCH, John Ramsay (1789 – 1864)
MCCULLOCH, John Ramsay (1789 – 1864)
1891 CE​–1894 CEA history of epidemics in Britain. Vol. 1: From A. D. 664 to the extinction of plague. Vol. 2: From the extinction of plague to the present time.
CREIGHTON, Charles (1847 – 1927)
CREIGHTON, Charles (1847 – 1927)
1723 CEA letter … containing, a comparison between the mortality of the natural small pox, and that given by inoculation.
JURIN, James (1684 – 1750)
JURIN, James (1684 – 1750)
2000 CEA population history of the United States. Edited by Michael R. Haines and Richard H. Steckel.
STECKEL, Richard H. (1944 – ) HAINES, Michael R.
2011 CEA short history of mathematical population dynamics.
BACAËR, Nicolas
1801 CE​–1802 CEAbstract of the answers and returns made pursuant to an act, passed in the forty-first year of His Majesty King George III. Intituled, “An act for taking an account of the population of Great Britain, and the increase or diminution thereof.” 2 vols. in 3.
RICKMAN, John (1771 – 1840)
RICKMAN, John (1771 – 1840)
1984 CEAmerican medicine and statistical thinking, 1800-1860.
CASSEDY, James H. (1919 – 2007)
1710 CEAn argument for Divine Providence, taken from the constant regularity observed in the births of both sexes.
ARBUTHNOT, John (1667 – 1735)
ARBUTHNOT, John (1667 – 1735)
1789 CEAn arithmetical and medical analysis of the diseases and mortality of the human species.
BLACK, William (1749 – 1829)
BLACK, William (1749 – 1829)
1798 CEAn essay on the principle of population, as it affects the future improvement of society.
MALTHUS, Thomas Robert (1766 – 1834)
MALTHUS, Thomas Robert (1766 – 1834)
1693 CEAn estimate of the degrees of mortality of mankind, drawn from curious tables of the births and funerals at the city of Breslaw, with an attempt to ascertain the price of annuities upon lives.
HALLEY, Edmond (1656 – 1742)
HALLEY, Edmond (1656 – 1742)
1806 CEAnalyse et tableaux de l’influence de la petite vérole sur la mortalité à chaque âge, et de celle qu’un préservatif tel que la vaccine peut avoir sur la population et la longevité.
DUVILLARD, Emmanuel Etienne (1755 – 1832)
1725 CEAnnuities upon lives; or, the valuation of annuities upon any number of lives; as also, of reversions. To which is added, an appendix concerning the expectations of life and probabilities of survivorship.
MOIVRE, Abraham de (1667 – 1754)
MOIVRE, Abraham de (1667 – 1754)
1870 CEAnthropométrie, ou mesure des différentes facultés de l’homme.
QUETELET, Lambert Adolphe Jacques (1796 – 1874)
1825 CE​–1835 CEBeiträge zur medizinischen Statistik un Staatsarzneikunde. 2 vols.
CASPER, Johann Ludwig (1796 – 1864)
CASPER, Johann Ludwig (1796 – 1864)
2005 CEBody counts: Medical quantification in historical and sociological perspective / La quantificattion medicale, perspectives historiques et sociologigues. Edited by Gérard Jorland, Annick Opinel and George Weisz.
WEISZ, George OPINEL, Annick JORLAND, Gérard (1946 – 2018)
1998 CEBorn to die: Disease and New World conquest, 1492-1650.
COOK, Noble David (1941 – )
2009 CEDeath before birth: Fetal health and mortality in historical perspective.
WOODS, Robert Ivor (1949 – 2011)
2001 CEDeath on the Nile. Disease and the Demography of Roman Egypt.
SCHEIDEL, Walter (1966 – )
SCHEIDEL, Walter (1966 – )
1982 CEDemographic collapse: Indian Peru, 1520-1620.
COOK, Noble David (1941 – )
1969 CEDemography in early America: Beginnings of the statistical mind 1600-1800.
CASSEDY, James H. (1919 – 2007)
2013 CEDesign for information: An introduction to the histories, theories, and best practices behind effective information visualizations.
MEIRELLES, Isabel
1886 CEDie Bevölkerung der griechisch-römischen Welt.
BELOCH, Karl Julius (1854 – 1929)
BELOCH, Karl Julius (1854 – 1929)
1761 CE​–1762 CEDie gottliche Ordnung in den Veranderungen des menschlichen Geschlechts, aus der Geburt, dem Tode und der Fortpflanzung desselben erwiesen. Zwote und ganz umgearbeitete Ausgabe. 2 vols.
SÜSSMILCH, Johann Peter (1707 – 1767)
1742 CEDie göttliche Ordnung in denen Veränderungen des menschlichen Geschlechts.
SÜSSMILCH, Johann Peter (1707 – 1767)
1985 CEDoctors and slaves: A medical and demographic history of slavery in the British West Indies.
SHERIDAN, Richard B. (1918 – )
1829 CEElements of medical statistics.
HAWKINS, Francis Bisset (1796 – 1894)
HAWKINS, Francis Bisset (1796 – 1894)
1864 CEEnglish life table. Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums.
FARR, William (1807 – 1883)
FARR, William (1807 – 1883)
1746 CEEssai sur les probabilitiés de la durée de la vie humaine: d’où l’on déduit la manière de déterminer les rentes viagères, tant simples qu’en tontines.
DEPARCIEUX, Antoine (1703 – 1768)
DEPARCIEUX, Antoine (1703 – 1768)
1875 CEEssays and papers on some fallacies of statistics concerning life and death, health and disease.
RUMSEY, Henry Wyldbore (1809 – 1876)
1990 CEExpectations of life: A study in the demography, statistics, and history of world mortality.
LANCASTER, Henry Oliver (1913 – 2001)
1839 CEFirst annual report of the Registrar-General on births, deaths, and marriages in England.
FARR, William (1807 – 1883)
FARR, William (1807 – 1883)
1970 CEGeorge A Sacher, Life table modification and life prolongation. IN: Handbook of the biology of aging, edited by Caleb E. Finch and Leonard Hayflick, pp. 582–638.
SACHER, George A. (1917 – 1981) FINCH, Caleb Ellicott (1939 – )
HAYFLICK, Leonard (1928 – 2024)
HAYFLICK, Leonard (1928 – 2024)
2014 CEGlobal population: History, geopolitics and life on earth.
BASHFORD, Alison (1963 – )
BASHFORD, Alison (1963 – )
1978 CEGraphic presentation of statistical information: Papers presented at the 136th annual meeting of the American Statistical Association, Social Statistics Section: Session of Graphical Methods for Presenting Statistical Data: Boston, Massachusetts, August 23-26, 1976, Vol. 3.
U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
1985 CEHistoire de la démographie: La statique de la population des origines à 1914.
DUPÂQUIER, Jacques (1922 – 2010) DUPÂQUIER, Michel
1837 CEHistoire statistique et morale des enfants trouvés.
TERME, Jean-François (1791 – 1847) MONFALCON, Jean-Baptiste (1792 – 1874)
1975 CEHistorical statistics of the United States: Colonial times to 1970. Bicentennial edition. 2 vols.
U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
1970 CEHistory of human life span and mortality. Translated by K. Balás.
ACSÁDI, Györggyei NEMESKÉRI, Janos (1914 – 1989)
2011 CEHistory of the statistical classification of diseases and causes of death. Edited and updated by Harry M. Rosenberg and Donna L. Hoyert.
MORIYAMA, Iwao Milton (1906 – 2006) LOY, Ruth M. ROBB-SMITH, Alastair Hamish Tearloch (1908 – 2000)
1822 CEIllustrations and proofs of the principle of population including an examination of the proposed remedies of Mr. Malthus, and a reply to the objections of Mr. Godwin and others.
PLACE, Francis (1771 – 1854)
PLACE, Francis (1771 – 1854)
1979 CE​–1984 CEJohann Peter Süssmilch. L'Ordre divin aux origines de la démographie. Traduction originale avec des études et commentaires rassemblés par Jacqueline Hecht. Vol. I: Études critiques, biographie, correspondance, bibliographie. Vol. 2: L' Oeuvre de J.P. Süssmilch, L'Ordre divin. Traduction de M. Kriegel. Vol. 3: Index des auteurs, des lieux et des matières. 3 vols.
SÜSSMILCH, Johann Peter (1707 – 1767) HECHT, Jacqueline
1911 CELa dépopulation de la France: Ses conséquences, ses causes, mésures à prendre pour la combattre.
BERTILLON, Jacques (1851 – 1922)
BERTILLON, Jacques (1851 – 1922)
1878 CELa méthode graphique dans les sciences expérimentales et particulièrement en physiologie et en médecine.
MAREY, Étienne Jules (1830 – 1904)
MAREY, Étienne Jules (1830 – 1904)
1958 CELate ancient and medieval population.
RUSSELL, J. C.
RUSSELL, J. C.