Luigi Bodio: promoter of the political and high scientific mission of statistics and pioneer of the international statistical cooperation

Antonio Cappiello

RIEDS - Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica - The Italian Journal of Economic, Demographic and Statistical Studies, 2014, vol. 68, issue 3-4, 199-205

Abstract: Luigi Bodio (1840-1920) was an Italian economist and statistician, considered one of the founders of the Italian Statistics. He was one of the 21 founding members of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) in 1885, ISI Director-General during the first 20 years (1885-1905) and ISI President for 11 years (1909-1920). This article gives a short insight into Luigi Bodio�s life and may be useful to the Italian and the International Communities interested in the history of statistics and in the origins of international statistical cooperation.

Keywords: Luigi Bodio; biography; statistician; international cooperation; economist; Italian Statistics; International Statistical Institute; ISI; history of statistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A11 A12 B00 B15 B31 B40 F02 H11 I00 I28 J10 N00 N10 N13 N14 N43 N44 Z00 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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