Adna Ferrin Weber

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Adna Ferrin Weber also in the spelling variant Adna F. Weber (born July 14, 1870 in Springville , Erie County , New York , † February 28, 1968 in Richmond Hill , Queens County , New York) was an American statistician and economist .

Life

Family and education

The from the State originating located New York village of Springville Adna Ferrin Weber, son of Blanchard B. Weber and his wife Philena Ferrin Weber, in 1894 acquired the academic degree of Bachelor of Philosophy at Cornell University in Ithaca . He then completed postgraduate studies in economics at Cornell University, Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin and Columbia University , where he received his Ph. D. Der for his dissertation “ The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century : A Study in Statistics “ Adna Ferrin Weber, who received the Grant Squires Prize from Columbia University , then studied social sciences in Europe as a recipient of the Traveling Fellowship at Cornell University . He then received further training as a Fellow in Economics and Social Science at Columbia University.

Adna Ferrin Weber married Mabel Norris on May 3, 1899. This connection came from the sons Harold Norris Weber (1903-2002) and the chemist Lawrence Adna Weber (1907-1981). Adna Ferrin Weber died at the end of February 1968 at the age of 98.

Professional background

Adna Ferrin Weber took up his first position as Secretary at the Cornell Summer School in 1898 , in the following year he moved to the New York State Department of Labor as Deputy Commissioner of Labor Statistics , where he was appointed Chief Statistician in 1901 . In 1907 he moved in the same position to the New York Public Service Commission, in 1921 he was promoted to Chief of the Accounting Division there , and in 1923 he resigned. Adna Ferrin Weber also acted as Correspondent of the International Association for Labor Legislation , 1902 as Special Agent of the United States Census , in 1906 and 1907 as First Secretary of the American Association for Labor Legislation and from 1924 to 1932 as Director of the Cities Census Committee, Inc ..

Adna Ferrin Weber, one of the American pioneers of city statistics, to this field, especially in periodicals published, held a Fellowship in the American Statistical Association and memberships in the American Economic Association , the Academy of Political Science and in the Phi Beta Kappa held .

Fonts

  • The Historical Development of the English Cabinet, Thesis (Ph. B.) , Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1894
  • with John MacMackin, Henry C. Southwick: Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the State of New York, New York, etc., 1899
  • The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in Statistics, Dissertation , Columbia University, New York, 1899
  • Growth of Cities in the United States, 1890-1900, 1901
  • Social value on trade-unionism, Published by the Church Association for the advancement of the interests of labor, New York, 1901
  • Employers' Liability and Accident Insurance, in: Political Science Quarterly, volume 17, no. 2., Academy of Political Science, New York, etc., Jun. 1902, pp. 256-283.
  • Labor Legislation in New York, in: Monographs on social economics, 2, New York State Department of Labor, Albany, NY, 1904
  • The Growth of Industry in New York, in: Monographs on social economics, 4, New York State Department of Labor, Albany, NY, 1904
  • The Significance of Recent City Growth: The Era of Small Industrial Centers, in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, volume 23, no.2, American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, 1904
  • Present Status of Statistical Work and How it Needs to be Developed in the Service of the States, in: Publications of the American Statistical Association, volume 14, no.106, The Association, Boston, Mass., Jun. 1914, p. 97 -102.

literature

  • Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines: The Encyclopedia Americana A universal reference library comprising the arts and sciences ... commerce, etc., of the world, volume XVI, Scientific American Compiling Dpt., 1905, New York, p. 312.
  • Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines: The Americana: a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world, volume XXII, Scientific American Compiling Dpt., New York , 1912, p. 349.
  • Thomas William Herringshaw: Herringshaw's American Blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans of ... An Accurate Biographical Record of Prominent Citizens in All Walks of Life ..., American Publishers' Association, Chicago, Ill., 1914, p. 968.
  • Murray Edward Poole: A Story Historical of Cornell University: With Biographies of Distinguished Cornellians, The Cayuga Press, Ithaca, NY, 1916, p. 205.
  • Frank Myer Ferrin, Mary A. Brennan: Captain Jonathan Farren of Amesbury, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants, Murray Print. Co., Cambridge, Mass., 1941, p. 140.
  • Who was who in America. : volume V, 1969-1973 with world notables , Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ, 1973, p. 763.

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personal data
SURNAME Weber, Adna Ferrin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weber, Adna F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American statistician and economist
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Springville , Erie County , New York
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1968
Place of death Richmond Hill , Queens County , New York