Oskar Anderson (statistician)

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Oskar Anderson

Oskar Johann Viktor Anderson (born August 2, 1887 in Minsk , Belarus ; † February 12, 1960 in Munich ) was a German economist and mathematician and one of the most influential statisticians of the 20th century .

Life

Oskar Anderson was born in Minsk into a family of German descent (his brothers were the famous folklorist Walter Anderson and the astrophysicist Wilhelm Anderson ), he grew up in Kazan , where his father Nikolai Anderson was a professor of Finno-Ugric languages .

After graduating from school in 1906, he first studied mathematics and physics at Kazan University , but in 1907 switched to studying economics at the Faculty of Economics in Saint Petersburg , where he was first a student and then assistant to Alexander Tschuprov until 1915 . In 1912 Anderson received his doctorate as a candidate in economics and received his first academic post as a lecturer in Petersburg. In 1917 he moved to Kiev , where he completed his habilitation in 1918. In 1920 Anderson left Russia and first lived in Budapest ( Hungary ) before accepting a professorship at the Varna University of Economics ( Bulgaria ) in 1924, where he remained until 1933. From 1935 to 1940 he was a professor at Sofia University , where he held the post of director of the Statistical Institute for Economic Research.

During the Second World War, Oskar Anderson moved to Germany about and taught from 1942 to 1947 at the Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel , where he was appointed associate professor in early 1943, making him the head of the department for Eastern Research at the Institute of World Economics transferred has been. In 1947 he took over the chair for economics at the University of Munich , which he held until his retirement in 1956. Oskar Anderson was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Mannheim Business School and the University of Vienna .

He is one of the most respected economists and statisticians of his time.

Fonts

  • About the representative method and its application to the processing of the results of the Bulgarian farm census of December 31, 1926. Bayer. Extra State Office, Munich 1949
  • The seasonal fluctuations in German electricity production before and after the war. Inst. F. Economic research, Munich 1950

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jörg Siebels, Kerstin Nees: Oskar Anderson . In: Great researchers from the fjord . Christian Albrechts University Kiel. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Appointments , Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , No. 66 (1943), Berlin, February 2, 1943
  3. ↑ From Kiel University , Flensburger Nachrichten , No. 37 (1943), Flensburg, 13./14. February 1943
  4. ↑ Hans Kellerer: Oskar Anderson . In: Ludwig Maximilians University Annual Chronicle 1959/1960. 1960, pp. 8-10.
personal data
SURNAME Anderson, Oskar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anderson, Oskar Johann Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German statistician, economist and mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Minsk
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1960
Place of death Munich