Harald Ludvig Westergaard (April 19, 1853 in Copenhagen – December 13, 1936 in Copenhagen) was a Danish statistician and economist known for his work in demography and the history of statistics. Harald Westergaard was born in Copenhagen and apart from a period studying in England and Germany in 1877-78 he lived there all his life. His subject at the University of Copenhagen was mathematics but he became interested in economics and, while he was in England, he seems to have met William Stanley Jevons. In the preface to the second edition (1879) of the Theory of Political Economy Jevons refers to Westergaard's mathematical suggestions. However, after this spectacular debut Westergaard seems not to have contributed further to mathematical economics.
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| - Harald Ludvig Westergaard (April 19, 1853 in Copenhagen – December 13, 1936 in Copenhagen) was a Danish statistician and economist known for his work in demography and the history of statistics. Harald Westergaard was born in Copenhagen and apart from a period studying in England and Germany in 1877-78 he lived there all his life. His subject at the University of Copenhagen was mathematics but he became interested in economics and, while he was in England, he seems to have met William Stanley Jevons. In the preface to the second edition (1879) of the Theory of Political Economy Jevons refers to Westergaard's mathematical suggestions. However, after this spectacular debut Westergaard seems not to have contributed further to mathematical economics. (en)
- Harald Ludvig Westergaard, född 19 april 1853 i Köpenhamn, död 13 december 1936, var en dansk statistiker och nationalekonom. Han var son till Niels Ludvig Westergaard. Westergaard tog magisterkonferens i matematik 1874 och statsvetenskaplig examen 1877. Han vann Köpenhamns universitets guldmedalj 1881, och tilldelades 1902 doktorsgraden i statsvetenskap utan disputation. År 1882 blev han docent och var 1886-1924 professor. Samma år blev han meddirektör för sparbanken "Bikuben" och likaledes från samma år ledamot av styrelsen för försäkringsbolaget "Danmark" intill 1904, då han blev ledamot av Forsikringsrådet. Från 1900 var han ledamot av styrelsen för Nationaløkonomisk forening. Han studerade särskilt försäkringsväsen och sociala frågor samt blev 1885 ledamot av en viktig arbetarkommitté (sv)
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| - Harald Ludvig Westergaard (April 19, 1853 in Copenhagen – December 13, 1936 in Copenhagen) was a Danish statistician and economist known for his work in demography and the history of statistics. Harald Westergaard was born in Copenhagen and apart from a period studying in England and Germany in 1877-78 he lived there all his life. His subject at the University of Copenhagen was mathematics but he became interested in economics and, while he was in England, he seems to have met William Stanley Jevons. In the preface to the second edition (1879) of the Theory of Political Economy Jevons refers to Westergaard's mathematical suggestions. However, after this spectacular debut Westergaard seems not to have contributed further to mathematical economics. In 1880-1882, Westergaard worked for the Danish Insurance Office and he developed an interest in demography. His international reputation was made by the publication of Die Lehre von der Mortalität und Morbilität (1881). This work won him a gold medal from the University and led to his appointment as a lecturer in 1883. In 1886, he became a Professor at the early age of 33. He retired in 1924. Westergaard's late work Contributions to the History of Statistics (1932) described the history of vital and economic statistics up to the end of the nineteenth century. Statistical theory, whether of the Laplace or Pearson variety, is discussed but given a subordinate place. In the Introduction, Westergaard remarks, "For a long while ... the calculus of probabilities had less influence on statistics than might have been expected, the authors confining themselves to abstract theories which had little or nothing to do with reality." Westergaard was well-known and respected internationally. The obituary in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society of London, begins, "By [his] death Europe has lost her senior statistician" and ends, "This is not the place to write at length about his personal charm, marked by simplicity, helpfulness and friendliness; but it was this as much as his intellectual eminence that gave him a unique place in the society of economists and statisticians." (en)
- Harald Ludvig Westergaard, född 19 april 1853 i Köpenhamn, död 13 december 1936, var en dansk statistiker och nationalekonom. Han var son till Niels Ludvig Westergaard. Westergaard tog magisterkonferens i matematik 1874 och statsvetenskaplig examen 1877. Han vann Köpenhamns universitets guldmedalj 1881, och tilldelades 1902 doktorsgraden i statsvetenskap utan disputation. År 1882 blev han docent och var 1886-1924 professor. Samma år blev han meddirektör för sparbanken "Bikuben" och likaledes från samma år ledamot av styrelsen för försäkringsbolaget "Danmark" intill 1904, då han blev ledamot av Forsikringsrådet. Från 1900 var han ledamot av styrelsen för Nationaløkonomisk forening. Han studerade särskilt försäkringsväsen och sociala frågor samt blev 1885 ledamot av en viktig arbetarkommitté och 1903 av en kommitté angående invaliditetsförsäkring. Westergaards förnämsta arbete är Die Lehre von der Mortalität und Morbilität (1881-82; ny upplaga 1901). Förutom många avhandlingar i utländska tidskrifter författade han Lærebog i statistikens teori (1890; översatt till tyska), Den ældre nationalekonomis opfattelse af det sociala spørgsmaal (1896), Forelæsning over nationalekonomien (1908) och Det 19:e aarhundredes ekonomiske udvikling (1910); samt (tillsammans med Marcus Rubin) Landbefolkningens dødelighed i Fyens stift (1886) och Ægteskabsstatistik paa grundlag af den sociale lagdelning (1890). Westergaard tog verksam del i arbetet för den köpenhamnska kyrkosaken (uppförandet av nya kyrkor) och var från 1890 ordförande i Kirkefondets forretningsudvalg. Likaså var han ledamot av "det store kirkelige udvalg" 1903-07 (om folkkyrkans författning). Han blev ledamot av svenska Vetenskapsakademien 1914. (sv)
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