{{Short description|French statistician (1821–1883)}} thumbnail|right '''Louis-Adolphe Bertillon''' ({{IPA|fr|bɛʁtijɔ̃|lang}}; 1 April 1821 in Paris – 28 February 1883 in Neuilly-sur-Seine)<ref>[https://francearchives.fr/es/agent/18467476 France Archives]</ref> was a French statistician.
==Life== He was born in Paris on the 1 April 1821. He practised as a medical doctor for a number of years. After the revolution of 1870, he was appointed inspector-general of benevolent institutions. He was one of the founders of the school of anthropology of Paris and was appointed a professor there in 1876. His ''Demographic figurée de la France'' (1874) is an able statistical study of the population of France. He died at Neuilly on 28 February 1883.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
His son Alphonse Bertillon is known for the invention of anthropometry, and another son Jacques also became a notable statistician. His granddaughter, Suzanne Bertillon, was a journalist and resistance fighter.
==References== {{reflist}} '''Attribution:''' *{{EB1911|wstitle=Bertillon, Louis Adolphe|volume=3|pages=812–813}}
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