# Louis Bertillon

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{{Short description|French statistician (1821–1883)}}
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'''Louis-Adolphe Bertillon''' ({{IPA|fr|bɛʁtijɔ̃|lang}}; 1 April 1821 in [Paris](/source/Paris) – 28 February 1883 in [Neuilly-sur-Seine](/source/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](/source/Neuilly) on 28 February 1883.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

His son [Alphonse Bertillon](/source/Alphonse_Bertillon) is known for the invention of [anthropometry](/source/anthropometry), and another son [Jacques](/source/Jacques_Bertillon) also became a notable statistician. His granddaughter, [Suzanne Bertillon](/source/Suzanne_Bertillon), was a journalist and [resistance fighter](/source/French_Resistance).

==References==
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*{{EB1911|wstitle=Bertillon, Louis Adolphe|volume=3|pages=812–813}}

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