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Gottfried Achenwall, German historian, economist, and jurist (died 1772)

Gottfried Achenwall

German philosopher and historian

Gottfried Achenwall was a German philosopher, historian, economist, jurist and statistician. He is counted among the inventors of statistics.
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October 20

Day of the year

October 20 is the 293rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 72 days remain until the end of the year.
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