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John Graunt

    John Graunt was a pioneer in the field of demography, though by profession he was a haberdasher. Alongside William Petty, he developed early methods of statistical analysis and census-taking that laid the groundwork for modern demography. He is credited with producing the first life table, which provided probabilities of survival to each age. His work, analyzing London's mortality records, offered the first statistically based estimate of the city's population and is considered an early form of epidemiology.

    Načala statistiki naselenija, medicinskoj statistiki, matematiki strachovogo dela
    Natural and Political Observations Made Upon the Bills of Mortality
    The Economic Writings Of Sir William Petty V2
    Economic Writings. Together With the Observations Upon the Bills of Mortality, More Probably by John Graunt; Volume 1
    The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty: Together With the Observations Upon the Bills of Mortality, More Probably by Captain John Graunt