Yanson Y.E. (1835-1893), statistician and economist

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YANSON Yuly Eduardovich (1835-1893, St. Petersburg), statistician and economist, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences from 1892. He graduated from Kiev University with a major in history and philology in 1855. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1864, he taught statistics and political economy at the Institute of Railway Engineers. He was a teacher at Petersburg University from 1865 promoted to professor in 1873 and dean of the law faculty in 1876-88. He achieved the establishment of a statistical department of Petersburg City Council in 1881 to become its head in 1893, and established the foundation for city statistics. Statistical Yearbook of St. Petersburg was the first of its kind in Russia published under the editorship of Yanson from 1882. He was also in charge of the first population census in St. Petersburg in 1881 and another census in 1890. He wrote works on the theory and history of statistics and demography. He lived in his own house at 25 Mogilevskaya Street (today, 13 Lermontovsky Avenue). Buried at Smolenskoe Orhodox Cemetery.

Reference: Юлий Эдуардович Янсон (1835-1893): Материалы конф. к 160-летию со дня рождения. СПб., 1995.

A. L. Dmitriev. Yanson Yuly Eduardovich
Lermontovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 13
Юлий Эдуардович Янсон (1835-1893): Материалы конф. к 160-летию со дня рождения. СПб., 1995 Russian Academy of Sciences
Railway University
State University, St. Petersburg
Reference and Statistical Publications of St. Petersburg and the Region (entry)