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Anton Leo Hickmann

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Anton Leo Hickmann
Born23 March 1834
Died18 July 1916(1916-07-18) (aged 82)
Vienna, Austria
CitizenshipAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Prague
Known forGeographisch-statistischer Taschen-Atlas von Österreich-Ungarn
Scientific career
FieldsGeography and Statistics

Anton Leo Hickmann (23 March 1834 – 18 July 1906) was a geographer and statistician.

Biography

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He was born on March 23, 1834, in Terezin, Bohemia and died on July 18, 1906, in Vienna.

Hickmann studied geography in Prague University. After completing his habilitation, he studied languages and economics. After a brief function as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce in Eger, Hickmann became professor at Reichenberg, where he would work for about 30 years. He was one of the first to become a popular statistician.[1]


References

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  1. ^ "Hickmann, Anton Leo". Biographien.ac.at. Retrieved 2016-01-30.