Verhulst

Pierre Francois Verhulst

Born: 28 Oct 1804 in Brussels, Belgium
Died: 15 Feb 1849 in Brussels, Belgium

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Verhulst's research on the law of population growth is important. A non-linear differential equation describing the growth of a biological population which he studied is now named after him.

Verhulst studied with Quetelet and worked jointly with him on social statistics.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. A Quetelet, Pierre Francois Verhulst, Annuaire de l'Académie royale des sciences de Belgique 16 (1850), 97-124. 
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