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Adolphe Quetelet

was born 228 years ago

22 February 1796

Adolphe Quetelet was a Flemish scientist who was influenced by Pierre Laplace and Joseph Fourier. He was the first to use the normal curve other than as an error law.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Quetelet/