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About Louis-René Villermé
Louis-René Villermé was a French economist and medical doctor. He was known for his early studies of social epidemiology, or the effects of socioeconomic status on health, in early industrial France, and was an advocate for hygienic reform in factories and prisons. His work is considered pivotal in the history of the fields of sociology and statistical inquiry, and he is considered a founder of epidemiology.
Everything about Louis-René Villermé →- Occupation
- economist, physician, statistician, sociologist
- Position held
- president
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- May 10, 1782
- Died
- November 16, 1863