!!!Winkler, Wilhelm

b. Prague (Czech Republic), June 29, 1884, 
d. Vienna, Sept. 3, 1984, statistician, political theorist. Worked at 
the Austrian Central Statistical Office from 1921-1938 (responsible 
for organising the census of 1934); university professor from 1929; 
1938-1945 forced to retire by the Nazi regime. Professor at the 
University of Vienna from 1945-1956, head of the Department of 
Statistics; Dean from1950-1951; founded the Austrian Society of 
Statistics; President of this society for many years.

!Publications
Statistisches Handbuch der europaeischen 
Nationalitaeten, 1931; Grundriss der Statistik, 2 vols., 
1931/1933 (%%sup 2/%1947/1948); Grundfragen der Oekonometrie, 1951; 
Die Oesterreicher im Ausland, 1955; Mehrsprachiges demographisches 
Woerterbuch, 1960; Demometrie, 1969.

!Literature
Festschrift W. W. zum 100. Geburtstag, 1984; 
A. Pinwinkler, W. W., doctoral thesis, 2 vols., 
Salzburg 2001.



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