Biography:Adna Ferrin Weber

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Short description: American statistician and economist

Adna Ferrin Weber, AKA Adna F. Weber (July 14, 1870 – February 28, 1968) was an American statistician and economist.[1]

Biography

Adna Ferrian Weber Weber was born on July 14, 1870, in Concord, New York on July 14, 1870.[1] He held a PhD from Columbia University.[2][3]

Weber served the Deputy Commissioner of Labor Statistics in New York.[2] In 1906, he co-founded the American Association for Labor Legislation and served as its first secretary (1906-1907).[4]

Bibliography

  • The Historical Development of the English Cabinet, Thesis (Ph. B.), Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1894
  • with John MacMackin, Henry C. Southwick: Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the State of New York, New York, etc., 1899
  • The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in Statistics, Dissertation, Columbia University, New York, 1899
  • Growth of Cities in the United States, 1890-1900, 1901
  • Social value on trade-unionism, Published by the Church Association for the Advancement of the Interests of Labor, New York, 1901
  • Employers' Liability and Accident Insurance, in: Political Science Quarterly, volume 17, no. 2., Academy of Political Science, New York, etc., Jun. 1902, S. 256–283.
  • Labor Legislation in New York, in: Monographs on social economics, 2, New York State Department of Labor, Albany, N.Y., 1904
  • The Growth of Industry in New York, in: Monographs on social economics, 4, New York State Department of Labor, Albany, N.Y., 1904
  • The Significance of Recent City Growth: The Era of Small Industrial Centres, in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, volume 23, no. 2., American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, 1904
  • Present Status of Statistical Work and How it Needs to be Developed in the Service of the States, in: Publications of the American Statistical Association, volume 14, no. 106, The Association, Boston, Mass., Jun. 1914, S. 97–102.

References

  1. (in en) Albany Authors. The Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society. 1902. p. 58. https://books.google.com/books?id=0yE9AAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 17 September 2020. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Willoughby, W. F. (1899). "Review of The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century". Science 10 (261): 968. doi:10.1126/science.10.261.968. ISSN 0036-8075. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1626537. 
  3. "Weber, Adna Ferrin, 1870-1968 - Social Networks and Archival Context". https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6cc8sdz#biography. 
  4. Pierce, Lloyd F. (25 May 1952). The Activities of the American Association for Labor Legislation in Behalf of Social Security and Protective Labor Legislation (doctoral thesis). University of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

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