Powstanie Polskiego Towarzystwa Statystycznego w Krakowie. Juliusz Leo – pierwszy prezes Towarzystwa
Establishment of the Polish Statistical Society in Crakow. Juliusz Leo – the first President of the Society

Summary/Abstract: Early 1912 Cracow statisticians and economists have projected to establish a separate society of Polish statisticians. On 9th April 1912 Austrian authorities have approved the establishment of the Polish Statistical Society (PTS). The main objective of the PTS should have been the preparation of statistical publications that provide coverage over Polish territory at that time belonging to the three partitioning powers. President of PTS was prof. dr. Juliusz Leo, the Mayor of Cracow. The paper discusses the establishment circumstances of the PTS in Cracow, its statute and the effects of activity until the outbreak of World War I and the first president’s person, professor of treasuring in the Jagiellonian University, a prominent mayor and an important Polish politician in those days.

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