Kārlis Balodis
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Born | "Bilstiņi" estate, Demographist Statistician | 20 June 1864
Kārlis Balodis (
Biography
He was the youngest among three children; his grandfather was a preacher at the Vidzeme's church. Carl lost his father and mother early in his life. The family moved to Riga, where they lived in very cramped conditions.
He was self-taught, and in 1883, as external candidate, he graduated from gymnasium in Jelgava.
He studied theology in Dorpat during 1884-1887. In 1888, he was ordained as a Lutheran pastor and went to Brazil, where in 1889-1891, he unsuccessfully tried to establish a Latvian colony. In 1891-1892, he studied geography at the University of Jena in Germany and defended his doctoral thesis.[3] In 1893-1895, he served as a Lutheran pastor in the Urals, and wrote studies on demography and statistics. In 1895, he moved back to Germany again, and studied economics at the Universities of Munich and Strasbourg.
He became known as the demographer after the publication of his book "Mortality, age composition and longevity of the Russian Orthodox population of both sexes" in 1851-1890.
Career
Between 1884 and 1887, Kārlis studied
After 1899, Balodis worked as an
After the war, Balodis returned to Latvia, where he became a professor at the University of Latvia. In 1928, he was elected to the 3rd Saeima, representing the Labour League of Latvia. He died on 13 January 1931, during the session of the 3rd Saeima, and his seat was filled by Pēteris Zālīte.
Ballod-Atlanticus and Der Zukunftsstaat
Balodis was also known as Ballod-Atlanticus after he adopted the name Atlanticus from
Published works
Balodis primarily wrote these works in German:
- Der Staat Santa Catharina in Südbrasilien. Stuttgart, 1892
- Die mittlere Lebensdauer in Stadt und Land. Leipzig, 1899
- Ein Blick in Der Zukunftsstaat. Produktion und Konsum im Sozialstaat. Stuttgart, 1898 (Verlag J.H.W.Dietz Nachf., Berlin 1919)
- Die Sterblichkeit der Grosstädte, 1903
- Sterblichkeit und Lebensdauer in Preussen. Berlin, 1907
- Grundriss der Statistik enthaltend Bevölkerungs-, Wirtschafts-, Finanz- und Handels-Statistik. Berlin, 1913
- Die Bevölkerungsbewegung der letzten Jahrzehnte in Preussen und in einigen anderen wichtigen Staaten Europas. Berlin, 1914
- Palästina als jüdisches Ansiedlungsgebiet. Deutsches Komitee zur Förderung der jüdischen Palästinasiedlung 1918
- Sowjet-Rußland. Verlagsgenossenschaft Freiheit, Berlin 1920
- Der Bankrott der freien Wirtschaft und die notwendigen Finanz- und Wirtschaftsreformen. Jena, 1923
References
- ISBN 978-1-538-10221-3.
- ISBN 978-0-813-93909-4.
- ^ Abstract[permanent dead link] of Brivers I. Karl Ballod (Atlanticus) and his «Ein Blick in den Zukunftsstaat» from a Contemporary Point of View
- ISBN 978-1-557-53673-0.
- ^ JSTOR 43210453.
External links
- 100 Latvijas personības: Nezināmais Balodis (in Latvian)