Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Hoffman, Frederick Ludwig
HOFFMAN, FREDERICK LUDWIG,
an American statistician, born in Varel,
north Germany in 1865. He was
educated in the common and private schools
in Germany. He removed to the United
States and became statistician for the
Prudential Insurance Co. of America

in 1891. He was employed as statistician
by many organizations and made
important researches in ethnology and
kindred subjects. He was the author of
“The Race Traits and Tendencies of the
American Negro” (1896); “Fatal Accidents
in Coal Mining” (1910);
“Mortality from Cancer Throughout the
World” (1915); “Mortality from
Respiratory Diseases in Dusty Trades”
(1917).