Abstract

Prof. Oscar Andersson is one of the most renowned, respected and highly regarded statisticians, economists and econometricians in Eastern and Central Europe. He received a solid education in economics, statistics and mathematics in Russia. Until the end of his life he spread the ideas and scientific contributions of his teacher A. А. Chuprov on the theory of sampling statistics and the theory of correlation. Prof. A. Chupruprov's work on the theory of computer science and the theory of theoretical physics. Anderson maintained scientific contacts with well-known statisticians of the European continental school, including prof. Prof. Ladislav von Bortkiewicz. He adopted the new ideas on the development of mathematical statistics propagated by Prof. Karl Pirsson, the founder of the biometric branch of the Anglo-Saxon school of statistics. О. Anderson successfully wove into his teaching and research activities in statistics and economics the richness of the most progressive ideas of these three main scientific statistical schools. He is fluent in many languages, including Russian, English, German and Bulgarian. The life and scientific activity of prof. Oscar Andersson's life and career in statistics took place in Russia (1887-1920) and Germany (1942-1960). The creative environment and the opportunities for scientific growth affected his personality, his teaching and his contributions in different ways. It should be explicitly noted that the research and teaching work of prof. Oskar Andersson in Bulgaria (1921-1942) is insufficiently reflected by his biographers (see 2.6-2.13). This period is related to his mature creative age. when the main directions of his research activity were formed and his most significant and internationally undisputed contributions in statistics, economics and econometrics were obtained. It is their promotion that is the scientific aim of this paper.