Liechtenstern, Joseph Marx von
Joseph Marx Freyherrn von Liechtenstern (February 12, 1765 - October 10, 1828) was an Austrian nobleman, geographer, and statistician. Coming from an elite family, he was well-educated, studying law before going into government service. He maintained a lifelong passion for geography, statistics, and comparative administration between states (political science avant le mot), and in 1790 founded the Vienna Kosmographische Institut ('Statistical Institute'). The upheavals of the era hampered the group's work; nonetheless, it did produce a steady stream of publications on history and geography, and promoted the use of statistics in public administration. Among other works, in contributed to and completed the influential 1805 Atlas Des Österreichischen Kaiserthums.
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