Scottish politician, writer on finance and agriculture (1754–1835).
Colonel Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet, (10 May 1754 – 21 December 1835), was a British politician, military officer and writer who was one of the first people to use the word "statistics" in the English language in his pioneering work, Statistical Accounts of Scotland, which was published in 21 volumes.
Abbreviations: Sinclair
Occupations: statistician, politician, mathematician, economist, botanist
Citizenships: Kingdom of Great Britain
Languages: English
Dates: 1754-05-10T00:00:00Z – 1835-12-21T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Thurso
Direct attributions: 1 plant, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 1 plant, 0 fungi