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  accounts 
  were 
  first 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Memoires 
  ' 
  of 
  the 
  Academy, 
  and 
  those 
  

   on 
  the 
  atmospheric 
  waves, 
  which 
  had 
  appeared 
  successively 
  in 
  the 
  

   ' 
  Annales 
  ' 
  of 
  the 
  Observatory, 
  were 
  afterwards 
  united 
  with 
  other 
  works 
  

   on 
  meteorology, 
  and 
  published 
  under 
  the 
  title 
  " 
  Sur 
  le 
  Climat 
  de 
  la 
  

   Belgique." 
  

  

  Quetelet 
  married 
  in 
  1825 
  a 
  daughter 
  of 
  M. 
  Curtet, 
  a 
  French 
  physician, 
  

   and 
  niece 
  of 
  the 
  well-known 
  chemist 
  Professor 
  van 
  Mons, 
  a 
  highly 
  

   accomplished 
  lady, 
  by 
  whom 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  son 
  and 
  a 
  daughter. 
  He 
  was 
  very 
  

   hospitable, 
  and 
  entertained 
  at 
  his 
  house 
  persons 
  of 
  distinction 
  who 
  

   came 
  to 
  Brussels 
  — 
  artists, 
  savants, 
  literary 
  men, 
  and 
  politicians 
  of 
  all 
  

   parties. 
  

  

  In 
  July 
  1855 
  he 
  was 
  seized 
  with 
  a 
  fit 
  of 
  apoplexy, 
  which 
  was 
  

   pronounced 
  by 
  the 
  physicians 
  to 
  be 
  serious. 
  His 
  memory 
  was 
  much 
  

   injured 
  by 
  it, 
  although 
  after 
  a 
  week 
  or 
  ten 
  days 
  he 
  wished 
  to 
  resume 
  

   work 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  September 
  following 
  he 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  be 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  

   public 
  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Section 
  of 
  Tine 
  Arts. 
  

  

  He 
  continued 
  to 
  work 
  during 
  the 
  remaining 
  years 
  of 
  his 
  life 
  ; 
  and, 
  in 
  

   fact, 
  when 
  misfortune 
  came 
  heavily 
  upon 
  him 
  by 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  his 
  wife, 
  his 
  

   daughter, 
  and 
  several 
  of 
  his 
  grandchildren, 
  work 
  became 
  his 
  only 
  con- 
  

   solation. 
  

  

  His 
  son, 
  M. 
  Ernest 
  Quetelet, 
  had 
  now 
  taken 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  

   Observatory, 
  and 
  Quetelet 
  occupied 
  himself 
  with 
  Meteorology, 
  Phy- 
  

   sical 
  Geography, 
  and 
  Statistics. 
  He 
  continued 
  to 
  preside 
  at 
  the 
  Cen- 
  

   tral 
  Commission, 
  and 
  assisted 
  punctually 
  at 
  the 
  International 
  Con- 
  

   gresses 
  of 
  Statistics, 
  which 
  were 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  capitals 
  of 
  Europe. 
  

   Six 
  months 
  before 
  his 
  death 
  he 
  made 
  the 
  fatiguing 
  journey 
  to 
  St. 
  Peters- 
  

   burg 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  a 
  pressing 
  invitation 
  from 
  the 
  Grand 
  Duke 
  Con- 
  

   stantine, 
  under 
  whose 
  auspices 
  the 
  Statistical 
  Congress 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  held. 
  

   Neither 
  the 
  fear 
  of 
  cholera 
  nor 
  the 
  anxious 
  entreaties 
  of 
  his 
  family 
  could 
  

   deter 
  him 
  from 
  this 
  enterprise. 
  On 
  his 
  return 
  he 
  seemed 
  refreshed, 
  

   having 
  been 
  pleased 
  by 
  his 
  reception. 
  About 
  this 
  time 
  also 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  

   made 
  an 
  Associate 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Moral 
  and 
  Political 
  Science 
  of 
  the 
  

   Institute 
  of 
  Prance 
  ; 
  and 
  ten 
  days 
  afterwards, 
  in 
  a 
  congratulatory 
  address 
  

   sent 
  to 
  the 
  Royal 
  Academy 
  of 
  Belgium 
  on 
  the 
  occasion 
  of 
  the 
  hundredth 
  

   anniversary 
  of 
  its 
  foundation, 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  at 
  Berlin 
  pro- 
  

   claimed 
  him 
  the 
  founder 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  science. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  last 
  he 
  was 
  punctual 
  in 
  fulfilling 
  his 
  duties 
  as 
  Perpetual 
  Secre- 
  

   tary 
  of 
  the 
  Academy. 
  On 
  Monday, 
  February 
  2, 
  1874, 
  although 
  already 
  

   suffering 
  from 
  the 
  attack 
  of 
  bronchitis 
  which 
  carried 
  him 
  off 
  a 
  fortnight 
  

   later, 
  he 
  was 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  Literary 
  Section. 
  On 
  the 
  Thursday 
  he 
  went 
  

   for 
  the 
  last 
  time 
  down 
  to 
  his 
  study, 
  and 
  was 
  with 
  difficulty 
  prevented 
  

   from 
  going 
  to 
  the 
  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Eine-Art 
  Section. 
  He 
  became 
  rapidly 
  

   worse, 
  and 
  expired 
  on 
  the 
  17th 
  of 
  February. 
  

  

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