Weibull is the surname of a Swedish family.

The Weibull family originally came from the village of Weiböl in Widstedts parish in Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

, at that time closely connected with Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. The common ancestor was Lauritz Hansen Weibull, a bailiff who lived in the early 1600s in Göinge

Östra Göinge Municipality

Östra Göinge Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Broby....

 in Skåne, Sweden.

Known historians in the family include the brothers Lauritz

Lauritz Weibull

Lauritz Ulrik Absalon Weibull was a Swedish historian.He was born in Lund, son of history professor Martin Weibull and the brother of Curt Weibull and Carl Gustaf Weibull, enrolled at the University of Lund in 1892, completed his B.A. 1892, his licentiate degree in 1899 and defended his...

 and Curt

Curt Weibull

Curt Weibull was a Swedish historian, educator and author.-Biography:Curt Hugo Johannes Weibull was born in Lund, Sweden. He was a member of the noted Swedish Weibull family. He was the son of history professor Martin Weibull and the brother of Lauritz Weibull, Alexander Weibull, Julius Oscar...

, (two of the nine children of Prof. Martin Weibull, 1835-1902) who, foregrounding the significance of historiography developed Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 a methodical stance (and methodological foundation) concerned with questioning the validity and trajectories of alleged sources in historical writing(s). It has been claimed that both Curt and Lauritz can be said to be positivist in their orientation (c.f. Historia

Historia

Historia is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel which presents informative and entertainment programming related to history in the form of dramas, films, documentaries, human interests programs and more...

).

The Weibull probability distribution is named after Waloddi Weibull

Waloddi Weibull

Ernst Hjalmar Waloddi Weibull was a Swedish engineer, scientist, and mathematician.Weibull came from a family that had strong ties to Scania...

, an engineer

Engineer

An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

 and physicist

Physicist

A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 at the Royal Institute of Technology

Royal Institute of Technology

The Royal Institute of Technology is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH was founded in 1827 as Sweden's first polytechnic and is one of Scandinavia's largest institutions of higher education in technology. KTH accounts for one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education...

.

External links

• The Weibulls family's homepage