The law is named after physicist Frank Benford, who stated it in 1938 in an article titled "The Law of Anomalous Numbers", although it had been previously stated by Simon Newcomb in 1881.
The law is named after physicist Frank Benford, who stated it in 1938 in an article titled "The Law of Anomalous Numbers" although it had been previously stated by Simon Newcomb in 1881.