Francis Galton

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Francis Galton was a 19th-century English polymath known for pioneering work in statistics, eugenics, and the study of human heredity and intelligence.

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Francis Galton canonical 24
Galton 1

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instanceOf anthropologist ⓘ
eugenicist ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
psychologist ⓘ
statistician ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
coinedTerm eugenics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1822-02-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1911-01-17 ⓘ
educatedAt King Edward's School, Birmingham ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Galton ⓘ
linked to: Galton family
fieldOfWork anthropometry ⓘ
differential psychology ⓘ
eugenics ⓘ
fingerprint analysis ⓘ
heredity ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
psychometrics ⓘ
statistics ⓘ
fullName Francis Galton ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
hasOccupation geographer ⓘ
meteorologist ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
knownFor anthropometric laboratory measurements ⓘ
concept of regression toward the mean ⓘ
development of fingerprint classification ⓘ
early work in psychometrics ⓘ
founding eugenics as a field ⓘ
pioneering correlation in statistics ⓘ
twin studies in heredity ⓘ
memberOf Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
notableWork Hereditary Genius ⓘ
Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development ⓘ
Natural Inheritance ⓘ
placeOfBirth Birmingham ⓘ
Sparkbrook ⓘ
placeOfDeath Haslemere ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ
proposedMethod use of questionnaires and surveys in data collection ⓘ
use of statistical correlation in human traits ⓘ
proposedTheory nature versus nurture distinction ⓘ
relative Charles Darwin ⓘ
religion agnosticism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

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Samuel Galton Jr. → grandparent → Francis Galton ⓘ
Samuel Galton Jr. → relative → Francis Galton ⓘ
Charles Galton Darwin → relative → Francis Galton ⓘ
John Galton → familyName → Galton ⓘ
linked to: Francis Galton
Francis Galton → fullName → Francis Galton ⓘ
Charles Spearman → influencedBy → Francis Galton ⓘ
James McKeen Cattell → influencedBy → Francis Galton ⓘ
Karl Pearson → influencedBy → Francis Galton ⓘ
Eugenics Society → namedAfter → Francis Galton ⓘ
Madison Grant → wasInfluencedBy → Francis Galton ⓘ
The Mismeasure of Man → critiquesWorkOf → Francis Galton ⓘ
Galton family → notableMember → Francis Galton ⓘ
Hereditary Genius → author → Francis Galton ⓘ
Natural Inheritance → author → Francis Galton ⓘ
The Taming of Chance → influencedBy → Francis Galton ⓘ
Biometrika → foundedBy → Francis Galton ⓘ
eugenics movement → wasCoinedBy → Francis Galton ⓘ
Eugenics Review → notableContributor → Francis Galton ⓘ