Eugenics Society

E191640

The Eugenics Society was a British organization founded in the early 20th century to promote the study and application of eugenics, advocating for the improvement of the human population through selective breeding and related social policies.

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instanceOf advocacy organization ⓘ
learned society ⓘ
activity lobbied for eugenic legislation ⓘ
organized public lectures ⓘ
published journals and pamphlets ⓘ
supported research in heredity and human genetics ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizedFor association with coercive eugenic practices ⓘ
class and race bias in its programs ⓘ
promotion of discriminatory social policies ⓘ
dissolvedOrTransformed continued as Galton Institute after 1989 ⓘ
era early 20th century Britain ⓘ
fieldOfWork eugenics ⓘ
genetics (early 20th century) ⓘ
population policy ⓘ
foundedBy C. W. Saleeby ⓘ
Caleb Saleeby ⓘ
Mary Dendy ⓘ
Montague Crackanthorpe ⓘ
Sybil Gotto ⓘ
William Inge ⓘ
ideology eugenics ⓘ
hereditarianism ⓘ
inception 1907 ⓘ
influenced British debates on sterilization laws ⓘ
interwar population policy discussions in the UK ⓘ
legalForm charitable organization ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
meetingPlace various venues in London, including University of London buildings ⓘ
nameChange renamed as Eugenics Society in 1926 ⓘ
renamed as Galton Institute in 1989 ⓘ
namedAfter Francis Galton ⓘ
notableMember C. P. Blacker ⓘ
J. B. S. Haldane ⓘ
John Maynard Keynes ⓘ
Julian Huxley ⓘ
Karl Pearson ⓘ
Leonard Darwin ⓘ
Marie Stopes ⓘ
Ronald A. Fisher ⓘ
originalName Eugenics Education Society ⓘ
linked to: Eugenics Society
publication Bulletin of the Eugenics Society ⓘ
linked to: Eugenics Review

Eugenics Review ⓘ
purpose influence public policy on reproduction and heredity ⓘ
promotion of eugenics theory and practice ⓘ
public education about eugenics ⓘ
supportedPolicy birth control advocacy ⓘ
discouragement of reproduction by those deemed "unfit" ⓘ
marriage guidance based on eugenic criteria ⓘ
selective breeding of humans ⓘ

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What is Eugenics? → relatedTo → Eugenics Education Society ⓘ
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The Control of Parenthood → relatedTo → British eugenics movement ⓘ
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Eugenics Society → originalName → Eugenics Education Society ⓘ
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