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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Julian Huxley memberOf Eugenics Society
President of the Eugenics Education Society partOf Eugenics Education Society
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President of the Eugenics Education Society appliesTo Eugenics Education Society
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President of the Eugenics Education Society appointedBy Eugenics Education Society
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President of the Eugenics Education Society associatedWith British eugenics movement
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President of the Eugenics Education Society associatedWith Eugenics Education Society
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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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The Future of Eugenics associatedWith British eugenics movement
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Eugenics Society originalName Eugenics Education Society
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