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Sir Francis Galton FRS FRAI (/ ˈ ɡ ɔː l t ən /; 16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was a British polymath and the originator of the behavioral genetics movement during the Victorian era. Galton produced over 340 papers and books. He also developed the statistical concept of correlation and widely promoted regression toward the mean.
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Francis Galton (born February 16, 1822, near Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England—died January 17, 1911, Grayshott House, Haslemere, Surrey) was an English explorer, anthropologist, and eugenicist known for his pioneering studies of human intelligence. He was knighted in 1909.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Scientists. Famous British People. Francis Galton was an English explorer and anthropologist best known for his research in eugenics and human intelligence. He was the first to study the...
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Francis Galton was an English polymath, explorer, anthropologist and statistician. He invented the concept of "regression to the mean" and is famous as "the father of eugenics". View seven larger pictures. Biography. An explorer and anthropologist, Francis Galton is known for his pioneering studies of human intelligence.
Jun 16, 2011 · 16 June 2011. Comments. One hundred years after the death of Francis Galton, the "father of eugenics", geneticists are increasingly baffled by the nature versus nurture debate, writes Professor...
Jan 31, 2013 · • 6 min read. In 1907, Sir Francis Galton asked 787 villagers to guess the weight of an ox. None of them got the right answer, but when Galton averaged their guesses, he arrived at a near...
The Intelligence Quotient of Francis Galton in Childhood by Lewis Terman American Journal of Psychology 28 (1917): 209-215. The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton by Karl Pearson. Facsimile of full text in PDF format. A new biography of Galton was published in November 2001. By the biologist Nicholas Wright Gillham, it was issued by ...
