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Francis Galton

British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)

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Anthropology
Probability Theory

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Images by Francis Galton

4 images from works
  • Finger prints / by Francis Galton.
  • Inquiries into human faculty and its development / by Francis Galton.
  • Natural inheritance / by Francis Galton.
  • Inquiries into human faculty and its development / by Francis Galton.

Images featuring Francis Galton

5 images from works
  • The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton / by Karl Pearson.
  • Some Fellows of the Royal Society: with a key to the identities of the sitters. Wood engraving, 1889.
  • The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton / by Karl Pearson.
  • The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton / by Karl Pearson.
  • The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton / by Karl Pearson.

Works from the collections

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48 works

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    Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton.

    Galton, Francis, 1822-1911. | Date: 1869
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    Inquiries into human faculty and its development / by Francis Galton.

    Galton, Francis, 1822-1911. | Date: 1883
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    Memories of my life / by Francis Galton.

    Galton, Francis, 1822-1911. | Date: [1908]
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    Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences.

    Galton, Francis, 1822-1911. | Date: 1892
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    Probability, the foundation of eugenics : the Herbert Spencer lecture delivered on June 5, 1907 / by Francis Galton.

    Galton, Francis, 1822-1911. | Date: 1907

Frequent collaborators

Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

Related topics

Eugenics
Dermatoglyphics
Heredity
Genius
Genetics
Intelligence
Genetics, Medical
Fingerprints
Scientists

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