INDEX 85
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The brief biographical notices of sixty-six noteworthy
families printed in this book are compiled from replies
to a c...
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The English scientist, biometrician, and explorer Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) founded the science of eugenics and introduced the theory of the anticyclone in meteorology.Francis Galton was born on ...
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Born on February 16, 1822, in Birmingham, England, Francis Galton was the youngest of nine children of Samuel Tertius, a banker, and Frances Anne Violetta Galton. At the age of 16, Galton enrolled at ...
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Francis Galton was born near Birmingham, England, in 1822. His impressive talents appeared early. At the age of three, he was already reading, and at four, he was studying Latin. His I.Q. at adulthood...
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Sir Francis Galton developed medical genetics, founded eugenics, and introduced biostatistical methods to the study of inheritance.Born into a life of leisure as the son of a wealthy banker in Birming...
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Francis Galton was born near Birmingham, England, in 1822. His impressive talents appeared early. At the age of three, he was already reading, and at four, he was studying Latin. His I.Q. at adulthood...
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Galton was a pioneer in the use of statistical methods as applied to biological problems. He was interested in the heredity of intelligence, and he used many statistical methods to attempt to correlat...
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Francis Galton was born near Birmingham, England, in 1822. His impressive talents appeared early. At the age of three, he was already reading, and at four, he was studying Latin. His I.Q. at adulthood...
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Sir Francis Galton is best known for his scientific work, especially in meteorology and heredity, two fields in which his work is considered foundational. He is probably best remembered as the founder...
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Noteworthy Families (Modern Science)
Francis Galton, Sir
Francis Galton, Sir
Francis Galton
Francis Galton
Francis Galton
Francis Galton
Francis Galton
(Sir) Francis Galton