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 of the school of eugenics, the goal of which was to...

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 Trinity College, Cambridge, to study medicine and...

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 was estimated at 200. But as a young man of 22, a...

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 was estimated at 200. But as a young man of 22, a...

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 was estimated at 200. But as a young man of 22, a...

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 Feb. 16, 1822, at Birmingham, the son of Samuel...

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 correlate his views with the results he obtained from...

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 Birmingham, England, Galton never completed a...