Also known as Sir Francis Galton, Sir Francis Galton, 1st Bt., F. G.
British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)
Francis Galton was a British scientist of the 19th century who studied how traits and abilities are inherited, and he became influential in promoting eugenics—the idea of improving human populations through selective breeding. His work laid important groundwork for the study of genetics and statistics, though his eugenic ideas are now widely rejected as scientifically flawed and ethically wrong.
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Sir Francis Galton (/ˈɡɔːltən/; 16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was an English polymath and the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era; his ideas later became the basis of behavioural genetics.
Galton produced over 340 papers and books. He also developed the statistical concept of correlation and widely promoted regression toward the mean. He was the first to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and inheritance of intelligence, and introduced the use of questionnaires and surveys for collecting data on human communities, which he needed for genealogical and biographical works and for his anthropometric studies. He popularised the phrase "nature versus nurture". His book Hereditary Genius (1869) was the first social scientific attempt to study genius and greatness.
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