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Galton

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Galton [ˈgɔːltən]
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(Biographies / Galton, Sir Francis (1822-1911) M, English, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer, SCIENCE: scientist) Sir Francis. 1822-1911, English explorer and scientist, a cousin of Charles Darwin, noted for his researches in heredity, meteorology, and statistics. He founded the study of eugenics and the theory of anticyclones
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Noun1.GaltonGalton - English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911)
Francis Galton, Sir Francis Galton


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) Galton, as every one knows, investigated visual imagery, and found that education tends to kill it: the Fellows of the Royal Society turned out to have much less of it than their wives.
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