historical1822 – 1911

Francis Galton

mathematician · explorer · anthropologist · geneticist · psychologist · geographer

Sir Francis Galton (; 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.

Fields: probability theory, anthropology
Nationality: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: 1822
Died: 1911

Associated disciplines

Fingerprint and Latent Print Analysis Forensic Anthropology Forensic DNA and Biology Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry

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