1. Lefalophodon Francis Galton Francis Galton (18221911) " Every long-established race has necessarily its peculiar fitness for the conditions under which it has lived, owing to the sure operation of Darwin's law of natural selection." ( 1869) Karl Pearson) a founder of biometrics. Galton conducted extensive statistical studies of heredity in humans, including http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~alroy/lefa/Galton.html

Francis Galton (1822-1911) "Every long-established race has necessarily its peculiar fitness for the conditions under which it has lived, owing to the sure operation of Darwin's law of natural selection." English social scientist, an outspoken hereditarian and selectionist and (alone with his disciple Karl Pearson ) a founder of biometrics. Galton conducted extensive statistical studies of heredity in humans, including the first major twin study (1883). A virulent racist, he popularized the phrase "nature and nurture" from 1874 onward specifically so he could downplay the latter. He also coined the term "eugenics" (1883) and essentially founded the eugenics movement with arguments going back to 1865, although his ideas did not gain wide acceptance until the turn of the century, spurred on by the rediscovery of Mendel 's laws of inheritance. A first cousin of Darwin and a witness of the famous Huxley -Wilberforce debate of 1860, he was a staunch supporter of natural selection even at its lowest, late 19th-century ebb. Ironically, he argued that selection on minor variations was too weak to produce long-term evolutionary changes, which instead were due to occasional saltations. Despite having read Galton's 1869 book, Darwin himself still took a dim view of the influence of heredity on human behavior in his The Descent of Man (1871). As a member of

2. Galton Francis Galton. Born An explorer and anthropologist, Francis Galton is known for his pioneering studies of human intelligence. He http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galton.html

Francis Galton Born: 16 Feb 1822 in Sparkbrook (near Birmingham), England Died: 17 Jan 1911 in Grayshott House, Haslemere, Surrey, England Click the picture above to see four larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index An explorer and anthropologist, Francis Galton is known for his pioneering studies of human intelligence. He devoted the latter part of his life to eugenics, i.e. improving the physical and mental makeup of the human species by selected parenthood. Galton's parents, both from important Quaker families, might have served as excellent examples of his ideas on hereditary genius. His mother, Frances Anne Violetta Darwin, was the daughter of the physician Erasmus Darwin, the author of Zoonomia or the Laws of Organic Life, in which he set out his ideas of evolution. Charles Darwin was also a grandson of Erasmus Darwin. Galton's father, Samuel Tertius Galton, was a banker from a family which contained many rich bankers and gunsmiths. Francis was youngest of his parents seven children having three older brothers and three older sisters. Francis attended a number of small schools in the Birmingham area before entering King Edward's School in Birmingham in 1836. He spent two years at this school but did not find the emphasis on classics and religion to his liking. Since his parents had decided that he should follow a medical career, he was an apprentice to several different medical men in Birmingham for around a year. Following this he went to London where he studied medicine at King's College for one year. Then, in 1840, he made a quick tour of the Continent visiting Giessen, Vienna, Constanza, Constantinople, Smyrna, and Athens. It was at this stage that, in his own words, (see [6]):-

3. Poster Of Galton Francis Galton. lived from 1822 to 1911. Although weak in mathematics Galton proved that a normal mixture of normal distributions is itself normal. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Posters2/Galton.html

Francis Galton lived from 1822 to 1911 Although weak in mathematics Galton proved that a normal mixture of normal distributions is itself normal. Find out more at http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/ Mathematicians/Galton.html

4. Galton Francis Galton (18221911). Last modified, September 9, 2003. Soshichi Uchii. suchii@bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp. http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/phisci/Gallery/galton.html

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9. Sir Francis Galton F.R.S Victorian polymath geographer, meteorologist, tropical explorer, founder of differential psychology, http://www.mugu.com/galton/

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10. Francis Galton - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Francis Galton. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sir Francis Galton (February 16, 1822 January 17, 1911) was an English explorer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton

Francis Galton From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sir Francis Galton February 16 January 17 ) was an English explorer statistician anthropologist , advocate of eugenics (he coined the term), and investigator of the human mind. He was born near Sparkbrook, Birmingham and was Charles Darwin 's half first cousin, his mother and Darwin's father having been children of Erasmus Darwin by separate marriages. His inquiries into the mind involved detailed recording of subjects' own explanations for whether and how their minds dealt with things such as mental imagery. Galton's 1869 work, Hereditary Genius , popularised historiometry In statistics , Galton was the first to describe and explain the common phenomenon of regression toward the mean in the and . After examining forearm and height measurements, Galton introduced the concept of correlation in . His statistical study of the probability of extinction of surnames led to the concept of Galton-Watson stochastic processes The method of identifying criminals by their fingerprints had been introduced in the by William Herschel . In and Galton wrote three books about the technique, identifying common pattern in fingerprints and devising a classification system that survives to this day. He also estimated the probability of two persons having the same fingerprint and studied the heritability and racial differences in fingerprints.

11. Rocky Road: Francis Galton Francis Galton. Character and ability are inherited. That was Francis Galton s conviction, one that served him well, given his own impressive pedigree. http://www.strangescience.net/galton.htm

Francis Galton Character and ability are inherited. That was Francis Galton's conviction, one that served him well, given his own impressive pedigree. When reading Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species , Galton claimed that he "devoured its contents and assimilated them as fast as they were devoured, a fact which may be ascribed to an hereditary bent of mind that both its illustrious author and myself have inherited from our common grandfather, Dr. Erasmus Darwin." In fact, Charles Darwin may have found some of his cousin's ideas a little embarrassing. A man of means, Galton studied at Cambridge, then began traveling. After wandering about without much purpose for several years, he sharpened his ambition and began an expedition to Africa, assimilating a wealth of knowledge about the landscape. Yet his opinions of some of its inhabitants were shocking. Once, while I watched a [member of the Damara tribe in Southern Africa] floundering hopelessly in a calculation on one side of me, I observed Dinah, my spaniel, equally embarrassed on the other. She was overlooking half a dozen of her new-born puppies, which had been removed two or three times from her, and her anxiety was excessive. . . . She evidently had a vague notion of counting, but the figure was too large for her brain. Taking the two as they stood, dog and Damara, the comparison reflected no great honour on the man. On the other hand, when Galton later heard of a violent dispute between European travelers and a neighboring African tribe, he sympathized with the Africans, thinking the Europeans should have remembered they were guests in someone else's country.

12. Talbot Correspondence Project: GALTON Francis To WHFT, 01 Jul 1868 [09386] Talbot Correspondence galton francis to WHFT, 01 Jul 1868 09386, Talbot Correspondence Project, University of Glasgow. Faithfully your’s. Francis Galton. http://www.foxtalbot.arts.gla.ac.uk/corresp/09386.asp?target=1

13. Talbot Correspondence Project: GALTON Francis To WHFT, 11 Jul 1868 [09388] Talbot Correspondence galton francis to WHFT, 11 Jul 1868 09388, Talbot Correspondence Project, University of Glasgow. Francis Galton. http://www.foxtalbot.arts.gla.ac.uk/corresp/09388.asp?target=2

14. UPSYCHOLOGIE_bandeau Translate this page galton francis ( 1822-1911 ). Originaire de la région de Birmingham, ce savant (demi cousin de Darwin) est une des figures dominantes http://www.upsy.net/upsychologie/ancetres/galton.htm

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15. Francis Galton Francis Galton. Sir Francis Galton (February 16, 1822 January 17, 1911) was an English explorer, statistician, anthropologist, advocate http://www.fact-index.com/f/fr/francis_galton.html

Main Page See live article Alphabetical index Francis Galton Sir Francis Galton February 16 January 17 ) was an English explorer statistician anthropologist , advocate of eugenics (he coined the term), and investigator of the human mind. He was born near Sparkbrook, Birmingham and was Charles Darwin 's half first cousin, his mother and Darwin's father having been children of Erasmus Darwin by separate marriages. His inquiries into the mind involved detailed recording of subjects' own explanations for if and how their minds dealt with things such as mental imagery. Galton's 1869 work, Hereditary Genius , popularised historiometry. In statistics , Galton was the first to describe and explain the common phenomenon of regression toward the mean in the and . After examining forearm and height measurements, Galton introduced the concept of correlation in . His statistical study of the probability of extinction of surnames led to the concept of Galton-Watson stochastic processes The method of identifying criminals by their fingerprints had been introduced in the by William Herschel . In and Galton wrote three books about the technique, identifying common pattern in fingerprints and devising a classification system that survives to this day. He also estimated the probability of two persons having the same fingerprint and studied the heritability and racial differences in fingerprints.

16. Francis Galton Francis Galton (18221911). Possessed of a remarkably high degree of intelligence (an estimated IQ of 200) and a wealth of novel http://www.psych.utah.edu/gordon/Classes/Psy4905Docs/PsychHistory/Cards/Galton.h

17. Francis Galton Francis Galton. Born 16 Feb 1822 in Sparkbrook (near Birmingham), England. Died 17 Jan 1911 in Grayshott House, Haslemere, Surrey, England. http://www.roma.unisa.edu.au/10920/Galton.htm

Francis Galton Born: 16 Feb 1822 in Sparkbrook (near Birmingham), England Died: 17 Jan 1911 in Grayshott House, Haslemere, Surrey, England Galton is best known for proving that a normal mixture of normal distributions is itself normal. An explorer and anthropologist, Galton is known for his pioneering studies of human intelligence. He devoted the latter part of his life to eugenics, i.e. improving the physical and mental makeup of the human species by selected parenthood. Although weak in mathematics his ideas strongly influenced the development of statistics particularly his proof that a normal mixture of normal distributions is itself normal. Another of his major findings was reversion. This was his formulation of regression and its link to the bivariate normal distribution. He also made important contributions to the fields of meteorology, anthropometry, and physical anthropology. Galton was an indefatigable explorer and an investigator of human intelligence. Galton, the cousin of Charles Darwin, was convinced that pre-eminence in various fields was due almost entirely to hereditary factors. He opposed those who claimed intelligence or character were determined by environmental factors. He inquired into racial differences, something almost unacceptable today, and was one of the first to employ questionnaire and survey methods, which he used to investigate mental imagery in different groups of people. His work led him to advocate breeding restrictions.

18. Francis Galton Francis Galton. Why is Francis Galton a controversial figure in psychology? Rachel Millward (Roadhead12@aol.com), November 24, 2002. Answers. http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=00AF8Q

19. Galton, Francis Pioneer Of Heredity A critical account of the nineteenth century scientist's work on genetics, evolution and biological http://www.francisgalton.com/

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20. Francis Galton : Statistical Inquiries Into The Efficacy Of Prayer, Written In 1 Contains selected writings ( Statistical inquiries into the efficacy of prayer , On visualising a million ), biography, and list of publications. http://www.abelard.org/galton/galton.htm

site map STATISTICAL INQUIRIES INTO THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER by Francis Galton, 1872 Index On the efficacy of prayer On visualising a million Fingerprints Travels and exploration ... Endnotes STATISTICAL INQUIRIES INTO THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER FROM THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW. AN eminent authority has recently published a challenge to test the efficacy of prayer by actual experiment. I have been induced, through reading this, to prepare the following memoir for publication nearly the whole of which I wrote and laid by many years ago, after completing a large collection of data, which I had undertaken for the satisfaction of my own conscience. The efficacy of prayer seems to me a simple, as it is a perfectly appropriate and legitimate subject of scientific inquiry. Whether prayer is efficacious or not, in any given sense, is a matter of fact on which each man must form an opinion for himself. His decision will lie based upon data more or less justly handled, according to his education and habits. An unscientific reasoner will be guided by a confused recollection of crude experience. A scientific reasoner will scrutinise each separate experience before he admits it as evidence, and will compare all the cases he has selected on a methodical system. The doctrine commonly preached by the clergy is well expressed in the most recent, and by far the most temperate and learned of theological encyclopedias, namely

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