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Your search for: "Francis Galton" OR "Francis Galtons"


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Research Topics on: "Francis Galton" OR "Francis Galtons"

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Encyclopedia Articles on: "Francis Galton" OR "Francis Galtons"

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  • Pearson, Karl
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...and director of the eugenics laboratory. A disciple of Francis Galton, he applied statistical methods to the study of biological...Chances of Death (2 vol., 1897), and a biography of Francis Galton (3 vol., 1914 30...
     
  • Eugenics
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...improve the human race through bettering housing facilities and other environmental conditions are known as euthenics. Sir Francis Galton , who introduced the term eugenics, is usually regarded as the founder of the modern science of eugenics; his emphasis...
     
  • Andersson, Karl Johan
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ANDERSSON, KARL JOHAN yoo han an d rson , 1827 67, Swedish explorer in Africa. In 1850 he and Francis Galton set out from Walvis Bay (now in Namibia) to explore Damaraland and Ovamboland, but they were able only to reach the Etosha Pan...
     
  • Darwin, Erasmus
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...life according to evolutionary principles, anticipates later theories. He was the grandfather of Charles Darwin and of Francis Galton . See biography by D. King-Hele (1964). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
     
  • Fingerprint
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...dates from antiquity, but modern systems began essentially with the work of Henry Faulds, William James Herschel, and Sir Francis Galton in the late 19th cent. Fingerprints gained acceptance as a more objective form of identification than visual recognition...