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Great Britain in the 19th Century was a hotbed for scientific and technological innovation. Scholars, scientists, inventors, and theorists of the age laid the foundations for many of the wonders of the 20th Century and the contemporary era.
Not all of these inventions and ideas were for the better, however. Even if conceived with the best intentions in mind, they would pave the way for some of the worst horrors that would darken the skies of Europe and beyond.
Today's biography concerns one of the most damaging "scientific" theories ever to be considered by human minds.
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Sources:
‘A Life of Sir Francis Galton’ by Nicholas Wright Gillham
scribd.com/doc/93232110/A-Life-of-Francis-Galton
Aubert-Marson, Dominique. “Sir Francis Galton: the father of eugenics”. Med Sci (Paris)
Volume 25, Number 6-7, June-July 2009
medecinesciences.org/en/articles/medsci/full_html/2009/08/medsci2009256-7p641/medsci2009256-7p641.html
Newman, James R. “Francis Galton.” Scientific American 190, no. 1 (1954): 72–77. jstor.org/stable/24944446
Clauser, Brian E. Review of The Life and Labors of Francis Galton: A Review of Four Recent Books about the Father of Behavioral Statistics, by M. Bulmer, M. Brookes, A. S. Byatt, and N. W. Gillham. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 32, no. 4 (2007): 440–44. jstor.org/stable/20172097
Berezowsky, S. (2015). STATISTICAL CRITICISM AND THE EMINENT MAN IN FRANCIS GALTON'S HEREDITARY GENIUS. Victorian Literature and Culture, 43(4), 821-839. doi:10.1017/S1060150315000273
Waller, John C.. “Commentary: The birth of the twin study--a commentary on Francis Galton's 'The history of twins'.” International journal of epidemiology 41 4 (2012): 913-7 .
doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33315
galton.org/biography/biography.html
facinghistory.org/resource-library/origins-eugenics
buttelake.com/corr.htm#:~:text=Galton%27s%20definition%20reveals%20the%20properties%20of%20the%20correlation,increase%20together%3B%20a%20negative%20correlation%20indicates%20one%20decreases
Eugenics in the UK:
english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics
blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20speople-improving-the-nations-stock-for-great-and-greater-britain-eugenics-in-the-1920s
Eugenics in the US:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926
Eugenics in the III Reich:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10681287
Eugenics in Sweden:
nature.com/articles/37848
Eugenics in the Soviet Union:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21466003
researchgate.net/publication/337291231_The_Concept_of_the_%27New_Soviet_Man%27_As_a_Eugenic_Project_Eugenics_in_Soviet_Russia_after_World_War_II
scribd.com/article/428549737/In-The-Twisted-Story-Of-Eugenics-The-Bad-Guy-Is-All-Of-Us-Angela-Saini
Great Britain in the 19th Century was a hotbed for scientific and technological innovation. Scholars, scientists, inventors, and theorists of the age laid the foundations for many of the wonders of the 20th Century and the contemporary era.
Not all of these inventions and ideas were for the better, however. Even if conceived with the best intentions in mind, they would pave the way for some of the worst horrors that would darken the skies of Europe and beyond.
Today's biography concerns one of the most damaging "scientific" theories ever to be considered by human minds.
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For more, check out Biographics.org
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Fact Fiend: youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg
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Sources:
‘A Life of Sir Francis Galton’ by Nicholas Wright Gillham
scribd.com/doc/93232110/A-Life-of-Francis-Galton
Aubert-Marson, Dominique. “Sir Francis Galton: the father of eugenics”. Med Sci (Paris)
Volume 25, Number 6-7, June-July 2009
medecinesciences.org/en/articles/medsci/full_html/2009/08/medsci2009256-7p641/medsci2009256-7p641.html
Newman, James R. “Francis Galton.” Scientific American 190, no. 1 (1954): 72–77. jstor.org/stable/24944446
Clauser, Brian E. Review of The Life and Labors of Francis Galton: A Review of Four Recent Books about the Father of Behavioral Statistics, by M. Bulmer, M. Brookes, A. S. Byatt, and N. W. Gillham. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 32, no. 4 (2007): 440–44. jstor.org/stable/20172097
Berezowsky, S. (2015). STATISTICAL CRITICISM AND THE EMINENT MAN IN FRANCIS GALTON'S HEREDITARY GENIUS. Victorian Literature and Culture, 43(4), 821-839. doi:10.1017/S1060150315000273
Waller, John C.. “Commentary: The birth of the twin study--a commentary on Francis Galton's 'The history of twins'.” International journal of epidemiology 41 4 (2012): 913-7 .
doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33315
galton.org/biography/biography.html
facinghistory.org/resource-library/origins-eugenics
buttelake.com/corr.htm#:~:text=Galton%27s%20definition%20reveals%20the%20properties%20of%20the%20correlation,increase%20together%3B%20a%20negative%20correlation%20indicates%20one%20decreases
Eugenics in the UK:
english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics
blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20speople-improving-the-nations-stock-for-great-and-greater-britain-eugenics-in-the-1920s
Eugenics in the US:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926
Eugenics in the III Reich:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10681287
Eugenics in Sweden:
nature.com/articles/37848
Eugenics in the Soviet Union:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21466003
researchgate.net/publication/337291231_The_Concept_of_the_%27New_Soviet_Man%27_As_a_Eugenic_Project_Eugenics_in_Soviet_Russia_after_World_War_II
scribd.com/article/428549737/In-The-Twisted-Story-Of-Eugenics-The-Bad-Guy-Is-All-Of-Us-Angela-Saini
