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Francis Galton was
born on February 16th, 1822 in Birmingham, England.
He
attended school in Boulogn, received private schooling, studied
medicine
through an apprenticeship in Birmingham
in 1838. He attended Kings
College
in 1839 and
studied chemistry under Baron Justus von Leibig. In 1840 he studied
mathematics
at Trinity College
in Cambridge.
Galton is best
known for his work as a scientist especially in meteorology and
heredity these
are the areas where he is considered to be a founder. He also supported
his
cousin Charles Darwin because he believed in evolution and “survival of
the
fittest” theories. Galton was very interested in heredity and studied
this area
heavily. He is credited with coining the term eugenics which is the
study of
race improvement. Galton believed that only the most supreme humans
should
reproduce and that lesser humans should not. He also believed that
intelligent
people should marry intelligent people and produce intelligent
offspring because
it would improve humanity as a whole. Galton believed that this was
possible
based on his own family line, since it was filled with intelligent and
successful men.
Galton traveled
all over the world and studied may different things and received many
awards
including but not limited to the Gold Medal before he died on January 17th,
1911 in Helmshire, England.
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