Francis Galton
British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)
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Victorian polymath who coined eugenics and shaped behavioural genetics. Galton's theories on heredity and statistics proved influential—though his ideas aged poorly.
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Sir Francis Galton was an English polymath and the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era; his ideas later became the basis of behavioural genetics.
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