1822–1911 British scientific polymath responsible for major breakthroughs in statistics and the science of heredity.
Keywords: heredity; eugenics; statistics; Darwin; meteorology
Galton, Sir Francis
John Waller, University of London, London, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002527
| Further Reading | |
| book Galton F (1863) Meteorgraphica, or Methods of Mapping the Weather. London: Macmillan. | |
| book Galton F (1869) Hereditary Genius. London: Macmillan. | |
| book Galton F (1874) English Men of Science: their Nature and Nurture. London: Macmillan. | |
| book Galton F (1883) Inquiries into Human Faculty. London: Macmillan. | |
| book Galton F (1889) Natural Inheritance. London: Macmillan. | |
| book Forrest DW (1974) Francis Galton: The Life and Work of a Victorian Genius. London: Paul Elek. | |
| book Keynes M (ed.) (1993) Sir Francis Galton, FRS: The Legacy of His Ideas. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press. | |
| book Kevles D (1986) In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity. Harmondsworth: Penguin. | |
| book Pearson K (1914, 1924 and 1930) The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton (3 vols). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
