Galton, Francis

Francis Galton
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Name	Galton, Francis Gender: M
born on	16 February 1822 at 21:00 (= 9:00 PM )
Place	Birmingham, England, 52n30, 1w50
Timezone	LMT m1w50 (is local mean time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Collector: Wemyss
Astrology data	27°42' 27°58 Asc. 07°51'

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Francis Galton

Biography

British anthropologist and meteorologist who made significant contributions to psychology and to genetics, the founder of Biostatistics. He laid the foundation for a political movement, Eugenics, considered important during the first half of the 20th century. He was the cousin of Charles Darwin. With an interest in psychology, meteorology and geography, he graduated from Cambridge and traveled widely. One of his noted books include "Hereditary Genius," 1869.

Galton had a severe mental breakdown in the early 1840s. He died 1/17/1911, Haslemere, England.

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Events

• Death, Cause unspecified January 1911 (Age 88)
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Source Notes

Wemyss No.98 "about 9 o'clock in the evening, as recorded in a letter of his sister, Emma." See, "Life of Galton, Karl Pearson, 1914, Vol 1, p.62.

Categories

• Traits : Mind : Exceptional mind

• Diagnoses : Psychological : Nervous Breakdown (Severe breakdown in early 1840s)

• Family : Childhood : Family noted (Cousin of Charles Darwin)

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 88)

• Vocation : Healing Fields : Psychologist

• Vocation : Science : Anthropology

• Vocation : Science : Biology (Genetics)

• Vocation : Science : Geology (Meteorology)

• Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction

• Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Eugenics foundation)