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social science subjects > sociology > anthropology > key people in anthropology > Francis Galton

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Francis Galton  

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  • Sir Francis Galton was one of the most influential scientists of his time and is of systematic anthropological and bioethical interest for having introduced into the discussion the idea of eugenics. Galton was born on February 16, 1822 near Sparbrook, south of Birmingham,England, and was the youngest of seven children of Violetta Darwin and Samuel Tertius Galton. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Galton, Francis (1822–1911)]

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