eugenics
eugenics Study of human improvement by selective breeding, founded in the 19th century by English scientist Sir Francis Galton. It proposed the genetic ‘improvement’ of the human species through the application of social controls on parenthood, encouraging parents who are above average in certain traits to have more children, while ensuring those who are below average have fewer. As a social movement, eugenics was discredited in the early 20th century, owing to its ethical implications and its racist and class-based assumptions. Advances in
genetics led to the development of the modern field of genetic counselling, through which people known to have defective genes that could cause physical or mental disorders in offspring are warned of the risks.
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Good Breeding.('A Life of Sir Francis Galton: From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics')
Magazine article from: National Review; 1/28/2002; ; 700+ words
; A Life of Sir Francis Galton: From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics, by Nicholas...35) Ninety years after his death, arguments still rage about Francis Galton's intellectual legacy. Galton fans abound, but so do calumniators...
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Sir Francis Galton and the roots of eugenics.(Science)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...only he had lived long enough, Sir Francis Galton's enthusiastic promotion of eugenics...kept for its victims and for us. Galton was born in 1822 and died in 1911...occasions disabled, the mind of Sir Francis Galton was one of the most prodigious...
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Unnatural selection Anthony Daniels on the unwitting begetter of Nazi eugenics, Sir Francis Galton
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 1/27/2002; ; 700+ words
; A Life of Sir Francis Galton: From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics by Nicholas...like fashion, the name of the Victorian scientific polymath Sir Francis Galton is frequently associated (by those who have heard of him at all...
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Age and variability in Francis Galton's data.
Magazine article from: Journal of Genetic Psychology; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...years ago, the British scientist Sir Francis Galton (Darwin's cousin) collected...laboratories he established in London. Galton was interested in many things...Quetelet (Hothersall, 1995). Galton was also intrigued by the relationship...
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Galton on stage.(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 5/1/2007; ; 339 words
; SIR: For those tantalised by Roger Sandall's reference to Brian Lipson's performance as Sir Francis Galton in A Large Attendance in the Antechamber (March 2007), Malthouse Theatre...
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The Eugenic College of Kantsaywhere.
Magazine article from: Utopian Studies; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...with his request]. by SIR FRANCIS GALTON, F.R.S. Critical...Edward [Galton Wheler-Galton] [Scrawled across salutation...Lucy Evelyne Biggs, Galton's great-niece and...ethbridge] Karl Pearson, "Francis Galton's Utopia...
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Social Darwinism revisited.
Magazine article from: History Today; 8/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Sir Francis Galton, the founder of eugenics, was ever mindful...foreigners of calibre, while slavery (Galton implied) protected the racial purity...immigrants `of a heterogeneous class'. Galton's idiosyncratic reading of ancient history...
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Two scientists, different times.(BOOKS)(SCIENCE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 1/16/2005; 700+ words
; ...SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) was a one-man...former biological researcher at the Galton Laboratory of University College...Dark Visions and Bright Ideas of Francis Galton, Bloomsbury, $24.95...
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The bottom line
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 8/28/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Victorian founder of eugenics, Sir Francis Galton, really did wish to discover something...but one can't help wondering. Galton, according to an amusing programme...portion to die out and disappear.' Galton himself was just as clear about...
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Biography of eugenics pioneer released.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books; 4/5/2002; 445 words
; ...C)2000-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD 'A Life of Sir Francis Galton: From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics...biography of the renowned Victorian polymath Sir Francis Galton. Galton - a cousin of Charles Darwin - was an explorer...
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Sir Francis Galton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Francis Galton The English scientist, biometrician, and explorer Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) founded the science...Additional Sources Cowan, Ruth Schwartz, Sir Francis Galton and the study of heredity in the nineteenth...
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Galton, Francis, Sir
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
Sir Francis Galton 1822-1911 English scientist, explorer, and principal figure in the early history of eugenics. Born in Birmingham, England, Francis Galton was descended from founders of the Quaker religion. He learned to...
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Galton, Francis
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Galton, Francis 1822-1911 Cousin to Charles Darwin and a talented statistician, Sir Francis Galton had an influence on social science...York: New York University Press. Galton, Francis. 1892. Finger Prints . London...
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Eugenics
Book article from: Genetics
...prominence after 1869. In 1883, Sir Francis Galton coined the word "eugenics...science of directed human evolution. Galton's work, and the subsequent rediscovery...heredity could improve human life. Galton's ideas swept America during...
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Intelligence Tests
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...Testing and the Stanford-Binet Test Sir Francis Galton produced the first systematic investigations...of the concept of intelligence. Galton seemed uniquely qualified for this...quantifying massive amounts of data. Galton's statistical analyses included...
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