Francis Galton
(1822 - 1911)
Francis Galton (1822 - 1911) was Charles
Darwin's half-cousin, and
a "polymath" interested in statistics. He first described
methods for correlation and regression analysis, weather
prediction, and many other subjects. He is known as the father of
,
a term he invented in 1883, and outlined in his book "Hereditary
Genius". He suggested that the human species could be
improved by the same principles applied to livestock breeding,
i.e., preservation of 'superior stock.' All of this
was before re-discovery of Mendelian
genetics.
Homework: Did
Francis and Charles have much to do with each other? Investigate.