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Francis Galton

1822 - 1911

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Sir Francis Galton (; 16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was an English polymath and the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era; his ideas later became the basis of behavioural genetics. Galton produced over 340 papers and books. He also developed the statistical concept of correlation and widely promoted regression toward the mean. He was the first to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and inheritance of intelligence, and introduced the use of questionnaires and surveys for collecting data on human communities, which he needed for genealogical and biographical works and for his anthropometric studies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Galton is the most popular statistician, the 386th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 245th in 2019) and the most popular British Statistician.

Francis Galton is most famous for his work in the field of eugenics. He was a pioneer in the study of human intelligence and he was the first to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and inheritance of intelligence.

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Among statisticians, Francis Galton ranks 1 out of 8. After him are Thomas Bayes, C. R. Rao, Ronald Fisher, Karl Pearson, Jerzy Neyman, Gertrude Mary Cox, and Joseph Kruskal.

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Among people born in 1822, Francis Galton ranks 9. Before him are Gregor Mendel, Heinrich Schliemann, Frédéric Passy, Rudolf Clausius, César Franck, and Heinrich Louis d'Arrest. After him are Rutherford B. Hayes, Alexander Mackenzie, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Étienne Lenoir, Charles Hermite, and Edmond de Goncourt. Among people deceased in 1911, Francis Galton ranks 4. Before him are Gustav Mahler, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Wilhelm Dilthey. After him are Alfred Binet, Joseph Pulitzer, Pyotr Stolypin, Paul Lafargue, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Emilio Salgari, Georg Jellinek, and Jules Joseph Lefebvre.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Galton ranks 386 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Fripp (1946), Roger Penrose (1931), William Wordsworth (1770), James George Frazer (1854), Saint Walpurga (710), and Clement Attlee (1883). After him are Frederic Leighton (1830), David Prowse (1935), Graham Greene (1904), Richard Henderson (1945), Emmeline Pankhurst (1858), and M. Stanley Whittingham (1941).

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Among STATISTICIANS In United Kingdom

Among statisticians born in United Kingdom, Francis Galton ranks 1. After him are Thomas Bayes (1702), Ronald Fisher (1890), and Karl Pearson (1857).

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