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Sir Francis Galton

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Sir Francis Galton Famous memorial

Birth
Sparkbrook, Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Death
17 Jan 1911 (aged 88)
Haslemere, Waverley Borough, Surrey, England
Burial
Claverdon, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England Add to Map
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Victorian polymath, geographer, meteorologist, tropical explorer, founder of differential psychology, inventor of fingerprint identification, pioneer of statistical correlation and regression, convinced hereditarian, eugenicist, proto-geneticist, half-cousin of Charles Darwin and author. Sir Francis Galton was born at the Larches near Sparbrook, Birmingham on February 16, 1822 and died in London, England on January 17th, 1911.
Victorian polymath, geographer, meteorologist, tropical explorer, founder of differential psychology, inventor of fingerprint identification, pioneer of statistical correlation and regression, convinced hereditarian, eugenicist, proto-geneticist, half-cousin of Charles Darwin and author. Sir Francis Galton was born at the Larches near Sparbrook, Birmingham on February 16, 1822 and died in London, England on January 17th, 1911.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10454153/francis-galton: accessed ), memorial page for Sir Francis Galton (16 Feb 1822–17 Jan 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10454153, citing St. Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Claverdon, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.