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Galton Is Born
Born in the area of Birmingham, England. His father, Samuel Tertius Galton and his grandmother is, Erasmus Darwin. He became a child prodigy at an early age. -
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Galton Went On An Exploration To Southwest Africa
Which won him a Gold Medal from the Royal Geographical Society and was the beginning of his scientific career. He writes about the people he encounters and the animals he sees. -
Galton Publishes, Tropical South Africa
In 1850 he went on an exploration, with Dr. John Anderson, starting from Walfisch Bay. No one has ever been known to have journeyed this way before, and from his observations he wrote: Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa. -
Galton Receives The Gold Medal Of The Royal Geographic Society
After going on the expedition and writing Narrative of An Explorer in Tropical South Africa, Galton was rewarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Geographic Society. -
Galton Publishes Heriditary Genius
Galton is mainly associated with anthropology and heredity. In 1869 he published Hereditary Genius, its Laws and Consequences. This book was like a spark of life for science. -
Galton Published English Men Of Science: Their Nature And Nurture
After publishing Heriditary Genius: Its Laws and Consequences, many books followed. One of which is the English Men Of Science: Their Nature And Nurture, published in 1874. -
The Finger Printing Method Was Established And Adopted By Scotland Yard
Galton came up with the idea of two people having the same fingerprint and studied their heritability and racial differences in fingerprints. He wrote about his ideas in three different books. Creating a classification system, that lasts until this day. Galton was interested in a way to identify criminals. After his theory was known more studies have been made about the study of fingerprints. -
Published Inquiries Into Human Faculty And Its Development
Galton came up with the term eugenics in 1883 and wrote down many of his observations and conclusions in his book, Inquiries into human faculty and its development. -
Established Anthropometric Laboratory
In order to collect enough data to be testable he created an "Anthropometric Laboratory." The laboratory tested exhibit goers with instruments that Galton designed himself. He quickly produced many instruments and techniques, most of them were very successful. -
Natural Inheritance Was Published
One of Galton's many books, Natural Inheritance was published in 1889. -
Eugenics Society Of Great Britain Was Established By Galton
Francis established the Eugenics Society Of Great Britain to study his theories and ideas, and have other scientists help. -
Galton Dies
On this day Francis Galton dies of an unknown cause.
