See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS See also:

• SIR FRANCIS GALTON (1822– )

GALTON (1822– )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English anthropologist, son of S . T . See also:

• GALTON, SIR FRANCIS (1822– )

Galton, of Duddeston, See also:

• WARWICKSHIRE

Warwickshire, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 16th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1822 . His grandfather was the poet-naturalist See also:

• ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466–1536)

Erasmus See also:

• DARWIN, CHARLES ROBERT (1809-1882)
• DARWIN, ERASMUS (1731-1802)

Darwin, and See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Darwin was his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin . After attending See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• EDWARD

Edward VI.'s See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school, See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, he studied at Birmingham See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, and afterwards at King's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• LONDON

London, with the intention of making See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine his profession; but after taking his degree at Trinity College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, in 1843 he changed his mind . The years 1845–1846 he spent in travelling in the See also:

• SUDAN (Arabic Bilad-es-Sudan, country of the blacks)

Sudan, and in 1850 he made an exploration, with Dr See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• ANDERSON
• ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
• ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
• ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
• ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
• ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
• ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
• ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
• ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)

Anderson, of See also:

• DAMARALAND

Damaraland and the Ovampo See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, starting from Walfisch See also:

• BAY

Bay . These tracts had practically never been traversed before, and on the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of the published See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey and experiences under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa (1853) Galton was awarded the See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal of the Royal See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical Society . His See also:

• ART

Art of Travel; or, Shifts and Contrivances in See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild Countries was first published in 1855 . In 186o he visited the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and published the fruits of his observations of the country and the See also:

• PEOPLE

people in the first of a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of volumes, which he edited, entitled Vacation Tourists . He then turned to See also:

• METEOROLOGY (Gr. JerEwpa, and hb'yos, i.e. the science of things in the air)

meteorology, the result of his investigations appearing in Meteorographica, published in 1863 . This See also:

• WORK

work was the first serious See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to See also:

• CHART (from Lat. carta, charta, a map)

chart the See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather on an extensive See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale, and in it also the author first established the existence and theory of See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-cyclones . Galton was a member of the meteorological See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee (1868), and of the Meteorological See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council which succeeded it, for over See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years .

But his name is most closely associated with studies in See also:

• ANTHROPOLOGY (Gr. avOpw1ror man, and Xoyos, theory or science)

anthropology and especially in See also:

• HEREDITY

heredity . In 1869 appeared his Hereditary See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

Genius, its See also:

• LAWS

Laws and Consequences, a work which excited much See also:

• INTEREST

interest in scientific and medical circles . This was followed by English Men of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science, their Nature and Nurture, published in 1874; Inquiries into Human See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

Faculty and its Development, issued in 1883; See also:

• LIFE

Life-See also:

• HISTORY

History See also:

• ALBUM (Lat. albus, white)

Album (1884); See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

Record of ' See also:

• FAMILY

Family Faculties (1884) (See also:

• TABULAR

tabular forms and directions for entering data, with a See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface); and Natural See also:

• INHERITANCE

Inheritance (1889) . The See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea that systematic efforts should be made to improve the breed of mankind by checking the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth-See also:

• RATE

rate of the unfit and furthering the productivity of the See also:

• FIT

fit was first put forward by him in 1865; he mooted it again in 1884, using the See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• EUGENICS (from the Gr. euyevits, well born)

eugenics " for the first See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in Human Faculty, and in 1904 he endowed a See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research fellowship in the university of London for the promotion of knowledge of that subject; which was defined as ",the study of agencies under social See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations, either physically or men-See also:

• TALLY

tally." Galton was the author of See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs on various anthropometric subjects; he originated the See also:

• PROCESS

process of composite See also:

• PORTRAITURE

portraiture, and paid much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to See also:

• FINGER

finger-prints and their employment for the See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification of criminals, his publications on this subject including Finger Prints (1892), Decipherment of Blurred Finger Prints (1893) and Finger See also:

• PRINT

Print Directories (1895) . From the Royal Society, of which he was elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow in 186o, he received a royal medal in 1886 and the Darwin medal in 1902, and honorary degrees were bestowed on him by See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford (1894) and Cambridge (1895) . In 1908 he published Memories of My Life, and in 1909 he received a See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood .