Galton
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It’s a term coined by Charles Darwin’s cousin Francis Galton in 1883, though understanding the structure of the human genome came much later.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2026
Galton was largely self-educated, an odd man who studied fingerprints and claimed to have proved through testing that praying doesn’t help matters.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2026
The term “eugenics” was coined in 1883 by Francis Galton, who aimed to apply the findings of his cousin, Charles Darwin, to better society.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
Her curling through ball to Galton later in the second half was one of United's best chances of the match - but Galton fizzed it wide of the post from close range.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
Between 1901 and 1905, Galton locked horns with his most formidable adversary—William Bateson, the Cambridge geneticist who was the most ardent champion of Mendel’s theory.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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