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Also Known As Sir Francis Galton
Born February 16, 1822 • England
Died January 17, 1911 (aged 88) • Haslemere • England
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1910)
Notable Works “Hereditary Genius” • “Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development”
Subjects Of Study human intelligence

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