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Francis Galton

1822 - 1911

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Sir Francis Galton (; 16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was an English polymath and the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era; his ideas later became the basis of behavioural genetics. Galton produced over 340 papers and books. He also developed the statistical concept of correlation and widely promoted regression toward the mean. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Galton has received more than 2,559,932 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Francis Galton is the most popular statistician, the 245th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 231st in 2019) and the most popular British Statistician.

Francis Galton is most famous for his work in the field of eugenics. He was a pioneer in the study of human intelligence and he was the first to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and inheritance of intelligence.

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Among STATISTICIANS

Among statisticians, Francis Galton ranks 1 out of 8. After him are Thomas Bayes, Karl Pearson, Ronald Fisher, Jerzy Neyman, C. R. Rao, Joseph Kruskal, and Gertrude Mary Cox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Francis Galton ranks 8. Before him are Ulysses S. Grant, Gregor Mendel, Heinrich Schliemann, Frédéric Passy, Rudolf Clausius, and César Franck. After him are Robert Luther, Rutherford B. Hayes, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Charles Hermite, Francis, Duke of Cádiz, and Étienne Lenoir. Among people deceased in 1911, Francis Galton ranks 4. Before him are Gustav Mahler, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Wilhelm Dilthey. After him are Alfred Binet, Joseph Pulitzer, Pyotr Stolypin, Paul Lafargue, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Georg Jellinek, Emilio Salgari, and Maria Pia of Savoy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Galton ranks 245 out of 8,785. Before him are John Constable (1776), Jeremy Irons (1948), Ken Miles (1918), Ken Follett (1949), Jimmy Page (1944), and Phil Collins (1951). After him are Peter Higgs (1929), Roger Taylor (1949), James II of England (1633), Alan Parker (1944), Brian Jones (1942), and David Lloyd George (1863).

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Among STATISTICIANS In United Kingdom

Among statisticians born in United Kingdom, Francis Galton ranks 1. After him are Thomas Bayes (1702), Karl Pearson (1857), and Ronald Fisher (1890).

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