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Francis Galton

1822 - 1911

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Sir Francis Galton (; 16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was a British polymath and the originator of the behavioral genetics movement during the Victorian era.Galton produced over 340 papers and books. He also developed the statistical concept of correlation and widely promoted regression toward the mean. He was the first to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and inheritance of intelligence, and introduced the use of questionnaires and surveys for collecting data on human communities, which he needed for genealogical and biographical works and for his anthropometric studies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Galton has received more than 2,367,427 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Francis Galton is the most popular statistician, the 231st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 229th 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 9After him are Pafnuty Chebyshev, Karl Pearson, Thomas Bayes, 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 8Before him are Ulysses S. Grant, Gregor Mendel, Heinrich Schliemann, Frédéric Passy, César Franck, and Rudolf Clausius. After him are Rutherford B. Hayes, Étienne Lenoir, Midhat Pasha, Charles Hermite, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, and Edmond de Goncourt. Among people deceased in 1911, Francis Galton ranks 4Before 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 Valentin Serov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Galton ranks 231 out of 7,765Before him are John Deacon (1951), Jane Birkin (1946), Laurence Olivier (1907), Thomas Henry Huxley (1825), Sting (1951), and Alcuin (735). After him are Benjamin Disraeli (1804), Lady Jane Grey (1537), Peter O'Toole (1932), Lemmy (1945), Roger Penrose (1931), and Harold Wilson (1916).

Among STATISTICIANS In United Kingdom

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