Galton, Francis

Francis Galton. From: Psychology in America, Catell's 1929 adress as president of the Ninth International Congress of Psychology

Bio: * 1822, Birmingham, UK; † 1911, Haslemere, UK
Career: Studies of medicine at London; 1844 study trip through Europe and Africa; 1857 private scholar in London; no academic or official positions; 1882 laboratory in London established which was the first mental test center in the world; 1901 foundation of the journal Biometrika with Pearson and W. F. R. Weldon; 1909 knighted.
Degrees: B.A., Cambridge University, 1844
VL Library: Typical laws of heredity, in: Nature 15(1877): 492-495, 512ff., 532f. [auch in: Proc. Roy. Inst. of Great Britain 8(1877): 283-301]; Natural inheritance, London 1889; A new law of heredity, in: Nature 56(1897): 235-237; The average contribution of each several ancestors to the total heritage of the offspring, in: Proc. Roy. Soc. 61(1897): 401-413. Hereditary Genius, 1869; (in 1901 Galton, Pearson, and W. F. R. Weldon founded the journal, Biometrika); Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development, 1883

Galton, Francis. 1877. Typical laws of heredity. In: Nature 15: 492-495, 512-514, 532-533. Journal Article

Galton, Francis. 1897. The average contribution of each several ancestor to the total heritage of the offspring. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society 61: 401-413. Journal Article

Galton, Francis. 1907. Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development. 2nd ed. London, New York: J. M. Dent. Book

Galton, Francis. 1892. Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into its Laws and Consequences. 2nd ed. London: Macmillan. Book