Francis Galton
Sir Francis Galton
Charles Darwins half cousin
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.[1][2]
Galton produced over 340 papers and books.
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. He popularized the phrase "nature versus nurture". His book Hereditary Genius (1869) was the first social scientific attempt to study genius and greatness.
He also conducted research on the power of prayer, concluding it had none due to its null effects on the longevity of those prayed for. [obvious materialistic nonsense]
He is considered a “child prodigy” being able to read by the age of 2 and by 5 knew long division and some Greek and Latin, by six he was said to have been reading Shakespeare