| 单词 | Francis Galton |
| 释义 | Francis Galton (once / 56016 pages) n WORD FAMILY Francis Galton USAGE EXAMPLESIn 1869, a British polymath named Francis Galton published a popular book called “Hereditary Genius.” Washington Post(Oct 21, 2016) Charles Darwin’s cousin Francis Galton, the founder of eugenics, compares the “willy-nilly disposition of the female” to a butterfly. The New Yorker(Aug 16, 2016) Eugenics itself was born in Britain in the late nineteenth century, nurtured by polymath Francis Galton, a half-cousin of Charles Darwin. Nature(Feb 23, 2016) n English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911) Syn|Exp Galton, Sir Francis Galton scientist a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences |
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