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A life of Sir Francis Galton : from African exploration to the birth of eugenics / Nicholas Wright Gillham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gillham, Nicholas W., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Galton, Francis, 1822-1911.
- Galton, Francis.
- Eugenics--History.
- Eugenics.
- Scientists--England--Biography.
- Scientists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 416 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Francis Galton was a polymath Victorian scientist who pioneered in the application of evolutionary genetic principles to study human populations and coined the term eugenics. This biography captures all the facets of his life and contributions.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Francis Galton in perspective
- I. Antecedents and beginnings. An enviable pedigree
- Metamorphosis: from birth to medical school
- A poll degree from Cambridge
- Drifting
- II. Geography and exploration. South Africa
- Making peace with Jonker Afrikaner
- Expedition to Ovampoland
- Fame and marriage
- Riding high with the Royal Geographical Society: The great lakes of Africa
- Riding high with the Royal Geographical Society: Stanley faces off with the geographers
- Weather maps and the anticyclone
- III. The triumph of the pedigree. Hereditary talent and character
- Gemmules, rabbits, germs, and stirps
- Nature and nurture
- Sweet peas and anthropometrics
- Probing the mind
- Fingerprints
- The birth of biometrics
- Galton's disciples
- Evolution by jumps
- The Mendelians trump the biometricians
- The triumph of the pedigree: eugenics
- Epilogue: Out of Pandora's box
- The first International Congress of Eugenics.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-397) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770147-7
- 1-280-53146-0
- 9786610531462
- 1-4237-6122-7
- 0-19-534943-1
- 1-60256-910-X
- OCLC:
- 191038653
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