Sir Francis Galton

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:anthropologist
gptkb:person
gptkb:psychologist
gptkb:statistician
eugenicist
polymath
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Darwin_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1822-02-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Birmingham,_England
gptkbp:deathDate 1911-01-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Haslemere,_Surrey,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:King_Edward's_School,_Birmingham
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Francis Galton
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Karl_Pearson
gptkb:Ronald_Fisher
gptkb:Charles_Spearman
biostatistics
genetics
psychometrics
forensic science
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Herbert_Spencer
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Galton's_law_of_ancestral_heredity
gptkb:Galton's_problem
gptkb:Galton-Watson_process
gptkb:Galton_board
gptkb:Galton_box
gptkb:Galton_whistle
meteorology
psychometrics
correlation
founder of eugenics
pioneering fingerprint analysis
regression toward the mean
statistical methods in biology
twin studies
hereditary genius
questionnaire method
word association tests
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:explorer
gptkb:inventor
gptkb:scientist
author
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:English_Men_of_Science:_Their_Nature_and_Nurture
gptkb:Narrative_of_an_Explorer_in_Tropical_South_Africa
gptkb:Fingerprints
gptkb:Hereditary_Genius
gptkb:Inquiries_into_Human_Faculty_and_Its_Development
gptkb:Natural_Inheritance
gptkb:The_Art_of_Travel
gptkbp:relative gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Louisa_Jane_Butler
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cheltenham,_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5