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Francis Galton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Galton was by many accounts a child prodigy--he was reading by the age of 2, at age 5 he knew some Greek, Latin and long division, and by the age of six he had moved on to adult books, including Shakespeare for pleasure, and poetry, which he quoted at length. Galton was interested at first in the question of whether human ability was indeed hereditary, and proposed to count the number of the relatives of various degrees of eminent men. Galton invented the use of the regression line, and was the first to describe and explain the common phenomenon of regression toward the mean, which he first observed in his experiments on the size of the seeds of successive generations of sweet peas. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Galton   (2501 words)

Psychology History Galton's interest in mathematics and techniques of measurement led him to concentrate within the field of geography on mapping and meteorological observations, and it was here that he made his first contribution to science. Galton was able to show that association formed in his early years were likely to be those repeated on the later trials with the same list, whereas recent associations were less fixed and would vary from trial to trial (Galton, 1979). Galton was a prolific writer and a zealous scientist who placed great emphasis in the measurement of phenomena he was mostly interested in: intelligence and human ability to transfer it from one generation to the other. muskingum.edu /~psychology/psycweb/history/galton.htm   (1408 words)

Human Intelligence: Francis Galton Although Galton is most highly recognized for his heredity studies and his proliferation of eugenics ideology, he also made many other highly notable contributions to the fields of biology, psychology, statistics, and education. Galton is recognized as the "father of behavioral genetics" for his ground laying twin studies where he looked at the differences between monozygotic and dizygotic twins. Galton was the first to demonstrate that the Laplace-Gauss distribution or the "normal distribution" could be applied to human psychological attributes, including intelligence (Simonton, 2003). www.indiana.edu /~intell/galton.shtml   (1116 words)

Sir Francis Galton F.R.S. Sir Francis Galton F.R.S. Sir Francis Galton F.R.S. Victorian polymath: geographer, meteorologist, tropical explorer, founder of differential psychology, inventor of fingerprint identification, pioneer of statistical correlation and regression, convinced hereditarian, eugenicist, proto-geneticist, half-cousin of Charles Darwin and best-selling author. I have no patience with the hypothesis occasionally expressed, and often implied, especially in tales written to teach children to be good, that babies are born pretty much alike, and that the sole agencies in creating differences between boy and boy, and man and man, are steady application and moral effort. Galton launched his scientific career with an expedition to tropical Africa and subsequent election to the Royal Geographical Society. galton.org /start.html   (498 words)

FRANCIS GALTON AS LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC STYLIST As one who has been studying Galton's life and work for many years now, I personally can say that while I sometimes have to grit my teeth at the content of his writings, their lively and lucid style is a constant pleasure. That is, while Galton was arguing in favor of a scientific literary style that should be accessible to almost everyone, other conscientious writers were seeking to communicate efficiently, and with relatively small audiences of fellow specialists within their particular fields. And indeed Galton continued to have fun and to entertain with his writings, even as he entered what we may think of as the "scientific" half of his life and produced the ideas for which we remember him best today. htpprints.yorku.ca /archive/00000129/00/galton_as_stylist.html   (2007 words)

Classics in the History of Psychology -- Baldwin (1901) Definitions Ga - Gq The law formulated by F. Galton to the effect that the distribution among his ancestors of what an individual inherits is as follows: the parents contribute, on the average, together 1/2, the grandparents together 1/4, the great-grandparents together 1/8, andc. Galton's relations between the regressions for various grades of kinship, and start solely from his law of ancestral heredity, the whole theory of heredity becomes simple, luminous, and well in accordance with such quantitative measurements as have so far been made. Galton's definition of midparent, a conception is formed of the mid-sth parent, a sort of mean of the ancestry in the sth generation, and the contribution of this mid-sth parent to the offspring is assumed to have a constant ratio to that of the mid- (s + 1)th parent, whatever be the value of s. psychclassics.yorku.ca /Baldwin/Dictionary/defs/G1defs.htm   (11331 words)

Galton: The First Psychometrician? Sir Francis Galton wondered about these things and set out to develop procedures and instruments by which such questions could be answered and replicated. Galton's interests in mental operations led him to propose a "new instance of psychometry" (Galton, 1879, p 149). Granted, Galton's psychometric research differs somewhat from what we, as psychometricians, typically mean when we say we are conducting psychometric analyses but his work is compatible with our current approach to psychometrics. www2.bc.edu /~ludlow/galton.html   (766 words)

Classics in the History of Psychology -- Introduction to Galton (1869) by R. H. Wozniak While this interest extended to human variation in all of its forms, Galton was particularly intrigued by individual differences in mental traits and most especially by variation in mental ability or, as he called it, "genius". Galton then attempted to marshal evidence in favor of the proposition that mental ability is inherited. Since he had no way of measuring inheritability directly, Galton decided to focus on the family backgrounds of those at the highest levels of eminence and assess the extent to which eminence appeared to run within their families. psychclassics.yorku.ca /Galton/wozniak.htm   (862 words)

Freethought of the Day Galton's impressive study, "Statistical Inquiries into the Efficacy of Prayer," was first published in the Aug. 1, 1872, issue of Fortnightly View. Galton charmingly showed how royalty, the most-prayed-for people in the world, "are literally the shortest lived" of the affluent. Galton observed: "It is a common week-day opinion of the world that praying people are not practical." He made scholarly contributions to fields as diverse as fingerprinting and psychology. www.ffrf.org /day?day=16&month=2   (440 words)

Francis Galton An explorer and anthropologist, Francis Galton is known for his pioneering studies of human intelligence. Galton was an indefatigable explorer and an investigator of human intelligence. Galton, the cousin of Charles Darwin, was convinced that pre-eminence in various fields was due almost entirely to hereditary factors. www.shsu.edu /~icc_cmf/bio/galton.html   (364 words)

Galton's Finger Prints Later in the Introduction Galton indicates how his original interest in fingerprints was linked to an idea that they might serve to establish definitive racial differences. It is doubtful at present whether it is worthwhile to pursue the subject, except in the case of the Hill tribes of India and a few other peculiarly diverse races, for the chance of discovering some characteristic and perhaps a more monkey-like pattern. Like most 19th century discussions on the subject, Galton's confuses nationality with race, and assumes his own racist predispositions are "reasonable." To his credit, though, he accepts the fact that there is no empirical basis for racial discrimination based on fingerprints. etext.lib.virginia.edu /railton/wilson/galtonfp.html   (1032 words)

A Short Genealogy - Person Page 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22) Tom Galton married Elizabeth Ann Smith, daughter of Philip Smith and Ann Todd, on 25 May 1903 at Portsmouth, witnessed by Henry Galton and Lucy Galton. Henry Galton witnessed the marriage of Tom Galton and Elizabeth Ann Smith on 25 May 1903 at Portsmouth. Lucy Galton witnessed the marriage of Tom Galton and Elizabeth Ann Smith on 25 May 1903 at Portsmouth. www.galton.id.au /short/p3.htm   (798 words)

Lefalophodon: Francis Galton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22) Galton conducted extensive statistical studies of heredity in humans, including the first major twin study (1883). Despite having read Galton's 1869 book, Darwin himself still took a dim view of the influence of heredity on human behavior in his The Descent of Man (1871). As a member of Murchison's Royal Geographical Society, Galton led a major expedition to south-central Africa in the 1850's. www.nceas.ucsb.edu /~alroy/lefa/Galton.html   (313 words)

Eight Features: Rubin Response   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22) (NOTE: In his 1886 and 1889 works, Galton focuses on the rela- tionship between the height of the "mid-parent" and the height of the son, where the height of the mid-parent is a weighted average of the heights of the mother and father. Galton does not focus in these works on the relationship between the height of the *father* and the height of the son. Galton, F. "Regression towards mediocrity in hereditary stature." _Journal of the (Royal) Anthropological Institute,_ 15, 246-263. www.matstat.com /teach/p0041.htm   (1833 words)

A Short Genealogy - Person Page 16   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22) Ellen Galton was born in 1841 at Poole. She was the daughter of Edward Thomas Galton and Elizabeth Grady. Nellie Mead was born on 28 September 1908 at Dunstable, U.K. She was the daughter of Joseph Mead and Susan Sophia Bird. www.galton.id.au /short/p16.htm   (467 words)

PHERSU.org - PHERSU LIBRARY from G to M   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22) Galton F. English Men of Science: Their Nature and Nurture. Hutcheson F. Remarks upon the Fable of the Bees. Leuret F. Des indications à suivre dans le traitement de la folie: mémoire lu à l'Académie royale de médecine, le 2 décembre 1845. www.phersu.it /PhersuLibrary/Biblio2VirtueDue.html   (4286 words)

Evolution by Jumps: Francis Galton and William Bateson and the Mechanism of Evolutionary Change -- Gillham 159 (4): ... Galton's use of a polygon with slightly asymmetric surfaces to illustrate his hypothesis of organic stability. A and B, Galton came down strongly in favor of organic stability. Galton was very much involved in establishing the use of fingerprinting www.genetics.org /cgi/content/full/159/4/1383   (5886 words)

Robert H. Wozniak: Psych 312 Syllabus Fancher, R. The measurement of mind: Francis Galton and the psychology of individual differences (part 1). Fancher, R. The measurement of mind: Francis Galton and the psychology of individual differences (part 2). Galton, F. Whistles for audibility of shrill notes; Mental imagery. www.brynmawr.edu /Acads/Psych/rwozniak/312.html   (686 words)

European Traces of the History of Psychology: Galton Galton is buried in a family plot in the yard of St. Michel's and All Angels' Church in the lovely village of Claverdon, not far from his place of birth (which no longer stands). His memorial plaque is to be found in the 13th C. Norman church, toward the front of the nave on the right-hand wall. Lighting inside the church was such that I could not capture a good image of the commemorative plaque. home1.gte.net /donrae19/galton.html   (312 words)

[No title] The 6th ed.\ was translated as \textit{A Philosophical Essay on the Theory of Probabilities}, trans.\ by F W Truscott and F L Emory; intro. C F Gauss and the theory of errors, \textit{Archive for History of Exact Sciences} \textbf{20} (1979), 21--72. \hi F Yates and K A Mather, R A Fisher 1890--1962, \textit{Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society of London} \textbf{9} (1963), 91--120, repr.\ in R A Fisher, \textit{Collected Papers} Vol.\ \textbf{1}, Adelaide: Department of Genetics of the University of Adelaide 1971, 23--52. www.york.ac.uk /depts/maths/histstat/bib/hos2.htm   (16258 words)

700000 people connected with European Royalty Hi s firs t son, F ra nk, apparently died as aninfa n t o f a bra in hemm orage. He was the son of Alex Galyean, prominent farmer and b u s i n ess man.Thomas was born near Hiw a sse and spent pr ac ti ca ll y all his life in thevicinity of his birth an d dea th. There were manytimes w he n t he f amil y only had nuts and wild animals to eat. www.e-familytree.net /f7505.htm   (2583 words)

[No title] The Project Gutenberg eBook, Noteworthy Families (Modern Science), by Francis Galton and Edgar Schuster This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Any other reasonable relation between their influences may be substituted for the purpose of experiment, but the ultimate conclusion will be much the same. I. First, suppose Ability and Environment to be entirely independent, A being as frequently associated with E as it is with F or with G; similarly as regards B and C, then the nine combinations shown in Table I. will be equally frequent. www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/1/7/1/2/17128/17128-8.txt   (15825 words)

SCAFO Online Articles Thanks to Kathy Saviers--Lightning Powder Co. for this contribution as well as the historic paper by Faulds which was reprinted in the January 1994 issue of the Print.) By FRANCIS GALTON, F.R.S. ERSONAL characteristics exist in much more minute particulars than those described in the last article. The markings in the iris of the eye are of the above kind; they have been never adequately studied except by the makers of artificial eyes, who recognize thousands of varieties of them. www.scafo.org /library/100801.html   (1642 words)

Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg268 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File Ewan Cameron GALTON died 1800 in Died young.. Samuel Tertius GALTON J.P. Parents] married Francis Anne Violette DARWIN. Francis Anne Violette DARWIN [Parents] married Samuel Tertius GALTON J.P. Hubert John Barclay GALTON [Parents] married Mary BARCLAY. www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg268.htm   (78 words)

Darwin George Howard Sir 1845 1912 Correspondence with Sir F. Galton, 1870-1910. AIP International Catalog of Sources Darwin George Howard Sir 1845 1912 Correspondence with Sir F. Galton, 1870-1910. Forms part of the Sir Francis Galton Papers. A list of the papers and correspondence of Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) held in the Manuscripts Room, the Library, University College, London,' compiled by M. Merrington and J. Golden. www.aip.org /history/catalog/icos/898.html   (85 words)

DBLP: Michael F. Worboys Martin Raubal, Michael F. Worboys: A Formal Model of the Process of Wayfinding in Built Environments. John G. Stell, Michael F. Worboys: The Algebraic Structure of Sets of Regions. Michael F. Worboys, Petros Bofakos: A Canonical Model for a Class of Areal Spatial Objects. www.informatik.uni-trier.de /~ley/db/indices/a-tree/w/Worboys:Michael_F=.html   (412 words)

Cogprints - Experience and Theory as Determinants of Attitudes toward Mental Representation: The Case of Knight Dunlap ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22) Galton and subsequent investigators find wide divergences in people's subjective reports of mental imagery. Such individual differences might be taken to explain the peculiarly irreconcilable disputes over the nature and cognitive significance of imagery which have periodically broken out among psychologists and philosophers. Kessel, F.S. Imagery: A dimension of mind rediscovered. cogprints.org /3750   (1289 words)

Public Meeting March 2nd 2001 During the late 1700's the Hall was owned by Samuel Galton, a renowned industrialist and member of the Lunar Society. The Lunar Society is widely regarded as the foremost modern group of intellectuals. Each member was allowed to bring a friend with him to the meetings, and in this way many of the leading men of the day were entertained as guests. www.ice3.com /GBH/HallSite/lunarsoc/lunarmain.htm   (578 words)

BRUCE PSYCHOLOGY Ellis, W. A source book of Gestalt psychology. Lapointe, F. The origin and evolution of the term "psychology."American Psychologist, 25, 640-646. Rice, C. Scenarios:The scientist-practitioner split and the future of psychology. www.shsu.edu /~psy_ajb/readings.html   (148 words)

Francis Galton Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22) Francis Galton (1822-1911) -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography at http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Galton.html Classics in the History of Psychology -- Galton (1865) at http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Galton/talent.htm Francis Galton and the Eugenics Society at http://www.eugenics-watch.com/roots/chap02.html elvers.stjoe.udayton.edu /history/people/Galton.html   (75 words)

Hamworthy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22) ; ; Pamela BRYANT; Lodger; Unm; f; 50; Pauper; Hamworthy Dorset; 5~1 WASHER Daughter Married f 40 Aleston Bridport Dorset 5~4 Bessie PLYER Wife Married f 47 Wareham Dorset 8~9 www.dorset-opc.com /1841_1891Hamworthy.htm   (17240 words)

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