Apr

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Galton now finished

April 13, 2025 |

i have now finished the brilliant Tredoux bio of Galton. and Tredoux is very Galtonesque in his masterly ability to explicate every area that Galton touched. After 10 years without proper review of Galton, here's a Galtonian example of two geniuses uncovering it at same time.

From 2002, Review of A Life of Sir Francis Galton, author: Nicholas Wright Gillham, reviewer: Gavan Tredoux.

Starting almost from scratch in all the subjects he investigated, Galton invented rigorous intelligence testing, founded experimental psychology in Britain, established the scientific basis for fingerprint identification, formulated the statistical concepts of regression and correlation, pioneered early investigations of genetics, and founded the biometrical school.

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