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Part Four: Francis Galton: Inventor of E...

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We conclude the story of Francis Galton and explore all the hideous ways his ideas helped inspire eugenic laws around the world, and ultimately the Holocaust.

Sources: 

https://www.historyofdatascience.com/francis-galton-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-19th-century-science/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere

https://unseenhistories.substack.com/p/the-disturbing-visions-of-francis-galton-gavin-evans

https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/dfd786fa-2090-4749-bcbe-3cc7159e55b5/content

https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/anti-racism/lies-damned-lies-and-racist-statistics/

https://www.scienceaq.com/Article/other/22011.html

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-anthropometric-detective-and-his-racial-clues/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42042093-superior

https://books.google.com/books/about/Francis_Galton.html?id=vL0hq80XXqMC

https://galton.org/books/memories/index.html

https://victorianweb.org/victorian/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////science/health/insanity1.html

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825003853

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/PTCw5CJT7cE6Kx9ZR/most-people-endorse-some-form-of-eugenics

https://www.balkanweb.com/en/They-are-brother-and-sister-but-have-4-children-together.-German-couple-in-trouble-with-authorities--fighting-to-legalize-incest./#gsc.tab=0

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics/

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/78669/pg78669-images.html

https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/a-dangerous-calculation/

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/301897

 

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