francis galton

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francis galton - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Francis Galton
      n 1: English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored
           many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics,
           psychology, and anthropology; founder of eugenics and first
           to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911) [syn:
           Galton, Francis Galton, Sir Francis Galton]