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Sir Francis Galton  

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  • Francis Galton was born in Birmingham, England, in 1822. He is best known for coining the term eugenics, from the Greek for “well born,” in 1883. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Galton, Sir Francis]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-J880NXFN-5

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