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The history of eugenics is the study of development and advocacy of ideas related to eugenics around the world. Early eugenic ideas were discussed in Ancient Greece and Rome. The height of the modern eugenics movement came in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
4 dni temu · The term eugenics was coined in 1883 by British explorer and natural scientist Francis Galton, who, influenced by Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, advocated a system that would allow “the more suitable races or strains of blood a better chance of prevailing speedily over the less suitable.”
Galton invented the term eugenics in 1883 and set down many of his observations and conclusions in a book, Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development. In the book's introduction, he wrote:
15 lis 2017 · The ancient Greek philosopher Plato may have been the first person to promote the idea, although the term “eugenics” didn’t come on the scene until British scholar Sir Francis Galton coined it...
The contemporary history of eugenics began in the late 19th century, when a popular eugenics movement emerged in the United Kingdom, [6] and then spread to many countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, [7] and most European countries (e.g. Sweden and Germany).
At the request of Charles Davenport (pictured), a prominent biologist at Harvard University, the association created a committee to study eugenics. Davenport is considered the most important eugenicist in the United States.
4 paź 2024 · Francis Galton (born February 16, 1822, near Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England—died January 17, 1911, Grayshott House, Haslemere, Surrey) was an English explorer, anthropologist, and eugenicist known for his pioneering studies of human intelligence. He was knighted in 1909.
