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GALTON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
Francis Galton; Galton; Sir Francis Galton
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Instance hypernyms:
scientist (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)
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