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    GALTON

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     I. (noun) 

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    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)play

    Synonyms:

    Francis Galton; Galton; Sir Francis Galton

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    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    scientist (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)

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