Facts about Hereditary Genius

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   The book introduced a statistical method comparing the frequency of eminent relatives among notable men to argue that genius runs in families.

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   A second edition of Hereditary Genius was published in 1892, in which Galton revised his preface but left the core arguments largely unchanged.

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   Charles Darwin wrote to Galton praising Hereditary Genius, calling it a remarkable work that had made a deep impression on him.

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   Galton coined the term 'eugenics' partly as a follow-up to the ideas he developed while writing Hereditary Genius.

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   In Hereditary Genius, Galton examined judges, statesmen, commanders, scientists, poets, and musicians as categories of eminent men to support his thesis.

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   Francis Galton's Hereditary Genius, published in 1869, argued that intellectual ability is inherited and can be studied through statistical analysis of eminent families.

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