Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Francis Galton across 3 places, from 1840 to 1911.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sir Francis Galton (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was an English polymath and the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era; his ideas later became the basis of behavioural genetics.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Francis Galton was documented, and when
1840 to 1844period
Trinity College, Cambridgeattested“He followed this up with mathematical studies at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1840 to early 1844.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
1888year
Royal Institutionattested“In a Royal Institution paper in 1888 and three books (Finger Prints, 1892; Decipherment of Blurred Finger Prints, 1893; and Fingerprint Directories, 1895), Galton estimated the probability of two persons having the same fingerprint and s…”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
1902 to 1909period
University College, Londonattested“Fellow Trinity College, Cambridge (1902) * Darwin Medal, Royal Society (1902) * Linnean Society of London's Darwin–Wallace Medal (1908) Galton was knighted in 1909: His statistical heir Karl Pearson, first holder of the Galton Chair of E…”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
1911year
University College, Londonattested“* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * After Galton's death in 1911, his archive donated to University College London by his executors.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
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Places Francis Galton is documented in
University College, London2 presences · 1902 to 1911
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5 February 1844exact date
Cambridgementioned“According to the records of the United Grand Lodge of England, it was in February 1844 that Galton became a freemason at the Scientific lodge, held at the Red Lion Inn in Cambridge, progressing through the three masonic degrees: Apprenti…”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
1845 to 1846period
Egyptmentioned“In 1845 and 1846, he went to Egypt and travelled up the Nile to Khartoum in the Sudan, and from there to Beirut, Damascus and down to Jordan.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
1845 to 1846period
Khartoummentioned“In 1845 and 1846, he went to Egypt and travelled up the Nile to Khartoum in the Sudan, and from there to Beirut, Damascus and down to Jordan.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
1845 to 1846period
Sudanmentioned“In 1845 and 1846, he went to Egypt and travelled up the Nile to Khartoum in the Sudan, and from there to Beirut, Damascus and down to Jordan.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
1845 to 1846period
Beirutmentioned“In 1845 and 1846, he went to Egypt and travelled up the Nile to Khartoum in the Sudan, and from there to Beirut, Damascus and down to Jordan.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
1845 to 1846period
Jordanmentioned“In 1845 and 1846, he went to Egypt and travelled up the Nile to Khartoum in the Sudan, and from there to Beirut, Damascus and down to Jordan.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
1858 to 1899period
British Association for the Advancement of Sciencementioned“He became very active in the British Association for the Advancement of Science, presenting many papers on a wide variety of topics at its meetings from 1858 to 1899.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
19 February 1877exact date
Royal Institutionmentioned“On Friday 19 February 1877, Galton gave a lecture entitled Typical Laws of Heredity at the Royal Institution in London.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
19 February 1877exact date
Londonmentioned“On Friday 19 February 1877, Galton gave a lecture entitled Typical Laws of Heredity at the Royal Institution in London.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
1880year
Indiamentioned“The method of identifying criminals by their fingerprints had been introduced in the 1860s by Sir William James Herschel in India, and their potential use in forensic work was first proposed by Dr Henry Faulds in 1880.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
29 October 1901exact date
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Irelandmentioned“On 29 October 1901, Galton chose to address eugenic issues when he delivered the second Huxley lecture at the Royal Anthropological Institute.”source: Wikipedia: Francis Galton
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