By Nicholas Wright Gillham. 416 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 2001. $35. ISBN 0-19-514365-5.
Between 1914 and 1930, Karl Pearson devoted four volumes toa biography of his mentor, Francis Galton (Figure). The resultwas an unwieldy and deferential look at the man known as thefather of eugenics. Duke University geneticist Nicholas WrightGillham has set out to remedy Pearson's shortcomings, arguingthat a new biography of the British polymath is warranted inthe light of the "eugenic considerations" raised by "rapid advancesin modern human genetics."
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Sir Francis Galton, 1822–1911.
Courtesy of the Mary Evans Picture Library.
Gillham begins by reminding us that Galton was a cousin of CharlesDarwin, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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