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Born June 1, 1866 • Stamford • Connecticut
Died February 18, 1944 (aged 77) • New York
Notable Works “Heredity in Relation to Eugenics”
Subjects Of Study eugenics • heredity
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
American biologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
Charles Henry Turner.
Charles Henry Turner
American scientist
David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan
American ichthyologist, educator, and eugenicist
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Cornelia Maria Clapp
American zoologist
William Brooks
William Keith Brooks
American zoologist
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Clarence E. McClung
American zoologist
Marble bust of Aristotle with a beard and draped robe, showing detailed facial features and wavy hair, set against a dark background.
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
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Lancelot Thomas Hogben
English scientist
Weismann, August
August Weismann
German biologist
Karl Pearson
Karl Pearson
British mathematician
Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel
German embryologist
Conrad Gesner.
Conrad Gesner
Swiss physician and naturalist
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Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
Bateson, William
William Bateson
British biologist
Élie Metchnikoff
Élie Metchnikoff
Russian-born biologist
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Cyril Dean Darlington
British biologist
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Félix Dujardin
French biologist
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Edward Fred Knipling
American entomologist

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