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Professor Joe Cain

UCL Professor of History and Philosophy of Biology

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Legacies of Eugenics project

Farrall's Origins and Growth of the English Eugenics Movement, 1865-1925, cover art
Edited Books

Origins and Growth of English Eugenics, 1865-1925 (Farrall)

Lyndsay Andrew Farrall’s PhD dissertation on “The Origins and Growth of the English Eugenics Movement, 1865-1925” (Indiana University) is an important source of information about the history of eugenics at University of London, University College. […]
Profesor Karl Pearson at desk in Francis Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics
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Mental Deficiency Act 1913 (UK) and Karl Pearson’s Absence

I was reading Angelique Richardson’s 2014 TLS piece on the history of the Mental Deficiency Act 1913 (UK), which came into effect 1914 and was repealed in 1968. It inspired me to review that Act […]
Karl Pearson and Francis Galton, 1910
Blog

Eugenics Money at UCL from Francis Galton

Francis Galton’s Will left money to University of London “for establishment and endowment of a Professorship” related to eugenics. This blog gives the text of the original donation.

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UCL Galton Lecture Theatre - plaque on door - ProfJoeCain
Eugenics (historical)

Francis Galton and Building Names at UCL

In October 2014, I proposed to UCL that it change the name of a lecture theatre named for Francis Galton. That letter is here.

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