francis galton

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Francis Galton
    n 1: English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored
         many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics,
         psychology, and anthropology; founder of eugenics and first
         to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911) [syn:
         {Galton}, {Francis Galton}, {Sir Francis Galton}]