Francis Galton as a Literary and Scientific Stylist

Fancher, Raymond E. (1990) Francis Galton as a Literary and Scientific Stylist. In Proceedings Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Abstract

In his childhood and youth Francis Galton was encouraged by his family to take on a role as "intellectual entertainer." Some of this seems to have carried over into maturity, as much of his most serious scientific writing was directed at a broad audience, and was notable for its readability and often entertaining style.