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Francis Galton developed the basic statistical concepts of regression lines and correlation between variables. He helped in founding the journal Biometrika and left most of his fortune to establish the Chair of Eugenics subsequently occupied by K. Pearson and R.A. Fisher.
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Farebrother, R.W. (2001). Francis Galton. In: Heyde, C.C., Seneta, E., Crépel, P., Fienberg, S.E., Gani, J. (eds) Statisticians of the Centuries. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0179-0_37
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