| 词条 | Ethel M. Elderton |
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Ethel Mary Elderton (1878–1954) was a British eugenics researcher who worked with Francis Galton and Karl Pearson. [1]Education and careerElderton attended Bedford College (London) where she became involved in the eugenics movement. She left without completing her studies in 1890, on the death of her father, and became a school teacher.[2] In 1905 she resigned her teaching post to become Galton's assistant. Subsequently she became Galton Scholar and Fellow and Assistant Professor at University College London.[3] She retired in 1933. WritingsElderton produced many reports, the most controversial of which argued that predisposition to alcoholism was largely inherited. With her brother the actuary William Palin Elderton she wrote a Primer of Statistics. The book has a preface by Galton. Her writings include:
References1. ^Love, R. (1979). “Alice in Eugenics-Land”: Feminism and Eugenics in the scientific careers of Alice Lee and Ethel Elderton. Annals of Science, 36(2), 145–158. 2. ^{{citation|title=The biographical dictionary of women in science: pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century, Volume 1|first=Marilyn Bailey|last=Ogilvie|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780415920384|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QmfyK0QtsRAC&pg=PA413|page=413}}. 3. ^Pearson, Department of Statistics and colleagues' papers, Archives in London and the M25 area, retrieved 2012-03-31. Further reading
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