Image from Eveleen MyersUnited Kingdom, England, 52.355518, -1.17432Eveleen Myers1890Francis Galton was an English statistician whose theories on heredity lead him to develop the field of eugenics. During the early twentieth century, Galton's ideas gained support among scientific and medical professionals, politicians, and Progressive-era reform groups.Photograph of Francis Gatlton. He sits at a profile.image/pnghttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/HistoryArchaeologyFrancis GaltonStillImage