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Mendel's name was not recognized as a prominent one 

 in the annals of biological history until the re-discovery of his 



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law in 1900; but now he is accorded high rank. It may be 

 remarked in passing that the three leading names in the 

 development of the theories of heredity are those of Mendel, 

 Galton, and Weismann. 



Galton.- -The application of statistical methods is well 

 illustrated in the theories of Francis Galton (Fig. 96). This 



FIG. 96. FRANCIS GALTON, BORN 1822. 



distinguished English statistician was born in 1822, and is still 

 living. He is the grandson of Dr. Erasmus Darwin and the 

 cousin of Charles. After publishing books on his travels in 

 Africa, he began the experimental study of heredity and, in 

 1871, he read before the Royal Society of London a paper 



