Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics is founded

1907. The Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics is established at University College London (UCL) in Britain as a centre for research into human genetics. It is formed by the merger of the biometrics laboratory and the Eugenics Records Office, under the directorship of Karl Pearson.

Daniel Kevles described the Laboratory as “the sole British establishment for eugenic research, the principle source of authoritative eugenic science, the scientific benchmark of all eugenic discussion in England” (Kevles, 1985, p.40).

It has continued to the present day, and is now part of UCL's Department of Biology, as the Galton Laboratory. It maintains publication of the Annals of Human Genetics (formerly the Annals of Eugenics), as well as a collection of relics related to Galton. The institution has been increasingly involved with teaching as well as research in more recent decades.

-Erna Kurbegovic, Colette Leung, and Amy Dyrbye

Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics is founded

1907. The Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics is established at University College London (UCL) in Britain as a centre for research into human genetics. It is formed by the merger of the biometrics laboratory and the Eugenics Records Office, under the directorship of Karl Pearson.

Daniel Kevles described the Laboratory as “the sole British establishment for eugenic research, the principle source of authoritative eugenic science, the scientific benchmark of all eugenic discussion in England” (Kevles, 1985, p.40).

It has continued to the present day, and is now part of UCL's Department of Biology, as the Galton Laboratory. It maintains publication of the Annals of Human Genetics (formerly the Annals of Eugenics), as well as a collection of relics related to Galton. The institution has been increasingly involved with teaching as well as research in more recent decades.

-Erna Kurbegovic, Colette Leung, and Amy Dyrbye