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1. BRICKS + MORTALS: Introduction – The science of eugenics

Eugenics – the science of improving human populations by selective breeding – is generally associated with the Nazis, but in fact has its roots in Britain.

2. BRICKS + MORTALS: Marie Stopes, and How Eugenics Was Going to Make the World a Better Place

Stopes is celebrated as a feminist icon and champion for birth control. Her eugenic motivations, however, are less well known.

3. BRICKS + MORTALS: Francis Galton and the Birth of Eugenics

In 1883, Galton coined the term ‘eugenics’, the study of human characteristics passed on through the generations with a view to improving the human species.

4. BRICKS + MORTALS: The Eugenics Records Office at University College

Galton’s Anthropometric Laboratory was re-established at the Eugenics Records Office at University College in 1904.

5. BRICKS + MORTALS: Revising Charles Darwin, and the Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê

Charles Darwin and Francis Galton were cousins, and had more in common than is usually assumed, particularly when it comes to their views on eugenics.

6. BRICKS + MORTALS: Flinders Petrie and the archaeology of ‘race’

Called ‘The Father of Modern Archaeology,’ Petrie worked closely with Karl Pearson and Francis Galton at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê to establish eugenics as a science.

7. BRICKS + MORTALS: Alice Lee and Cicely D. Fawcett – The Making of a Science

Alice Lee and Cicely D. Fawcett were two women ‘computers’ at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê and both played key roles in establishing eugenics as a scientific discipline.

8. BRICKS + MORTALS: Karl Pearson and Eugenics at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê

When telling the story of eugenics at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, it is safe to say that Karl Pearson – the statistician and first Professor of Eugenics – brought it here.

9. BRICKS + MORTALS: Conclusion – What we choose to remember

Moving forward from the legacy of eugenics at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê by looking beyond the bricks and mortar.