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Eugenics Correspondence
Eugenics correspondence. Letter dated 11 November 1922 from US eugenicist Charles Benedict Davenport (1866-1944) to British eugenicist Leonard Darwin... more
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Eugenics Correspondence
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Eugenics correspondence. Letter dated 11 November 1922 from US eugenicist Charles Benedict Davenport (1866-1944) to British eugenicist Leonard Darwin (1850-1943), fourth son of Charles Darwin. Leonard Darwin was Chairman of the British Eugenics Society from 1911 to 1928. Davenport founded and directed the Eugenics Record Office in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA, in 1910. The letter discusses the acceptance of eugenics in Austria and Germany. Eugenics is the controversial practice of selectively improving the genetics of human populations. Many eugenicists were criticised for their support of forced sterilizations (see first paragraph).
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