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All male animals, including men, when they are in love, are apt to behave in ways that seem ludicrous to bystanders.
Francis Galton
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Francis Galton
Age: 88 †
Born: 1822
Born: February 16
Died: 1911
Died: January 17
Anthropologist
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Polymath
Birmingham
West Midlands
Sir Francis Galton
Sir Francis Galton
1st Bt.
F. G.
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