Eugenics Education Society (Great Britain)
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Identifies RWO
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Learned institutions and societies
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Eugenics
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Sources
found: The Eugenics review, Apr. 1909:t.p. (Eugenics Education Society); Mar. 1968: t.p. (Eugenics Society)
found: LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Eugenics Society, London; Founded, 1908, as Eugenics Education Society; name changed, 1926, to Eugenics Society)
found: Adelphi Genetics Forum website, viewed 6 July 2022(Adelphi Genetics Forum was established in 2021 as a successor to the Galton Institute, itself part of a lineage tracing back ultimately, and unfortunately, to the Eugenics Education Society; the Adelphi district of London was where the EES had its first premises)
found: Wikipedia, viewed 6 July 2022:under Galton Institute (learned society founded by Sybil Gotto in 1907 as the Eugenics Education Society, EES, located in Eccleston Square, London, with the aim of promoting the research and understanding of eugenics; members came predominately from the professional class and included eminent scientists such as Francis Galton (the statistician who coined the term "eugenics"); renamed the Eugenics Society in 1924 to emphasize its commitment to scientific research extending beyond the role of public education; renamed the Galton Institute in 1989)
found: Companies House Company Information Service website, viewed 6 July 2022:under Company number 00217533 (incorporated on 15 November 1926 as Eugenics Society; registered office changed on 27th July 1988 from 69 Eccleston Square, London SW1)
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1986-04-25: new
2022-07-07: revised
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