Sir Francis Galton was a British explorer, born in England. He is best known for his studies on heredity and intelligence. He was honored knightship in 1909 for all his efforts and scientific achievements. He founded the modern technique of weather mapping in 1860.

A cousin of Charles Darwin, Galton was among the first to recognize the implications for mankind of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. He, first used the word ‘eugenics’ to denote scientific endeavors to increase the proportion of persons with better than average endowment through selective marriage partners.

In short, Sir Francis Galton was a gentleman in pursuit of science and a pioneer in meteorology.