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The American Eugenics Society (AES) was a pro-eugenics organization dedicated to "furthering the discussion, advancement, and dissemination of knowledge about biological and sociocultural forces which affect the structure and composition of human populations".
The Eugenics Record Office (ERO), located in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States, was a research institute that gathered biological and social information about the American population, serving as a center for eugenics and human heredity research from 1910 to 1939.
Joseph Francis Fletcher (April 10, 1905 – October 28, 1991) [1] was an American professor who founded the theory of situational ethics in the 1960s. A pioneer in the field of bioethics . Fletcher was a leading academic proponent of the potential benefits of abortion , infanticide , euthanasia , eugenics , and cloning .
Huntington's brother, Ellsworth Huntington, was a Yale University geographer and member of the American Eugenics Society (AES). In 1925 the AES authorized the establishment of three committees, one of which was the Committee on Cooperation with Clergymen.
Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. FRS [1] (August 8, 1857 – November 6, 1935) [2] was an American paleontologist, geologist and eugenics advocate. He was the president of the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years and a cofounder of the American Eugenics Society.
The school’s board of trustees voted unanimously May 12 to remove Slater’s name from the museum after a student discovered the now deceased professor taught courses in eugenics there as late ...
Canadian Eugenics The Famous Five. Sexual Sterilization Act; Japanese eugenics; Hispanic eugenics. Mexican eugenics; Swedish sterilization program (1906–1975) Peruvian sterilization program (1990–2000) Population planning in Singapore; Neo-eugenics. He Jiankui genome editing incident; Human genetic enhancement; Religious response to ...
The world’s largest human genetics group apologized for some of its founding members’ role in the American eugenics movement and The post Human genetics group apologizes for ‘findings ...