Eugenics manifesto
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Eugenics manifesto was the name given to an article supporting eugenics
. This manifesto was published in the journal Nature
in 1939. This manifesto, dated September 1939, supported eugenics
. The original title was Social Biology and Population Improvement. The signatories are listed below.
"The Second World War had already begun, and the authors explicitly decried antagonism between races and theories according to which certain good or bad genes are the monopoly of certain peoples."
Eugenics
Eugenics is the "applied science or the bio-social movement which advocates the use of practices aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population", usually referring to human populations. The origins of the concept of eugenics began with certain interpretations of Mendelian inheritance,...
. This manifesto was published in the journal Nature
Nature (journal)
Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...
in 1939. This manifesto, dated September 1939, supported eugenics
Eugenics
Eugenics is the "applied science or the bio-social movement which advocates the use of practices aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population", usually referring to human populations. The origins of the concept of eugenics began with certain interpretations of Mendelian inheritance,...
. The original title was Social Biology and Population Improvement. The signatories are listed below.
"The Second World War had already begun, and the authors explicitly decried antagonism between races and theories according to which certain good or bad genes are the monopoly of certain peoples."
Some signatories of the manifesto
- Francis Albert Eley Crew,
- Cyril Dean Darlington,
- John Burdon Sanderson Haldane,
- S. C. Harland,
- Lancelot T. Hogben,
- Julian S. Huxley,
- Hermann Joseph MullerHermann Joseph MullerHermann Joseph Muller was an American geneticist, educator, and Nobel laureate best known for his work on the physiological and genetic effects of radiation as well as his outspoken political beliefs...
, - Joseph NeedhamJoseph NeedhamNoel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, CH, FRS, FBA , also known as Li Yuese , was a British scientist, historian and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1941, and as a fellow of the British...
, - G. P. Child,
- P. R. David,
- Gunnar DahlbergGunnar DahlbergDr. Gunnar Dahlberg was a Swedish physician, eugenist and geneticist.From 1922-1924 he was the assistant of Herman Lundborg at Statens institut för rasbiologi. In 1935, when Lundborg retired, Dahlberg succeeded him as the head of the institute.In September 1939, he was one of the signatories of...
, - Theodosius DobzhanskyTheodosius DobzhanskyTheodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky ForMemRS was a prominent geneticist and evolutionary biologist, and a central figure in the field of evolutionary biology for his work in shaping the unifying modern evolutionary synthesis...
, - Rollins Adams Emerson,
- C. Gordon,
- J. Hammond,
- Charles Leonard HuskinsCharles Leonard HuskinsCharles Leonard Huskins was an English-born Canadian geneticist who specialized in the field of cytogenetics. He is also sometimes referred to as C. Leonard Huskins or C.L. Huskins....
, - Peo Charles Koller,
- Walter Landauer,
- Harold Henry Plough,
- Bronson Price,
- J. Schultz,
- Arthur G. Steinberg,
- Conrad Hal WaddingtonConrad Hal WaddingtonConrad Hal Waddington CBE FRS FRSE was a developmental biologist, paleontologist, geneticist, embryologist and philosopher who laid the foundations for systems biology...
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