Charles Davenport
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1866 – 1944
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Who was Charles Davenport?
Charles Benedict Davenport was a prominent American eugenicist and biologist. He was one of the leaders of the American eugenics movement. Eugenics is the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits
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- Born
- Jun 1, 1866
Stamford - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Died
- Feb 18, 1944
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on July 23, 2013
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