E. S. Gosney
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1855 – 1942
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Who was E. S. Gosney?
Ezra Seymour Gosney was an American philanthropist and eugenicist. In 1928 he founded the Human Betterment Foundation in Pasadena, California, with the stated aim "to foster and aid constructive and educational forces for the protection and betterment of the human family in body, mind, character, and citizenship," primarily through the advocacy of compulsory sterilization of the mentally ill and mentally retarded.
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- Born
- Nov 6, 1855
United States of America - Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Kentucky
- Flagstaff
- Pasadena
- Died
- Sep 14, 1942
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on July 23, 2013
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