Charles Galton Darwin

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British physicist academic eugenicist human physicist scientific administrator

Charles Galton Darwin was a British physicist and eugenicist, grandson of Charles Darwin, known for his work in quantum mechanics and for directing the National Physical Laboratory.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British physicist → academic → eugenicist → human → physicist → scientific administrator →
awardReceived	Fellow of the Royal Society →
birthDate	1887-12-19 →
child	Cecily Darwin → Francis William Darwin → George Pember Darwin → Henry Galton Darwin →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1962-12-31 →
educatedAt	Marlborough College → Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED →
employer	National Physical Laboratory → University of Cambridge → University of Edinburgh →
familyName	Darwin →
father	George Howard Darwin →
fieldOfWork	eugenics → physics → quantum mechanics → statistical mechanics →
genre	popular science → scientific literature →
givenName	Charles →
grandfather	Charles Darwin →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Royal Society →
mother	Maud du Puy →
name	Charles Galton Darwin →
nationality	British →
notableIdea	application of statistical methods in quantum theory → hereditarian and eugenic views on human population →
notableWork	Darwin–Fowler method → The Next Million Years → papers on quantum theory →
occupation	physicist → research director → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Cambridge →
placeOfDeath	Cambridge →
positionHeld	Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh → director of the National Physical Laboratory →
relative	Francis Galton →
spouse	Katharine Pember →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
George Howard Darwin →	child
Darwin →	hasNotableBearer
Darwin family →	hasNotableMember
Charles Galton Darwin →	name
Gwen Raverat →	sibling