Eugenics Society Members List - E.

Source of members names: From 1930 until 1990 members' names were published in the Society journal as they joined or became fellows. These sources are shown as a journal abbreviation followed by the year in which the person entered the Society, e.g., ER 1942. (ER = Eugenics Review; Bulletin of the Eugenics Society; B&S = Biology and Society). The Eugenics Review at times listed all the officers and members of the council. These sources are also shown as a journal abbreviation followed by a date. The Society is a corporation and its directors are listed in its annual reports deposited in Company House (CH). In 1937 the Society published a list of members in its Annual Report (ESAR 1937). In 1957 the Society published a list of members in the Eugenics Review (ER 1957). A list of members compiled in 1977 was deposited in the Welcome Archives (1977 list). Deaths of members were sometimes noted in obituaries in the Society journals (Obit + journal abbreviation and date). Other sources are as specified.

Eales, Mr. J.A.

Eugenics Society Member 1949
Source: ER 1949

London
Eugenics Society Member 1940, 1957
Source: ER 1940, 1957

Elmcott, Leighcliff Rd., Leigh on Sea, Essex 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1937, 1942
Source: Obit, ER 1942 p. 40; ESAR 1937

Eugenics Society Fellow 1931, 1937
Personal: b. 1872; MD 1901; Medical Inspector, H.M. prisons in England and Wales 1930; Director, Prisons Medical Service; Prison Commission, Home Office, White hall, London SW1, 1937; Lect on crime and insanity, Maudsley Hosp. 1937; retired 1938; Comm. on Persistent Offenders 1932; Soc. Study Inebriety
Pubns:
"Crime and Heredity" address at meeting of the Linnean Society May 9, 1928 (ER 1928, p. 19); Med. Aspects of Crime The Adolescent Criminal. 1942; "The Non-sane, Non-insane offender", Galton Lecture 1947 (proposed special institutions for them according to a review of the lecture in the Eugenics Review 1953, p. 210); Sexual Offenders 1955
Source: ER 1931, ESAR 1937; Med Dir 1937

Eugenics Society Member 1946
Source: ER 1946

Eugenics Society Member 1942
Pubns:
1946-47 "Sex education", ER, v. 38, p. 106 (C)
Source: ER 1942

Eugenics Society Member
Personal: Thomas Lydwell; grandson, T. H. Huxley; son of W.A. Eckersley; electrical engineer w/ Marconi Wireless
2 brothers:
1. Roger Huxley Eckersley (Roger Huxley Eckersley; 1885-1955; BBC career 1924-45 (Censor, Programs))
2. Peter Pendleton Eckersley
(Peter Pendleton Eckersley; 1892-1963; Marconi Wireless 1919-23; Chief Engineer to BBC 1923-29; The Power Behindthe Microphone. 1941)
Source: ER Vol. 30, p. 57, WWW

Eugenics Society Member 1945
Source: ER 1945

Ladywell Sanatarium, Salford, Lancs 1937, 1947
Eugenics Society Member 1932, 1937
Personal: "grad. in med., Moscow 1916" (Med Dir 1937); MRCS, LRCP 1920; DPH 1921 (Univ. Moscow); Ho. Phy., Soldaten Off. Hosp., Moscow; Ladywell Sanat. 1937, 1947
Source: ER 1932, ESAR 1937; Med Dir 1937, 1947

55 Ashburnham Rd., Luton, Beds 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

5 Warwick Ave., London W9, 1937
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

Dept. of Community Medicine, Cambridge University, Cambridge
Eugenics Society Fellow 1961, 1977
Pubns:
1965 "Canned Philosophers", ER, v. 57, p. 48 (C)
Source: ER 1961, 1977 list

Eugenics Society Member 1932
Source: ER 1932

Eugenics Society Member 1952
Source: ER 1952

Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge
Eugenics Society Council 1968 Fellow 1965, 1977
Test tube babies including Louise Brown; A Matter of Life. 1980 (IVF story); Prof. of Human Reproduction, Cambridge University 1985- (See Martin Johnson)
Personal: National Institute of Medical Research, Mill Hill 1958-62; Dept. of Physiology, Cambridge 1963-; Scientific Director, Bourn Hall and Hallam Clinics Ltd. 1990 (tied to Sereno Ltd.); IPPF; member of many fertility societies; Pres., of British Fertility Society 1988-
Pubns:
"Mammalian Eggs in the Laboratory", Scientific American, May 1966, p. 72; "Human Embryos in the Laboratory", Scientific American, Dec. 1970, p. 44; Conception in the Human Female.1980, Academic Press; Mechanism of Sex Differentiation in Animals and Man.w/ C.R. Austin, London 1981; Human Conception in Vitro. 1982; Implantation of the Human Embryo. 1985; Life before Birth. 1989; Chief Editor, Human Reproduction 1986
Source: ER 1965, 1977 list, CH, WSW 1990
Quotes:
Human Experimentation:
Claimed that scientists subjected live 16 week old fetuses to electric shock to measure their development. (The Guardian, Sept. 29, 1982)
Informed Consent:
"It is hardly the right of the mother who has condemned her fetus to be aborted to then give consent for it to be experimented upon." (from The Guardian, Sept. 29, 1982)
Ethics:
"Scientists make ethics as they go along.", Edwards quoted in Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill debate by Sir Bernard Braine on 2 April 1990.
Background:
Hallam Medical Centre, 112 Harley St., London W1N 1AF; and see A.S. Parkes

Eugenics Society Member 1944
Source: ER 1944

Eugenics Society Member 1946
Source: ER 1946

63 Harley St., London 1937
Eugenics Society Consultative Council 1937, 1957
Personal: MB, BCh 1923; MD 1925; FRCS 1924; BSc, St Andrews 1927; distinguished, many medals; Surg. Oculist to HM the Queen 1958, to HM KIng 1937; Dir. of Research, Institute of Ophthalmology, Univ. of London; Surg., St. George, Moorfields Hosp. (see B. Jay q.v.)
Pubns:
Textbook of Ophthamalogy. 1923-54; Recent Advances in Ophthamalogy. 4th ed. 1950
Source: ESAR 1937, ER 1957; Medical Directory 1937, 1958

New South Wales, Australia
Eugenics Society Member 1924
Source: ER 1923-24

Bishops Stortford, Herts
Eugenics Society Member 1948, 1957
Source: ER 1948, 1957

London
Eugenics Society Fellow 1939, 1977 Treasurer 1946-54
Chmn., British Drug Houses Ltd. 1948-65
Personal: b. 1904; Company Director: BDH Investments Ltd., Investments Planning Ltd. 1946; Dep. Chmn. and Chmn., Brush Group 1953-58; Dep. Chmn., British Bank of the Middle East 1952-77; Director: Bank of England 1949-66 (see L.J. Cadbury); Equity and Law Life Assurance Society 1948-80; Chmn., Heinemann Gp. 1965-76; High Sheriff of Greater London 1966; 2 sons, 2 daughters
Source: ER 1939, 1957, 1977 list, Vol. 60 ASP's Hist, p. 157, WSW 1990, CH

Eugenics Society Fellow 1939
Personal: MD Freiburg 1921; LRCP, LRCS 1934; FRSM; 1958 address: 62 Woodhall Gate, Pinner; 1937 address: 14a Manchester Sq., London; Mem., Herpetological Society
Pubns:
"The Xenopus Pregnancy Test", BMJ 1938
Source: ER 1939; Medical Directory 1937, 1958; Medical Register 1978

Eugenics Society Member 1949
Source: ER 1949

Eugenics Society Member 1925
Personal: Zoology; involved in studies of cranial size of Piltdown Man
Pubns:
"Problems of Race", 1924 Galton Lecture, see ER
Source: ER 1923-24, p. 643

Broughton Biggar, Scotland 1957
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937, 1957
Personal: b. 1877 Durham; d. 1961; MD 1908 (Camb.); G.H. Lewes Research Student; Phys. and Dir., Med. Unit, Univ. College Hosp., Gower St., London 1937; Prof. of Medicine, Univ. College, London 1937, Emeritus 1958; Mem., MRC; Fellow, Clare College, Cambridge Univ.; Trustee, Beit Memorial Research Fellowships
Pubns:
"Ductless glands and the nervous system", Brain 1913 Source: ESAR 1937; ER 1957, Medical Directory 1937, 1958, WWW
Background:
Beit Fellowships were founded by Otto John Beit (1865-1930) in honor of his brother, Alfred Beit (1853-1906).
Alfred Beit was the close friend and adviser of Cecil Rhodes at the time of the amalgamation of the Kimberley Diamond Mines as De Beers Consolidated Mines in 1888. He helped develop the Transvaal gold mines and was an original director of the British South Africa Company. He started railroads. He was an imperialist who founded the Beit Professorship of Colonial history at Oxford.
Alfred and Otto Beit were born in Germany of Jewish descent. Alfred Lane Beit, the son of Otto John, married Clementine Mitford. He was an MP for St Pancras 1931-45 and Secretary of State for the Colonies 1944-45. He was a director of Tanganyika Concessions Ltd. and a Trustee of the Beit Trust, living in County Wicklow, Eire.
A. S. Parkes q.v. was Beit Fellow; Carleton Allen q.v. was Oxford Rhodes Trustee. Bill Clinton and his advisors were Rhodes Scholars (Concise DNB, Debretts 1988)

9 Barnby Gate, Newark, Notts 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1935, 1937
Source: ER 1935, ESAR 1937

Medicine, Oxford Univ., Oxford
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937, 1957
Personal: d. 1966; MD Toronto 1908; Ass't Physician Rockefeller Institute; 1937 address: Bedford House, Chiswick Mall, London W4, 1937; MA, MD (Oxford Univ.) 1943; Director of Medical Unit, London Hospital 1924-43; Regius Prof. of Medicine, University of Oxford 1943-48 (Emeritus 1958); Royal Commission on Population (Physicians member; Chmn., Biological and Medical Cttee) 1948
Pubns:
"The Natural History of Bright's Disease" Croon Lect., Lancet 1942
Source: ESAR 1937; ER 1957, Medical Directory 1958, WWW

24 Holmdene Ave., Herne Hill, London SE24, 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1907-1939 (Fellow 1937) V.P. 1909-11 Council 1916 Consultative Council 1937 First International Eugenics Congress 1912, General Committee
Sexologist; wrote Sex in Relation to Society. 1937 (Defended Hitler's racial law: " if properly administered, it has no relation to 'Aryan' aspirations")
Personal: b. Croyden, London 1859; d. July 8, 1939
Women:
affair with Olive Schreiner; m. Edith Lees who died in 1916; "affair" with Margaret Sanger ( "...her mentor and lover, Havelock Ellis, was the beloved disciple of Francis Galton, the brilliant cousin of Charles Darwin...", from Grand Illusions., George Grant, p. 53, and p. 91)
Women and Urolagia:
met Mme. Francois Cyon who wrote Friendship's Odyssey by Francois DeLisle (pen name); "he followed me (into the toilet, ed. note) to minister himself to my needs ... Of the full meaning of his delicate attention I was then ignorant ... If urolagia became clearer to me in time, suffice it here to say that, on this first day of closer friendship, it proved mysteriously soothing to my soul."(from Friendship's Odyssey by Francois DeLisle); "he enjoyed married happiness with (Francois Cyon) before his death" from article in Collier's Encyclopediaby Arthur Calder Marshall; Ellis called urolagia, 'the sacrament', and shared it with Margaret Sanger. ( see Havelock Ellis. 1981, Phyllis Grosskurth)
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) and Havelock Ellis:
Havelock Ellis adopted Francois Lafitte, Francois De Lisle's son. Lafitte became the British Pregnancy Advisory Service chairman.
Lafitte was associated with The Institute of Sex Education and Research because he was Chairman of the BPAS from 1968 -1988 while the BPAS was in partnership with the Institute till 1973.
Pubns:
Sex:
Ellis is best known now for his sexology books, e.g., The Psychology of Sex. 1933; Studies in the Psychology of Sex; More Essays of Love and Virtue. (When Alger Hiss went on his honeymoon, he took with him some of Havelock Ellis's books.)
Race:
He also wrote a great deal on race, eugenics and sterilisation. e.g. "The Sterilisation of the Unfit", ER 1909; The Problems of Race Regeneration.1911 ('persuade' the 'unfit'to 'volunteer' for sterilisation by withdrawing Poor Relief from those who refused such 'persuasion was the theme of Frederick Osborn's "new eugenics" in 1956 and see the arguments for a welfare cap in USA in 1990's); The Task of Social Hygiene.1912; and he wrote a monthly column in Margaret Sanger's Birth Control Review
Source: CH, ESAR 1937, Men Behind Hitler, p. 87, WSW 1990; A Sage of Sex: A Life of Havelock Ellis. Arthur Calder-Marshall (New York 1959); ER 1909-11; Problems in Eugenics 1912 (repr.)
Destruction of the Unfit:
Speaking of the false teaching of the Pharisees, Christ said "Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire." This quote was popular among eugenicists, who saw it as a justification of their theories of extermination, rather than as a warning against false teaching. Ellis said: "there can be no compunction in his (Christ's) promulgation of this radical yet necessary doctrine of the destruction of unfit stocks.", from The Dance of Life. 1923
Eugenic Strategy:
Speaking of sterilisation, Blacker claims Ellis said: "...It was the business... of the lawyers to find ambiguities and uncertainties in the law. He urged the Society to try by all the means at its disposal to encourage the judicious employment of voluntary sterilisation and thereby get it accepted as part of normal medical practice rather than challenge the organised forces of the opposition by seeking to legalise it by Act of Parliament ... Many unnecessary and unwieldy safeguards might be introduced ... red tape ... that the result would ... be to 'sterilise sterilisation'... Mature consideration of Dr. Havelock Ellis's contentions in this matter has convinced me of their funda mental soundness. An approach is now being made along lines of which he would have approved." (C.P. Blacker q.v., from Obit ER 1939, Vol. 31, no. 2)

Uckfield, Sussex 1957
Eugenics Society Member 1936, 1937, 1957
Personal: 1937 address Wood Close, Quorn, Loughborough
Source: ER 1936, 1957; ESAR 1937

Eugenics Society Member 1944
Personal:
Elmhirst, Leonard Knight
m. 1. Dorothy Whitney
(Dorothy Whitney; American; b. 1887, Washington, DC; daughter of Wm. C. Whitney; Trustee, Dartington Hall Trust)
2. Dr. Susanna Sutherland Isaacs
(Dr. Susanna Sutherland Isaacs; FRCP, FRCP Psych; see Mrs. Nathan Isaacs q.v.; MD Chicago 1943; MB BS London 1944; Diploma in Child Health 1945; Senr. Registrar, Dept. of Psychology, Paddington Green, Children's Hospital 1958)
Leonard Knight Elmhirst
(Leonard Knight Elmhirst; 1893-1974; Chmn., Political and Economic Planning (PEP, see F. Lafitte); Founder/ President, International Association of Agricultural Economists; Chmn., Dartington Hall Trust 1931-74 (rural industry, research and education); Footpaths; Forestry; Pubns: Robbery of the Soil. 1922; The Application of Economic Research to a Village in Bengal. 1930; Social Trends in Rural Areas. 1938; Rabindrath Tagore: Pioneer in Education. 1961)
Source: ER 1944, WWW, Medical Directory 1958, Melanie Klein.

Eugenics Society Member 1948
Personal: Officer, Order of the British Empire; Fellow, Royal Institute of Chemistry
Source: ER 1948

Eugenics Society Member 1967
Source: ER 1967

Dept. of Human Genetics, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
Eugenics Society Fellow 1965, 1977
Pres., British Clinical Genetics Society 1980-83 (see C.O. Carter q.v.) Personal: son of Harold Heathcote Emery; Fellow, Johns Hopkins 1961-64, PhD; MD 1966; Prof. of Human Genetics, Edinburgh 1968-83, now emeritus; Hon. Cons. Phys., Lothian Health Board 1968-83; Western General Hospital 1977; Mem., American Society of Human Genetics; Council member, British Genetic Society; Research Director, European Alliance of Muscular Dystrophy Associations 1991, 1993
Pubns:
Elements of Medical Genetics. 1968, (8th. ed 1992); Antenatal Diagnosis of Genetic Disease. 1973; Methodology in Medical Genetics. 1976 (2nd ed. 1986); A report on genetic registers. by a Working Party of the Clinical Genetics Society 1978; Registers for the Detection and Prevention of Genetic Disease.; Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics. 1983 (2nd ed. 1989); Editorial Bd., Biology and Society 1985
Source: ER 1965, 1977 list, B&S 1985, WSW 1990, Lane Report (references); Medical Directory 1991, 1993; Genetic Prophecy. 1983 -
Background:
Report on Genetic Registers recommendations included:
1. Registers should be set up to trace, follow, and counsel individuals at high risk. High risk means 1 in 10 chance or greater of getting a disease. To inform them of the risk and the options available.
2. Registers should be on a regional, not national basis.
3. No individuals should be in the register without their knowledge and approval.
Background:
Antenatal Diagnosis of Genetic Disease. by Heathcote (Scrimgeour, Nelson) was citedby the Lane Commission (Lane Report, Appendix E, Appendix J) Genetic Advisory Centres 1983: Medical Genetics Clinic, University Dept. of Human Genetics, Western General Hospital, Crewe Rd., Edinburgh

Eugenics Society Member 1967
Source: ER 1967

Cambridge
Eugenics Society v.p. 1921
Personal: Pres., Cambridge Eugenics Society 1921
Source: ER 1921

The Beacon Sands, High Wycombe, Bucks
Eugenics Society Consultative Council 1957
Personal: b. 1877; two sons; Member, Royal Commission on Population 1948
Pubns:
"Scrutator", the pen name of a columnist ; Modern Socialism. 1903
Source: ER 1950-51, v. 42, p. 128; ER 1957; WWW

Eugenics Society Member 1986
Source: B&S 1988

Anthropogenetisch Instituut, Amsterdam, Holland
Eugenics Society Fellow 1967, 1977
Personal: Vrije Universitiet te Amsterdam 1977
Source: ER 1967, 1977 list

Dept. of Zoology, University College, Hull
Eugenics Society Member 1937 Fellow 1957
Personal: b. 1900; d. 10 May 1975; 1937 address: Needler Hall, Cottingham, Hull 1937; Emeritus Prof. of Zoology, University of Hull
Source: ESAR 1937, ER 1957, WWW

2 Thames House, Queen St. Pl., London EC4, 1937
Eugenics Society Affiliation 1934 Member 1937
Source: ER 1934, ESAR 1937

Eugenics Society Member 1985
Source: B&S 1986

Eugenics Society History:
Eugenics Society founded in 1907 as Eugenics Education Society; called Eugenics Society in 1926 when incorporated; sponsors Galton Lecture, Darwin Lecture; renamed The Galton Institute in 1988-89; Address 19 Northfield Prospect, Northfields, LondonSW18 IPE, Tel. No. 081-874-7257
Journal:
Eugenics Review 1909-1969; Bulletin of the Eugenics Society 1969-1983; Biology and Society, 1984-; Journal of Biosocial Science 1969-; Biology and Society discontinued in 1990; Journal of Biosocial Science and Galton Institute Newsletter 1992 -
Present Acknowledged Goals of the Eugenics Society:
"...measurement of human qualities, human heredity, influence of the environment and causes of disease, genetic counselling, the family unit, birth control, differential fertility, marriage guidance, infecundity, artificial insemination, voluntary sterilisation, termination of pregnancy, population problems and migration.", fromThe Eugenics Society: Aims & Activities. 1990 in an information pamphlet entitled "What is Eugenics?"
Opposed to eugenics:
The Legacy of Malthus. Allen Chase; Margaret Sanger: the father of modern society. Elsah Droghin; Grand Illusions. G. Grant; The Men Behind Hitler. B. Schreiber; The Nazi Connection. Stefan Kuhl
Neutral:
Cyril Burt, psychologist. L.S. Hearnshaw; Social Darwinism in American Thought. R.Hofstader; The Mismeasure of Man. S. Gould
For eugenics:
Carter "Eugenics Today", Biology and Human Affairs, Vol 19, No. 3, 133-9, 1954; "The Case for Eugenics: editorial comment", Biology and Human Affairs, Oct., 3-8, 1957; "Principles and Paradox in Eugenics" P.B. Medawar q.v., Royal Inst. of GB Proc., 38 (1961), p. 493-501; "Limitations of Eugen ics", L.S. Penrose, Royal Inst. of GB., Proc. 39 (1963), p. 506-19; and see C.P. Blacker entry
Eugenics and Religion:
1909 "... the idea of eugenics must be instilled into the conscience of civilisation like a new religion - a religion of the most lofty and austere, because the most unselfish, morality - a religion which sets before it a sublime ideal; terrestrial, indeed, in its chosen theatre but celestial in its theme. Happy the people by whom this ideal is translated into fact." (Explanation of goals of the Society in the first issue of the Eugenics Review (ER, Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 4)
Eugenics and Natural Selection:
1908-1990 "Man... I conceive it well within his province to replace Natural Selection by other processes that are more merciful and not less effective. This precisely the aim of eugenics." Sir Francis Galton 1908 quoted in The Eugenics Society Aims & Activities 1990, information pamphlet
Eugenics Society Members' Psychology, an inside opinion:
"J.C. Flugel ... had done a large scale study of social attitudes, in collaboration with Dr. Pryns Hopkins (q.v.), ... Typically the subjects of the experiments were members of odd organizations advocating certain changes in the mores and folkways of present day Society, such as the Sunbathing Society, the Eugenic Society, the Fabian Nursery Propaganda Group..."from Rebel with a Cause. H.J. Eysenck q.v., p. 84

41 Onslow Sq., London SW7, 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

David Lewis Northern Hospital, Liverpool
Eugenics Society Fellow 1956, 1957
Personal: MRCS, LRCP 1938; Consult. Pathology, David Lewis Northern Hospital 1958; tropical disease specialist
Pubns:
"Incidence of sickle cell trait in blood of W. African natives.", Trans. Royal Society Tropical Medicine 1945
Source: ER 1956, 1957, Medical Directory 1958

Rose Hill, Orford, Suffolk 1937
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

Municipal Training College, Cottingham Rd., Hull 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Source: ESAR 1937

Liverpool
Eugenics Society Member 1922
Source: ER 1921-22

Institute of Psychiatry, London
Eugenics Society Fellow 1947, 1957
Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, University College London 1955-83, Emeritus 1983-; Dir., Psychology Dept., Maudsley Hosp. 1946-83 (See W.L. Rees q.v.)
Personal: German birth; Father a friend of Herman Goering (Rebel with a Cause. 1991); H.J. Eysenck, according to his autobiography (Rebel with a Cause. 1991), disagreed with Nazi policies and consequently had to emigrate to England; between 1986-88 he accepted 250,000 dollars from the Pioneer Fund which has Nazi links (The Independent on Sunday, 4 March, 1990, p. 4, Home section); school in Germany, France, England; Univ. of London BA 1938, PhD 1940; Senior Research Psychologist, Mill Hill Hosp.1942-46 (see Aubrey Lewis); m. Sybil Bianca Giuletta Rostal, 2nd wife 1950; cited by Arthur Jensen in Straight Talk About Mental Tests. 1981
Pubns:
Articles and Books:
"The Measurement of Socially Valuable Qualities", ER Oct. 1947; Dimensions of Personality. 1947 (See W.L. Rees); "The Measurement of Motivation", ScientificAmerican, May 1963, p. 130; The Biological Basis of Personality 1967; Race, Intelligence and Education. 1971; The Structure and Measurement of Intelligence. 1979; Personality, Genetics and Behaviour. 1982; Know Your Own Psi IQ.1984 (with M.W. Eysenck); Psychoticism as a Dimension of Personality. (with S.B.G. Eysenck 1976) and many other books on biology, genetics and intelligence; signer, Humanist Manifest II Kurtz
Journals and articles:
Editor in Chief: Behaviour Research and Therapy 1963-78, Personality and Individual Differences 1980-; 800 articles in British, American, German, Spanish and French Jls. of Psychiatry
Source: WSW 1990; ER 1947, 1957
Quotes:
On Astrology 1991: "...my provisional and conditional belief in parapsychological phenomena and cosmobiological ones is not the product of senescent credulity but is based on certain facts which critics have been unable to disprove.", from Rebel with a Cause., p. 255
Background:
Scientific Racism:
"Eysenck found that...on average black people obtained significantly lower intelligence quotients than whites ... (because of) his theory that intelligence is predominantly inherited, he claimed that black people are inherently less intelligent than whites ... He developed a method to measure brain waves accurately enough to give a very high correlation with conventional intelligence tests which, if true, would mean that his method of measuring intelligence is as valid and useful as conventional tests." from The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists (Biologists), article on "Eysenck", (ed., D. Abbott) 1984
(see Cyril Burt q.v. for validity of conventional intelligence tests). Note also that Eysenck has "proved" the validity of a type of astrology with the same statistical methods that he uses to prove a genetic African IQ inferiority