Galton Laboratory

The Galton Laboratory

Two unidentified women sat at a large table with computing machines in the Galton Laboratory.
Established	1911–2013
Laboratory type	British Eugenics Laboratory
Field of research	Eugenics Biometry Statistics
Directors	Karl Pearson, 1911–1933 R. A. Fisher, 1934–1943 Lionel Penrose, 1945–1965
Staff	Ethel Elderton Amy Barrington David Heron Julia Bell Alice Lee Adelaide Gladys Davin Mary Noel Karn Mary Hamilton Williams Dr. Eleanor Pairman
Location	Bloomsbury, London, England
Campus	University College London
Affiliations	University College London

The Galton Laboratory was a laboratory established for the research of eugenics, later to the study of biometry and statistics, and eventually human genetics based at University College London (UCL) in London, England.^[1] The laboratory was originally established in 1904 and existed in name until 2020.^[2]