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This is a sociobiological analysis using history and genealogy to inquire into the hereditary genius of science. It combines Francis Galton’s data on the geographical origins of English scientists and Charles Banks’ data on similar origins of English immigrants to New England to show a probable brain drain as a result of the Puritan emigration that had an effect lasting even into Victorian times.
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Gray, P.H. Hereditary genius revisited: Were Galton’s missing scientists the aftermath of the Puritan brain drain to America?. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 21, 120–122 (1983). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329972
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