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International Eugenics Congress (1st : 1912 : London)

A landmark 1912 gathering in London brought together scientists, doctors, politicians, and social reformers to promote eugenics as a modern social project. Its proceedings now stand as a revealing historical record of how widely these ideas were discussed and endorsed in the early 20th century.

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Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress University of London, July, 1912

Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress University of London, July, 1912

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Organized by the British Eugenics Education Society, the First International Eugenics Congress was held in London in July 1912 at the University of London. It was chaired by Major Leonard Darwin and dedicated to Francis Galton, whose ideas strongly shaped the movement.

The congress drew hundreds of delegates and speakers from several countries. Its published proceedings collected papers and discussions on heredity, public policy, medicine, education, and social planning, showing how eugenics was presented at the time as both a scientific and political cause.

Today, the congress is mainly remembered as an important document of the international eugenics movement and of the prestige it briefly held in elite circles. For modern readers, it offers historical insight into how harmful and discriminatory ideas were organized, debated, and institutionalized.