Abstract
IN NATURE of October 1, p. 508, is published an interesting communication from A. F. Dufton to the effect that the fathers of eminent persons tend to be older at the time of birth of the eminent (or shall we say pre-eminent?) child than is typical of fathers of children who do not attain eminence. Mr. Dufton's communication is a confirmation on a more extensive scale of a relationship reported by Francis Galton1, A. H. Yoder2, and Havilock Ellis3, in their more limited studies. It is in keeping with the discovery by Minnie L. Steckel4 of a positive correlation between age of parent and intelligence of child among the school population of Sioux City, Iowa.
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