Sir Cyril Lodowic Burt was a prominent English educational psychologist. He was a member of the London School of Differential Psychology. Some of his work was controversial for its conclusions that genetics substantially influences mental and behavioral traits. After his death, he was famously accused of scientific fraud. Burt supported eugenics and was a member of the British Eugenics Society. Wikipedia
The biographical profile of Cyril L. Burt, focusing on his/her contributions to the development of intelligence theory and testing. www.indiana.edu/~intell/burt.shtml
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Burt was attacked by social reform advocates because his research on twins found a correlation between genetics and intelligence. This upset people who believed that environmental factors determined intelligence. Recent studies support Burt's original c www.heretical.com/miscella/burt-jpr.html
Sir Cyril Burt was, and probably still remains, the best known of all educational psychologists, deservedly so and he was the first of them all, having been elected as an Assistant Lecturer in Educational Psychology at Liverpool in 1908, under Sherrington www.galtoninstitute.org.uk/Newsletters/GINL9909/cyril_bur...
Burt supported eugenics and was a member of the British Eugenics Society . Since he had suggested on radio in 1946 the formation of an organization for people with high IQ scores, he was made honorary president of Mensa in 1960 , in a gesture of recognit psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Cyril_Burt
