“Society must protect itself; as it claims the right to deprive the murderer of his life so also it may annihilate the hideous serpent of hopelessly vicious protoplasm.”

About Charles Davenport

Biologist • American

Charles Benedict Davenport was a prominent American biologist and a leading figure in the American eugenics movement. He established the Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 1910, which became a...