The Problematic Unity of Biometrics

Author: Stigler, Stephen M.1

Source: Biometrics, Volume 56, Number 3, September 2000 , pp. 653-658(6)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

Summary.

The word “biometry” may be less than 200 years old, but it can be argued that work we would now consider biometric dates back even to the pre-Christian era. The unity of biometry is attested through examples spanning two millennia, and a lesson from Francis Galton is recalled from a century ago.

Keywords: Archibald Pitcairne; Asclepiades; Avicenna; Biometry; Francis Galton; Galen; John Lubbock; Karl Pearson; William Whewell

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2000.00653.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, 5734 University Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, U.S.A. stigler @galton.uchicago.edu

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