Reasoning that eminence is caused by genetic traits, he did a study of their heritability, publishing it in 1869 as Hereditary Genius.

In Galton's Hereditary Genius (1869), he examined leadership qualities in the families of powerful men.

In "Hereditary Genius", he envisaged a situation conducive to resilient and enduring civilisation as follows:

The method used in Hereditary Genius has been described as the first example of historiometry.

Galton wrote a book entitled "Hereditary Genius" about different characteristics that people possess and how those characteristics make them more "fit" than others.

Hereditary Genius.

Francis Galton's Hereditary Genius is published.

In 1869, Francis Galton published the first empirical work in human behavioural genetics, Hereditary Genius.

In 1869, Galton published his results in Hereditary Genius.

As he wrote in the introduction to Hereditary Genius: