Sir Francis Galton, who gave us the concepts of both correlation, and regression, was born on this day, 16 February, in 1822. Galton was one of the great "polymaths" - he had a finger in every pie he could find - as is described in his Wikipedia entry.
We him a debt of gratitude for the role he played in The Origin of our Species.
It's a busy birthday month, with more to follow tomorrow!
