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cyril burt in 1930 10 october 1971 hans eysenck westminster , london william mcdougall 3 march 1883 cyril burt 1930s.jpg cyril burt
 sir cyril burt
cyril burt

sir cyril lodowic burt -lrb- 3 march 1883 -- 10 october 1971 -rrb- was an english educational psychologist who made contributions to educational psychology and statistics .
burt is known for his studies on the heritability of iq .
shortly after he died , his studies of inheritance and intelligence came into disrepute after evidence emerged indicating he had falsified research data .
some scholars have asserted that burt did not commit fraud .
