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Cambridge University Eugenics Society was formed in 1911 with the aim of “increasing the awareness of eugenics and heredity in members of the University.” It was active until 1920.

In their notices of election, members were told the objects of the Society were “to promote the Science of Eugenics and to investigate and spread a knowledge of the laws of heredity with particular reference to their bearing on racial and social problems.”

Participants
Patrons included: The President was: The first Council included:
 * The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Ely
 * The Right Honourable Lord Rayleigh, O.M., Chancellor of the University
 * Professor Albert C. Seward, FRS
 * The Rev. the President of Queens’
 * Horace Darwin, FRS
 * Leonard Doncaster
 * C. M. Fiddian (King’s)
 * Ronald Fisher (Gonville and Caius)
 * D. W. Gunston (Trinity)
 * T. E. Jones (Clare)
 * John Maynard Keynes, Treasurer
 * F. Kidd (St John’s)
 * Professor Reginald Punnett
 * P. Sargant-Florence (Goncille and Caius)
 * Rev. H. F. Stewart
 * C. S. Stock, Secretary
 * William Cecil Dampier Whetham, FRS

In initial notices, twenty other members of the University were listed as “expressing their intention” to join the new Society, and a “Committee of Undergraduates” was noted for the “junior members” of the University. The Society formed in anticipation of the 1912 International Eugenics Conference. The Society’s main activities included reading papers before meetings, sharing information, and networking. After initial enthusiasm among members during its first year, the Society's activities diminished.