The feathers from the soft underbelly of the tractor

the inventor of the direction down?

… is the person after whom the term “Down’s syndrome” is named. It is so named because of his work Observations on an Ethnic Classification of Idiots, a work that categorises mental handicaps based on ethnic traits. What we now know as trisomy 21/Down’s syndrome he classified as “Mongolian idiocy” (As opposed to Malay idiocy, Caucasian idiocy or Ethiopian idiocy)

He was also the first (Iirc) to create an asylum for the mentally ill and disabled where they were not beaten and were instead provided with activities and provided voluntary education and allowed to engage in activities like horseback riding and crafts in a structured and supposedly safe manner.
He left this asylum after the board refuses to fund wages for women and would not allow for the public exhibition of art made by his patients.
A land of contrasts.