Herford, Caroline

Date:
16 Apr 1891
Reference:
GALTON/2/9/6/13/31
Part of:
Fingerprint Correspondence
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Letter dated 16 April 1891 from Caroline Herford, Headmistress of Lady Barn House School in Manchester, to Galton asking his advice on what statistical measurements could usefully be taken from her schoolchildren. Letter dated 21 May 1891 from Miss Herford to Galton agreeing to collect the childrens' fingerprints

Publication/Creation

16 Apr 1891

Physical description

1 letter

Related material

See also GALTON/2/9/6/3/1/17 for the fingerprints taken from children at Lady Barn House School.

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The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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