Fingerprints and Personal Identification
- Date:
- 1881-1915
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/9
- Part of:
- Galton Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Material relating to Galton's work on fingerprints and personal identification.
Galton is credited with pioneering the scientific methodology for using fingerprints for forensic purposes, collecting and classifying around 8,000 fingerprint samples. He first collected prints in the Anthropometric Laboratory at the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A). Galton introduced the concept of fingerprint identification to Alphonse Bertillon, who adopted the technique into his system for recording and identifying criminals.
Publication/Creation
1881-1915
Physical description
26 boxes
Terms of use
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.
Where to find it
Location of original
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.