Heredity in Man

Date:
1865-1911
Reference:
GALTON/2/4
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Papers relating to Galton's research into heredity in man, eugenics, nature and nurture, and the development of the law of hereditary, consisting of:

  • Material relating to publications including Hereditary Genius, English Men of Science, Record of Family Faculties, Achievements of Near Kinsfolk of Fellows of the Royal Society, and Noteworthy Families.
  • Material relating to Eugenics and the establishment & running of the Eugenics Record Office.
  • Anthropological and Anthropometric papers, including papers from the Anthropometric Laboratory in South Kensington.
  • Notes and drafts of Galton's unfinished eugenic novel Kantsaywhere.
  • Research into twins, longevity, marriage, the law of hereditary, eugenics, and sequestrated church property.

    • Publication/Creation

    1865-1911

    Physical description

    37 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.

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    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.

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