Simpson, H B
- Date:
- Nov-Dec 1893
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/9/6/13/46
- Part of:
- Fingerprint Correspondence
- Archives and manuscripts
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Description
Letters from H B Simpson of the Home Office, who was secretary to a committee appointed to consider whether anything could be done to improve upon methods of identifying "habitual criminals". The Committee were interested in Galton's fingerprint techniques and arranged to meet with him and to tour the Anthropometric Laboratory. Also makes reference to a visit to Pentonville Prison by Galton and the Committee. Letter of 13 December 1893 encloses notes by Galton on questions posed to him by the Committee.
Publication/Creation
Nov-Dec 1893
Physical description
7 letters
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 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.
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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.