Galton, Sir Francis to Leonard Darwin
- Date:
- 1878-1910
- Reference:
- GALTON/3/3/7/10
- Part of:
- Galton Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Manuscript letters. Concerns photographing heads of soldiers with diagram (letter dated 1 Jul 1878); hopes he will like the medallion of Erasmus Darwin by Onslow Ford; letter dated 13 Aug 1879 Galton announced that 'my dear wife died here at 2.45 this morning' with details of illness; letter dated 12 Dec 1898 discusses ancestral law and natural selection; letters from 1910 discuss eugenics; grateful to George Darwin (brother) to accept Copley Medal from the Royal Society for him.
Publication/Creation
1878-1910
Physical description
21 letters
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.