Galton's Notes on Eugenics

Galton's notes on eugenics, consisting of:

Details of chapters for a "possible book on eugenics"; 1 ff.

"Notes on discussions to be remarked on", consisting of a list of statements on Eugenics from various eugenicists, biologists, philosophers and politicians; 2 ff.

Manuscript draft diploma from the Council of the Eugenics Education Society; 1 ff.

Notes on the birth places of various people; 1 ff.

Anecdote by Lord Alfred Churchill about his nephew's similarity to his Great Grandfather; 1 ff.

List of Greek words; 1 ff.

Galton's notes on August Weismann, Studies in the Theory of Descent, (London: Sampson Low & Co; 1882); 1 ff.

Galton's notes on encouragements and discouragements to marriage, chiefly made from Malthus; 7 ff.

1880s-1900s

15 folios

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

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.