Heredity in Basset Hounds

Date:
1895-1897
Reference:
GALTON/2/5/9/1
Part of:
Galton Papers
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Heredity in Basset Hounds. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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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Description

Material relating to Galton's statistical work with Everett Millais' The Basset Hound Club Rules and Stud Book, consisting of:

Copy of the stud book.

Letters from Millais

Data cards

Galton's notebooks containing statistical tables and calculations.

Letters from T Duncan Bell, who helped Galton compile the data.

Letters from Wynchcombe, questioning the accuracy of the stud book.



The Basset Hound data allowed Galton to verify the validy of his Ancestral Law of Heredity.

Publication/Creation

1895-1897

Physical description

33 items

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

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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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