Cuttings on Eugenics and Heredity

Index and press cuttings on eugenics and heredity, containing cuttings relating to parental responsibility, selective breeding, and the theory of the inferiority of the eldest child. The index lists reports of the following lectures and addresses:

Sir John Cockburn on "The Principles of Eugenics" at Philosophical Hall, Leeds, December 1909.

Sir Charles William Wilson lecture before the Birmingham Rationalist Association.

Rev. Prof. A Caldecott on "Heredity and Eugenics" at Victoria Institute.

Interview with Karl Pearson on eugenic methods

Reports on articles and letters by Shapland Hugh Swinny and Galton, on eugenics and the inferiority of eldest sons respectively

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1908-1910

19 folios

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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.