Galton, Francis to Samuel Tertius Galton

Fourteen letters from Francis Galton to Samuel Tertius Galton.

The letters concern Galton's time at Trinity College Cambridge, and describe his studies and exams, including the results of his "Little Go" [The "Previous" Exam, taken the year before graduation] with enclosed results list, and the scholarship exam. The letters also describe Galton's ill health, subjects read, fellow Cambridge students, and trips to Ely and Scotland.

1842

14 letters plus enclosures

See GALTON/1/2/4/3 for notes and mementos from the Scottish trip.

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.

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.