Eugenics

Date:
1871-1911
Reference:
GALTON/2/4/19
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Papers concerning eugenics (a word coined by Francis Galton), consisting of:

  • Galton's writings on eugenics, eugenic certification and the need to embed eugenics into the public consciousness.
  • Drafts of Donoghue of Dunno Weir and Kantsaywhere, Galton's unpublished novel.
  • Galton's notes on and research into marriage, natural selection, institutional care, and Mendelian Inheritance.

    • Publication/Creation

    1871-1911

    Physical description

    7 files plus 4 items

    Location of duplicates

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

    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.

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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.

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