Correspondence re: Collecting Fingerprints of Families

Date:
1903
Reference:
GALTON/2/9/6/10/1
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Forefinger and Family Group Fingerprint Studies
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Correspondence re: Collecting Fingerprints of Families. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Letters from various correspondents to Galton. Most had been asked by Galton to collect fingerprints of related individuals, and the correspondence primarily relates to this. Galton sent ink for fingerprinting and booklets of pre-printed forms. He was specifically interested in prints of the forefingers on each hand.

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1903

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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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