From Francis Galton to William Huggins 15 February 1873
Summary
Returns family documents about "Kepler" [William Huggins’ dog, see Collected papers 2: 170–1]; there is still some sort of investigation into the "precise mental condition" of "Kepler" and his relatives.
Author: | Francis Galton |
Addressee: | William Huggins |
Date: | 15 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 105: A72–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8766 |
To Francis Galton 4 January [1873]
Summary
Comments on FG’s article ["Hereditary improvement", Fraser’s Mag. 87 (1873): 116–30]. Finds it "the sole feasible, yet I fear utopian, plan of procedure in improving the human race".
Thanks for rabbits for Balfour.
Mentions reading W. R. Greg’s Enigmas [of life (1872)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Galton |
Date: | 4 Jan [1873] |
Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/14) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8724 |
From Francis Galton [before 28 May 1873]
Summary
Collecting information about antecedents of eminent men of science. Sends questionnaire.
Author: | Francis Galton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 28 May 1873] |
Classmark: | Pearson 1914–30, 2: 177–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8889 |
To Francis Galton 28 May 1873
Summary
Comments about questionnaire CD completed for FG [for Galton’s English men of science (1874)].
Describes his early interest in collecting and his education.
Asks about determining the mean heights of two groups of men.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Galton |
Date: | 28 May 1873 |
Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/15); Pearson 1914–30, 2: 178 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8924 |
From Francis Galton 30 May 1873
Summary
Thanks CD for completed questionnaire;
answers his query about determining mean heights of men.
Author: | Francis Galton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 May 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 105: A74–A76 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8928 |
From H. M. Butler to Francis Galton 7 November 1873
Summary
Reports an incident of his "hereditary" habit of dozing, head in hand, such that he scratches his nose.
Author: | Henry Montagu Butler |
Addressee: | Francis Galton |
Date: | 7 Nov 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 1c |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9136 |
Galton, Francis | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Butler, H. M. | (1) |
Galton, Francis | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Huggins, William | (1) |
Galton, Francis | (6) |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Butler, H. M. | (1) |
Huggins, William | (1) |