Elizabeth Anne Wheler: Reminiscences of my early life 1905-1906

Galton Samuel Tertius 1783-1844

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Galton family

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Wheler Elizabeth Anne 1808-1906

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Elizabeth Anne Wheler

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Elizabeth Anne Wheler (1808-1906), eldest daughter of the banker Samuel Tertius Galton (1783-1844) and his wife, Frances Anne Violetta Darwin (1783-1874), was the wife of Edward Wheler. From the guide to the Elizabeth Anne Wheler: Reminiscences of my early life, 1905-1906, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) ...

Galton, Francis, 1822-1911

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Eugenicist. Fellow of the Royal Society. Born in Birmingham, England, educated in Boulogne, Kenilworth and King Edward's School, Birmingham; trained in medicine at Birmingham General Hospital and Kings College London until 1840; B. A. Trinity College, Cambridge. A generous inheritance allowed him to devote his life to travel, and to the study of a succession of virtually unexplored fields: the weather; physical and mental characteristics in man and animals; the influence of heredity on them; her...

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Galton Frances Anne Violetta 1783-1874

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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

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Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. His father, Robert Waring Darwin (1766-1848), was a physician, the son of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), a poet, philosopher, and naturalist. Robert established a successful medical practice in Shrewsbury where he was known for his kindness extended to the poor. He was financially quite successful and willing to support his sons in their various endeavors. Although not a prolific writer, he was elected to the Royal Society ...