Letters, 1870-1899.

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Letters, 1870-1899.

These few letters concern meteorology, eugenics and his other scientific work, publications, lectures, travel notes, etc. Correspondents include Hyde Clarke, Mrs. [Annie] Procter, Ernest Ravenstein, and Sir Richard Strachey.

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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...

Procter, Annie.

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Strachey, Richard, Sir, 1817-1908

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Lieutenant general of the Royal Bengal Engineers. From the description of Letters, 1867-1903. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41546360 From the description of Papers, 1871-1905. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20400113 1836-1839 2nd lieutenant, Bombay Engineers; 1839 Bengal Engineers; 1841 lieutenant; 1843 executive engineer, Ganges Canal; 1854 captain; 1854 elected fellow of the Royal Society; 1856 under-secretary, Public ...

Ravenstein, Ernst Georg, 1834-1913

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Clarke, Hyde, 1815-1895

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