Sir Francis Galton correspondence (MS 81), 1894-1936 (bulk) 1894-1907.

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Sir Francis Galton correspondence (MS 81), 1894-1936 (bulk) 1894-1907.

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The correspondence includes manuscript, signed cards and letters written to Mrs. Maud Clark Gardiner between 1894 and 1907. The letters are chiefly concerned with the new practice of finger-printing, particularly in regard to the fingerprinting of children and infants. Also included is a short clipping on the subject written by Galton. A letter from Dr. Francis Ramaley of the University of Colorado, Department of Biology, dated August 14, 1936, reviews the contents and donor.

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University of Colorado Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

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Gardiner, Dorothy, 1894-1979

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Gardiner was born on Nov. 5, 1894 in Naples, Italy; attended Univ. of Colorado; served as executive secretary of the Mystery Writers of America, 1950-57; wrote several historical and mystery novels, including The transatlantic ghost (133), A drink for Mr. Cherry (1934), The golden lady (1935), Snow-water (1939), The great betrayal (1949), What crime is it? (1956), and The seventh mourner (1958); she died on Dec. 4, 1979 in Buffalo, NY. From the description of Research notes for West ...

Ramaley, Francis, 1870-1942

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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...

Gardiner, Maud Clark

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