| | 1 | Author: | Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 | | | | | Naturalist. Apprentice watchmaker, 1838-1839; assistant surveyor, 1839-1844, surveyor, 1846-1848; master, Leicester Collegiate School, 1844-1846; travels to Amazonia, 1848-1852, Malay Archipelago, 1854-1862; writer, public lecturer on evolution, natural history, politics, and social reform, 1862-1913 | |
| | | Title: | Letter to the secretary of the Anthropological Institute
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1 November 1899 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Photographs | | | | Source: | E. M. Moore Autograph Collection (B M781) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 2 | Author: | Galton, Francis, 1822-1911 | | | | | Explorer, independent scientific writer and scholar, founder of eugenics. Galton was an important participant in the councils of 19th-century British science, and his writings on the inheritance of intellectual skills influenced many human biologists and physical anthropologists. In particular, Galton's researches into the comparative roles of human nature and nurture in shaping social behavior and achievement led to the founding of the eugenics movement. | |
| | | Title: | Letter from Francis Galton to Miss Goodrich
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 19 June 1899 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Eugenics | | | | Source: | E. M. Moore Autograph Collection (B M781) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
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