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Galton, Sir Francis, (1822-1911), Knight, eugenist, meteorologist, psychologist

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Surname: Galton
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Francis
Gender: Male
Date: 1822-1911
Biography: ODNB link for Galton, Sir Francis (1822-1911) Knight Eugenist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P161794 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P10932 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Francis Galton
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
NRA 19968 Galton
2
1850-51: astronomical observations
Royal Geographical Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
3
papers
Oxford University: History of Science Museum
NRA 9532 Oxford scientific
4
letters and papers
Royal Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
5
1894-97: notebook
McGill University Archives
See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories 1975
6
1884-86: letters (10) to Oscar Browning
Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre
NRA 21235 Browning
7
1877-1911: letters to AG Butler
UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1983
8
letters to Charles Darwin
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
NRA 11458 Darwin
9
1883-1910: letters to Millicent Lethbridge
UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1984
10
1861-1909: corresp with Macmillans
British Library, Manuscript Collections
11
1887-1908: corresp, mainly letters to Sir EB Poulton
Oxford University: Museum of Natural History
NRA 42507 Oxford
12
1876-1908: letters to Lord Rayleigh (11)
United States Air Force Academy, McDermott Library
NRA 18694
13
1855-1902: letters (230) to Royal Geographical Society
Royal Geographical Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
14
1868-85: letters to Sir George Stokes
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
NRA 20700 Stokes
15
letters to James Sully
UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
NRA 14257 Sully
16
1867-1909: Francis Galton collection
American Philosophical Society Library