Personal and Family Papers

Date:
1612-1926
Reference:
GALTON/1
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Papers relating to the personal history of Sir Francis Galton, and Galton and Darwin family history.



This section contains:

Records of Francis Galton's childhood; studies in Boulogne, Birmingham, Cambridge and London; travels in Europe and Africa; and later years.

Material relating to Galton and Darwin family history and genealogies.

Papers of and relating to Erasmus Darwin, Samuel Tertius Galton, and Charles Darwin.

Correspondence between Francis Galton and his family.

Publication/Creation

1612-1926

Physical description

31 boxes

Arrangement

This section is arranged into five series:

  • Family History and Correspondence
  • Biographical Papers
  • Francis Galton's Travels
  • Francis Galton's Family Correspondence
  • Acquired Papers and Books
  • Location of duplicates

    A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

    Terms of use

    The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

    Where to find it

    Location of original

    The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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