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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelItem
Reference Number GALTON/2/9/6/13/29
TitleHenry, E R
Date1894-1902
DescriptionLetters from E R Henry, Inspector General of Police, Bengal, to Galton regarding measurement, identity and fingerprints. Includes a draft of a letter from Galton to Henry and notes by Galton on a visit by Henry to the Anthropological Laboratory. Also includes a report titled "Note on Finger Impressions" by E R Henry dated 1895 recomending the use of fingerprints as identification; and a report by Henry dated 1896 on the progress of the anthropometric systems for identifying individuals.
Extent19 letters plus 2 enclosures and notes 1 folio
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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