| Description | <p>Consists of letters from Karl Pearson to his mother, Fanny Pearson. Refers to his father as "Govr" or "Pater"</p>
<li>Folder 1 : 1865-1880</li>
<p>Letters concerning study at Hitchin Vicarage [home of Lewis Hensley], activities when staying at Dewhurst Lodge and Mr Gee, diary of stay at Brighton (1869), letters whilst staying at Hitchen (1873), visit to Arthur at Cambridge, letter from Kikuchi mentioning debate on women's rights (19 Nov 1873), letter to William Pearson, exams and tutors, worry about mother and ailments, letters from Merton Hall, life at Cambridge, trip around Europe (1877). There are no letters for 1878. Letters about studying in Germany (1879), back at King's College (1880).</p>
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<li>Folder 2 : 1881-1886</li>
<p>Cramming for Bar exam (1881), stay in Heidelberg and Saig (1881), Blackheath lectures, disappointment over a Rossetti picture for a birthday present, About Carlyle (1882), abroad with Ralph Thicknesse (1883), Saig visit (1884), threat of cholera (1884), death of James Norton Smith (Uncle Jake - 1884), Amy's fainting attacks, Arthur's wedding present, offered a home if his father retires to Cornwall (1885), Robert Parker's marriage, Arthur and his work, mention of letter from Mrs Cobb and Mrs Fawcett to PMG [Pall Mall Gazette] (1885), Henry Bradshaw's death (1886), trip to Innsbruck with Mr Gee, Fanny in Switzerland.</p>
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<li>Folder 3 : 1887-1890</li>
<p>Suggests home in Hampstead if father decides to live in Yorkshire (1887), stay at Saig (1887), furnishing Christ Church Cottage (1888), the word 'elastician' invented by him, which has just been adopted in France (1888), Arthur should see a specialist, Norwegian studies have stopped because Zollers had to leave (1888), in Norway with Ralph Thicknesse (1889), marriage proposal to Maria Sharpe (29/30 Jul 1889), back in Saig (1889), Arthur ill, reasons for choosing Maria Sharpe (27 Aug 1889), Robert Parker visit and travel, wedding details (Jun 1890), trip to Norway (1890).</p>
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<li>Folder 4 : 1890-1895</li>
<p>Fanny's rheumatism, Gresham lectures, Mia and baby Sigrid (1891), Association for a Professorial University (1892), Royal Society paper delivery and publication, family news, holidays news from Eastbourne and Devon, house-hunting, illnesses, telegram announcing Egon's birth (11 Aug 1895) ' pronounced 'Age-gon', Mrs Sharpe's death.</p>
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<li>Folder 5 : 1896-1906</li>
<p>Arthur's funeral (d 9 Jan 1896. See PEARSON/1/3/2 for letters to William Pearson and obituary), house-hunting Reddington Road, trip to Norway (1896), neglecting her health (1897), family history research in Yorkshire, heath problems for Amy, holiday in the Lake District (1898), Egon reminds him of Arthur (1898), Sigrid and Egon with whooping cough (1899), move to Great Missenden, listing the work he was doing (2 Jul 1900), started reading 'Ivanhoe' to Sigrid (1900), first issue of <i>Biometrika</i> (1901), need for a nurse (1902), receiving Huxley Medal (1902)</p> |