| Description | <p>Letters, mainly manuscript, some typescript. Consists primarily of correspondence to Walter Frank Raphael Weldon and his wife Florence Joy Weldon (née Tebb), but also contains a letter from F J Weldon to E M Elderton, and letters from W F R Weldon to Eva Biggs and Alice Lee. A substantial part of the correspondence in this series comprises letters from Karl Pearson to W F R and F J Weldon.</p>
<p>Subjects covered in this series include, statistical work on inheritance, variation and selection in various plant and animal species, such as poppies, mice and snails, matters concerning the Pearson, Weldon and Tebb families, controversies with the Mendelians, and the establishment and growth of <i>Biometrika</i>.</p> |