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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
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Reference Number PEARSON/8/20/1
TitleDarwin, Charles Robert to Francis Galton; and Horace Darwin, 1853-1880
Datec1911-1914
DescriptionCopies of letters from Charles Darwin to Francis Galton, 1853-1880, regarding Art of Travel; techniques for lighting fires; Hereditary Genius; proposed pangenesis experiments; keeping and breeding rabbits; number and colour visualisations; hereditary improvement; experiments with peas; criticising Galton's theory of hereditary; on Galton's twin studies; and observations on the tracks of earthworms. Also included is a copy letter from Darwin to Howard Darwin, dated Dec 1871, enquiring after his health.
Extent14 letters
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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