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Galton, Sir Francis, (1822-1911), Knight, eugenist, meteorologist, psychologist

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Surname:	Galton
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Francis
Gender:	Male
Date:	1822-1911
Biography:	ODNB link for Galton, Sir Francis (1822-1911) Knight Eugenist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P161794 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P10932 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Francis Galton

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and papers	London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	GALTON	NRA 19968 Galton
2	1850-51: astronomical observations	Royal Geographical Society	JMS	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
3	papers	Oxford University: History of Science Museum		NRA 9532 Oxford scientific
4	letters and papers	Royal Society		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
5	1894-97: notebook	McGill University Archives		See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories 1975
6	1884-86: letters (10) to Oscar Browning	Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre	OB	NRA 21235 Browning
7	1877-1911: letters to AG Butler	London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS ADD 305	See Accessions to Repositories 1983
8	letters to Charles Darwin	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS DAR	NRA 11458 Darwin
9	1883-1910: letters to Millicent Lethbridge	London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS ADD 310	See Accessions to Repositories 1984
10	1861-1909: corresp with Macmillans	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 55218
11	1887-1908: corresp, mainly letters to Sir EB Poulton	Oxford University: Museum of Natural History		NRA 42507 Oxford
12	1876-1908: letters to Lord Rayleigh (11)	United States Air Force Academy, McDermott Library	MS 63/4	NRA 18694
13	1855-1902: letters (230) to Royal Geographical Society	Royal Geographical Society	RGS/CB	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
14	1868-85: letters to Sir George Stokes	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
15	letters to James Sully	London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS ADD 158	NRA 14257 Sully
16	1867-1909: Francis Galton collection	American Philosophical Society Library

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