English mathematician, biometrician, and eugenicist (1857–1936)

viii, 119 pages : frontispiece (facsimiles) ; 28 cm

A bibliography of the statistical and other writings of Karl Pearson / compiled by G.M. Morant, with the assistance of B.L. Welch.

A list of the papers and correspondence of Karl Pearson (1857-1936) held in the Manuscripts Room University College London Library / compiled by M. Merrington [and others].

Karl Pearson : the scientific life in a statistical age / Theodore M. Porter.

Karl Pearson, 1857-1957 : the centenary celebration at University College, London, 13 May 1957 / The address by J.B.S. Haldane, and other speeches.

vii, 401 leaves : illustrations, map ; 30 cm

Karl Pearson : evolutionary biology and the emergence of a modern theory of statistics (1884-1936) / M. Eileen Magnello.

Darwinism, medical progress and eugenics : the Cavendish lecture, 1912 an address to the medical profession / by Karl Pearson.

The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton / by Karl Pearson.

Mendelism and the problem of mental defect.

31 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates ; 22 cm

Nature and nurture, the problem of the future : a presidential address delivered by Karl Pearson at the annual meeting of the Social and Political Education League, April 28, 1910.

Beiträge zur Hämophilie : Inaugural-Dissertation ... öffentlich vertheidigen wird Heinrich Löns / Referent, Prof. Dr. von Bramann ; Opponenten Albert Braetz, Paul Römer.

39 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.

The groundwork of eugenics / by Karl Pearson, F.R.S.

40 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 22 cm.

The problem of practical eugenics / by Karl Pearson.

40 pages, 6 unnumbered folded plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Social problems : their treatment, past, present, and future  : (a lecture delivered at the Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics, March 19, 1912) / by Karl Pearson.

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Nature and nurture, the problem of the future : a presidential address delivered by Karl Pearson at the annual meeting of the Social and Political Education League, April 28, 1910.

Beiträge zur Hämophilie : Inaugural-Dissertation ... öffentlich vertheidigen wird Heinrich Löns / Referent, Prof. Dr. von Bramann ; Opponenten Albert Braetz, Paul Römer.

The groundwork of eugenics / by Karl Pearson, F.R.S.

The problem of practical eugenics / by Karl Pearson.

Social problems : their treatment, past, present, and future : (a lecture delivered at the Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics, March 19, 1912) / by Karl Pearson.

A bibliography of the statistical and other writings of Karl Pearson / compiled by G.M. Morant, with the assistance of B.L. Welch.

A list of the papers and correspondence of Karl Pearson (1857-1936) held in the Manuscripts Room University College London Library / compiled by M. Merrington [and others].

Karl Pearson : the scientific life in a statistical age / Theodore M. Porter.

Karl Pearson, 1857-1957 : the centenary celebration at University College, London, 13 May 1957 / The address by J.B.S. Haldane, and other speeches.

Karl Pearson : evolutionary biology and the emergence of a modern theory of statistics (1884-1936) / M. Eileen Magnello.

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Images from the collections

Images by Karl Pearson

Works from the collections

Nature and nurture, the problem of the future : a presidential address delivered by Karl Pearson at the annual meeting of the Social and Political Education League, April 28, 1910.

Beiträge zur Hämophilie : Inaugural-Dissertation ... öffentlich vertheidigen wird Heinrich Löns / Referent, Prof. Dr. von Bramann ; Opponenten Albert Braetz, Paul Römer.

The groundwork of eugenics / by Karl Pearson, F.R.S.

The problem of practical eugenics / by Karl Pearson.

Social problems : their treatment, past, present, and future : (a lecture delivered at the Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics, March 19, 1912) / by Karl Pearson.

A bibliography of the statistical and other writings of Karl Pearson / compiled by G.M. Morant, with the assistance of B.L. Welch.

A list of the papers and correspondence of Karl Pearson (1857-1936) held in the Manuscripts Room University College London Library / compiled by M. Merrington [and others].

Karl Pearson : the scientific life in a statistical age / Theodore M. Porter.

Karl Pearson, 1857-1957 : the centenary celebration at University College, London, 13 May 1957 / The address by J.B.S. Haldane, and other speeches.

Karl Pearson : evolutionary biology and the emergence of a modern theory of statistics (1884-1936) / M. Eileen Magnello.

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