Draft Conclusion to Hereditary Genius

Galton's draft conclusions for Hereditary Genius, including discussion of the nature nurture debate, conditions which might affect the achievement of fame, and a summary of his attempt to show the degree to which fame can be used as a test of ability.

Several of the folios are loose, and it appears that several folios have been cut out and are missing. The bottom half of ff 2 and the top half of ff 3 are missing.

c1865-c1869

1 exercise book

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.