Indian Fingerprints, Chimpanzee Fingerprints and Analysis

Date:
1892-1895
Reference:
GALTON/2/9/6/3/4
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Thumbprints of inmates at Bhagalpur Central Jail, India, fingerprints of prisoners taken at other jails in India, letters from F Howard Collins to Galton regarding data extracted from the sets of fingerprints of different racial groups, fingerprints of Toda people, and fingerprints of a chimpanzee.

Publication/Creation

1892-1895

Physical description

5 items

Location of duplicates

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

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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.

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Location of original

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.

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