Author:Francis Galton
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[edit]- Narrative of an explorer in South Africa. London. (1853) (external scan)
- The art of travel (1855) (external scan)
- Vacation tourists and notes of travel, 1861 (external scan)
- The first steps towards the domestication of animals, 1863 (external scan)
- Law of Ancestral Inheritance
- Hereditary Genius. (1869) (external scan)
- English men of science: their nature and nurture, 1874 (external scan)
- Inquiries into human faculty and its development, (1883) (external scan)
- Life history album, 1884 (external scan)
- Record of family faculties, 1884 (external scan)
- A descriptive list of anthropometric apparatus, 1887 (external scan)
- Natural Inheritance. (1889) (external scan)
- Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa, 1889 (external scan)
- Finger prints, 1892 (external scan)
- Supplementary chapter to 'Finger prints'. Decipherment of blurred finger prints, 1893 (external scan)
- Fingerprint directories, 1895 (external scan)
- Mind. With others. 1902 (external scan)
- Probability, the foundation of eugenics, 1907 (external scan)
- Memories of my life, 1908 (external scan)
Articles in Popular Science Monthly
[edit]- "On the Causes Which Operate to Create Scientific Men" in Popular Science Monthly, 3 (May 1873)
- "The History of Twins, as a Criterion of the Relative Powers of Nature and Nurture" in Popular Science Monthly, 8 (January 1876)
- "Composite Portraits" in Popular Science Monthly, 13 (August 1878)
- "Psychometric Facts" in Popular Science Monthly, 14 (April 1879)
- "Generic Images" in Popular Science Monthly, 15 (August 1879)
- "Mental Imagery" in Popular Science Monthly, 18 (November 1880)
- "The Visions of Sane Persons" in Popular Science Monthly, 19 (August 1881)
- "Measurements of Men" in Popular Science Monthly, 21 (May 1882)
- "Measurement of Character" in Popular Science Monthly, 25 (October 1884)
- "The Possible Improvement of the Human Breed Under the Existing Conditions of Law and Sentiment" in Popular Science Monthly, 60 (January 1902)
- "Probability, The Foundation of Eugenics" in Popular Science Monthly, 71 (August 1907)
Works about Galton
[edit]- "Sketch of Francis Galton" in Popular Science Monthly, 29 (May 1886)
- “The Works and Work of Francis Galton,” by Frederick Starr in The Dial Volume 15, July 1, 1893
- "Galton, Francis," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1912) in 3 vols.
- "Galton, Sir Francis, F.R.S., D.C.L.," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Galton, Sir Francis," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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