Search: 1870-1879::1876 in date 
Galton, Francis in correspondent 
Sorted by:

Showing 16 of 6 items

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Galton
Date:
13 Jan [1876]
Source of text:
DAR 202: 54
Summary:

Thanks FG for his report [on the statistical validity of CD’s experiments; see Cross and self-fertilisation, pp. 16–18]. Discusses FG’s comments, his own experiments, and the means by which the results may be analysed.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
thumbnail
From:
Francis Galton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Feb 1876
Source of text:
DAR 76: B3–B11
Summary:

Sends packets of seeds of peas of different sizes [i.e., weights] for CD’s experiments; identifies size of the seeds that produced them. FG is experimenting "in the same direction" and is curious how his results will compare with CD’s.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
thumbnail
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Galton
Date:
2 Mar [1876]
Source of text:
UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/2/1/157)
Summary:

Sends signed enclosure.

FG will hear of germination of peas in a few days.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Francis Galton
Date:
3 March 1876
Source of text:
  • University College London, Special Collections: Galton 191 (folder 2), Box 142
  • Pearson, K. (1924). In: The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [p. 187]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Francis Galton
Date:
4 August 1876
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB6 1871-80 WALLACE A. RUSSEL
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
Francis Galton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Dec 1876
Source of text:
DAR 105: A96
Summary:

Gives another instance of curious habit in the Butler family.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
thumbnail