WCP4153

Letter (WCP4153.4174)

[1]1

Doveshill Cottage,

Ensbury Park,

Bournemouth.

July 18th 1928.

Dear Prof[essor] Pearson2,

Thank you for the copies of the two further letters from my father to Sir F. Galton3. I am glad to give permission for their publication in the forthcoming volume of Galton's Life4.

Yours faithfully, | W. G. Wallace5 [signature]

Prof[essor] Karl Pearson F.R.S. &c

University College.

1
In the bottom right of page one of the manuscript, a circular stamp has "UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON | PEARSON PAPERS" printed in the outer ring, and "598" handwritten in the inner ring.
2
Pearson, Karl (1857-1936). English mathematician and biometrician.
3
Galton, Sir Francis (1822-1911). English polymath.
4
Life of Francis Galton. Biography written by Karl Pearson, published in three volumes in 1914, 1924 and 1930.
5
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951). Youngest of 3 children of Alfred Russel Wallace.

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