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WCP4153

Letter (WCP4153.4174)

[1]

Doveshill Cottage,

Ensbury Park,

Bournemouth.

July 18th 1928.

Dear Prof Pearson,1

Thank you for the copies of the two further letters from my father to Sir F. Galton.2 I am glad to give permission for their publication in the forthcoming volume of Galton's Life.3

Yours faithfully, | W. G. Wallace4 [signature]

Prof Karl Pearson F.R.S. &c

University College.

1
Pearson, Karl (1857-1936). British biostatistician and mathematician.
2
Galton, Francis (1822-1911). British biostatistician, polymath and founder of eugenics. One of the key figures in 19th Century research into heredity. Half-cousin of Charles Darwin.
3
Pearson, Karl. 1930. The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton. Cambridge University Press, London.
4
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951). Son of ARW.

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Transcribed by Anonymous [2014-03-03] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4153,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4153