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Reference numberMC/16/34
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Francis Galton, Chairman of the Kew Committee, 42 Rutland Gate, to William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, President of the Royal Society
CreatorGalton; Sir; Francis (1822-1911); British statistician; human geneticist; eugenicist
Date29 April 1893
DescriptionKew Committee have elected Charles Chree to be Superintendent of the Kew Observatory.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7708Galton; Sir; Francis (1822 - 1911); statistician, human geneticist and eugenicist1822 - 1911
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist1824 - 1907
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