RefNo | MC/16/5 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from Francis Galton, 42 Rutland Gate, to Professor [Michael] Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society |
Creator | Galton; Sir; Francis (1822-1911); British statistician; human geneticist; eugenicist |
Date | 31 January 1893 |
Description | Galton informs Foster that Mr [George Matthews] Whipple will have to retire from the post of Superintendent of the Kew Observatory due to ill health. This raises questions of a pension, and the possibility of paying Whipple's doctors bill by a gift from the Scientific Relief Fund of the Royal Society. |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7708 | Galton; Sir; Francis (1822 - 1911); statistician, human geneticist and eugenicist | 1822 - 1911 |
NA8220 | Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist | 1836 - 1907 |