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RefNoNLB/13/552
AltRefNoNLB/13 p333
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Francis Galton, Fellow of the Royal Society
Date6 October 1896
Description[Copy script faded and part of copy letter paper torn] Encloses the reply received from Professor Karl Pearson to the suggestion made in Galton's report [not attached]. Asks Galton to note any suggestions that should be given in reply, as the anonymity of referees must be preserved. If Galton thinks the paper can go forward as it stands Harrison asks to know at once.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7708Galton; Sir; Francis (1822 - 1911); statistician, human geneticist and eugenicist1822 - 1911
NA8002Pearson; Karl (1857 - 1936); statistician and eugenicist1857 - 1936
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