Noteworthy Families

Papers relating to Galton's publication Noteworthy Families (London: John Murray; 1906), consisting of:

Returned "Ability in Families" schedules, completed by Fellows of the Royal Society.

Biographical notes and letters from Fellows of the Royal Society.

Galton's notes, calculations and summaries of the returned data.

Working papers of Galton, Ethel Elderton and Edgar Schuster, including correspondence.

Drafts and proofs of Noteworthy Families.

Material for an unpublished second volume of Noteworthy Families.

1903-1906

7 files plus 1 item

Noteworthy Families contained biographical summaries of families of Fellows of the Royal Society, compiled from data collected by Galton through the circulation of the "Ability in Families" schedules. Work on the publication was aided by staff at the Eugenic Research Office, Edgar Schuster [Galton Research Fellow] and Ethel Elderton [Secretary, later Research Scholar].

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.