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Schuster and Elderton (1907) The Inheritance of Ability

Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs 1: Schuster, Edgar and Elderton, Ethel Mary. 1907. The Inheritance of Ability: Being a Statistical Study of the Oxford Class Lists and of the School Lists of Harrow and Charterhouse (London: Dulau and […]

G. K. Chesterton. 1922. What is Eugenics? essay

G.K. Chesterton’s essay “What Is Eugenics?” (1922)

G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was a well-known essayist in Britain during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a critic of eugenics, as well as a critic of many other issues. Chesterton’s essay, “What […]

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Columbia Biological Series, 1894-1974

The Columbia Biological Series (1894-1974) was produced by the Department of Biology (later Zoology) of Columbia University, New York, and spanned a wide range of topics within the biological sciences. This paper provides a bibliography […]

Albert Edward Wiggam 1927 Shall I Marry This Man?

Albert Edward Wiggam’s 1927 “Shall I Marry This Man?”

Albert Edward Wiggam (1871-1957) was an American psychologist and populariser of eugenics. He was called “one of the most influential promoters of eugenic thought”. He had exceptional skills as a popular lecturer (Wikipedia). Wiggam was the […]

Rhodes (1921) On the Relationship of the Condition of the Teeth in Children to Factors of Health and Home Environment

Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs 7: Rhodes, Edmund Cecil. 1921. On the Relationship of the Condition of the Teeth in Children to Factors of Health and Home Environment (London: Cambridge University Press). 80 pp. Prefatory Note by […]

Stocks (1924) Blood Pressure in Early Life. A Statistical Study

Stocks, Percy assisted by Mary Noel Karn. 1924. Blood Pressure in Early Life. A Statistical Study (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). 88 pp. Studies in National Deterioration number 11

Karn and Pearson (1922) Study of the Data Provided by a Baby-Clinic in a Large Manufacturing Town

Karn, Mary Noel, and Karl Pearson. 1922. Study of the Data Provided by a Baby-Clinic in a Large Manufacturing Town (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). 128 pp. Studies in National Deterioration number 10 Item not yet available.

Wiliams et al. (1914) A Statistical Study of Oral Temperatures in School Children with Special Reference to Parental, Environmental, and Class Differences

Williams, Mary H. [sic: Frances], Julia Bell, and Karl Pearson. 1914. A Statistical Study of Oral Temperatures in School Children with Special Reference to Parental, Environmental, and Class Differences (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). 124 pp. […]

Elderton and Perry (1913) A Fourth Study of the Statistics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: The Mortality of the Tuberculous

Elderton, W. Palin, and Sidney J. Perry. 1913. A Fourth Study of the Statistics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: The Mortality of the Tuberculous: Sanatorium and Tuberculin Treatment. Based on (i.) Dr. Lawrason Brown’s Adirondack Sanitarium data. […]

Snow (1911) The Intensity of Natural Selection in Man

Snow, Ernest C. 1911. The Intensity of Natural Selection in Man (London: Dulau and Co.). 43 pp. Includes Prefatory Note by Karl Pearson, p. 2. This publication was submitted by Snow to University of London […]

Professor Joe Cain

UCL Professor of History and Philosophy of Biology

Year: 2021