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Lionel Penrose 1934 Influence of Heredity on Disease

Reception of Lionel Penrose’s Study on “Mental Deficiency” in 1930s Britain

This essay examines the reception by the medical and eugenic communities of Lionel Penrose’s research on “mental deficiency” in the 1930s. In 1928 Lionel Penrose began work at the Royal Eastern Counties Institution in Colchester, […]

GALT364 on display in “We Are Not Alone” exhibition at Wiener Holocaust Library, September 2021. Close-up.

Charles Darwin’s Pedigree As Described By Karl Pearson

Charles Darwin’s pedigree was one of the premiere objects on display in the recent “We Are Not Alone” exhibition at Wiener Holocaust Library in September 2021, superbly curated by Professor Marius Turda. Darwin’s pedigree was present in the form of a large, framed genealogy – an item loaned from UCL Science Collections. It […]