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Pearson (1909) The Groundwork of Eugenics

Eugenics Laboratory Lectures number 2: Pearson, Karl. 1909. The Groundwork of Eugenics (London: Dulau and Co.). 39 pp. Second edition is 1912. Summary Delivered by Karl Pearson, F.R.S., in February and March 1909, this lecture […]

Galton and Schuster (1906) Noteworthy Families

Francis Galton and Edgar Schuster. 1906. Noteworthy Families: An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees Between Persons Whose Achievements are Honourable, and Have Been Publicly Recorded (London: John Murray). Identified as “Volume 1 of the […]

Elderton (1909) The Relative Strength of Nurture and Nature

Eugenics Laboratory Lectures number 3: Elderton, Ethel M. 1909. The Relative Strength of Nurture and Nature (London: Dulau and Co.). 40 pp. Includes two Appendices: Appendix A, ‘Home Conditions and Eyesight’, by Karl Pearson (noted as […]

Elderton (1909) On the Marriage of First Cousins

Eugenics Laboratory Lectures number 4: Elderton, Ethel M. 1909. On the Marriage of First Cousins (London: Dulau and Co.). 39 pp. (Cain suspects the 1909 edition of this volume was never printed formally in the […]

Pearson (1909) The Problem of Practical Eugenics

Eugenics Laboratory Lectures number 5: Pearson, Karl. 1909. The Problem of Practical Eugenics (London: Dulau and Co.). 38 pp. Based on a course of lectures given in May 1909. Reprinted 1910. Second edition is 1912. Summary […]

Pearson (1910) Nature and Nurture, the Problem of the Future

Eugenics Laboratory Lectures number 6: Pearson, Karl. 1910. Nature and Nurture, the Problem of the Future (London: Dulau and Co.). 31 pp. Based on Presidential address delivered on 28 April 1910, annual meeting of the Social […]

Pearson (1927) The Right of the Unborn Child

Eugenics Laboratory Lectures number 14: Pearson, Karl. 1927. The Right of the Unborn Child; Being a Lecture Delivered on November 13, 1926 to Teaching from the London County Council Schools (London: Cambridge University Press). 26 […]

Pearson (1911) The Academic Aspect of the Science of National Eugenics

Eugenics Laboratory Lectures number 7: Pearson, Karl. 1911. The Academic Aspect of the Science of National Eugenics. A Lecture Delivered to Undergraduates (London: Dulau and Co.). 27 pp. Summary Delivered by Karl Pearson, F.R.S., to […]

Pearson (1909) The Scope and Importance to the State of the Science of National Eugenics

Eugenics Laboratory Lectures number 1: Pearson, Karl. 1909. The Scope and Importance to the State of the Science of National Eugenics (London: Dulau and Co., second edition). 45 pp. Based on the Fourteenth Robert Boyle […]

Pearson (1920) The Science of Man: Its Needs and Its Prospects

Questions of the Day and of the Fray number 10: Pearson, Karl. 1920. The Science of Man: Its Needs and Its Prospects. Being the Presidential Address to Section H. of the British Association for the […]

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