Noteworthy Families (Modern Science), Vol. 1: An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees Between Persons Whose Achievements Are Honourable, and Have Been Publicly Recorded (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Francis Galton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332170501 ISBN 13: 9781332170500

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Excerpt from Noteworthy Families (Modern Science), Vol. 1: An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees Between Persons Whose Achievements Are Honourable, and Have Been Publicly Recorded The brief biographical notices of sixty-six noteworthy families printed in this book are compiled from replies to a circular issued by me in the spring of 1904 to all living Fellows of the Royal Society. Those that first arrived were discussed in "Nature," August 11, 1904. On Mr. Schuster's appointment by the University of London, in October, 1904, to the Research Fellowship in National Eugenics, all my materials were placed in his hand. He was to select from them those families that contained at least three noteworthy kinsmen, to compile lists of their achievements on the model of the above-mentioned memoir, to verify statements as far as possible, and to send what he wrote for final approval by the authors of the several replies. This was done by Mr. Schuster. The results were then submitted by him as an appendix to his Report to the Senate last summer. After preliminary arrangements, it was determined by the Senate that the list of noteworthy families should be published according to the title-page of this book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1332170501
• ISBN 13: 9781332170500
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144