1st Edition

Memories of My Life (Routledge Revivals)

By Francis Galton Copyright 1908
    354 Pages
    by Routledge

    354 Pages
    by Routledge

    Memories of my Life, first published in 1908, is an autobiography by the psychologist, anthropologist, geographer, and inventor Sir Francis Galton. This book contains a detailed account of Galton’s life, and will be of interest to students of Victorian history.

    1. Parentage  2. Childhood and Boyhood  3. Medical Studies  4. Short Tour to the East  5. Cambridge  6. Egypt and the Soudan  7. Syria  8. Hunting and Shooting  9. South-West Africa  10. Lands of the Damaras, Ovampo, and Namaquas  11. After Return Home – Marriage  12. "Art of Travel"  13. Social Life  14. Geography and East Africa  15. British Association  16. Kew Observatory and Meteorology  17. Anthropometric Laboratories  18. Composite Portraits and Stereoscopic Maps  19. Human Faculty  20. Heredity  21. Race Improvement;  Appendix;  Principle Awards and Degrees;  Index

    Biography

    Francis Galton