Index 



635 



Barclay, Robert (the Apologist), I 10, scholarship and 

 character of, I 27, 28; in London, I 35 



Barclay, Robert (father of Lucy Barclay), I 10; portrait 

 of, 1 30 Plate XXIV 



Barclai/, < 'apt. Hubert (the pedestrian and athlete), I 10, 

 30; portrait of, I 30 Hate XXIV 



Barings, the, a noteworthy family, III A 113 



Barlow, logograph of, II 192 



BaromeU r, limited use of, II 55 



Barometric prediction of weather, II 54, 55 



Barrington, - 1 m y, work and assistance of, I viii, III A 305, 

 314, 322, 368, 372, 387, 426 



Barron, Gallon consults with, II1 B 529 

 ■■■■-•, Miss, work of, III* 426 



Barik, and an African memorial, II 25; geographical 

 discoveries of, II 31, 71 



Bartlett, and experiments on pangenesis, II 159 



•s, finger-prints of, 111* 193; language and habits 

 of, I11 A 279; Galton's appreciation of, 1I1 B 564 



Basset Hounds, law of ancestral heredity applied to, 

 I1I A 40-44, IIl B 503 



Bateson, II'., on evolution committee of Roy. Soc., 

 lll A 126, 127. 290. 291; as referee at Koy. Soc., 

 1 1 l A 241 ; and ( Chun's views. III A 81, 82, 86; and the 

 foundation of ■!Siometrika,'III A 100; on actuarial and 

 experimental methods, I1I A 260, 288; on scientific 

 knowledge, 1I1 A 288; hostility of, III A 383, 388, 

 111" 528: in the Report of the Hybrid Conference, 

 III* 314; on sports, 111* 120; at the Darwin-Wallace 

 celebration of the Linnean Soc, III A 340; and the 

 Darwin Commemoration, III A 369; on horse colour, 

 III" 561; (Saltan's letter to, on Eugenics, III* 220, 

 22 1 ; letter of, to Evelyne Biggs, 1 1 I* 288 

 . Mrs II .. assistance of, III A 220, 288 



Bath Chair, Galton enjoys, III s 587, 595, 596, 600, etc. 



Bait, J as far, a strenuous Quaker, I 35, 37, 59 



r, on hair colour and liability to disease, II 354, 371 



Bayonets, source of name, III B 666 



Beale, l)r J., in letter to Boyle, II 229 



Bearcrofi, II .. units Galton in Egypt, IU B 519 



'Beauty-map,' Galton's project of, II 341 



Beddoe, l>r. sod anthropology, II 334; on medical life 

 histories, II 359; paper of, for ' Biometrika,' III A 249, 

 256; on Galton's sense of humour, II 310 



md fertility, 111*218; andsweet-peas, 111*325,326 

 and (rasps, Wallace on. Ill-*- 370 

 and the 'long drop,' II 407, los 



. for testing, II 297. See also Creeds 

 tct, on identification of criminals in Vienna, 

 II1 A 148 



/,'/ roc rs, am ristics of, I 203 



Beren Ptolemy III, portrait of, and composite, 



II 296 Plate XI. II 



fiMiiilis dans l'accomplissement des 

 foncti itrices...,' 11 142, 143 



aerie images, II 298 



Bernoulli, Chr., uses word 'Biometrie,' III 15 500 



Bertit Terrace (home of Galton's mother and of his 

 sisters in Leamington), visits to, II 88, and in most 

 years; last risit, III B 570 



Hon, his system of identification of criminals, 

 II 301, 306, 380, 383, 397, 398, 1II A 5, 66, 140-142, 

 144, 160 152, 155, 187, 188, 199; letter of, to Galton, 

 II l A III. 146; letter of, to Dr Faulds, 1II A 144; 

 vanity of, 111* 249 



•BertiUonage,' III* 140, 144, 148-153,159,187, 188,200 



Besant.SirW'nlti r, and tin- 1 niversityof London, III-* 289 

 Galton procures the vase with the God upon it, 

 I 202; presented to the British Museum, II1 B 473; 

 casts of the vase, III s 473 



Beverley, and use of finger-prints in India, III A 147 



Bewick, T., his thumb mark, III A 175; vignette of 

 churchyard, III B 580 



Biarritz, Galton at, III B 553-559 



ilirhiiell, Mr, stays with Galton, III B 587, 588 



Bidder, G., experiments with, II 195-196; number form 

 of, II 242, III B 469; inherited faculty of, II 276; at 

 Plymouth Aquarium, III B 579 



Biggs, Evelyne ('Eva,' great-niece to Galton), plans to 

 be much with Galton, III B 512, 520-522; to live with 

 Galton, IIIB 520; with Galton, III A 279, 280, 282, 285, 

 287, 310, 324, 360, 374, 375, 388, 389, 391, 429, 433, 

 III B 447, 449, etc.; travels with Galton, III B 507-512, 

 515-519, 520-522; her care of Galton, III B 595, 617, 

 etc.; Galton's appreciation of, III B 512, 513, etc.; 

 first ride in a motor car, II I B 547; on Eugenics 

 Education Soc, III* 433; Galton's letter to, on 

 family prayers, III* 271 ; Galton's letters to, III B 577, 

 597, 603, 605, 612; Bateson's letter to, III* 288; 

 Mir Archibald Geikie's letters to, III B 617; letters of, 

 to Karl Pearson, III A 433, III B 618; to Lady PeUy, 

 III* 433; to Perry Coste, III B 618; sketches of, 

 III* 278; becomes a Roman Catholic, II1 B 604, 605; 

 health of, III B 583, 605, etc.; portrays the per- 

 sonality of Galton, III B 618; portrait of, IHb 507 

 Plate L1II; with Galton at Ockham, III B Plato 

 LVlll; sketches of Francis Galton, II viii, 425 



Biggs, Rev. G. H., father of Eva Biggs, III B 512 



Billiards, and thought without words, II 274 



Billings, Dr, and composite crania, II 294 



Binet, A., and 'Psychologic des Grands Calculateurs et 

 Joueurs d'lSchecs,' II 275 



Binomial Polygon, and normal curve, II 338, 339; and 

 statistics of stature, II 339 



Biographer, dilliiulties and duties of, I v-ix, 1-4, II v, 

 88, III* vii, 413 



Biographers mislead, III* 277 



Evangelical of Middleton, II 100, 101 

 vphical Register, Galton's, II 355 



Biological Farm, proposition for, III* 133, 134. See also 

 Experimental Farm, Biometrie Farm 



Biologists, mechanical aptitude in, II 151; and Bio- 

 metry, III* 254, 256, 283, 286, 287 



Biology, and Galton, II 62; source of Galton's interest 

 in, II 201; future of, III B 501 



Biometrie Farm, nerd for, III* 251 



Biometrie Laboratory, III A 224; and Eugenics Record 

 Office, 11 l A 258, 297-299; and Eugenics Laboratory, 

 III* 296-299, 303-305, 315; motto of, II 233; 

 apparatus used in, III* 308; post-graduates in, 

 III* 345, 356 



Biometrie Soiree, III* 335, III B 605 



Biometricians, future outlook for, III* 381 : on holiday, 

 III A 277, 280, 322, 342, 368, 369, 388 -390, 111" 441, 

 527, 528, 583 



•Biometrika,' and Galton, II 69, III* 248-250, 325; 

 foundation of, III* 100-102, 235, 241, 243-245, 248, 

 281, 285, 319; guaranteed fund for, III* 214, 245, 

 250; early struggles of, III* 239, 254, 256; first 

 proofs of, III* 246, 247; vol. 11 of, III* 251 ; progress 

 of. III* 368, 425, 431; re.-onstitutioi, of, III* 281, 

 302; skull photographs in, III* 257: definition of 

 technical terms in, III* 334; new year greeting to 

 Galton in. III* 394; Royal Societj and, III* 283; 

 Biologists and, 111* 254; 'Journ. of Anthropological 

 Institute' and, 111 A 247; Weldon memorial and, 

 III* 285,301 



Biometry, and the Royal Society, 1 1 l A 100, 101; early 

 dilliiulties of, HI* 101, 282, 283, 280-288; Bateson's 

 contempt for, 111* 288; Mendelism and, III* 357, 

 358; Eugenics a branch of, 111* 309; loss of Weldon 

 to, III* 280 



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