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The Francis Galton Eugenics Laboratory 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GOWER STREET, W.C. 



The Laboratory, founded by Sir Francis Galton, is under the 

 supervision of Professor Karl Pearson, F.R.S. 



Galton Research Fellow : David Heron, ]\I.A., D.Sc. Galton 

 Research Scholar : Ethel M. Elderton. Computer : Amy Barrington. 

 Assistant for Pedigree Drafting : Kathleen T. Ryley. Hon. Sec. : 

 H. Gertrude Jones. 



National Eugenics is the study of agencies tmder social co7itrol, that 

 may improve or impair the racial qualities of future ge?ierations, either 

 physically or mentally. 



It is the intention of the Founder, that the Laboratory shall serve 

 (i) as a storehouse of statistical material bearing on the mental and 

 physical conditions in man, and the relation of these conditions to 

 inheritance and environment; (ii) as a centre for the publication 

 or other form of distribution of information concerning National 

 Eugenics ; (iii) as a school for training and assisting research-workers 

 in the special problems of Eugenics. 



Short courses are provided for those who are engaged in social, 

 medical, or anthropometric work. 



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