Francis Galton: a Lifetime of Exploration
by Gavan Tredoux
A new biography of Francis Galton has been sorely needed for many years. It is now released in hardcover, softcover and kindle formats. Based on extensive international archival research and the primary sources uncovered there, every aspect of Galton's life and research program has been reexamined. A miasma of misconception is dispersed and a fund of fresh evidence made available. Two main volumes are supplemented by seven volumes containing primary material. Any profits go solely to maintaining galton.org, which is not for profit.
| Francis Galton's Nature and Nurture: 1822-1865 | Amazon (with UK edition) |
| Francis Galton's Genius: 1865-1911 | Amazon (with UK edition) |
Galton's friend Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), the Nile explorer and anthropologist, is the subject of an entire chapter in Francis Galton's Nature and Nurture. For more on Burton, see my three-volume set of his letters, which includes correspodnence with Galton: The Book of Burtoniana, now available in print too.
Supplements:
Primary and other curated materials.
| Sir Francis Sacheverel Darwin | Amazon |
| Francis Galton at Cambridge: Letters and Diaries, 1840-1844 | Amazon |
| The Diary of Charles John Andersson: 1850-1851 | Amazon |
| Francis Galton on Mars: the Discontinuous Variation Notebook | Amazon |
| Francis Galton and Alphonse de Candolle: Notes and Correspondence | Amazon |
| Francis Galton and Alfred Binet: Correspondence | Amazon |
| Francis Galton: Selected Papers, Notebooks and Diaries | Amazon |