Sir W J Herschel Fingerprint Material

  • Herschel; Sir; William James (1833–1917); developer of fingerprinting and judge
Date:
1881-1893
Reference:
GALTON/2/9/6/5
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Fingerprints, correspondence and other material relating to prints from Hooghly district in India sent by Sir William J Herschel to Galton. This material was primarily used to determine whether an individual's prints change over time.

Publication/Creation

1881-1893

Physical description

3 boxes

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

Terms of use

The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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Location of original

The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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