Portrait of Sir Francis Galton
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                                1890s
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Francis Galton (1822, British) , Geneticist
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Eveleen W. H. Myers (1850, British) , Photographer
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                height (print): 280mm
width (print): 250mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (print): 250mm
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                                Head and shoulders portrait of Francis Galton turned slightly to the right. He is shown wearing a heavy jacket and waistcoat with a white shirt and a spotted bowtie. Some of the other images from this photography session are in the National Portrait Gallery collection.
Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911), British geneticist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1860. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1886, the Darwin Medal in 1902 and the Copley Medal in 1910.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                        
                    Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911), British geneticist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1860. He was awarded the Royal Medal in 1886, the Darwin Medal in 1902 and the Copley Medal in 1910.