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Krause, his Life of Dr Erasmus Darwin, II 192, 202, 203 Kreil, meteorological assistance of, II 39 Kubalees, atrocities of, in Africa, 1237 Kubo, researches of, on finger-prints, IIIA 140, 194 Kuhn, P., letter of, with photographs showing Galton's
name on rock in Ovampoland, IIIB 616-617, III$
617 Plate LIX
Labour, capacity for, and civic prosperity, IIIA 401 Lagrange, Dr F., 'Physiologic des exereices du corps,' IIIB 478
Lake Ngami, first explorer to reach, 11 35
Lake Nyanza, and climate, 11 36
Lake at Otchikoto, rook on, where Galton's name can
still be read, 11112 617 Plate LIX; see also 1216 Plate
LVII (Galton spells also 'Omutchikota')
Lalanne, anamorphic geometry of, applied to ogive
curve, II 402
Lamarck, and transmission of acquired characters,
II 147; Dr Erasmus Darwin and, 11202, 203 Lambeth Palace, Galton's inquiries at, IIIB 578 Lamp, Galton's, 1148, 149 Lander, and the African memorial, 11 25 Lane Fox, and anthropology, II 334
Languages, defects of, II 251, 252; modern, in educational
scheme, II 155
Lankester, Sir E. Ray, on Committee for Measurements of Plants and Animals, IIIA 127,128,291; on heredity and tradition, IIIA 410,411; eugenic ideas of, IIIA 341; and experimental zoology, IIIA 129; Galton and, IIIB 605; Medallist of Linnean Soc., IIIA 340; death of, IIIA 342
Laplace, Galton introduced to theorem of, I 163; and of mathematics to social phenomena, application A
Laplace-L;aussian Curve. See Normal Curve
Larches, The, Galton's birth at, 162; Darwin's recollee
tions.of, 1241; left by the Galtons, 174; description
of, I 75; plan and sketch of, I 75 Plate XLV; Dr
Priestley and, 151, 62, 75
Laski, H. J., Galton's interest in, IIIB 606, 608; letter of
Galton to, 11IB 608, 609
Latency, Galton on, 11170, 171, 182, 364; and fertility,
Latent Elements, IIIA 76
Latin, in education, 167
Law of Ancestral Heredity. See Heredity.
Law of Deveateon from an Average, applied to discussions
on heredity, 1189; Galton on, 11335. See also Ogive,
Normal Curve
Lawrence, Sir T., albino orchids of, IIIA 360, 370 Laws, Galton lays down, for Namaqualand natives,
1226-230, 1226 Plate LVIII
Leaders, amongst wild animals and men, 11 73, 74 League of Nations, and racial boundaries, IIIA 219; and
international Eugenics, IIIA 220
Leamington, Galton's home at, 174; visits to, 11 11, 53,
70, 161, 180
Least discernible Difference, Galton's method of measure
ment by, 11 303, 304, 307; outline of Greek girl to
illustrate, IIIA ix, Extra Plate
Lecoq de Boisbaudran, and visualisation, 11253
Lee, Dr Alice, work of, IIIA 248; recommends Ethel M.
Elderton to Galton, IIIA 258; resignation of post in
Biometric Laboratory, IIIA328; degree of,1II8513-515 Lee, Sidney, Galton consults, I11B 529 Leeds, Karl Pearson to lecture at, IIIB 514 Lefevre, Sir J., large head of, IIIA 248 Lefngwell, on illegitimacy, IIIB 492 Left-handedness, and finger-prints, M A 169 Legal Ability, inheritance of, II 93
Legislature, Upper House of, and inheritance of ability,
IIIA 32-34
Lengths, photographic measurement of, 11316, 317 Lennard, Sir J., death of, III8 516
Lens, Galton's mounted watchmaker's, for comparing
finger-prints, MA 155,178, and I Frontispiece
Le Pury, Galton rents house from, IIIB 613
Lethbridge, Mrs (Millicent Bunbury), niece of Galton,
1193, IIIA 281, 435; travels with Galton to Auvergne,
193, 94; stays with Galton, IIIA 393, IIIB 574, 597,
603-605; children of, MB 530, 532, 534, etc.; joins
Eugenics Education Society, IIIB 587; brailles
Galton's 'Memories,' IIIB 604; letters of Galton to, on
prayer, IIIB 471, IIIA 412, IIIB472,520-522,528-536,
540-617; recollections of Galton by, Me 446 149;
portrait of, TUB 471 Plate XLVIII; assistance of, to
biographer, I viii, IIIA vii
Lethbridge, Amy ('Dim'), great-niece of Galton,
IIIB 521, etc.
Lethbridge, B. G. B., great-nephew of Galton, education
of, IIIB 473 .
Lethbridge, Frank, IIIB 530, 532, etc.
Lethbridge, Guy, great-nephew of Galton, IIIB 518, 520,
579, etc.; saves a life, IIIB 544-546, 548; appointment
of, 1IIB 586
Lethbridge, Hugh, great-nephew of Galton, a curate in
Exeter, IIIB 610, etc.
Lethbridge, R., great-nephew of Galton, 1118 518, 521 Letters, or numbers, associated with colours, II 253 Lewenz, work of, on correlation of phalanges, IIIA 256, Lewes, G. H., and spiritualism, 1166; and 'The Reader'
or 'Nature,' 11 68, 69
Library, of Galton, 11 12 License, poets and sexual, 11 99
Lichfield Cathedral, monument in, to Dr Erasmus
Darwin, II 202-204,111- 476
Liebig, Galton proposes to work under, I 126, 127;
laboratory of, 1128-130
Liebreich, Prof. Oscar, paper on `Generic Images' sent to,
MD 469
Liige, Galton's sketch at, 194, Plate XLIX
Life, expectation of, and heredity, III8 536-539; after
death, Galton on, IIIA 91
Life-Histories of progenitors, value of, 11302, 303 'Life-History Album,' original scheme of, II 355, 362,
366; and 'Record of Family Faculties,' 11 363-370 Lighthouse Signals, note on, by Galton, 11 50
Limitation of Family, evils of, 11 110-111, IIIA 243
Lindley, Prof., lectures.on Botany of, 1121, 123 Linnaeus, and strawberry cure for gout, IIIA 124 Linnean Society, Samuel Galton and the, 147; Darwin
Wallace celebration of, 11201, IIIA 340-342; honours
Galton, IIIA 340-342
Linseer, Carl, memoir of, 11 143 Lions, in Africa, 1222-224
Lippmann, von, pamphlet by, III8 500, 503
Lister, Lord, remarkable head of, IIIA 248; a Copley
medallist, IIIA 431, IIIB 614
Lister, J. J., attacks Biometry, IIIA 297-300; address of,
at Brit. Assoc., IIIB 579
Litchfield, Mrs, sends 'A Century of Family Letters,'
by Mrs Darwin, to Galton, IIIB 536; to stay with
Galton, III8 540
Literary Aptness of Galton as a child, 163, 64 Literary Men, 1196; gifts of, 11256 Literature, in educational schemes, II 155
Livia, wife of Augustus, portrait of, and composite,
11 296 Plate XLIII
Livingstone, travels of, in Africa, 1214-216, II 30, 35;
and African memorial, II 25; writes first of the
Zambezi,1HB 548
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