ABSTRACT

Memories of my Life, first published in 1908, is an autobiography by the psychologist, anthropologist, geographer, and inventor Sir Francis Galton. This book contains a detailed account of Galton’s life, and will be of interest to students of Victorian history.

chapter I|12 pages

Parentage

chapter II|9 pages

Childhood and Boyhood

chapter III|26 pages

Medical Studies

chapter IV|10 pages

Short Tour to the East

chapter V|25 pages

Cambridge

chapter VI|18 pages

Egypt and the Soudan

chapter VII|9 pages

Syria

chapter VIII|11 pages

Hunting and Shooting

chapter IX|17 pages

South-West Africa

chapter X|14 pages

Lands of the Damaras, Ovampo, and Namaquas

chapter XI|9 pages

After Return Home—Marriage

chapter XII|8 pages

"Art of Travel"

chapter XIII|29 pages

Social Life

chapter XIV|15 pages

Geography and East Africa

chapter XV|11 pages

British Association

chapter XVI|20 pages

Kew Observatory and Meteorology

chapter XVII|15 pages

Anthropometric Laboratories

chapter XVIII|7 pages

Composite Portraits and Stereoscopic Maps

chapter XIX|21 pages

Human Faculty

chapter XX|23 pages

Heredity

chapter XXI|14 pages

Race Improvement