Royal Commission on Population (1944-1949)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence between Thomson and Oliver F M Nicoll, Secretary of the Royal Commission on Population, 9 Jun 1944 – 13 Jul 1944
Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/8
Scope and Contents
The correspondence refers to Thomson's work on the correlation of intelligence and family size. Nicoll asks Thomson to prepare a memorandum regarding his findings for the use of the commission, and later thanks him for producing this.
Also includes a telegram from B Hopkin, Assistant Secretary, asking for Thomson's permission to disseminate the memorandum.
Dates:
9 Jun 1944 – 13 Jul 1944
Correspondence between Thomson and W A B Hopkin, Assistant Secretary for the Royal Commission on Population, 9-19 April 1946
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/12
Scope and Contents
The correspondence regards Thomson's Galton lecture, specifically an apparent difficulty in the assumption that the parents of all the children in a particular age group form an unbiased sample of parents. Also included is a letter to Thomson from Lawley, stating he approves of Thomson's reply to Hopkins.
Dates:
9-19 April 1946
Letters to Thomson regarding his article "Intelligence and families", published in the Times, 18 November 1948 - 28 June 1949
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/15
Scope and Contents
Includes letter from the New York University of Education asking for re-prints of the published parts of the Scottish Mental Surveys, and informing Thomson of their own investigations on a small number of children with high intelligence test scores; letter from the Times regarding the article being re-published in World Digest; letter from the Scotsman apologising to Thomson for assuming he had approached The...
Dates:
18 November 1948 - 28 June 1949