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
- Creation: 9-19 April 1946
Creator
- Royal Commission on Population (1944-1949) (Organization)
- Hopkin, W A B, fl. 1946 (assistant secretary, Royal Commission on Population) (Person)
- Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open.
Full Extent
3 letters : 6 leaves, 8 sides
Physical Location
CLX-A-1354
Subject
Geographic
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk