Sir F. Galton and Composite Photography
Abstract
MAY I be permitted, as an intimate friend of many years and under deep obligations to the late Sir Francis Gallon, to say a word upon a matter which is perhaps not sufficiently emphasised? I refer to his very deep and lasting interest in composite photography, and his conviction of its scientific value. He considered it capable of and well worth systematic development. This was a frequent subject of conversation between us; and he told me many times (sometimes with reference to the original contributions to photography of my brother, Colonel Stuart-Wortley) that he felt the method ought to be developed, not as a newspaper curiosity, but as a serious aid to sociology, and especially to the study of heredity.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- February 1911
- DOI:
- 10.1038/085474a0
- Bibcode:
- 1911Natur..85..474W