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Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
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- … ’.Bates also provided a mass of new observations on geographical distribution, forcing Darwin to …
- … significant changes though were on the old chestnuts of geographical distribution , and the age …
- … Henry Huxley, 28 September 1871 Geographical distribution One …
- … so very cool a greenhouse ’ and proposed instead that the distribution of plants and animals could …
Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter
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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…
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- … and experiments in order to support his theory. Geographical distribution One major …
- … into the study. He investigated other potential means of distribution, particularly the dispersal …
- … These investigations were part of his commitment to explain geographical distribution as a …
- … insular floras and faunas the key elements of a study of geographical distribution, he carefully …
- … how ignorant I find I am) in Nat. History, (as on geograph. distribution, palæontology, …
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From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hookerf1 25 October 1868Lund (Suède)25 Okt. 1868.Monsieur le Professeur! J’ai écrit à deux de mes amis qui ont des connaissances personnelles à la Lapponie, pour avoir les…
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- … physical ‘external’ characters fauna geographical distribution structural characters …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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- … 1857, to be followed by a second notice in 1858. Geographical distribution: seeds and salt …
- … the mud on birds’ feet probably had a role to play in the distribution of seeds and carried out some …
- … with Samuel Pickworth Woodward on the variability and geographical distribution of fossil shells, …
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … addressed to Professor Henslow. Pamphlet printed for private distribution by the Cambridge …
- … an iceberg in 61° south latitude. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 9 (1839): …
- … publications , pp. 137-39. F266.] —On the distribution of erratic boulders and on the …
- … , pp. 147-162. F1661.] — The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first …
- … , pp. 342-5. F1724.] — The structure and distribution of coral reefs . By Charles Darwin. …
From Argus pheasant to Mivart: To A. R. Wallace, 17 June 1876
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This letter has almost everything you might want from a Darwin letter, and merits a correspondingly, magnificently complete set of notes provided by the Correspondence Project. First, the letter is to that other doyen of natural selection, Alfred Russel…
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- … views on the first volume of Wallace's 1876 book The geographical distribution of animals Vol …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … Journal of researches and The structure and distribution of coral reefs —both of which were to …
- … and L. Agassiz 1840). In another paper, “On the distribution of the erratic boulders and on …
- … of the text, drawing upon his field notes for geological and geographical data and for the …
- … time exploiting Hooker’s unparalleled knowledge of plant distribution and classification (see …
- … during the Beagle voyage on, among other subjects, the geographical distribution of genera and …
- … great interest to him, especially in his later work on the geographical distribution of plants, when …
- … Look abroad, study gradation study unity of type study geographical distribution study relation of …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … on Nat. Hist. of S. Devonshire [Bellamy 1839] chiefly on distribution of forms said to be Poor …
- … (Suite a Buffon) [A. de Candolle 1835] has many Geographical aphorisms & laws consult. …
- … London ]: up to parts published March 1838 Whole of Geographical Journal [ Journal of the …
- … Vienna 1852 [Unger 1852]. 86 p.p. 364. 8 vo (Much on Distribution of Plants & means of) …
- … diseases of cattle [Dun 1854].— important 92 The Geographical Distrib. of Plants & …
- … Physical atlas (1856) included ‘Map of the distribution of marine life, illustrated chiefly by …
- … of zoology touching upon the structure, development, distribution, and natural arrangement of …
- … 32–7. *128: 167 Anon. 1835. Thoughts on the geographical distribution of insects. …
- … *119: 8v. Brown, Robert. 1814. General remarks, geographical and systematical, on the …
- … 20a ——. 1818. Observations, systematical and geographical, on Professor Christian Smith’s …
- … Atlas de la géographie des trois règnes de la nature. Distribution des animaux, des végétaux …
- … [Other eds.] 119: 8a Darby, William. 1816. A geographical description of the state …
- … 9 Desmoulins, Louis Antoine. 1822. Mémoire sur la distribution géographique des animaux …
- … Charles. 1828a. De la génération. (Mémoire sur la distribution et les rapports des deux …
- … America and Europe; with observations on species and their distribution. Boston Journal of Natural …
- … 1843. The regions of vegetation; being an analysis of the distribution of vegetable forms over the …
- … Nouvelles recherches sur les lois que l’on observe dans la distribution des formes végétales. …
- … atlas, a series of maps & and notes illustrating the geographical distribution of …
- … containing organic remains, with a brief sketch of the distribution of gold over the earth . …
- … *119: 22v.; 119: 22a Murray, Andrew. 1866. The geographical distribution of mammals …
- … 128: 16 ——. 1859. On the classification and geographical distribution of the Mammalia …
- … 1795, 1796 and 1797, with an appendix, containing geographical illustrations of Africa …
- … Charles. 1850. The races of man: and their geographical distribution . New ed. (Bohn’s …
- … *119: 22v.; 119: 22a ——. 1854. The geographical distribution of animals and plants . …
- … 128: 17 Sauer, Martin. 1802. An account of a geographical and astronomical expedition …
Review: The Origin of Species
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- by Asa Gray THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (American Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1860) This book is already exciting much attention. Two American editions are announced, through which it will become familiar to many…
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- … simultaneously, generally speaking, over the whole geographical area it now occupies or has occupied …
- … natural agencies, wherever it could; so that the actual geographical distribution of any species is …
- … are Caesar’s—looks to natural agencies for the actual distribution and perpetuation of species, to a …
- … regards the origin of species and their present general distribution over the world as equally …
- … referring as it does the phenomena both of origin and distribution directly to the divine will—thus …
- … Mr. Agassiz believes that they have not even affected the geographical range and the actual …
- … may be traced among animals built upon the same plan; the distribution of some types over the most …
- … relations existing between these different series and the geographical distribution of animals, . . …
- … and we see beforehand how strikingly the actual geographical association of related species favors …
- … operative in the establishment of the actual association and geographical distribution of plants and …
- … that the whole economy of Nature, with every fact on distribution, rarity, abundance, extinction, …
- … Then follow two most interesting and able chapters on the geographical distribution of plants and …
- … or representative species—also in a general way for their geographical association and present range …
- … ultimate conclusion, and to explain by them many facts in geographical distribution which would …
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
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- … never advanced a theory of the glacial epoch, his views on geographical distribution depended upon a …
- … evidence of having once been heterostyled. Debating distribution A more wide-ranging …
- … theory of transmutation, and on competing theories of the geographical distribution of plants. …
- … expressed concern about Hooker’s arguments against his distribution theory: ‘When you exorcise at …
Essay: Natural selection & natural theology
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—by Asa Gray NATURAL SELECTION NOT INCONSISTENT WITH NATURAL THEOLOGY. Atlantic Monthly for July, August, and October, 1860, reprinted in 1861. I Novelties are enticing to most people; to us they are simply annoying. We cling to a long-accepted…
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- … about the succession of species in time, and their actual geographical distribution over the earth’s …
- … it was a supposition sure to be made. 3. The actual geographical distribution of species upon …
- … hypotheses of transmutation, are constantly inferring former geographical continuity between parts …
- … scientific explanation has been offered to account for the geographical association of kindred …
- … and this localization strikingly accords with the present geographical distribution of the same …
- … had predecessors of similar strangeness. Everywhere the same geographical distribution as now, with …
- … successive species, and removes even the association and geographical range of species entirely out …
- … laws of gravitation and dynamics, we should believe that the distribution was designed. To …
Alfred Russel Wallace
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Wallace was a leading Victorian naturalist, with wide-ranging interests from biogeography and evolutionary theory to spiritualism and politics. He was born in 1823 in Usk, a small town in south-east Wales, and attended a grammar school in Hertford. At the…
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- … formed the basis of theoretical work, especially on geographical distribution (the so-called …
- … Wallace exchanged several letters on species variation and distribution. Darwin was impressed by …
- … publications. Darwin praised Wallace’s later writing on geographical distribution, and lobbied …
Before Origin: the ‘big book’
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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…
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- … before and explaining that his aim was to throw light on the distribution of plants. By May, he …
- … after their salty ordeal, providing a means to explain geographical distribution of plants that did …
- … propositions as I can find made out,—in geograph. distribution, geological history—affinities &c …
- … ‘researches & speculations on species & variation & distribution’. ‘I trust that you …
- … from the materials he had already accumulated, questions of geographical distribution and dispersal …
- … ’ as he anticipated. Darwin had also been flummoxed by the distribution of fresh-water molluscs; it …
- … in the Malay Archipelago, was investigating animal distribution ‘in accordance with theoretical …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … with Gray at the start concerning matters of the global geographical distributions of plants. The …
- … end of year to hear that you have found time to write on the geographical distribution of the US …
- … Darwin, I have finished the reading of your manuscript [on geographical distribution] and have been …
- … well established propositions as I can find made out, in geographical distribution, geological …
- … regards the origin of species and their present general distribution over the world as equally …
- … are Caesar’s – looks to natural agencies for the actual distribution and perpetuation of species, to …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … several classes of facts— those of geological succession, geographical distribution, classification, …
- … Andrew Murray challenged the explanation of the origin and distribution of blind cave animals. …
- … support for species change based on his study of the geographical distribution of species ( see …
Dates of composition of Darwin's manuscript on species
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Many of the dates of letters in 1856 and 1857 were based on or confirmed by reference to Darwin’s manuscript on species (DAR 8--15.1, inclusive; transcribed and published as Natural selection). This manuscript, begun in May 1856, was nearly completed by…
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- … 13 October 1856 Geographical distribution (DAR 14; Natural selection , pp. …
Biogeography
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Observations aboard the Beagle During his five year journey around the world on HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin encountered many different landscapes and an enormous variety of flora and fauna. Some of his most…
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- … evidence for the role of evolution in the history and distribution of life on earth. You …
- … do Darwin’s experimental results relate to his theories of geographical distribution in Chapter 11 …
Charles Darwin’s letters: a selection 1825-1859
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The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University of Edinburgh, to the end of 1859, when the Origin of Species was published. The early letters portray Darwin as a lively sixteen-year-old medical student. Two…
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- … collected during the voyage. Darwin supplied geological and geographical introductions, with notes …
- … of new species’. Wallace had been studying the geographical distribution of animals and plants in …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … 1845 onwards; he was a conscientious member of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society; …
- … subject, that almost key-stone of the laws of creation, Geographical Distribution’ ( letter to J. D …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
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Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
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- … 1861, s.51) his conviction, chiefly grounded on the laws of geographical distribution, that forms …
- … is one of the most astonishing facts ever recorded in the distribution of plants. Page 407 …
