From A. R. Wallace 18 November 1873
Summary
Discussion of his possible assistance on editorial work for revised edition of Descent.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B118–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9151 |
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- … November 1873 . Charles Lyell’s last four editions were Elements of geology 6th ed. ( C. …
- … Lyell 1865 ); Principles of geology 10th ed. ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ) and 11th ed. ( C. …
- … 1871. Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient changes of the earth and …
- … Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
- … Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1872. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 11th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
To W. B. Dawkins 3 February 1873
Summary
A letter of recommendation for W. B. Dawkins in his application for the Woodwardian professorship of geology in the university of Cambridge.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Boyd Dawkins |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1873 |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Archives (GEOL 9/*1 2b) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8757F |
To T. M. Hughes 13 March [1873]
Summary
Is glad and proud to honour the memory of Adam Sedgwick [d. 1873].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas McKenny Hughes |
| Date: | 13 Mar [1873] |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS.Add. 7652/III I.11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8810 |
To Charles Lyell 24 September 1873
Summary
Discusses apple specimens received from CL; reversion to crab state. Cites passage on subject in Variation.
Comments on letter from Mr Wood on inheritance in fruit-trees.
Would like to cross flowers of "Hawthornden" with many distinct varieties.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 24 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.432) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9065 |
From S. V. Wood Jr to Charles Lyell 19 September 1873
Summary
Thanks for proofs of the Supplement to Crag Mollusca. Sends crab apples.
| Author: | Searles Valentine Wood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen.117/6327-9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9059G |
To Albert Günther 12 April [1873]
Summary
CD did not bring any tortoises back from the Galapagos. There may be specimens at the Military Institution in Whitehall.
Sorry AG was unable to lunch with the Darwins during their stay in London.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Date: | 12 Apr [1873] |
| Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (40) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8858 |
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- … researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage …
From C.-F. Reinwald 14 May 1873
Summary
Samuel Pozzi’s translation of Expression progressing slowly.
J. J. Moulinié’s translation of Descent is stylistically poor, which may account for low sales.
Difficult to find European naturalists to translate CD’s works. They would rather write books on "Darwinisme" under their own names.
| Author: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 May 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8911 |
From A. A. L. P. Cochrane 7 June 1873
Summary
Invites CD on a voyage to the western coast of North and South America.
| Author: | Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 191 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8938 |
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- … of researches : Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various …
To G. M. Humphry 14 March 1873
Summary
Sorry that his health prevents him attending a meeting to honour Adam Sedgwick.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Murray Humphry |
| Date: | 14 Mar 1873 |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (13 December 2016) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8810F |
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- … Sedgwick died in January 1873; he had taught CD geology when CD was a student at Cambridge …
From Robert Smith 24 February 1873
Summary
Asks for references to works on CD’s views for a paper he is preparing.
| Author: | Robert Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Feb 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 199 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8784 |
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- … of researches : Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various …
From C. H. Blackley 7 July 1873
Summary
Thanks for copy of Wyman’s book.
His own recent researches [on pollen] at high altitudes were inspired by CD’s account in Journal of researches of distances dust may travel.
| Author: | Charles Harrison Blackley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 192 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8967 |
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- … researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage …
From W. W. Reade 14 May 1873
Summary
Has completed his book [The African sketch-book (1873)].
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 May 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8912 |
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- … of researches : Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various …
To Smith, Elder & Co 17 December [1873]
Summary
Suggests that his Coral reefs be republished.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
| Date: | 17 Dec [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 159–60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9181 |
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- … coral reefs. Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle , under the …
To John Fiske 3 November [1873]
Summary
CD is glad to hear of nature of JF’s work;
proposes that JF call when CD comes to London.
Has read JF’s attack on Agassiz ["Agassiz and Darwinism"] in Popular Science Monthly [3 (1873): 692–705].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Fiske |
| Date: | 3 Nov [1873] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (FK 1110-1112) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9127 |
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- … Louis Agassiz for his contributions to geology, palaeontology, and systematic zoology, but …
To A. R. Wallace 17 November 1873
Summary
Would be happy if ARW would undertake to help with correcting the proof-sheets of his revised edition of Descent. Outlines the job that would be required.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 17 Nov 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 161–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9149 |
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- … Kensington, and in physical geography and geology for the Indian Civil Engineering College …
From Gerard Krefft 8 August 1873
Summary
Sends paper to be published in Sydney Mail on primitive man.
Sends lists of earth [castings] made by worms [see Earthworms, p. 127],
and a catalogue of Australian Lepidoptera.
| Author: | Johann Louis Gerard (Gerard) Krefft |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Aug 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 119 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9002 |
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- … researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage …
To Nature [before 13 February 1873]
Summary
Sends a letter from William Huggins about a case of inherited fright in three generations of mastiffs. Discusses the different origins of instincts and their inheritance.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | [before 13 Feb 1873] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 13 February 1873, pp. 281–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8765 |
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- … of researches : Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various …
From V. O. Kovalevsky 30 August 1873
Summary
Talks of his attempts to describe the course of descent for a part of the animal kingdom, and thanks CD for his help and support.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Aug 1873 |
| Classmark: | V. O. Kovalevsky 1873–4, pp. [ii–iii] |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9035F |
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- … favourable reception in palaeontology and geology, for it is precisely in the strata of …
To Francis Galton 28 May 1873
Summary
Comments about questionnaire CD completed for FG [for Galton’s English men of science (1874)].
Describes his early interest in collecting and his education.
Asks about determining the mean heights of two groups of men.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | 28 May 1873 |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/15); Pearson 1914–30, 2: 178 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8924 |
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- … curriculum. CD also attended lectures in geology and botany at Cambridge, but science was …
To G. H. Darwin 21 October [1873]
Summary
CD gives his criticisms of GHD’s essay on religion and the moral sense. Urges him to delay publishing for some months and then to consider whether it is new and important enough to counterbalance the effects of its publication. J. S. Mill would never have influenced the age as he has done had he not refrained from expressing his religious convictions. Cites John Morley’s Life of Voltaire [1872]: direct attacks produce little effect; real good comes from slow and silent side attacks. "My advice is to pause, pause, pause."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Oct [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1:14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9105 |
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- … Lyell’s hope of ‘freeing the science [geology] from Moses’, see his letter to George …
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Darwin & Geology
Summary
The lessons Darwin learned from Adam Sedgwick at Cambridge, and in the field in North Wales, stood him in good stead during the Beagle voyage. While he was attached to the Beagle from 1831 to 1835, Darwin actually spent about two-thirds of his time ashore,…
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- … actually spent about two-thirds of his time ashore, where geology was his single most frequent …
- … and the coral reefs of the Pacific, Darwin’s notes on geology accumulated twice as fast as those on …
- … he believed the same basic processes that had shaped the geology of South America were also at work …
- … of the previous decade by publishing three volumes on the geology of the Beagle voyage, but as …
- … for further reading… On Darwin’s work in geology: Herbert, Sandra. 2005. …
- … A. 1991. The discovery of a vocation: Darwin’s early geology. British Journal for the History of …
- … of Science 9: 199–218. On the history of geology: Greene, Mott C. 1982. …
- … Laudan, Rachel. 1994 [1987]. From mineralogy to geology . Chicago: University of Chicago Press …
The geology of the Beagle voyage
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The primary concern that linked much of Darwin’s geological work in the Beagle years was to understand the changing relation between the levels of land and sea. As he studied the shores of South America, and discovered shells inland at thousands of feet…
Darwin’s introduction to geology
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Darwin collected minerals as a child and was introduced to the science of geology at the University of Edinburgh, but he only became actively interested in the subject as he was completing his degree at Cambridge.
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
Summary
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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- … Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and …
- … and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, …
- … of HMS Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good …
- … observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, …
- … London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1846. [F273.] —On the geology of the Falkland Islands. …
- … [ Shorter publications , pp. 209-17. F1677.] —Geology. Section VI, pp. 156-95, in A …
- … for further reading… On Darwin’s work in geology: Herbert, Sandra. 2005. …
- … James A. 1991. The discovery of a vocation: Darwin’s early geology. British Journal for the …
- … of Science 9: 199–218. On the history of geology: Greene, Mott C. 1982. …
- … Laudan, Rachel. 1994 [1987]. From mineralogy to geology . Chicago: University of Chicago Press. …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
Summary
Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … Hooker: ‘I hope this next summer to finish my S. American geology; then to get out a little zoology …
- … from these years and a series of interesting exchanges on geology with David Milne, Robert Chambers, …
- … through the mountains. Hooker writes of the complicated geology of the area, of the community of …
- … with which they had come to regard each other. Geology, and geological controversy …
- … Sir John Frederick William Herschel, to write the chapter on geology ( letter to J. F. W. Herschel, …
- … the zoological chapter, show how they divided the topics of geology and zoology between them. Owen …
- … contribute most to the leading questions of contemporary geology. Perhaps with himself in mind, he …
- … in the preparation of new editions of his Principles of geology and Manual of elementary …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
Summary
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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- … on various subjects to major theoretical monographs in geology. In addition, he organised and …
- … and sold separately as Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various …
- … one of Darwin’s visits to Maer in Staffordshire. Geology Darwin’s work and …
- … an application of his Beagle work, and it too was in geology. In 1838 he set out on a geological …
- … of the Beagle voyage In addition to his work on geology Darwin undertook to provide a …
- … network that Darwin established as he worked on the geology and zoology of the voyage a most …
- … lately been sadly tempted to be idle, that is as far as pure geology is concerned, by the delightful …
- … these years was that it put an end to further field work in geology. From his South American days he …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … Lyell had begun work on a sixth edition of Elements of geology (C. Lyell 1865). At the same time …
- … book had been completed and set in type for Elements of geology in 1860 and then re-set in 1861 …
- … in 1860 for the sixth edition of the ‘ Elements of geology ’ 34 [C. Lyell 1865], and the …
- … , pp. lx–lxxv. Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient changes of the …
Commentary
Summary
This section provides pages of commentary on the following themes: Evolution Geology Life sciences Human nature Religion
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- … on the following themes: Evolution Geology Life sciences …
Darwin & coral reefs
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The central idea of Darwin's theory of coral reef formation, as it was later formulated, was that the islands were formed by the upward growth of coral as the Pacific Ocean floor gradually subsided. It overturned previous ideas and would in itself…
Darwin & the Geological Society
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The science of geology in the early nineteenth century was a relatively new enterprise forged from the merging of several distinct traditions of inquiry, from mineralogy and the very practical business of mining, to theories of the earth’s origin and the…
Science, Work and Manliness
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Discussion Questions|Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels published the first edition of what proved to be one of his best-selling works, How Men Are Made. "It is by work, work, work" he told his middle class audience, …
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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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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- … Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology ] read …
- … [Lisyansky 1814]— nothing Lyell’s Elements of Geology [Lyell 1838] Gibbon’s Life of …
- … my subjects Elie de Beaumont’s 2 vol of memoirs on Geology of France [Dufrénoy and Élie de …
- … life of Johnsons [Boswell 1831] 4 vols 25 Phillips Geology [J. Phillips 1837–9] Lardners 2 …
- … need not try them again. 18 th . Maclarens Geology of Fife [Maclaren 1839] References at …
- … Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology ] 4. Vol. …
- … the Horse [W. C. L. Martin 1845b] —— Hitchock’s Geology of Mass: [Hitchcock 1841] (skimmed) …
- … [DAR 119: 22a] 1849. Feb 8 th . Geology of Russia by Murchison. Veneuil &c …
- … of the Creator [H. Miller 1849] Dec. 10. Dana’s Geology. U.S. Expedition [J. D. Dana 1849] …
- … Sanatory Reform [Anon. 1850].— April 5 Manual of Geology Lyell [Lyell 1851] —— 30 …
- … it. & buy it.— 112 Jukes. “Students Manual of Geology” [Jukes 1857]— published a few …
- … Insects [T. W. Harris 1842] Jukes Student Manual of Geology [Jukes 1857] Azara’s …
- … the years 1797 and 1798, including observations on the geology and geography, the natural …
- … Library.] 119: 2a Buckland, William. 1836. Geology and mineralogy considered with …
- … *119: 3v.; 119: 5a Dana, James Dwight. 1849. Geology . Vol. 10 of United States …
- … New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history …
- … their scientific institutions, and a few notices of the geology and mineralogy of those …
- … Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London 2, pt 2: 457–82. …
- … Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London 2, pt 2: 483–534. …
- … or, original memoirs in medicine, surgery, physiology, geology, zoology, and comparative anatomy …
- … 13a Hitchcock, Edward. 1841. Final report on the geology of Massachusetts . 2 vols. …
- … 119: 20a ——. 1857. The student’s manual of geology. Edinburgh. [Darwin Library.] *128 …
- … 119: 3a Lyell, Charles. 1837. Principles of geology: being an inquiry how far the …
- … Library.] 119: 3a ——. 1838. Elements of geology . London. [Darwin Library.] 119: 2a …
- … 119: 16a ——. 1847. Principles of geology; or, the modern changes of the earth and its …
- … 22a Lyell, Charles. 1851. A manual of elementary geology; or, the ancient changes of …
Living and fossil cirripedia
Summary
Darwin published four volumes on barnacles, the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia, between 1851 and 1854, two on living species and two on fossil species. Written for a specialist audience, they are among the most challenging and least read of Darwin’s works…
John Murray
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Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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- … as head of the business in 1843, had spent a year studying geology at Edinburgh University; as a …
- … he asked his friend Charles Lyell, whose Principles of geology (1830-3) had proved to be a …
- … contributed a section on using a microscope and a chapter on geology to A manual of scientific …
- … his authors and added Origin to his list: but although geology was his favourite hobby and he …
- … pseudonym ‘Verifier’ an essay entitled Scepticism in Geology (1877), an argument against Lyell’s …
Darwin’s earthquakes
Summary
Darwin experienced his first earthquake in 1834, but it was a few months later that he was really confronted with their power. Travelling north along the coast of Chile, Darwin and Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, were confronted with a series of…
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- … the low coral islands of the Pacific Ocean, and even the geology of Europe. In his Red Notebook …
Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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- … with the new title Journal of Researches into the geology and natural history of the various …
- … of animals will occupy a large portion, sketches of the geology, the appearance of the country, and …
- … where he set out his views on human migration and reconciled geology with the Biblical account. ‘You …
- … food as an egg ’; William Henry Fitton considered the geology to be ‘excellent’ while relishing the …
- … title Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during …
Darwin & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…
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- … noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after …
Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage
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Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…
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Charles Lyell
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As an author, friend and correspondent, Charles Lyell played a crucial role in shaping Darwin's scientific life. Born to a wealthy gentry family in Scotland in 1797, Lyell had a classical and legal education but by the 1820s had become entranced by…
