From the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 31 August 1837
Summary
The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury approve CD’s request for £1000 in aid of publication [of Zoology].
Author: | Secretary of the Post Office |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Aug 1837 |
Classmark: | Fossil Mammalia, pp. ii–iii |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-377 |
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- … Fossil Mammalia , pp. ii–iii Secretary of the Post Office Treasury Chambers 31 Aug 1837 …
From Emily Catherine Darwin 15 [January 1837]
Summary
Morning Herald had an account of CD’s 80 specimens of Mammalia and 450 birds at the Zoological Society.
John Gould has described new species in CD’s Galapagos birds.
Much interest in CD’s "Laurels".
Family news.
Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 [Jan 1837] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 142 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-341 |
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- … had an account of CD’s 80 specimens of Mammalia and 450 birds at the Zoological Society. …
- … an account of your 80 specimens of mammalia, and 450 birds, which were on the table at the …
- … darwinii (see Martin 1837 ). Later, in Mammalia , pp. 16–18, George Robert Waterhouse …
- … published as Journal of researches. ] Mammalia : Pt 2 of The zoology of the voyage of HMS …
From Robert FitzRoy 15 November 1837
Summary
RF declines to give an opinion on the wording of the preface to CD’s volume [Journal and remarks, vol. 3 of Narrative, published separately as Journal of researches] and refers him to a disinterested third party.
Author: | Robert FitzRoy |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Nov 1837 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 132 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-386 |
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- … November, or the first number of Fossil Mammalia, Zoology Part 1, due to appear in January …
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George Robert Waterhouse
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George Waterhouse was born on 6 March 1810 in Somers Town, North London. His father was a solicitor’s clerk and an amateur lepidopterist. George was educated from 1821-24 at Koekelberg near Brussels. On his return he worked for a time as an apprentice to…
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…
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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- … American Journal of Science and Arts ]. Rengger on Mammalia of Paraguay [Rengger 1830]— …
- … 1807] read it— Erasmus has it Owens Brit. Mammalia [R. Owen 1846a]— Horner has it. (read) …
- … [Moquin-Tandon 1841] —— Owens Fossil British Mammalia [R. Owen 1846a] 27 th Elie de …
- … Sketch Read Classification & Geograph. Distrib of Mammalia.— Owen 5 o : Parker [R. Owen …
- … Edward. 1843–52. Catalogue of the specimens of Mammalia in the British Museum . 3 pts. (Pt 3: …
- … the classification and geographical distribution of the Mammalia, being the lecture … delivered …
- … 13a Sykes, William Henry. 1832a. Catalogue of the Mammalia observed in the Dakhan. …
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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- … —A sketch of the deposits containing extinct Mammalia in the neighbourhood of the Plata. …
New material added to the American edition of Origin
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A ‘revised and augmented’ American edition of Origin came on the market in July 1860, and was the only authorised edition available in the US until 1873. It incorporated many of the changes Darwin made to the second English edition, but still contained…
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- … to the coexistence of man and the ornithorhynchus amongst mammalia,—or amongst fish, of the shark …