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List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … G. S. (1) Anderson, James (1) …
- … Frederic (1) Bateman, James (1) …
- … Buckley, A. B. (21) Buckman, James (2) …
- … Burn, Robert (1) Burningham, James (1) …
- … C., W. S. (1) Caird, James (9) …
- … Carter, R. B. (2) Cartmell, James (1) …
- … H. (1) Crichton-Browne, James (40) …
- … Crocq, Jean (1) Croll, James (16) …
- … Dawson, J. W. (1) Dawson, James (2) …
- … Dickie, George (3) Dickson, James (1) …
- … Dixon, E. S. (2) Dixon, James (2) …
- … Druitt, Thomas (3) Drummond, James (a) (5) …
- … Edwards, [– ?] (1) Egan, James (2) …
- … Fraser, George (3) Fraser, James (1) …
- … Archibald (12) Geikie, James (13) …
- … Society of London (18) Gibb, James (1) …
- … J. M. (2) Grant, James (3) Grant, R. …
- … Heckel, Édouard (7) Hector, James (1) …
- … Hewitt, Edward (4) Heywood, James (1) …
- … Rowland (b) (1) Hilton, James (1) …
- … Humphry, G. M. (1) Hunt, James (a) (1) …
- … Jacobson, Miss (1) James, Constantin (1) …
- … Lambert, C. S. (1) Lamont, James (4) …
- … William (1) Martineau, James (1) …
- … Topham, John (2) Torbitt, James (96) …
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
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- … pension for Alfred Russel Wallace, and continued his aid for James Torbitt and the quest for a …
- … Darwin had tried for four years to aid the Irish businessman James Torbitt in his efforts to breed a …
- … subscriptions were raised, with Darwin, Thomas Farrer, and James Caird leading the campaign. In …
- … worth some millions per annum to England’ ( letter from James Torbitt, 5 March 1880 ). Darwin met …
- … men care only about their party quarrels’ ( letter to James Torbitt, 9 May 1880 ). Politicians …
- … flooded with disease-proof new varieties’ ( letter from James Torbitt, 23 December 1880 , …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … had been criticised from quite a different angle when James Clerk Maxwell discussed the limits of …
- … an individual would, when received by the Belfast merchant James Torbitt, become a weapon in a …
- … which shall hunt it to the death’ ( letter from James Torbitt, 19 April 1876 ). Darwin beat an …
- … to consider Torbitt an untrustworthy fanatic ( letter to James Torbitt, 21 April 1876 ). …
- … Darwin sought the best medical care. On 30 May, the surgeon James Paget advised complete rest for …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … to be tempted out of his ‘proper work’ ( letter to James Paget, 14 July 1879 ). At this time, his …
- … Frederick King, 27 February 1879 ). The Belfast businessman James Torbitt, who wished to carry out …
- … in 1876. By 1878, Darwin was sufficiently impressed by Torbitt’s dedication and experimental method …
- … forthcoming, Darwin had stepped in with funds of his own. Torbitt sent an account of the experiments …
- … a nature’, Darwin wrote in reply on 3 May , but told Torbitt, ‘I have today planted & …
- … that perhaps most pleased Darwin came from the surgeon James Paget, who, in a letter of 18 …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … God looked at through nature’s phenomena’ ( letter from James Grant, 6 March 1878 ). Darwin …
- … may hope for whatever he earnestly desires’ ( letter to James Grant, 11 March 1878 ). The question …
- … February , Darwin was contacted by the Irish businessman, James Torbitt, about an ambitious project …
- … to J. S. Henslow, 28 October [1845] ). He was aware of Torbitt’s ambitions, having corresponded …
- … 1878] ). Further meetings were held with Farrer and James Caird, a member of the Royal Agricultural …
- … your work in this case would soon be known’ ( letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 ). The …
Darwn's letters from 1878 online
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Investigating the movements and 'sleep' of plants, being entertained by the mental faculties of his young grandson Bernard, finally elected a corresponding member of the French Académie des sciences, trying to secure a government grant to support…
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- … secure a government grant to support his Irish correspondent James Torbitt’s attempts to breed a …
Volume 28 (1880) now published
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1880 opened and closed with an irksome controversy with Samuel Butler, prompted by the publication of Erasmus Darwin the previous year. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of Movement in…
John Lubbock
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John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…
1879 Letters now online
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In 1879, Darwin continued his research on movement in plants and researched, wrote, and published a short biography of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin as an introduction to a translation of an essay by Ernst Krause on Erasmus’s scientific work. Darwin’s son…
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- … He also continued to try to secure government support for James Torbitt’s efforts to breed blight …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … 1880 and in an abusive letter about Darwin in the St James’s Gazette on 8 December. Krause …
- … 1881 ). However, some requests were inescapable. When James Paget wrote on 1 June to invite …
- … of wind transport in the growth of soil, while his brother James Geikie told Darwin on 10 October …
- … to raise money for the Belfast potato-blight researcher James Torbitt; Fritz Müller was offered £100 …
