Cliffe Castle Museum, Bradford Museums and Galleries Geology Collections, Keighley, West Yorkshire, England
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To W. E. Darwin 26 January [1872]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | 26 Jan [1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 138 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8183 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … 1865. But “Lyells Students’ Elements of Geology” appeared in 1871, & will I think replace …
- … edition of Charles Lyell’s Principles of geology appeared in 1872 ( C. Lyell 1872 ). …
- … The sixth edition of Lyell’s Elements of geology appeared in 1865 ( C. …
- … Lyell 1865 ), and the Student’s elements of geology in 1871 ( C. Lyell 1871 ). …
- … Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient changes of the earth and its …
- … John Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1871. The student’s elements of geology. London: J. 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 J. S. Henslow [21 January 1838]
Summary
Sends rock specimen for W. H. Miller. Asks JSH to see whether there is any geology in P. B. Webb and Sabin Berthelot, Histoire naturelle des Îles Canaries [1835–50]. Finds his work on geology growing so large that it will take more than one volume and asks whether this will make publication aid more difficult.
Has accepted Secretaryship of the Geological Society.
Will not come to Cambridge because "as long as I continue well I cannot bear to leave my work for half a day".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | [21 Jan 1838] |
Classmark: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Dreer collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-400 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … as one of the most important events for geology which has occurred for many years. ’ ( …
- … coral reefs. Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle , under the …
- … for W. H. Miller. Asks JSH to see whether there is any geology in P. B. Webb and Sabin …
- … Îles Canaries [1835–50]. Finds his work on geology growing so large that it will take more …
- … to be collated before being bound. The geology of the islands is described in Tome 2, …
- … and just look and see if there is any geology in it? I am particularly interested about …
- … Whewell discussed CD’s contributions to geology and summed up his opinion of his work as …
- … together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. …
- … Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of …
- … be sufficient to pay for publishing the geology of the voyage. The Syndics have not been …
- … South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the …
- … point I wanted to ask you about: is, I find my geology, nolens volens, is covering so much …
From W. B. Dawkins 26 April 1874
Summary
Asks CD’s support for his application for the Chair of Geology at Oxford.
Author: | William Boyd Dawkins |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Apr 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 128 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9429 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Asks CD’s support for his application for the Chair of Geology at Oxford. …
- … the first to receive the scholarship in geology in 1861. ( Historical register of the …
- … for the Woodwardian Professorship of geology at the University of Cambridge in 1873 (see …
- … on 24 April 1874; he had been professor of geology at Oxford since 1860 ( ODNB ). Joseph …
- … Two scholarships were established in 1860 at Oxford, one in geology and one in natural …
- … science as bearing on geology. Dawkins was …
- … in my candidature for the chair of Geology at Oxford so sadly vacant by the death of my …
- … Oxford are 1 st . I was the first to take geology into the schools 2 d . I was the first …
From James Dwight Dana 4 December 1862
Summary
Illness has prevented his reading Origin. He has, however, expressed his [negative] opinion on the subject of mutability of species in his Manual of geology [1862]. Since his persuasions are so strong, he can do no less.
Author: | James Dwight Dana |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Dec 1862 |
Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (Dana Family Papers (MS 164) Series 1, Box 2, folder 44) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3845 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … of mutability of species in his Manual of geology [1862]. Since his persuasions are so …
- … 1965 . Dana 1863 was entitled Manual of geology: treating of the principles of the …
- … my seeming neglect of your work. In my geology, I had a chapter partly prepared on the …
- … a subject within the range of Dynamical Geology,—taking sides, I confess, against you—: …
- … expressed an opinion on this point in the geology; and this you will excuse: for my …
- … 1860] ). The preface of Dana’s Manual of geology was dated 1 November 1862 ( Dana 1863 , …
- … bears the year ‘1863’, and the Manual of geology was apparently not published in Britain …
- … 5 February 1863 ). Dana was Silliman Professor of geology at Yale University ( DSB ). …
- … conclusion of his section on ‘historical geology’, Dana argued that, while it was right …
- … for science to seek for natural causes, geology suggested ‘no theory of natural forces’ …
- … bears strongly against both hypotheses … Geology appears to bring us directly before the …
Cotta, C. B. von (1808–79)
Matches: 6 hits
- … S. 1980–96. Geologists and the history of geology: an international bibliography. 10 vols. …
- … soils geological maps of Saxony text-books biographical memoirs popular works on geology …
- … Modern geology German geologist palaeontologist stratigrapher mineralogist economic …
- … of Thuringia, 1845–7. Appointed professor of geology, Freiberg University, 1842. Author …
- … of text-books, biographical memoirs, and popular works on geology. …
- … Published Modern geology (1866). DBE NDB Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of …
To Giuseppe Merighi 16 February [1882]
Summary
CD’s observations on the geology of S. Africa, which he considers of no value, were published in Volcanic islands.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Giuseppe Merighi |
Date: | 16 Feb [1882] |
Classmark: | Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea, Ferrara (MS II:423) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13690 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … CD’s observations on the geology of S. Africa, which he considers of no value, were …
- … letter from Merighi on South African geology has been found; he has not been identified. …
- … Dear Sir— My observations on the geology of S. Africa have no value. They relate only to …
- … together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. …
- … Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of …
Ramsay, Andrew Crombie. 1878. The physical geology and geography of Great Britain: a manual of British geology. 5th edition. London: E. Stanford.
Lyell, Charles. 1834–5. Principles of geology: or, the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants, considered as illustrative of geology. 3d edition. 4 vols. London: John Murray.
Lyell, Charles. 1840d. Principles of geology: or, the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants, considered as illustrative of geology. 6th ed. 3 vols. London.
Lyell, Charles. 1847. Principles of geology; or, the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 7th ed. London. [Vols. 4,9]
Lyell, Charles. 1850c. Principles of geology; or the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 8th edition. London: John Murray.
Lyell, Charles. 1853b. Principles of geology; or, the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 9th edition, entirely revised. London: John Murray.
Lyell, Charles. 1872. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 11th edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray.
Miller, Hugh (1802–56)
Matches: 4 hits
- … the Hebrides. Author of popular works on geology. Modern English biography Sarjeant 1980– …
- … S. 1980–96. Geologists and the history of geology: an international bibliography. 10 vols. …
- … Publishing. 2,4,5,9,17,30 Great Britain Edinburgh Hebrides stratigraphy geology popular …
- … works on geology Scottish quarryman poet ecclesiastical journalist geologist …
Prévost, L.-C. (1787–1856)
Matches: 4 hits
- … 1787–1856 French geologist. Studied the geology of France and Austria. Collaborated with …
- … 1834, 1839, and 1851. Professor of geology, the Sorbonne, 1831. DSB Sarjeant 1980–96 . …
- … S. 1980–96. Geologists and the history of geology: an international bibliography. 10 vols. …
- … France Faculty of Sciences Paris University France Austria Paris geology French geologist …
From J. D. Dana 5 February 1863
Summary
Hopes CD has received a copy of his [Manual of] Geology [1862]; justifies his assertion that geology provides no evidence to support the view that life has evolved through a method of development from species to species.
Author: | James Dwight Dana |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Feb 1863 |
Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (Dana Family Papers (MS 164) Series 1, Box 2, folder 44) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3969 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … Hopes CD has received a copy of his [ Manual of ] Geology [1862]; justifies …
- … his assertion that geology provides no evidence to support the view that life has evolved …
- … The reference is to Dana’s Manual of geology ( Dana 1863a ; see letter to J. D. Dana, 7 …
- … that ere this you have the copy of the Geology** (and without any charge of expenses, as …
- … Owen’s interpretation in his Manual of geology ( Dana 1863a , p. 463), and was apparently …
- … ground for my assertion on page 602, that Geology has not afforded facts that sustain the …
- … to this difficulty is that the Science of Geology is comparatively new and facts are daily …
- … But this admits the proposition that Geology does not yet afford the facts required. — 2. …
- … 8, Appendix III). Dana, who was professor of geology at Yale University, had suffered a …
- … species from others’, concluding that geology led to ‘no other solution of the great …
- … geological record in Origin , admitting that ‘Geology assuredly does not reveal any such …
To Charles Lyell 1 December [1866]
Summary
Thanks CL for copy of his "grand book" [Principles of geology, 10th ed., vol. 1 (1867)]. Congratulates him on additions.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 1 Dec [1866] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.322) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5289 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … of his "grand book" [ Principles of geology , 10th ed. , vol. 1 (1867)]. Congratulates him …
- … 1985–. 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 …
- … reference to the tenth edition of Lyell’s Principles of geology (see nn. 2 and 3, below). …
- … volume of the tenth edition of Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ) was published in …
- … of the tenth edition of Principles of geology was published in March 1868 ( Publishers’ …
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Correspondents in Commentary
John Murray
Summary
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 …
Charles Lyell
Summary
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…
Adam Sedgwick
Summary
One of the early leaders of geology in Britain, Adam Sedgwick was born in the Yorkshire village of Dent in 1785. Attending Trinity College Cambridge, he was ordained as clergyman and in 1818 was appointed to the Woodwardian Chair of Geology, which offered…
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- … One of the early leaders of geology in Britain, Adam Sedgwick was born in the Yorkshire village of …
- … and in 1818 was appointed to the Woodwardian Chair of Geology, which offered a small stipend. …
- … course at Edinburgh, Darwin did not attend more than a few geology lectures at Cambridge, but came …
- … rocks of Wales. This provided his main training in field geology before the Beagle voyage and & …
- … for the Welch Expedition.-- it has given me an interest in geology, which I would not give up for …
Alexander von Humboldt
Summary
The phases of Charles Darwin’s career have often been defined by the books that he read, from Lyell’s Principles of Geology during the Beagle voyage to Malthus’s Essay on the Principle of Population during his London years. The book that encouraged him to…
Richard Matthews
Summary
Richard Matthews was 21 years old when he stepped aboard the Beagle, destined for a lonely career as a missionary in Tierra del Fuego. The Church Missionary Society had arranged for him to accompany the three Fuegians (Fuegia Basket, Jemmy Button, and York…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 1845. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during …
Boat Memory
Summary
Boat Memory was one of the indigenous people from Tierra del Fuego brought back to England by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830, but he remains as ghostly a figure as his name. What he was called by his own people is unknown, but the name Boat…
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- … 1845. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during …
Elleparu (York Minster)
Summary
Elleparu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. He was captured by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830 after one the small boats used for surveying the narrow inlets of the coast of Tierra del Fuego…
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- … 1845. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during …
Yokcushlu (Fuegia Basket)
Summary
Yokcushlu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. She was one of the hostages seized by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, after the small boat used for surveying the narrow inlets of the coast of Tierra del…
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- … 1845. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during …
Orundellico (Jemmy Button)
Summary
Orundellico was one of the Yahgan, or canoe people of the southern part of Tierra del Fuego. He was the fourth hostage taken by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830 following the theft of the small surveying boat. This fourteen-year old boy was…
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- … 1845. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during …
John Stevens Henslow
Summary
The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at Cambridge University, were among the most significant of his life. It was a letter from Henslow that brought Darwin the invitation to sail round the world as…
Richard Henry Corfield
Summary
Richard Henry Corfield was in his final year at Shrewsbury School when Darwin started there. It’s hard to say how well they knew each other, but fifteen years later Corfield appeared again in Darwin’s life as a surprisingly familiar face on the other side…
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- … history (when Darwin was heading to St Iago to admire the geology of the Andes mountains, Corfield …
Hermann Müller
Summary
Hermann (Heinrich Ludwig Hermann) Müller, was born in Mühlberg near Erfurt in 1829. He was the younger brother of Fritz Müller (1822–97). Following the completion of his secondary education at Erfurt in 1848, he studied natural sciences at Halle and Berlin…
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- … at Halle and Berlin, focusing on botany, zoology, and geology. In 1852, he qualified as a teacher, …
George Robert Waterhouse
Summary
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…
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- … Waterhouse became keeper of mineralogy in 1851 and keeper of geology in 1856, where he added …
Robert FitzRoy
Summary
Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest proximity, their relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the countries visited during the…