To Roland Trimen 31 January [1863]
Summary
Thanks RT for his letter and MS.
Is astonished by the different forms of orchids he describes.
Urges RT to describe and experiment with two or three of the more distinct genera.
"I believe, or am inclined to believe in one or very few primordial forms, from community of structure and early embryonic resemblances in each great class."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Roland Trimen |
| Date: | 31 Jan [1863] |
| Classmark: | Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 78) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3956 |
To Alphonse de Candolle 31 January [1863]
Summary
CD thinks that he believes in as much migration as AdeC, only he does not believe nearly so much in continental extensions. CD also believes more in modification in form though he suspects the difference is not so great.
Thanks AdeC for information on melons, oranges,
and Swiss lake-habitation discoveries.
CD is almost tired of his book on variation under domestication, for his knowledge is insufficient to treat the plant part well, but he has done so much that he will finish it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alphonse de Candolle |
| Date: | 31 Jan [1863] |
| Classmark: | Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3957 |
From Isaac Anderson-Henry 31 January 1863
Summary
Thanks for CD’s experimental suggestions. Will count seeds of hybrid crosses.
Requests suggestions for Edinburgh Botanical Society expedition to British Columbia.
| Author: | Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Jan 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3958 |
From William Bowman 31 January [1863]
Summary
Will supply CD with information "as far as my knowledge extends".
Suggests CD visit him.
| Author: | William Bowman, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Jan [1863] |
| Classmark: | Sir John Paget Bowman (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4988 |
| letter | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Anderson Henry, Isaac | (1) |
| Anderson, Isaac | (1) |
| Bowman, William | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Candolle, Alphonse de | (1) |
| Trimen, Roland | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Anderson Henry, Isaac | (1) |
| Anderson, Isaac | (1) |
| Bowman, William | (1) |
| Candolle, Alphonse de | (1) |
3.4 William Darwin, photo 1
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< Back to Introduction In the 1860s Darwin increasingly turned to two of his sons - first to William and later to Leonard - for the fashioning of his image. William, the eldest, apparently took up photography c.1857, when still in his teens, and…
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- … number https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FMUS.GRA:12123396?n=131 copyright holder …
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
17 Spring Gardens, London
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Darwin in London preparing for the voyage
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- … Darwin is living in London persuading Fitzroy to accept him on the voyage and preparing clothing, …
Darwin on human evolution
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'I hear that Ladies think it delightful reading, but that it does not do to talk about it, which no doubt promotes the sale.' For the first time online you can now read the full texts of nearly 800 letters Darwin wrote and received during 1871,…
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- … I shall be well abused, for as my son Frank says: "you treat man in such a bare-faced manner." …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
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- … Broek in Waterland 131 Rethaan Macaré née Ontijd …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
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- … 131 Rethaan Macaré née Ontijd F.J.M. …
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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- … (1) Oliver, Daniel (131) Orange Judd & Co. …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, seeing the publication of his …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
