To T. H. Huxley 25 April 1873
Summary
Affected by THH’s letter – will send a copy to the other 17 friends. Hopes for his and public’s sake his health will improve.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 25 Apr 1873 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 297) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8875 |
To subscribers to T. H. Huxley’s gift [25 April 1873]
Summary
A circular letter forwarding to subscribers a copy of Huxley’s letter of thanks [8873].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Subscribers to T. H. Huxley gift |
| Date: | [25 Apr 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8876 |
To John Tyndall 25 April [1873]
Summary
Sends Huxley’s "charming letter". Asks whether it should be sent to Lady Millicent Jones. CD is "so happy about the whole affair".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Tyndall |
| Date: | 25 Apr [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 16 (EH 88205954) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8877 |
To John Tyndall 25 April [1873]
Summary
Sends another copy [of Huxley’s letter of thanks for holiday fund].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Tyndall |
| Date: | 25 Apr [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 17 (EH 88205955) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8878 |
To John Tyndall 25 April 1873
Summary
It has just occurred to CD that he ought not to leave a copy of Huxley’s confidential letter in the hands of anyone. Asks JT to write to ask recipients to return the copies to CD at Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Tyndall |
| Date: | 25 Apr 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 18 (EH 88205956) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8879 |
From J. D. Hooker 25 April 1873
Summary
Charmed by Huxley’s letter of appreciation [8873].
Lady Lyell’s sudden death.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Apr 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 155–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8880 |
To J. D. Hague 25 April [1873]
Summary
Encloses note from J. T. Moggridge commenting on JDH’s letter ["Perception in ants", Nature 7 (1873): 443–4].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Duncan Hague |
| Date: | 25 Apr [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 395 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8881 |
To Charles Lyell 25 April [1873]
Summary
Offers condolences on the death of CL’s wife.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 25 Apr [1873] |
| Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Lyell Collection Coll-203/B1/ Lyell Temp Box 3.1 Folder_6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8884 |
| letter | (8) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Tyndall, John | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Hague, J. D. | (1) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Tyndall, John | (3) |
| Hague, J. D. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
4.25 'Punch' 1877 re. Cambridge doctorate
Summary
< Back to Introduction Punch often ridiculed Darwin by showing him as a monkey or in other animalistic forms, but in 1877, when he at last received an honorary degree from Cambridge University, it paid its tribute to ‘wisdom’. ‘Punch to Dr. Darwin’…
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3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
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Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
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- … the southern tip of America have in common. Page 425, par. 1, line 25, substitute for …
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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- … The Journal of researches , Darwin’s account of his travels round the world in H.M.S. Beagle …
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…
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- … The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of …
