To Samuel Smiles 15 December 1876
Summary
Thanks SS for present of Life of a Scotch naturalist [1876]. Has read every one of his biographies with "extreme pleasure".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Samuel Smiles |
| Date: | 15 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (SMILES/DARWIN, formerly MS 97–1947) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10720 |
To J. D. Hooker 15 December 1876
Summary
JDH has sent a short-styled Forsythia from Kew. CD surmises that all Forsythia at Kew may be short-styled, hence he is curious to know whether they set seed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 15 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 429 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10721 |
To John Scott 15 December 1876
Summary
CD is eager for further information about Lagerstroemia, which is sterile with its own pollen. Does the collection of dried plants reveal more than one form? Plans to republish papers on dimorphism.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 15 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10721F |
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| Smiles, Samuel | (1) |
Darwin and working from home
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Ever wondered how Darwin worked? As part of our For the Curious series of simple interactives, ‘Darwin working from home’ lets you explore objects from Darwin’s study and garden at Down House to learn how he worked and what he had to say about it. And not…
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Darwin's health
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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
