From A. H. Sayce 30 July 1877
Summary
Thanks CD for statement about children’s speech. Asks permission to quote him in his forthcoming book.
Author: | Archibald Henry Sayce |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 July 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 46 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11080 |
To James Torbitt 30 July 1877
Summary
Makes suggestions regarding statement on potato experiments to be published in Daily News.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Torbitt |
Date: | 30 July 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 148: 95 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11081 |
From J. F. McLennan 30 July 1877
Summary
Sees abortion as a refinement of infanticide; all such practices originate in female infanticide. Herbert Spencer’s over-speculation.
Author: | John Ferguson McLennan |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 July 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 25 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11082 |
From H. N. Ellacombe 30 July [1877]
Summary
Sends a specimen of Schrankia.
Author: | Henry Nicholson Ellacombe |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 July [1877] |
Classmark: | DAR 163: 15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6298 |
letter | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Ellacombe, H. N. | (1) |
McLennan, J. F. | (1) |
Sayce, A. H. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Torbitt, James | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Ellacombe, H. N. | (1) |
McLennan, J. F. | (1) |
Sayce, A. H. | (1) |
Torbitt, James | (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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Henrietta Darwin's diary
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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
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Bartholomew James Sulivan
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On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to his old friend, Charles Darwin, commiserating on shared ill-health, glorying in the achievements of their children, offering to collect plant specimens, and…
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- … On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to …