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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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- … Frederic (1) Bateman, James (1) …
- … Buckley, A. B. (21) Buckman, James (2) …
- … Burn, Robert (1) Burningham, James (1) …
- … C., W. S. (1) Caird, James (9) …
- … Carter, R. B. (2) Cartmell, James (1) …
- … H. (1) Crichton-Browne, James (40) …
- … Crocq, Jean (1) Croll, James (16) …
- … Dawson, J. W. (1) Dawson, James (2) …
- … Dickie, George (3) Dickson, James (1) …
- … Dixon, E. S. (2) Dixon, James (2) …
- … Druitt, Thomas (3) Drummond, James (a) (5) …
- … Edwards, [– ?] (1) Egan, James (2) …
- … Fraser, George (3) Fraser, James (1) …
- … Archibald (12) Geikie, James (13) …
- … Society of London (18) Gibb, James (1) …
- … J. M. (2) Grant, James (3) Grant, R. …
- … Heckel, Édouard (7) Hector, James (1) …
- … Hewitt, Edward (4) Heywood, James (1) …
- … Rowland (b) (1) Hilton, James (1) …
- … Humphry, G. M. (1) Hunt, James (a) (1) …
- … Jacobson, Miss (1) James, Constantin (1) …
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
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Elizabeth Garrett was born in Whitechapel, London. She was initially educated at home but at 13 sent to boarding school. She was always interested in politics and current affairs but decided to pursue a career in medicine at a time when women were excluded…
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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- … as he confessed to his old Beagle shipmate Bartholomew James Sulivan, ‘it was an illusory hope.— …
- … the publication in 1872 of Corals and coral islands , by James Dwight Dana, an American zoologist …
- … apprenticeship with the engineering firm Easton and Anderson of Erith, Kent. After a month’s trial …
- … Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 ). The Manchester physician James Ross offered an alternative …
- … that it protected the teeth of combatants ( letter from James Ross, September 1874 ). The …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … 8 th Cox’s Columbia River [Cox 1831] —— Anderson on Sheep [Pallas 1794]: Culley on live …
- … the Culture of the Apple & Pear [Knight 1797] ——Anderson Tour to Hebrides & Report on …
- … J. Andersons Recreation in Agriculture & Nat. Hist. [J. Anderson 1799–1803] 3 first volumes Read …
- … to Borneo [Keppel 1846] 31. Fox’s Hist of James 2 d . [Fox 1808] June 23 d Guizot …
- … (amusing) 27 Abbott Travels from Khiva to Heraut [James Abbott 1843] (very good) Nov. …
- … [Haydon 1853] (very interesting) —— 25. Sir James Brooks Private Letters [Brooke 1853] …
- … 24] 1859 Pagets Lectures on Pathology [James Paget 1853] Ch 1–3 & Last …
- … notes for both William Bennett’s edition (1837) and for James Rennie’s edition (1833) of Gilbert …
- … de Neuchâtel . 47 Possibly a slip for James Abbott, Narrative of a journey …
- … This paper has not been identified. It is possible that James Wilson’s work on the origin of …
- … referrred to in Darwin’s reading notebooks Abbott, James. 1843. Narrative of a journey from …
- … . Translated by Mary Howitt. London. 119: 15b Anderson, James. 1785. An account of the …
- … Dominique François Jean. 1839. Historical eloge of James Watt … Translated … with additional …
- … Harriet Martineau. London. 128: 3 Audubon, John James Laforest. 1831–9. Ornithological …
- … and Sark. London. *119: 6v. Backhouse, James. 1843. A narrative of a visit to the …
- … methods of catching them . With notes by the translator [James Rennie]. London. *119: 7v. …
- … . Paris. [Darwin Library.] 119: 19a Bolton, James. 1794–6. Harmonia ruralis; or, an …
- … America. 2 vols. London. 119: 7a Boswell, James. 1831. The life of Samuel Johnson … …
- … trees . Edinburgh. 119: 7a, 13a Bowerbank, James Scott. 1840. A history of the fossil …
- … By Currer Bell. 3 vols. London. 128: 21 Brooke, James. 1853. Private letters of Sir …
- … from the vicinity of the river Congo. Appendix 5 of Tuckey, James Kingston, Narrative of an …
- … Egypt and Syria . London. 119: 4a Bruce, James. 1790. Travels to discover the …
- … Edinburgh and London. 128: 25 Bunbury, Charles James Fox. 1848. Journal of a residence …
- … history of sheep and other domestic animals. By James Anderson . Edinburgh. 119: 7a, 13a …
Who we were
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Many people have contributed to the Darwin Correspondence Project since it was first founded in 1974. Some names are now lost to us, and we would appreciate hearing from anyone who has contributed in the past and is not listed here. The final staff of…
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- … History and Philosophy of Science. They were: Prof James A. Secord (Director) Jim …
Julia Wedgwood
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Charles Darwin’s readership largely consisted of other well-educated Victorian men, nonetheless, some women did read, review, and respond to Darwin’s work. One of these women was Darwin’s own niece, Julia Wedgwood, known in the family as “Snow”. In July…
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Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
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- … India Company’s service, and held a commission from King James I. Of these facts I was credibly …
- … must warn him that he cannot be permitted to take like King James’ Bishop “baith together.” I …
- … “The Most High [ f.214r p.131 ] and Mighty Prince James” the first “to serve the East India …
- … have done – their preface and dedication addressed to King James the First – so well exemplifying as …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … department for five years. Scott felt that his superiors, James McNab and John Hutton Balfour, no …
