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Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If …
- … The quantity of his correspondence increased dramatically in 1868; the increase was due largely to …
- … and his immediate circle of friends and relations. In July 1868 Darwin was still anticipating that …
- … and not too much’ ( letter to Albert Günther, 15 May [1868] ). My book is horribly …
- … as early as 1865, the two-volume work appeared in January 1868. A final delay caused by the indexing …
- … look rather blank’ ( letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 January 1868 ). Darwin sympathised, replying on …
- … fairly nauseated’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 February [1868] ). But such worries were laid to …
- … was clearly impressed by Lewes’s reviews. On 7 August 1868 , he wrote him a lengthy letter from …
- … not behind my back’ ( letter to John Murray, 25 February [1868] ). Wallace commiserated: ‘I am …
- … to the paper’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February [1868] ). The review was in fact by John …
- … a veritable ass’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868] ). I am bothered with …
- … Yorkshire, wrote of the colour of duck claws on 17 April 1868 . The letter was addressed to ‘the …
- … Commons than any assembly in the world’ (from ?, 6 April 1868). On 21 May , Darwin complained to …
- … breeder, who apologised in a letter of 11–13 May 1868 for his ‘voluminuous zeal’, and offered …
- … changes in the canary (letters from J. J. Weir, [26] March 1868 and 3 June 1868 ). ‘It was …
- … clear that I have none’ ( letter to J. J. Weir, 30 May [1868] ). Sexual selection …
- … ratios was scanty, and he spent much of the first half of 1868 collecting facts on this question, …
- … may be gained’ ( letter to H. T. Stainton, 21 February [1868] ). From the beginning, Darwin had …
- … males getting wives’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 25 February [1868] ). Yet a number of Darwin’s …
- … the American entomologist Benjamin Dann Walsh on 25 March 1868 . Wallace maintained that males …
- … entomologists ( letter from Roland Trimen, 20 February 1868 , and letter from Robert MacLachlan, …
- … in attracting females. J. J. Weir reported on 14 April 1868 that a bullfinch had piped a German …
- … odour sexual!’ ( letter to A . R. Wallace, 16 September [1868] ). Francis sought additional advice …
- … to his mother Emma in a letter dated [after 16 October 1868] : ‘I had a long work with Crotch to …
- … Edmund Langton wrote from the south of France to Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood on 9 Novembe r, …
- … in the dyed hen ( letter from Harrison Weir, 28 March 1868 ). Writing on the same day, Edward …
- … Africa, Darwin received from Hooker an account by Mary Elizabeth Barber of local variations in the …
Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … and various dissenting establishments. In the Darwin and Wedgwood households, formal adherence to …
- … Emma herself, and Charles and Emma’s unmarried daughter Elizabeth were all interred in the …
- … a cow and a red deer (letter from J. B. Innes, 7 December 1868 ). Innes had a tendency to tease …
- … he left behind (letter from S. J. O’H. Horsman, 2 June [1868] ). Among the reasons justifying his …
- … the church’s organ fund (letter to J. B. Innes, 15 June [1868] ). So embroiled in this process …
- … the Down parish church (letter to J. B. Innes, 1 December 1868 ). Darwin wrote of the next …
Virginia Isitt: Darwin’s secretary?
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In an undated and incomplete draft letter to a “Miss I.”, Emma Darwin appears to be arranging for Miss I. to come to Down for a trial period as a secretary. When the letter first came to light, no one had heard of the mysterious “Miss I.” and, as far as we…
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- … a Virginia Lavinia Isitt who was headmistress of the Port Elizabeth Collegiate School in South …
- … sister, Emily Jesse, and headmistress at the Port Elizabeth Collegiate School; he had been unaware …
- … Darwins themselves had met Tennyson on the Isle of Wight in 1868. Reading between the lines, it …
- … and not many years later she became headmistress at Port Elizabeth. It would be pleasant to think …
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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- … 1851]. Packard. A Guide to the Study of Insects 1868. U. States [Packard 1868–9] (an …
- … th . Hume’s Hist of England [Hume 1763]. to beginning of Elizabeth. Sept 14 th . 4 first …
- … on chemistry (Liebig 1851). 50 Probably Elizabeth Wedgwood. 51 This …
- … of the Devereux, Earls of Essex, in the reigns of Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I., 1540 …
- … of England from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth. 12 vols. London. 1856–70. 128: …
- … London. *119: 21v., 22; 119: 19a Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn. 1857. The life of …
- … by Mr. Boyer. London. [Other eds.] 119: 22b Gray, Elizabeth Caroline. 1840. Tour to the …
- … description of the universe . Translated [by Elizabeth Juliana Sabine] under the …
- … climates; with scientific elucidations . Translated by Elizabeth Juliana Sabine. 2 vols. London. …
- … 2 vols. London. 119: 5a Packard, Alpheus Spring. 1868–9. Guide to the study of …
- … London. *128: 178; 128: 9 [Rigby, Elizabeth]. 1846. Livonian tales. London. 119: …
- … with anecdotes of their courts, by Agnes Strickland and Elizabeth Strickland. 12 vols. London. …
- … the Polar Sea, in the years 1820–3 . Translated by Elizabeth Juliana Sabine. Edited by Edward …
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … illness and delay, the book was not published until January 1868. 'Climbing plants' …
- … manuscript was published as chapter 27 of Variation in 1868. The wider debate …
- … Wales rented by the Hensleigh Wedgwoods for the summer, and Elizabeth was evidently attending school …
- … Correspondence vol. 13, CD’s ‘Journal’, Appendix I). Wedgwood and Darwin relatives visited Down …
