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List of correspondents
Summary
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,…
Matches: 27 hits
- … child of God" (1) Abberley, John (1) …
- … Adams, A. L. (1) Addison, John (1) …
- … Allen, J. A. (b) (1) Allen, John (1) …
- … C. J. (3) Andrews, John (1) Ann. …
- … Balfour, J. H. (7) Ball, John (5) …
- … Becher, A. B. (1) Beck, John (2) …
- … Beckhard, Martin (1) Beddoe, John (3) …
- … C. H. (8) Blackwall, John (4) …
- … J. A. H. de (11) Bostock, John (1) …
- … Bridgman, W. K. (3) Brigg, John (1) …
- … Busch, Otto (1) Bush, John (3) Busk, …
- … Caton, J. D. (9) Cattell, John (3) …
- … the Exchequer (1) Chapman, John (4) …
- … Coe, Henry (6) Coghlan, John (2) …
- … Colburn, Henry (3) Colby, John (3) …
- … Colgate, Robert (1) Collier, John (2) …
- … Craig, J. S. (2) Crawfurd, John (3) …
- … Crick, W. D. (11) Crier, John (1) …
- … Davis, J. E. (1) Davy, John (6) …
- … Denny, Henry (13) Denny, John (6) …
- … Downie, Mr (1) Downing, John (3) …
- … Ellicott, C. J. (1) Elliot, Adam (1) …
- … Evans, E. G. (2) Evans, John (b) (3) …
- … Farn, A. B. (1) Farr, John (2) Farr, …
- … Fiske, John (14) Fitch, Adam (3) …
- … Seddon, W. Z. (2) Sedgwick, Adam (15) …
- … Whitby, M. A. T. (3) White, Adam (2) …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
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…
Matches: 26 hits
- … immortality of Soul. amongst Ancients [Toland 1704] Adam Smith Moral Sentiments [A. Smith …
- … 1824] Hume’s Essay [?Hume 1741–2] J. Taylor Art of Dying [J. Taylor 1651] …
- … The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] St. John’s Highlands [C. W. G. Saint John 1846] …
- … B.M. 6. 6. Black Edin. Longman [Ramsay 1848] St. John’s Nat. Hist. of Sutherlanshire, Murray …
- … News. by M r Hicks [Hickson 1849] Published separately Taylor & Walton Headed “Malthus” …
- … Liebigs Lectures on Chemistry [Liebig 1851]. Sir John Davies. China during the War and Peace …
- … [DAR 119: 2a] Scientific Memoirs pub. by Taylor [ Scientific Memoirs ] Mag. of …
- … by Boswell [Boswell 1831] Philip Van Artevelde [H. Taylor 1834]. reread Macaulay Art. …
- … 1843] /Oct 1 st / 2 d & 3 d Vol Sept 5 W. Taylor’s life & Corresp. [Robberds …
- … d . Series. vol 3. p. 1 to 312 30 th Colquhoun (John) The Moor & the Loch [Colquhoun …
- … Buffon [Milne-Edwards 1834–40]. March 5 th St. John’s Highlands [Saint John 1846] 8 …
- … Tone Autobiography [Tone 1826] very amusing March 10 John Galt Autobiography [Galt 1833] poor …
- … 1848] Madam Malguet [Torrens] 1848] —— Lives of John & Alex. Belthune [?Bethune 1840 and …
- … Ireland [Thompson 1849–56]. Vol. I. II & 3 May. St. John’s Tour in Sutherlandshire [Saint …
- … ] 12. Sedgwicks Discourse on Study of Univers [Sedgwick 1850] 28 Steenstrup on …
- … English Poets [Thackeray 1853] Haydon’s Life by T. Taylor [Haydon 1853] Sir B. Lowes …
- … [R. H. Dana [1840] (good) Bertrams [Trollope 1859] & Adam Bede [Eliot 1859] (excellent) …
- … islands . London. *128: 172 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. 1812. The friend; a series of …
- … 1835. Specimens of the table talk of the late Samuel Taylor Coleridge . Edited by [Henry …
- … ——. 1836–9. The literary remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge . Collected and edited by Henry …
- … 9b Cottle, Joseph. 1847. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey …
- … Eliot, George, pseud . (Marian Evans Cross). 1859. Adam Bede . 3 vols. Edinburgh. [Other …
- … his autobiography and journals . Edited and compiled by Tom Taylor. 3 vols. London. *128: 180; …
- … . London. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection.] 119: 1a Sedgwick, Adam. 1850. A discourse on …
- … and conduct. London. 128: 27 Smith, Adam. 1759. The theory of moral sentiments. …
- … 7 vols. (Vol. 7: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith … Account of the life and …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species , …
- … twelve months after its publication make an impressive list. Adam Sedgwick, not surprisingly, …
- … track, the only track that leads to physical truth’ (Sedgwick 1860) that most wounded Darwin. Having …
- … to deflect such criticism. ‘I can perfectly understand Sedgwick or any one saying that nat. …
- … . Fawcett asserted that Darwin’s theory accorded well with John Stuart Mill’s exposition of the …
- … to hear Samuel Wilberforce, the bishop of Oxford, reply to John William Draper’s paper giving a …
- … Darwin about further, less dramatic incidents, including John Lubbock’s retort to Wilberforce on the …
- … I shall improve the Book considerably.—’ ( letter to John Murray, 5 December [1860] ). Although he …
- … to convert people under 20 year,’ he told his friend John Innes, ‘though firmly convinced now …
- … good judge coming some little way with me.’ ( letter to John Innes, 28 December [1860] ). …
Interview with Pietro Corsi
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Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
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- … on [Joseph Henry] Green, the private doctor of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who had been to Germany and …
- … Let me give you one instance. For people like John Fleming , the Scottish minister and …
- … Saint Hilaire, Cuvier, Bory de Saint-Vincent, Virey – to John Fleming, in the 1820s, these were …
- … about coleoptera. He knew a lot through conversation with [John Stevens] Henslow of what …
- … for the Advancement of Science, [Charles] Pritchard, [John] Dalton and I don’t remember who? …