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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,…
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- … Airy, Hubert (27) Aitchison, William (2) …
- … Baird, S. F. (1) Baird, William (1) …
- … Baxter, W. W. (36) Baxter, William (7) …
- … Bennett, A. W. (21) Bennett, William (2) …
- … Blanche (2) Blenkiron, William, Jr (1) …
- … Bowles, W. B. (2) Bowman, William (29) …
- … Frank (17) Buckland, William (6) …
- … Clephan, T. R. (1) Clift, William (1) …
- … Coldstream, John (2) Cole, William (3) …
- … Cooper, W. B. (1) Cooper, William (1) …
- … Croll, James (16) Crookes, William (1) …
- … la Beche, H. T. (3) Dealtry, William (1) …
- … Farr, John (2) Farr, William (7) …
- … Farrer, T. H. (137) Farrer, William (1) …
- … Graham, C. C. (3) Graham, William (5) …
- … Green, Thomas (1) Green, William (2) …
- … Hardy, R. P. (4) Hardy, William (1) …
- … Harris, J. (2) Harris, William (2) …
- … Harte, Richard (1) Harte, William (1) …
- … Henslow, J. S. (147) Henty, William (3) …
- … Herbert, M. A. (1) Herbert, William (4) …
- … Hopkins, A. N. (1) Hopkins, William (3) …
- … Horner, Susan (1) Horsfall, William (2) …
- … Hough, Arthur (1) Houghton, William (1) …
- … A. A. W. (3) Huggins, William (2) …
- … Jackson, Julian (4) Jackson, William (1) …
- … Hyacinth (4) Jardine, William (1) …
- … Jenkins, H. M. (1) Jenner, William (8) …
Experimenting with emotions
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Darwin’s interest in emotions can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by the sounds and gestures of the peoples of Tierra del Fuego. On his return, he started recording observations in a set of notebooks, later labelled '…
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- … (1839), he embarked on a detailed study of his first child William in early stages of development. …
- … physiologists such as Johannes Müller, Claude Bernard, and William Carpenter, as well as theorists …
- … new network of correspondents. One of his first contacts was William Bowman, an eminent ophthalmic …
- … at the same time to the glands?” ( letter to William Bowman, 30 March [1868] ). Bowman was …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … selection in relation to sex . He wrote to his indexer, William Sweetland Dallas, on 27 January …
- … 19 February 1871 ). The African explorer and writer William Winwood Reade thought the publication …
- … (letter from W. W. Reade, 21 February 1871). The geologist William Boyd Dawkins remarked on Darwin’s …
- … of hair arrived from several correspondents, including William Bernhard Tegetmeier, who remarked …
- … the family and commented upon by his wife and children. William offered his assessment of John …
- … Günther, George Busk, T. H. Huxley, Osbert Salvin, and William Henry Flower all provided Darwin with …
- … anatomists and eye specialists Frans Cornelis Donders, William Bowman, and Erasmus Wilson, to …
- … or ‘absurd & trifling’ questions ( letter to William Bowman, [before 26] January [1871] ). He …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … 4139 - Darwin, W. E. to Darwin, [4 May 1863] William sends the results of a recent …
- … 23rd 1887]: Emma Darwin tells her eldest son, William, that her third eldest son, Francis, …
- … 1862 - DAR 219.1:49) Emma Darwin updates her son, William, on family news. Henrietta has …
- … W. E., [9 January 1872] Darwin thanks his son William for checking the proofs of a new, …
- … to Clarke, W. B., [25 October 1861] Darwin asks William Clarke to pass on information on …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … Bowker's answers not found Bowman, William …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … The year opened with Darwin, helped by his eldest son William, going over the final proofs for the …
- … anthropologist, and outspoken supporter of Darwinism, William Winwood Reade, Darwin was revising his …
- … in particular Donders and the ophthalmic surgeon William Bowman, both of whom he consulted on the …
- … Darwin and his family went to stay with his eldest son, William, in Southampton, but his peace was …
- … over Ayrton’s head direct to the Liberal prime minster, William Gladstone. May all your …
- … Galton, had with some interest been following the career of William Crookes, an investigator of …
- … Expression . He resumed his correspondence with Donders and Bowman on the contraction of orbicular …
- … and other chemicals, ordered from Darwin’s usual chemist, William Baxter, were not in this case for …
- … his cousin and fellow beetle-enthusiast from student days, William Darwin Fox. The two had not met …
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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- … Jean Macqueen Nancy Mautner Anna K. Mayer William Montgomery Eleanor Moore …
Expression
Summary
Darwin's interest in emotional expression can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by the different sounds and gestures among the peoples of Tierra del Fuego, and on his return from the voyage he started recording observations…
