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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,…
Life of Erasmus Darwin
Summary
The Life of Erasmus Darwin (1879) was a curious departure for Darwin. It was intended as a biographical note to accompany an essay on Erasmus's scientific work by the German writer Ernst Krause. But Darwin became immersed in his grandfather's…
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … but made up for her lack by pointing out that her cousin Emma Nixon had ‘the enviable talent of …
- … and letter from Leonard Darwin, [before 12 July] 1879 ). Emma Darwin also thought the text needed …
- … of radicles were sensitive ( letter from Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin, 30 June 1879 ). It was …
- … Nonetheless, Darwin endured a three-hour delay better than Emma Darwin, and Bernard proved to be a …
- … insisted that all contact between Horace and Ida must cease. Emma Darwin persuaded her husband to …
- … some consequence when you are not likely to make money’ (Emma Darwin to Sara Darwin, [1 July 1879] …
- … ‘Nothing can be more useless than T.H’s conduct’, Emma Darwin pointed out, ‘He has no intention of …
- … to be able to say that he has opposed it’ (letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [4 August 1879] …
- … was delighted to get home ‘& began drumming at once’ (Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [27 …
- … A. Pitman, [13 May 1879] ). In the end, he did attend, with Emma Darwin insisting that they combine …
- … of laws he had received from Cambridge University in 1877. Emma Darwin recorded that Darwin found …
- … with the gown because it dominated the picture (letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [17 …
- … Evidently hoping to curtail the correspondence, Emma Darwin replied on 8 April stating that …
- … Nicolai Mengden, 5 June 1879 ). On the very day that Emma sent the first reply to Mengden …
- … the pleasure was not so great for the Darwin family. Emma Darwin found Haeckel very pleasant, but, …
- … about the way German men of science quarrelled (letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [6 …
