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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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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he …
- … arranged alphabetically, of the scientific books read from 1838 through 1846, but it was not kept up …
- … Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838 Stoke’s Library 1 …
- … read L. Jenyns paper on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol …
- … Cavernes d’Ossements 7 th Ed. 10 8 vo . [Serres 1838] good to trace Europ. forms compared …
- … 1832–7] contains all his fathers views Quoted by Owen [Hunter 1837] [DAR *119: 3v.] …
- … 1827] Paxton on the culture of Dahlias [Paxton 1838] read Paper on consciousness in …
- … There appears to be good art. on Entozore 12 by Owen in Encyclop. of Anat. & Physiology [R. …
- … researches on the Horse in N. America— [Harlan 1835] Owen has it. & Royal Soc Lord …
- … June /41/ [Herschel 1841] I see I must study Whewell on Philosophy of Science [Whewell 1840] …
- … geological History of the Horse [Karkeek 1841]. (not read.) Owen not got these No s . …
- … read it— Erasmus has it Owens Brit. Mammalia [R. Owen 1846a]— Horner has it. (read) …
- … 119: 4a] Lessings Laocoon [Lessing 1836] Whewell inductive History [Whewell 1837] …
- … 1807] 24 th Well Skimmed (for second time) Whewell’s Bridgewater Treatise [Whewell …
- … Rich d . 2 d . poor. Henry IV [Shakespeare: King Richard II ; King Henry IV ] …
- … 1841]. 2 d . vols. —— 30 th . Smollets William & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— …
- … [DAR *128: 149] Murray Geograph. Distrib. Price William & Norgate 2” 12” 6 [A. Murray …
- … Hind’s Solar System [Hind 1852] April 20 th William Humboldts letters [K. W. von Humboldt …
- … 7 Probably a reference to the private library of William Jackson Hooker and his son, Joseph …
- … In February 1882, however, after reading the introduction to William Ogle’s translation of Aristotle …
- … Notebooks ). 19 According to the DNB , William Herbert provided notes for both …
- … British Association for the Advancement of Science (1854). Richard Owen gave the same paper at the …
- … is confused; the citation given is actually that of Richard Owen’s paper on Dinornis rather than …
- … all sorts of trees, shrubs, and flowers . Revised by Richard Bradley. London. *119: 19v.; 119: …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 13, 22; 119: 22b Beste, John Richard. 1855. The Wabash; or, …
- … Home life in Germany . London. 128: 11 Bradley, Richard. 1724. A general treatise of …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … whom his work brought him into close contact. In November 1838, two years after his return, Darwin …
- … in London and at the end of the year their first child, William Erasmus, was born. In September 1842 …
- … of thinking about the significance of John Gould’s and Richard Owen’s identifications of his bird …
- … be as they are (Kohn 1980). Between April 1837 and September 1838 he filled several notebooks with …
- … This explanation of a “new Geological Power”, as William Buckland called it (in his referee’s report …
- … and Buckland (see the reports by Buckland, 9 March 1838 , and Sedgwick, [after 15 May 1838] ). …
- … of his Beagle work, and it too was in geology. In 1838 he set out on a geological tour in …
- … of the Beagle voyage. With the help of J. S. Henslow, William Whewell, and other prominent …
- … Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle from February 1838 to October 1843. The correspondence …
- … . The work comprises five parts: Fossil Mammalia , by Richard Owen; Mammalia , by G. R. …
- … by C. G. Ehrenberg; fungi by M. J. Berkeley; and corals by William Lonsdale ( Collected papers , 2 …
- … Towards the end of 1843, he increasingly hoped that William Jackson Hooker or his son Joseph might …
- … plant distribution and classification (see Henslow 1837a and 1838; W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott …
- … Henslow, Jenyns, Waterhouse, and his second cousin, William Darwin Fox—knew, as he said to Henslow, …
- … his hypothesis. In a letter to Lyell, [14] September [1838] , he wrote: 'I have lately been …
- … generation, fecundity, and inheritance. After mid-September 1838, when he had his ‘theory to work by …
- … of Comte’s Philosophie positive ([Brewster] 1838; see also Manier 1978, pp. 40–5) which …
- … selection preserved from this period are the exchanges with William Herbert, Dean of Manchester, a …
- … the correspondence about the vitality of seeds discovered by William Kemp of Galashiels in a …
- … sea-water. The letters about Kemp’s seeds and the William Herbert correspondence, which was …
- … the task Darwin had set for himself when, in the spring of 1838, he wrote in his notebook: ' …
Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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- … also a thorough restructuring, as he explained to his cousin William Darwin Fox in March 1837: ‘ I …
- … or simply get lost as part of three-volume set. In September 1838, Charles Lyell reported that his …
- … because Darwin had circulated the page proofs from early 1838, not least to William Whewell, …
- … Journal and remarks he had received from the publisher. William Buckland praised its ‘ high …
- … & generous feeling that is visible in every part ’; and William Lonsdale also admired the ‘ …
