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Casting about: Darwin on worms
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Earthworms were the subject of a citizen science project to map the distribution of earthworms across Britain (BBC Today programme, 26 May 2014). The general understanding of the role earthworms play in improving soils and providing nutrients for plants to…
List of correspondents
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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) …
- … Prestwich, Joseph (4) Preyer, William (19) …
Darwin and Human Nature
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There is substantial correspondence to illuminates Darwin’s published work on human evolution in Descent of Man and Expression of the Emotions. The letter sets and discussion questions presented here focus on nineteenth-century debates about the unity of…
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … his son’s own work on plant sensitivity and digestion. William, who had contributed to some of the …
- … Darwin corresponded most often with the assistant director, William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, who …
- … as rain, wind, temperature, and light. While staying with William in Southampton he made notes on …
- … ‘I got out within 2 minutes of a very heavy shower’, William wrote on 24 August 1877 . ‘The …
- … he had begun in 1839 with the birth of his first child, William. He had used some of this material …
- … attracted immediate attention from other researchers. William Preyer requested a copy and shared …
- … and classical scholars, including the eminent politician William Ewart Gladstone. Darwin wrote to …
- … 14 June 1877 ). Darwin was staying in Southampton with William during the emperor’s visit, and so …
- … , he was criticised for having quoted from an article by William Rathbone Greg on the ‘careless, …
- … C. T. E. Siebold, 10 October 1877 ). An American banker, William Burrows Bowles, having read Ernst …
- … a fossil by a model-maker. The giant’s ‘discoverer’, William Conant, was a colleague of the showman …
- … brought a very happy occasion with the engagement of William to Sara Sedgwick. She was the daughter …
- … Southampton a dull place, but he did his best to recommend William: ‘his temper is beautifully sweet …
- … ‘I enclose my marriage present’, Darwin wrote to William on 3 October , ‘I fear that Sara will …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … edition appeared at the end of 1866 and had told his cousin William Darwin Fox, ‘My work will have …
- … of the age of the earth much greater than that calculated by William Thomson, but he did point out, …
- … based on recent work of Croll, Andrew Crombie Ramsay, William Whitaker, and others ( Origin 5th …
- … his long-time correspondent, the pigeon and poultry fancier William Bernhard Tegetmeier, who sent …
- … lusitanicum that had been painstakingly collected by William Chester Tait in Portugal. Darwin …
- … since its publication in 1862. Darwin asked his son William to examine the British orchid …
- … in order to better ascertain its manner of pollination. William’s contribution, and those of many …
- … was probably the one he commissioned and paid for himself: William Sweetland Dallas’s edition of …
- … from Adolf Reuter, 23 September 1869 ). The physiologist William Thierry Preyer enclosed a paper …
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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- … The index of Variation had been entrusted to William Sweetland Dallas, a naturalist with long …
- … provided by the poultry expert and editor of the Field , William Bernhard Tegetmeier, who …
- … to Emma Darwin, 9 February [1868] ). Darwin’s eldest son, William, met on occasion with a …
- … to August Weismann, 22 October 1868 ). To the physiologist William Preyer Darwin wrote on 31 …
- … science, including Adam Sedgwick, John Stevens Henslow, and William Jackson Hooker. ‘I … am …
