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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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- … Atkin, J. R. (1) Atkinson, Edward (4) …
- … A. D. (15) Bartlett, Edward (6) …
- … Blyth, E. K. (1) Blyth, Edward (64) …
- … Thomas (2) Bradford, Edward (1) …
- … Carden, Robert (1) Cardwell, Edward (4) …
- … Crawte, G. F. (1) Cresy, Edward (1) …
- … Emery, Woodward (1) Enfield, Edward (1) …
- … Forbes, David (13) Forbes, Edward (10) …
- … George (1) Frankland, Edward (44) …
- … Fry, C. E. (1) Fry, Edward (1) Fry, …
- … Harris, C. (1) Harris, Edward (1) …
- … Hewett, Joseph (1) Hewitt, Edward (4) …
- … Charles (1) Hitchcock, Edward (1) …
- … Holder, J. B. (1) Holland, Edward (2) …
- … William (2) Horsman, Edward (1) …
- … Jones, A. H. (2) Jones, Edward (1) …
- … Ludwig, Rudolph (1) Lumb, Edward (4) …
- … Samuel (6) Newman, Edward (1) Newman …
- … Charles (1) Nicholson, Edward (1) …
- … Charlotte (1) Parfitt, Edward (2) …
- … Sabine, E. J. (1) Sabine, Edward (9) …
- … Stanley, E. H. (4) Stanley, Edward (1) …
- … Vines, S. H. (9) Vivian, Edward (2) …
- … Wagner, Moritz (2) Walford, Edward (2) …
- … Wilson, E. B. (2) Wilson, Edward (8) …
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…
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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- … [G. Montagu 1802–13]— facts about close species. Wilson’s American Ornithology [A. Wilson …
- … . [Knapp] 1838] Read Gleanings in Natural History. By Edward Jesse, Surveyor of Her Majesty’s …
- … in the Himalayan Provinces by W. Moorcroft. Edited by Wilson 1841 [Moorcroft and Trebeck 1841 …
- … History ] Vol. 4: p. 377 to end. June 8 th Wilson Voyage Round Scotland [J. Wilson …
- … letters on Chemistry [Liebig 1851]. Nov. 15 th Wilson Voyage. Scotland [J. Wilson 1842] …
- … farm. 93 Feb. Highland Agricultural Report for J. Wilson origin of Domestic animals. 94 …
- … from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to which CD refers has …
- … 44 Probably Francis Boott. 45 Edward Forbes provided sketches and notes for the …
- … paper has not been identified. It is possible that James Wilson’s work on the origin of domestic …
- … London. [Other eds.] *119: 15; 119: 22b Belcher, Edward. 1848. Narrative of the voyage …
- … domesticorum . Hafniæ. *128: 182 Bennett, Edward Turner, ed. 1837. The natural history …
- … … [By Gilbert White.] A new edition with notes by Edward Turner Bennett. London. [Abstract in DAR …
- … . Edinburgh. [Other eds.] 119: 21b Bevan, Edward. 1827. The honey-bee; its natural …
- … to the Hebrides . A new edition, greatly enlarged, by John Wilson Croker. 5 vols. London. 119: 4a …
- … collected in Melville Island. Appendix XI in Parry, William Edward, A supplement to the …
- … and 12 atlases. Paris. *119: 5v. [Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton]. 1835. …
- … Trilobites. Translated from the German by Thomas Bell and Edward Forbes. London: Ray Society. …
- … ser. 6: 142–214. *119: 21v.; 119: 18a Clarke, Edward Daniel. 1810–23. Travels in …
- … of Oxford. London. [Other eds.] 119: 21b Eyre, Edward John. 1845. Journals of …
- … [Darwin Library.] 119: 18b; *128: 178 Forbes, Edward. 1841. A history of British …
- … London 2, pt 2: 483–534. 119: 22a Forbes, Edward and Hanley, Sylvanus. 1849–53. A …
- … etc. 2d ed. Tiguri. 128: 16 Gibbon, Edward. 1776–88. The history of the decline and …
- … ——. 1827. Memoirs of the life and writings of Edward Gibbon, composed by himself, and …
- … . London. [Other eds.] 119: 11b Gray, John Edward. 1843–52. Catalogue of the specimens …
- … Richard Williams . Edinburgh. 128: 9 Harcourt, Edward Vernon. 1851. A sketch of …
- … of letters . London. 119: 6a Hickson, William Edward. 1849. Review of Thomas Robert …
- … climate and physical agents. Appendix to vol. 2 of Belcher, Edward, Narrative of a voyage round …
- … … from original journals and correspondence by H. H. Wilson. 2 vols. London. *119: 14v.; 119: 11a …
A tale of two bees
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Darwinian evolution theory fundamentally changed the way we understand the environment and even led to the coining of the word 'ecology'. Darwin was fascinated by bees: he devised experiments to study the comb-building technique of honey bees and…
3.13 Edwards 'Representative Men'
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< Back to Introduction A sequel to Portraits of Men of Eminence appeared in 1868, published by the London firm of Alfred William Bennett and again edited by Edward Walford. It was titled Representative Men in Literature, Science, and Art. The…
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- … London firm of Alfred William Bennett and again edited by Edward Walford. It was titled …
Darwin & coral reefs
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The central idea of Darwin's theory of coral reef formation, as it was later formulated, was that the islands were formed by the upward growth of coral as the Pacific Ocean floor gradually subsided. It overturned previous ideas and would in itself…
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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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- … contempt of me. I feel convinced it is by Owen’. John Edward Gray, a colleague of Richard Owen’s in …
- … to throw off thick dictionaries by flexing. On 5 April , Edward Blyth, who had supplied Darwin …
- … Harrison Weir, 28 March 1868 ). Writing on the same day, Edward Hewitt reported that female …
- … in Japan ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 September 1868 ); Edward Wilson, a neighbour of Darwin’s, …
- … for the philosophy of the future.’ Further afield, Edward Wilson remarked on 14 October …
