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Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … contained particles of starch very clearly,’ he wrote to Henry Groves, the botanist who had supplied …
- … about the life of any one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He wrote to …
- … over the microscope affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). Earthworms …
- … fact the clergyman and professor of ecclesiastical history Henry Wace. Darwin was confident that the …
- … Simpson, 7 January 1882 ). The agricultural chemist Joseph Henry Gilbert was struck by the benefits …
- … Collier, 16 February 1882 ). Collier had married Thomas Henry Huxley’s daughter Marian. He returned …
- … [28 October 1836] , letter from Emma Wedgwood and Louisa Holland to F. E. E. Wedgwood, [21 and 24 …
- … A. R. Wallace, [ c . 10 April 1864] ). To the physician Henry Holland, he remarked. ‘I shall …
- … a little work in Natural History every day’ ( letter to Henry Holland, 6 November [1864] ). …
- … steps’ ( letter to Alexander Agassiz, 28 August [1871] ; see also Correspondence vol. 19, …
- … names to appear’ ( letter to Louisa Stevenson, 8 April 1871 ). It was Darwin’s name that was …
- … on heredity. His belief in human improvement was tested by Henry Keylock Rusden, an Australian …
- … who had undertaken observations years earlier. In 1871, he had asked Henry Johnson to observe the …
Interview with Pietro Corsi
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Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
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- … had been forced to flee France for years, hiding in Belgium, Holland and Germany. In 1826 he is put …
- … just focusing on France; people have been writing on [Joseph Henry] Green, the private doctor of …
- … a lay country in 1870 after the [Paris] Commune and in 1871 - ’70-’71 – the defeat. Then the Third …
