From J. W. Spengel 10 May 1871
Summary
Thanks CD for his letter referring to JWS’s bibliographical paper ["Darwinian bibliography", Z. Ethnol. 3 (1871): 56–67]. Will be glad to inform CD of any additions to the list and would be grateful for information on future publications.
| Author: | Johann Wilhelm Spengel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 235 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7751 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … Berlin: F. Dümmler. Hartmann, Eduard von. 1870. Philosophie des Unbewussten. 2nd ed. …
- … L. Hachette et cie. Veltmann, W. von. 1870. Die Descendenztheorie aus einigen besonderen …
- … Naturwissenschaften. Mit wissenschaftlichen Anmerkungen. Braunschweig 1870. D r G. Jäger. …
- … Zoologische Briefe. Lieferung II Wien 1870 Archiv …
- … für Naturgeschichte: 1870. p. 235. W. …
- … Gesichtspunkten betrachtet. Ausland. 1870. No. 13. Neue Beiträge zu den Streitfragen des …
- … und Die Geologie. No 14 und 15 do. Gaea. 1870. Heft 6 H. J. Klein. Die Abänderung der …
- … der bayerischen Akademie. München 1870. Bd II, p 154 Moriz Wagner. Ueber den Einfluss der …
- … Munich: J. J. Lentner. Jäger, Gustav. 1870. Zoologische Briefe. Vol. 2. Vienna: Wilhelm …
- … 1868. Metz: F. Blanc. Sachs, Julius. 1870. Lehrbuch der Botanik nach dem gegenwärtigen …
- … Wilhelm Engelmann. Schmidt, Eduard Oscar. 1870. Das Alter der Menschheit nach den neueren …
- … Sachs’s Lehrbuch der Botanik ( Sachs 1870 ). CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin Library– …
- … are to J. Huber 1871 , Du Bois-Reymond 1871 , Hartmann 1870 and 1871, Hofmeister …
- … 1868 , Klein 1870a , Jäger 1870 , …
- … Veltmann 1870 , Wagner 1871 (a copy of parts 1 and 2 is in the Darwin …
- … Pamphlet Collection–CUL), Klein 1870b , Anon. 1871, Wagner 1870 , Reuschle 1869 , E. …
- … O. Schmidt 1870 (a copy of an earlier version, E. O. Schmidt and Unger 1866, is in the …
From J. W. Strutt [after 20 May 1871?]
Summary
Criticises a book [W. M. Williams, The fuel of the sun (1870)] whose author does not understand thermodynamics, spectrum analysis, and W. Thomson’s papers.
| Author: | John William Strutt, 3d Baron Rayleigh |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 20 May 1871?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7787 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … M. Williams, The fuel of the sun (1870)] whose author does not understand thermodynamics, …
- … 20 (1853): 261–88. Williams, William Mattieu. 1870. The fuel of the sun. London: Simpkin, …
- … sun by William Mattieu Williams ( Williams 1870 ) in his letter of 14 May 1871 . CD’s copy …
- … state pervaded all of space ( Williams 1870 , pp. 25–9). Developments in spectroscopy, …
- … analyse the chemical composition of stars. William Thomson . See Williams 1870 , pp. 78– …
- … 9. In Williams 1870 , pp. 58–9, Williams argued that heat radiated into space was …
- … asked for his opinion on it. In Williams 1870 , pp. 77–8, Williams argued that the theory …
From A. R. Wallace 14 May 1871
Summary
Recommends [W. M. Williams] The fuel of the sun [1870] as remarkably illuminating about physical astronomy. Williams solves the problem of duration of sun’s heat in "a most satisfactory manner".
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B100–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7758 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … W. M. Williams] The fuel of the sun [1870] as remarkably illuminating about physical …
- … The reference is to Williams 1870 . Wallace refers to Charles Lyell and William Robert …
- … Atlas Iron Works in Sheffield from 1868 to 1870 ( ODNB ). On his theory, see the letter …
- … London: Longmans. Williams, William Mattieu. 1870. The fuel of the sun. London: Simpkin, …
To F. E. Abbot 27 May [1871]
Summary
CD is surprised and gratified by the interest in his views in America.
Has read the extract from the Liberal Christian sent by FEA and also Truths for the times, which he admires.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Ellingwood Abbot |
| Date: | 27 May [1871] |
| Classmark: | Harvard University Archives (Papers of F. E. Abbot, 1841–1904. Named Correspondence, 1857–1903. Folder: Darwin, Charles and W. E. Darwin (son), 1871–1883, box 44. HUG 1101) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7771 |
From A. G. Butler 26 May 1871
Summary
Several observations on protective coloration and sexual selection.
| Author: | Arthur Gardiner Butler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 104–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7770 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Bibliography Butler, Arthur Gardiner. 1870. Note on abnormalities in the neuration of the …
- … hind wings in Acræa andromacha. [Read 15 November 1870. ] Proceedings …
- … of the Zoological Society of London (1870): 777–78. Descent : The descent of man, and …
- … the Nymphalidae. The reference is to Butler 1870 , published in the Proceedings of the …
To V. O. Kovalevsky 17 May [1871]
Summary
Interested in W. Hepworth Dixon’s Free Russia, but does not know "whether he is to be trusted".
VOK’s hard work in palaeontology will prepare him for future original investigations.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Date: | 17 May [1871] |
| Classmark: | Institut Mittag-Leffler |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7762 |
From Karl Scherzer 28 May 1871
Summary
Craniological part of Novara voyage report is done.
Expresses his satisfaction at CD’s election as a Foreign Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences, Vienna.
| Author: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9998 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Emma Darwin were on the continent in April 1870, visiting parts of Italy and Switzerland ( …
- … letters from Emma Darwin to H. E. Darwin, [19–20 April 1870] and [ …
- … 20 April 1870] (DAR 219.9: 87–8); letter from Emma Darwin to H. …
- … E. Darwin, 14 April [1870] (DAR 245: 39)). The reference is to Scherzer ed. 1872. …
From Alfred Newton 29 May 1871
Summary
[Reference to Japanese nuthatch (see Descent, 2d ed., p. 410 n.) excised from letter.]
Sorry they will not have Frank Darwin with them any more.
| Author: | Alfred Newton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 170–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7778 |
From F. E. Abbot 11 May 1871
Summary
Wishes to inform CD that, contrary to CD’s impression, natural selection is widely accepted in U. S. by educated men; encloses copies of his lectures, papers, and the Index.
| Author: | Francis Ellingwood Abbot |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7753 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Bibliography Abbot, Francis Ellingwood. [1870. ] Truths for the times. Mount Pleasant, …
- … his pamphlet Truths for the times ( Abbot [1870] ). Abbot 1864a, 1864b, and 1868. Spencer’ …
- … but as a separate pamphlet ( Spencer 1870 ). Abbot’s criticism and Spencer’s response are …
- … London: Methuen & Co. Spencer, Herbert. 1870. Spontaneous generation, and the hypothesis …
From G. H. Darwin [14 May 1871]
Summary
Has arranged a trip to the U. S. with Cambridge friends; believes it would be much jollier if Frank could go too.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [14 May 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7757 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Cambridge (see Correspondence vol. 18, letters to Francis Darwin , 18 October [1870] and …
- … 5 December [1870] ). Alfred Percival Maudslay was preparing for his examinations in the …
- … the examinations for his degree in Natural Sciences in December 1870 ( The Times , …
- … 19 December 1870, p. 6). Francis Maitland Balfour , John William Strutt , and Sackville …
From John Murray 10 May 1871
Summary
Offers CD same payment for the 3d issue of Descent as for 2d.
Has bespoke four better drawings of birds in case a 4th issue is needed.
Vanity Fair wants CD’s portrait by Carlo Pellegrini ["Ape"].
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 398 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7750 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky 10 May 1871
Summary
Paris is in the hands of "brigands and socialists", but one grows accustomed to sporadic bombardment,
and VOK is peacefully studying invertebrate palaeontology collections.
Reports on Paul Gervais’ successful cross between a Triton and an axolotl.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 89 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7752 |
From Henry Lonsdale 3 May 1871
Summary
Credit for observation on supra-condyloid foramen in man is really due to Robert Knox, not John Struthers, as in Descent.
| Author: | Henry Lonsdale |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 87: 47–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7736 |
From Andrew Smith 16 May 1871
Summary
Disagrees with CD and especially with Lubbock and McLennan about communal marriage. [See Descent 2: 361–3.]
| Author: | Andrew Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 179–80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7760 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 61. CD’s annotated copies of Lubbock 1870 and McLennan 1865 are in the Darwin Library– …
From V. O. Kovalevsky 23 May [1871]
Summary
Will translate passages as CD requests [see 7735].
Bitter at Prussian militarism.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 May [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7766 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … of Ulm. The cave was first excavated in 1870 (Rosendahl and Döppes 2006). Ursus spelaeus ( …
To F. W. Farrar 19 May [1871]
Summary
Thanks for present of FWF’s The witness of history [1871].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frederic William Farrar |
| Date: | 19 May [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7763 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … of Cambridge: being the Hulsean lectures for the year 1870. London: Macmillan and Co. …
From Francis Darwin [after 22 May 1871]
Summary
Explains about the attendance at St George’s hospital that is required for the MB examaminations, and how this would affect plans for a trip to north America.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 22 May 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7765G |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Journal of Anatomy and Physiology 5 (1870–1): 363–72. Hensen, Christian Andreas Victor. …
To Francis Darwin 21 May [1871]
Summary
CD will pay for the American trip if it takes place.
Asks whether FD can help him understand the eyes of cephalopods; is the structure the same as in the Vertebrata and are the parts developed from homologous layers of skin?
Has been pleased by a recent review.
Postscript: Is thinking of a cheap edition of the Origin [1872] in which he hopes to answer St George Mivart’s criticisms.
Asks FD whether he can get some references to good papers on cephalapod eyes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 21 May [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 7–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7765 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Journal of Anatomy and Physiology 5 (1870–1): 363–72. Hensen, Christian Andreas Victor. …
To T. H. Huxley [11 or 18 May 1871]
Summary
Asks for a ticket for THH’s lecture at the Royal Institution for WED. With ED’s and HED’s forgeries of CD’s signature.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | [11 or 18] May 1871 |
| Classmark: | Janet Huxley (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6541F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Erasmus Darwin in Bassett was in August 1870. By the time of CD’s visit to Bassett in June …
From Francis Galton 2 May 1871
Summary
Is sending his reply to Nature, justifying his misunderstanding as well as he can [see 7717].
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7733 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 19 (1870–1): 393–410. Variation : The variation …
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| Butler, A. G. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
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| Murray, John (b) | (1) |
| Newton, Alfred | (1) |
| Scherzer, Karl von | (1) |
| Smith, Andrew | (1) |
| Spengel, J. W. | (1) |
| Strutt, J. W. | (1) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (15) |
| Abbot, F. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Farrar, F. W. | (1) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (20) |
| Kovalevsky, V. O. | (3) |
| Abbot, F. E. | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Butler, A. G. | (1) |
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
Summary
The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
Matches: 29 hits
- … The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The …
- … machine’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 25 December [1870] ). Finishing Descent; …
- … some weeks’ ( letter to Albert Günther, 13 January [1870] ). Darwin was still working hard on …
- … I shall be’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). She had previously read proof-sheets …
- … shd. turn parson?’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). Henrietta disagreed: ‘Certainly …
- … of man!’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [after 8 February 1870] ). Darwin was also encouraged …
- … sense of mankind’ ( letter to F. P. Cobbe, 23 March [1870?] ). Cobbe accused Darwin of smiling in …
- … great philosophy?’ ( letter from F. P. Cobbe, 28 March [1870?] ). Humans as animals: ears …
- … [1868] ; this volume, letter to Thomas Woolner, 10 March [1870] ). Darwin included Woolner’s …
- … findings ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 15 March 1870 ). Indeed, Darwin noted the same …
- … bane of existence!’ ( letter to William Ogle, 9 November 1870 ). Researching expression: …
- … spirits were white ( letter from W. W. Reade, 9 November 1870 ). Keen for more evidence of …
- … hurting it much?’ ( letter to A. D. Bartlett, 5 January [1870] ). Darwin made a similar request of …
- … not succeed’ ( letter to James Crichton-Browne, 8 June [1870] ). Darwin’s queries were part …
- … of a baby’s brows ( letter from L. C. Wedgwood, [5 May 1870] ). He also wrote to a leading Dutch …
- … on this subject’ ( letter from F. C. Donders, 17 May 1870 ). Human evolution: debates and …
- … more fully in a collection of essays published in April 1870 (Wallace 1870a). Wallace wrote to …
- … naturalist’ (letter to A. R.Wallace, 26 January [1870]). Despite their increasing …
- … in one sense rivals’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 20 April [1870] ). Darwin alluded here to the …
- … No one but yourself’ ( letter from H. W. Bates, 20 May 1870 ). Darwin very rarely used the …
- … never write reviews’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, [22 May 1870] ). St George Jackson Mivart …
- … to answer objectors’ ( letter to W. H. Flower, 25 March [1870] ). In his letters to Mivart, Darwin …
- … on the Primates’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 23 April [1870] ). He also tried to recruit Mivart’s …
- … lump of granite’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 22 April 1870 ). Mivart hinted that his …
- … his “origin” ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 25 April 1870 ). In his critical essays (later revised …
- … Charles Darwin et ses précurseurs français (Quatrefages 1870), that gave a detailed account, as …
- … many others’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 28 May [1870] ). Quatrefages had …
- … discord’ ( letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 30 March 1870 ). In proposing Darwin for election, …
- … them’ ( letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 18 July 1870 ). The assertion had been made by Emile …
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
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…
Matches: 12 hits
- … Brooke, C.A.J. 30 Nov 1870 Sarawak, Borneo …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 15 March 1870 West Riding …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 18 March 1870 Down, Kent, …
- … Donders, F.C. 27 May 1870 Utrecht, Netherlands …
- … Forbes, David 13 June 1870 Portman Square, London W. …
- … Nicol, Patrick 13 May 1870 Sussex Lunatic Asylum, …
- … Reade, Winwood W. [c.8 or 9 Apr 1870] Accra, West …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 4 June 1870 Lagos, Africa …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 3 Sept 1870 Conservative Club, St …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 9 Nov 1870 11 St Mary Abbot's …
- … Weale, J.P.M. [25 May 1870] Bedford, Cape of Good …
- … Weir, J.J. 27 June 1870 Blackheath, London, England …
Women as a scientific audience
Summary
Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
Matches: 4 hits
- … Letter 7124 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [8 February 1870] Darwin seeks Henrietta’s …
- … Letter 7329 - Murray , J. to Darwin, [28 September 1870] Written shortly before …
- … Letter 7331 - Darwin to Murray, J., [29 September 1870] Darwin asks Murray to …
- … Letter 7177 - Cupples, G. to Darwin, [29 April 1870] George Cupples tells Darwin about a …
Francis Darwin
Summary
Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished scientist. He was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, initially studying mathematics, but then transferring to natural sciences. Francis completed…
Jane Gray
Summary
Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and evidence suggests that she took an active interest in the scientific pursuits of her husband and his friends. Although she is only known to have…
Matches: 1 hits
- … behaviour of her dog (letter from J. L. Gray, 14 February 1870 ), she also passed on information …
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…
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- … on my mind’ ( letter to W. T. Preyer, 17 February [1870 ])) that without earthworms aerating the …
Francis Galton
Summary
Galton was a naturalist, statistician, and evolutionary theorist. He was a second cousin of Darwin’s, having descended from his grandfather, Erasmus. Born in Birmingham in 1822, Galton studied medicine at King’s College, London, and also read mathematics…
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- … more litters & no happy results”, he wrote on 26 April 1870 . In the following year, Galton …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … of Descent (letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). Audio of more …
Darwin and Gender Projects by Harvard Students
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Working in collaboration with Professor Sarah Richardson and Dr Myrna Perez, Darwin Correspondence Project staff developed a customised set of 'Darwin and Gender' themed resources for a course on Gender, Sex and Evolution first taught at Harvard…
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- … grateful I shall be.”(Letter to Darwin, H. E., [8 Feb 1870] ) Although Miranda acknowledges that …
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
Experimenting with emotions
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Darwin’s interest in emotions can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by the sounds and gestures of the peoples of Tierra del Fuego. On his return, he started recording observations in a set of notebooks, later labelled '…
John Lubbock
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John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…
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Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
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- … you owe any more … Darwin to his son Francis, 1870. …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … Photograph: Authenticity, Science and the Periodical Press, 1870 – 1890 (London and New York: …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … & I feel deeply for you. ( Letter to F. C. Donders, 19 May 1870 ) …
Darwin in public and private
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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
Science: A Man’s World?
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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … Key letters : Letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] Letter from Mary Treat, …
Moral Nature
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In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
