To F. H. Hooker 31 January [1868]
Summary
Thanks for congratulations on George’s attaining Second Wrangler.
George will try for a fellowship at Trinity.
CD believes real education begins after school days.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Harriet Henslow; Frances Harriet Hooker |
| Date: | 31 Jan [1868] |
| Classmark: | Swann Auction Galleries (dealers) (13 September 1984) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10822 |
To George Henry Kendrick Thwaites 31 January [1868]
Summary
Asks GHKT about eyes of screaming elephants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Kendrick Thwaites |
| Date: | 31 Jan [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.325) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2670 |
To J. D. Hooker [31 January 1868]
Summary
Royal Society Council would feel bound to vote for Candolle, but privately would twenty times rather see Asa Gray elected.
Asks for title of Wollaston’s Cape Verde book [Coleoptera Hesperidum (1867)].
Supposes JDH has received his letter in answer to Gray.
Has been writing two long papers for Linnean Society [reprinted in Forms of flowers].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [31 Jan 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5820 |
From Thomas Rivers 31 January 1868
Summary
Thanks CD for sending him Variation and for honouring his name by its frequent mention in the work.
| Author: | Thomas Rivers |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Jan 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 172 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5821 |
From Bartholomew James Sulivan 31 January 1868
Summary
Congratulations on George Darwin’s performance at Cambridge.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Jan 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 290 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5822 |
From William Boyd Dawkins 31 January 1868
Summary
Thanks for copy of CD’s latest book [Variation].
European converts to CD’s theory.
| Author: | William Boyd Dawkins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Jan 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 120 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5823 |
From Henry Johnson 31 January 1868
Summary
Congratulations on George Darwin’s success at Cambridge
and CD’s world-wide reputation.
| Author: | Henry Johnson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Jan 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5824 |
| letter | (7) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Dawkins, W. B. | (1) |
| Johnson, Henry (a) | (1) |
| Rivers, Thomas | (1) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Henslow, F. H. | (1) |
| Hooker, F. H. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Thwaites, G. H. K. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Dawkins, W. B. | (1) |
| Henslow, F. H. | (1) |
| Hooker, F. H. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Johnson, Henry (a) | (1) |
| Rivers, Thomas | (1) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (1) |
| Thwaites, G. H. K. | (1) |
3.4 William Darwin, photo 1
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< Back to Introduction In the 1860s Darwin increasingly turned to two of his sons - first to William and later to Leonard - for the fashioning of his image. William, the eldest, apparently took up photography c.1857, when still in his teens, and…
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- … number https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FMUS.GRA:12123396?n=131 copyright holder …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
17 Spring Gardens, London
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Darwin in London preparing for the voyage
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- … Darwin is living in London persuading Fitzroy to accept him on the voyage and preparing clothing, …
Darwin on human evolution
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'I hear that Ladies think it delightful reading, but that it does not do to talk about it, which no doubt promotes the sale.' For the first time online you can now read the full texts of nearly 800 letters Darwin wrote and received during 1871,…
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- … I shall be well abused, for as my son Frank says: "you treat man in such a bare-faced manner." …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
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- … Broek in Waterland 131 Rethaan Macaré née Ontijd …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
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- … 131 Rethaan Macaré née Ontijd F.J.M. …
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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- … (1) Oliver, Daniel (131) Orange Judd & Co. …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, seeing the publication of his …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
