To G. J. Romanes 4 January 1877
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Discusses certificate proposing GJR as Fellow of Royal Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.504) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10770 |
From Francis Darwin to the Auckland Star 4 January 1877
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His father is grateful for the account of the alleged discovery of men with tails.
His father does not believe in their existence of the tailed men, although the tails may be an inherited monstrosity.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Auckland Star |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | Auckland Star, 1 March 1877, p. 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10770F |
| letter | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Auckland Star | (1) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (1) |
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
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Recommending Darwin
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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…
George Peacock
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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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John Stevens Henslow
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Black Venus
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Sadiah Qureshi (University of Birmingham) on the film Vénus Noire (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2010) Sara Baartman has long been characterised as ‘Black Venus’, or ‘Vénus Noire’. The epithet encapsulates how her exploitation and objectification whilst alive…
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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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- … 14 june 1907 Amsterdam 104 Idzerda Dr. W.H. (Wieger …
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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- … June 1907 Amsterdam 104 Idzerda Dr. W.H. …
