To T. H. Farrer 27 August [1877]
Summary
CD is delighted with report from THF about activity of worms in Roman-British ruins at Abinger.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | 27 Aug [1877] |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/26) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11114 |
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- … H. Farrer, 23 September 1877 ). …
- … To T. H. Farrer 27 August [1877] …
- … 299/26) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Aug [1877] Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st …
- … this letter and the letter from T. H. Farrer, 26 August 1877 . See letter from T. …
- … H. Farrer, 26 August 1877 and n. 1. Katherine Euphemia (Effie) Farrer was Farrer’ …
- … was her mother. In his letter of 26 August 1877 , Farrer had mentioned that he could not …
- … the following week; he was away from 27 August to 5 September 1877 (see letter from T. …
To T. H. Farrer 31 July [1877]
Summary
THF is seeking advice regarding the selection of an entomologist to carry out some duties [apparently pest destruction].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | 31 July [1877] |
Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 546) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11083 |
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- … To T. H. Farrer 31 July [1877] …
- … M 546) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 July [1877] Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st …
- … See also letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 22 July [1877] . John Lindley . The Darwins …
- … Hall, near Dorking, Surrey, from 20 to 25 August 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … and London: Yale University Press. Murray, Andrew. 1877. Experiments on the flow of …
- … the sap. Gardeners’ Chroncle , 21 July 1877, pp. 72–4. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of …
- … carrot flies, see Journal of the Society of Arts , 8 June 1877, pp. 734–43, and J. F. M. …
- … in Gardeners’ Chronicle ( A. Murray 1877 ), Murray denied that plants derived carbon …
To T. H. Farrer 24 September [1877]
Summary
Thanks THF for the diary of worm activity at Abinger site.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | 24 Sept [1877] |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/27) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11151 |
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- … To T. H. Farrer 24 September [1877] …
- … 299/27) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Sept [1877] Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st …
- … this letter and the letter from T. H. Farrer, 23 September 1877 . See letter from T. …
- … H. Farrer, 23 September 1877 , enclosure, and n. 2. CD published extracts from Farrer’s …
To T. H. Farrer 1 October 1880
Summary
Sends some questions raised by THF’s notes on earthworms at Abinger; he plans to use them in his book.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | 1 Oct 1880 |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/34) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12732 |
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- … a ‘worm journal’ from 25 August to 23 September 1877 to record earthworm activity at the …
- … 25, letter from T. H. Farrer, 23 September 1877 ). CD published Farrer’s observations in …
- … made on 25 September and 13 October 1877. The excavation of the Roman villa had revealed …
- … lime rubbish’ in his letter of 23 September 1877 ( Correspondence vol. 25). CD reported in …
From T. H. Farrer 5 September 1877
Summary
Sends two papers on Roman ruins at Cirencester, which he asks CD to return.
Worm observations.
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Sept 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 83 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11129 |
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- … From T. H. Farrer 5 September 1877 …
- … Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer Abinger Hall 5 Sept 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Farrer ; the Farrers were away from 27 August to 5 September 1877 ( letter from T. …
- … H. Farrer, 23 September 1877 ). See letter from T. …
- … H. Farrer, 26 August 1877 and n. 1, and letter to T. …
- … H. Farrer, 27 August [1877] . CD cited the observations in this letter in Earthworms , p. …
- … Abinger, Surrey, when he visited in August 1877 ( Earthworms , pp. 178–93). Thomas Farrer …
- … See letter to T. H. Farrer, 27 August [1877] . The former Darwin family home, The Mount, …
To T. H. Farrer 8 October 1880
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | 8 Oct 1880 |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/35); DAR 185: 38 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12743 |
From T. H. Farrer 26 August 1877
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Aug 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 82 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11112 |
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- … From T. H. Farrer 26 August 1877 …
- … Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer Abinger Hall 26 Aug 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … at Abinger Hall from 20 to 25 August 1877 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). In Earthworms , …
- … mentioned that he was present on 20 August 1877 when excavations were begun in a field at …
To T. H. Farrer 19 May [1868]
Summary
Thanks THF for correcting the error in Orchids.
Asks him to find out what insects visit the fly orchid and for what purpose.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | 19 May [1868] |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6185 |
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- … 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. Orchids : On the various contrivances by …
From T. H. Farrer 23 September 1877
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Sept 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 64.2: 50–1, DAR 164: 84 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11150 |
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- … From T. H. Farrer 23 September 1877 …
- … Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer Abinger Hall 23 Sept 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from T. H. Farrer, 5 September 1877 and n. 3. Farrer’s observations are summarised …
- … of the villa was begun on 20 August 1877; this followed the discovery of archaeological …
- … letter from T. H. Farrer, 5 September 1877 ). CD added the information in these notes to …
- … getting rid of their castings. Sept 25— 1877 | Farrer writes 50 worm-holes were counted …
To T. H. Farrer 7 May [1878]
Summary
Has received Ledum with its captured flies.
"At present I care for nothing in this wide world except the biology of seedling plants."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | 7 May [1878] |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/29) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11495 |
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- … Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–8 and the signing of the Treaty of San …
To T. H. Farrer 26 March [1878]
Summary
James Caird does not think Torbitt’s success justifies application to Government. Torbitt has four acres planted with seedlings. Has sent back CD’s £100. Shall CD insist that he keep it?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | 26 Mar [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 95 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11447 |
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- … 5000 new varieties from the seed of 1877; & will cross fertilise some of their flowers …
From T. H. Farrer 2 October 1877
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Oct 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 85 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11164 |
From T. H. Farrer 4 May 1879
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 May 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 92 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12031 |
From T. H. Farrer 4 June 1868
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 June 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 42 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6229 |
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- … 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. Orchids : On the various contrivances by …
From Thomas Henry Farrer 17 May 1868
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 May 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 163: 14/2; DAR 164: 40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6178 |
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- … 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. Orchids : On the various contrivances by …
From T. H. Farrer 2 November 1879
Summary
Concerning the settlement for Horace Darwin and Ida.
Will give CD’s potato papers to Lord Sandon.
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Nov 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 95 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12287 |
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- … scientific instruments in Cambridge since 1877; he founded the Cambridge Scientific …
From T. H. Farrer 9 October 1880
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 Oct 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 101 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12748 |
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- … stay at Abinger Hall from 20 to 25 August 1877 ( letter to T. H. Farrer, 8 October 1880 …
From T. H. Farrer 5 November 1881
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 104 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13461 |
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- … 25, letter from T. H. Farrer, 23 September 1877 , and Correspondence vol. 28, letter from …
From T. H. Farrer 6 October 1880
Summary
Replies to CD’s questions [in 12732] regarding the Abinger Hall excavations.
Torbitt.
Family news.
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Oct 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 100 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12739 |
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- … protected since its excavation in August 1877. An account of the excavation at Abinger, …
Farrer, T. H. | (11) |
Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
Farrer, T. H. | (8) |
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … , Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and …
- … from a family that the Darwins had befriended. The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. …
- … of a very heavy shower’, William wrote on 24 August 1877 . ‘The leaves were not at all depressed; …
- … gardeners ( letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 August 1877 ). At Down House, Darwin and …
- … a delicate twig’ ( letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). Research on movement would continue …
- … of some Infusoria’ ( letter from F. J. Cohn, 5 August 1877 ). Francis’s paper eventually appeared …
- … wrote to the editor, George Croom Robertson, on 27 April 1877 , ‘I hope that you will be so good …
- … had written to the editor Ernst Ludwig Krause on 30 June 1877 , ‘I have been much interested by …
- … the German debate (letters to W. E. Gladstone, 2 October 1877 and 25 October [1877] ). …
- … and lively’ ( letter from W. E. Gladstone, 23 October 1877 ). Gifts of German and Dutch …
- … Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the journal ‘an …
- … the director, Adriaan Anthoni van Bemmelen, on 12 February 1877 : ‘I suppose that every worker at …
- … of his 70th year. Darwin was in fact 68 on 12 February 1877. Distinguished guests and …
- … & smooth as butter’ ( letter to C. E. Norton, 16 March 1877 ). Hooker was asked repeatedly by …
- … & me to dejeuner!!!’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 June 1877 ). Darwin was staying in …
- … centuries to come’ ( letter from C. C. Graham, 30 January 1877 ). Graham then gave a lengthy …
- … man and of societies’ ( letter from Marcellin de Bonnal, [1877] ). A similar complaint came from …
- … by a duke!’ ( letter to J. M. Rodwell, 3 June 1877 ). Back home, he learned from his brother that …
- … order of the day’ ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 27 January [1877] ). Carlyle’s remarks were …
- … . In a letter from an unknown correspondent on 13 June 1877 , he was criticised for having quoted …
- … monstrosity ( letter from C. T. E. Siebold, 10 October 1877 ). An American banker, William Burrows …
- … back our civilization’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 17 May 1877 ). Bowles proposed that such …
- … of humanity beneath’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 18 May 1877 ). More transitional human …
- … inflexible tails ( letter from Arthur Mellersh, 1 January 1877 ). The American physician Jesse …
- … (Trollope 1867; letter to G. J. Romanes, [1 and 2 December 1877] ). Dispute and …
- … George and Francis. He wrote to Francis on 24 September 1877 about his forthcoming work, Life …
- … value’, he confessed in a letter of 25 November 1877 that the book had ‘resolved itself into a …
- … physical’ ( letter from W. M. Moorsom, 10 September 1877 ). Darwin was doubtful of the elephant …
1877 letters now online
Summary
Flowers, bloom, a son married . . . and a suspended monkey in Cambridge at Darwin's honorary LLD ceremony. The transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin's life in 1877…
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- … of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin& …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
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The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
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- … album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade …
- … have ever received ( Letter to Ernst Haeckel, 16 February 1877 ) …
- … the start of his 70th year, but Darwin was only 68 in 1877. Despite this oversight, the album …
- … world.— ( Letter from Leonard Blomefield, 12 March 1877 ) Familiar faces Ernst …
- … with the final album. He wrote to Darwin on 9 February 1877 : ‘what will perhaps astonish you is …
- … worth to give you ( Letter from J. V. Carus, 22 March 1877 ) The professor of …
- … scientific work. ( Letter from C. G. Semper, 26 April 1877 ) Carl Kraus, an …
4.25 'Punch' 1877 re. Cambridge doctorate
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< Back to Introduction Punch often ridiculed Darwin by showing him as a monkey or in other animalistic forms, but in 1877, when he at last received an honorary degree from Cambridge University, it paid its tribute to ‘wisdom’. ‘Punch to Dr. Darwin’…
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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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- … the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the …
- … lasting pleasure. ( Letter to Pieter Harting, 19 March 1877 ) Harting had also written …
- … it states his ‘69th Birthday’, when in fact he was 68 in 1877. It was arranged in alphabetical order …
- … from A. A. van Bemmelen and H. J. Veth, 6 February 1877 ) Dutch correspondents …
- … ( Letter from C. W. Thomson, 30 June 1877 ) Much earlier, in 1861, Tiberius Cornelis …
German and Dutch photograph albums
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Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
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…
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- … of plants.’ ( From Friedrich Hildebrand, 18 January 1877 ). Hermann Müller enthused that Darwin’s …
- … my book’ ( To Gardeners’ Chronicle , 19 February [1877] ). In contrast, as Hooker told Darwin, …
- … gloats over it' ( From J. D. Hooker, 27 January 1877 ). Darwin was especially pleased with …
- … have quite eviscerated it’ ( To Asa Gray, 18 February [1877] ). By mid-March 1877, the edition was …
- … index a little altered’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 11 December [1877] ). These changes were necessitated by …
- … wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, …
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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- … tiredness of the later years (e.g. letter to E.M. Dicey, [1877] ). Working …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … Letter 11074: Sayce, A. H. to Darwin, C. R., 27 July 1877 Darwin’s study of human nature …
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,…
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- … activity at the site of a Roman villa, 15 November 1877 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer's …
Have you read the one about....
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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
Charles Harrison Blackley
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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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- … grains by a dilution method. In his letter of 9 March 1877 , Darwin wrote: ‘Your calculation of …
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.…
German poems presented to Darwin
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Experiments in deepest reverence The following poems were enclosed with a photograph album sent as a birthday gift to Charles Darwin by his German and Austrian admirers (see letter from From Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877). The poems were…
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- … (see letter from From Emil Rade , [before 16] February 1877). The poems were composed by …
- … in Rade’s account of the making of the album (Rade 1877, pp. 39–40), but the others were published …
- … Letter from Emil Rade 1 [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. …
- … From Emil Rade [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. February 1877. …
- … this letter and the letter to Emil Rade, 16 February 1877. 3. The gift was a photograph …
- … Appendix VI. A number of other poems were included in Rade 1877. …
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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- … Treat, 5 January 1872 Letter to [E. M. Dicey?], [1877] Letter to C. A. Kennard …
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…
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
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- … Lydia Becker (1877) Caricature of Lydia Becker from …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
Floral Dimorphism
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…
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- … | Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a …
- … findings on floral dimorphism were eventually published in 1877, but these experiments and …
- … SOURCES Book Darwin, C. R. 1877. The different forms of flowers on plants of the …
- … experiment, the class read chapter 1 of Charles Darwin’s 1877 T he Different Forms of …
- … Flowers on Plants of the Same Species (London: John Murray, 1877), 16. [2] Ibid., 30. …
1.14 William Richmond, oil
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< Back to Introduction William Blake Richmond’s portrait of Darwin, dating from 1879, celebrated his honorary degree of LL.D (Doctor in Laws), awarded by Cambridge University in 1877. Darwin’s return to his alma mater for the presentation ceremony…