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St George Jackson Mivart
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In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…
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- … In 1874, the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart caused Darwin and his son George serious …
- … had guessed, correctly, the reviewer’s identity: St George Jackson Mivart. George took on board …
- … a means of checking population growth may be a reference to William Clifford Kingdon, although it …
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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- … Airy, Hubert (27) Aitchison, William (2) …
- … Baird, S. F. (1) Baird, William (1) …
- … Baxter, W. W. (36) Baxter, William (7) …
- … Bennett, A. W. (21) Bennett, William (2) …
- … Blanche (2) Blenkiron, William, Jr (1) …
- … Bowles, W. B. (2) Bowman, William (29) …
- … Frank (17) Buckland, William (6) …
- … Clephan, T. R. (1) Clift, William (1) …
- … Coldstream, John (2) Cole, William (3) …
- … Cooper, W. B. (1) Cooper, William (1) …
- … Croll, James (16) Crookes, William (1) …
- … la Beche, H. T. (3) Dealtry, William (1) …
- … Farr, John (2) Farr, William (7) …
- … Farrer, T. H. (137) Farrer, William (1) …
- … Graham, C. C. (3) Graham, William (5) …
- … Green, Thomas (1) Green, William (2) …
- … Hardy, R. P. (4) Hardy, William (1) …
- … Harris, J. (2) Harris, William (2) …
- … Harte, Richard (1) Harte, William (1) …
- … Henslow, J. S. (147) Henty, William (3) …
- … Herbert, M. A. (1) Herbert, William (4) …
- … Hopkins, A. N. (1) Hopkins, William (3) …
- … Horner, Susan (1) Horsfall, William (2) …
- … Hough, Arthur (1) Houghton, William (1) …
- … A. A. W. (3) Huggins, William (2) …
- … Jackson, Julian (4) Jackson, William (1) …
- … Hyacinth (4) Jardine, William (1) …
- … Jenkins, H. M. (1) Jenner, William (8) …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
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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…
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- … selection to humans from Alfred Russel Wallace and St George Jackson Mivart, and heated debates …
- … Darwin turned to the physician and eye-specialist William Ogle, requesting him to observe the muscle …
- … he complained, ‘is the bane of existence!’ ( letter to William Ogle, 9 November 1870 ). …
- … expression, including four lengthy letters from the explorer William Winwood Reade, who had led an …
- … ( letter to H. W. Bates, [22 May 1870] ). St George Jackson Mivart Another set of …
- … Darwin commented on Mivart’s essay in a letter to William Henry Flower: ‘I am glad you noticed the …
- … of consanguineous marriages. He enlisted the support of William Farr, a specialist in medical …
- … receive friends and visit family. He confided to his cousin William Darwin Fox, ‘I never pass 6 …
- … at Ightam Mote, in Kent, and nearly a fortnight with his son William in Southampton, and making a …
- … man’. ‘I can most truly say’, he wrote to his cousin William Darwin Fox, ‘that I have written …
2.23 Hope Pinker statue, Oxford Museum
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< Back to Introduction Henry Richard Hope Pinker’s life-size statue of Darwin was installed in the Oxford University Museum on 14 June 1899. It was the latest in a series of statues of great scientific thinkers, the ‘Founders and Improvers of Natural…
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- … at Oxford. The insect specimens acquired by Revd Frederick William Hope, who endowed the chair in …
- … was rejected by the Darwin family. Darwin’s son William had been deputed to appraise the quality of …
- … references and bibliography Letter from William Darwin to his father Charles Darwin, 10 July [1878 …
- … Hart, 1894). Edward B. Poulton’s correspondence with William Flower, Director of the Natural History …
- … 7 and 9. ‘Unveiling the Darwin statue at the Museum’, Jackson’s Oxford Journal , 17 June 1899, p. …
Volume appendices
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Here is a list of the appendices from the print volumes of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin with links to adapted online versions where they are available. Appendix I in each volume contains translations of letters in foreign languages and these can…
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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- … selection in relation to sex . He wrote to his indexer, William Sweetland Dallas, on 27 January …
- … 19 February 1871 ). The African explorer and writer William Winwood Reade thought the publication …
- … (letter from W. W. Reade, 21 February 1871). The geologist William Boyd Dawkins remarked on Darwin’s …
- … of hair arrived from several correspondents, including William Bernhard Tegetmeier, who remarked …
- … the family and commented upon by his wife and children. William offered his assessment of John …
- … most vexing critic for Darwin was the zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. An expert on primates and …
- … Günther, George Busk, T. H. Huxley, Osbert Salvin, and William Henry Flower all provided Darwin with …
- … anatomists and eye specialists Frans Cornelis Donders, William Bowman, and Erasmus Wilson, to …
- … or ‘absurd & trifling’ questions ( letter to William Bowman, [before 26] January [1871] ). He …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … to 1836 voyage, committed suicide at the end of April; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the …
- … there are a number of letters to and from the poultry expert William Bernhard Tegetmeier concerning …
- … contracted a throat infection, and Hooker’s father, William Jackson Hooker, who also caught it, …
- … All the children living away from home made frequent visits. William was working as a banker in …
- … triumphs . In non-fiction, they had read or were reading William Lecky’s History of the rise and …
- … Researches into the early history of mankind , and William Gifford Palgrave’s Narrative of a year …
- … in Mentone, sending orchid specimens, from Frederick William Farrar, writing on language, and from …
- … atmosphere. However, Darwin wrote poignantly to his son William on 30 November [1861]: ‘Mamma is in …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … half of 1876 was marked by anxiety and deep grief. In May, William Darwin suffered a serious …
- … cannot bear to think of the future’, Darwin confessed to William on 11 September just hours …
- … the accusation made by the comparative anatomist St George Jackson Mivart in his Lessons from …
- … ( letter from Peter Henderson, 15 November 1876 ). William Dallinger from Liverpool, who planned …
- … with the referee. Darwin gave in, admitting to William Thiselton-Dyer on 26 April that Tait’s …
- … before going on to confuse him with another entomologist, William Henry Edwards. The promise in …
- … home, they had experienced a further calamity. On 10 May, William suffered serious concussion after …
- … James Paget advised complete rest for three months, but when William developed symptoms of …
- … he explained to Andrew Clark, who travelled to Down to give William ‘the very devil of an …
- … by Amy. In contrast, Darwin’s letter to his oldest son William sought comfort. He expressed his …
- … daughter Annie, who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 years old at the time of …
- … on his parents. Darwin’s affection for and reliance on William was clear as he ended his letter in a …
- … respect. ‘She is always able to speak’, Emma told William, before acknowledging, ‘I shall always …
- … Emma and Darwin had made a trip to Southampton to visit William, who was still recuperating, and, …
- … observations carried by out by Darwin’s oldest son William (see Correspondence vol. 12 and the …
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…
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- … Adam Smith Moral Sentiments [A. Smith 1759] Jackson Four Ages [Jackson 1798] Stewart, …
- … 1841]. 2 d . vols. —— 30 th . Smollets William & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— …
- … [DAR *128: 149] Murray Geograph. Distrib. Price William & Norgate 2” 12” 6 [A. Murray …
- … Hind’s Solar System [Hind 1852] April 20 th William Humboldts letters [K. W. von Humboldt …
- … 7 Probably a reference to the private library of William Jackson Hooker and his son, Joseph …
- … In February 1882, however, after reading the introduction to William Ogle’s translation of Aristotle …
- … Notebooks ). 19 According to the DNB , William Herbert provided notes for both …
- … is presumably the date and number of the part containing William Pulteney Alison’s article which was …
- … from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to which CD refers has …
- … listing the volumes in the Naturalist’s Library edited by William Jardine, a forty-volume series on …
- … 66 The bibliography provides the titles of the works by William Shakespeare that CD recorded …
- … CD’s collection is a presentation copy from the author to William Jackson Hooker. See …
- … edited by Robert Bentley Todd, was issued in parts. William Pulteney Alison’s article first …
- … crayon and the ‘O’ in pencil. It is not clear which of William Jackson Hooker’s journals is meant …
- … and London. [Other eds.] *119: 15 Alison, William Pulteney. 1847. Instinct. In vol. 3, pp …
- … influence on the progress of civilisation . Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers. 119: 22a …
- … written by himself . Translated by John Leyden and William Erskine. 2 vols. London. *119: 14 …
- … ed. (1864) in Darwin Library.] *128: 165 Baird, William. 1850. The natural history of …
- … Ray Society. [Darwin Library.] 128: 4 Baly, William and Kirkes, William Senhouse. 1848. …
- … Müller, Elements of physiology . Translated by William Baly. 2 vols. London. 1837.) [Darwin …
- … advanced age . London. 119: 18b Bartram, William. 1791. Travels through North and …
- … and discoveries . Translated from the German by William Johnston. 4 vols. London. [Other eds.] …
- … . 7 pts. Paris. *128: 173; 128: 12 Belsham, William. 1806. History of Great Britain to …
- … and Dublin. [Other eds.] *119: 15 Bernard, William Dallas. 1844. Narrative of the …
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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- … of a Cambridge friend, Albert Way, caused Darwin’s cousin, William Darwin Fox, to reminiscence about …
- … included George Darwin, the psychic researcher Frederick William Henry Myers, and Thomas Henry …
- … 22 June 1874 ). A civil servant in the Colonial Office, William Dealtry, also provided information …
- … to check population’. The review was by St George Jackson Mivart, one of the most severe …
- … and communicating the ‘swell’ of his indignation through William Walter Roberts, a Catholic priest …
- … Taking stock of what he had achieved, he wrote to his cousin William Darwin Fox: ‘I am preparing a …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … new assistant director at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, about the …
- … of a long-running dispute with the zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. In April and early May, …
- … he was embroiled in another as the result of a review of William Dwight Whitney’s work on language …
- … could be especially taxing. As Emma remarked in a letter to William on 1 May, they required Darwin …
Suggested reading
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There is an extensive secondary literature on Darwin's life and work. Here are some suggested titles that focus Darwin’s correspondence, as well as scientific correspondence and letter-writing more generally. Collections of Darwin’s letters …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … The year opened with Darwin, helped by his eldest son William, going over the final proofs for the …
- … he wrote to the comparative anatomist St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 …
- … anthropologist, and outspoken supporter of Darwinism, William Winwood Reade, Darwin was revising his …
- … in particular Donders and the ophthalmic surgeon William Bowman, both of whom he consulted on the …
- … Darwin and his family went to stay with his eldest son, William, in Southampton, but his peace was …
- … over Ayrton’s head direct to the Liberal prime minster, William Gladstone. May all your …
- … Galton, had with some interest been following the career of William Crookes, an investigator of …
- … and other chemicals, ordered from Darwin’s usual chemist, William Baxter, were not in this case for …
- … his cousin and fellow beetle-enthusiast from student days, William Darwin Fox. The two had not met …
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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- … of an infant’, based on observations of his first child, William, was republished in a collection of …
- … in the success of the proposed Association,’ he wrote to William Jenner, ‘for I am convinced that …
- … foundation cannot be overestimated’ ( letter to William Jenner, 20 March [1882] ; see also …
- … certainly finds being carried upstairs (in a carrying chair Jackson fetched yesterday) a benefit …
- … of Cambridge, enclosing a subscription for the portrait of William Cavendish, the duke of Devonshire …
- … found relief in some of Darwin’s letters, remarking to William: ‘I have been reading over his old …
- … 1857, Darwin wrote to the secretary of the Royal Society, William Sharpey, with recommendations for …
- … no man ranks in the same class with Lyell’ ( letter to William Sharpey, 22 May [1857] ). …
- … used by Darwin against his most aggressive critic, St George Jackson Mivart, who claimed that the …
ESHS 2018: 19th century scientific correspondence networks
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Sunday 16 September, 16:00-18.00, Institute of Education, Room 802 Session chair: Paul White (Darwin Correspondence Project); Discussion chair: Francis Neary (Darwin Correspondence Project) This session marks the formal launch of Ɛpsilon …
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- … Royal Society archives, examples of John Herschel’s and William Buckland’s correspondences will be …
- … Paulo-Brazil) Maura C. Flannery , ‘William Darlington’s Correspondence Network …
- … provides a brief case study of an American botanist, William Darlington, who, while not in the upper …
- … the study of plants developed in the 19th century. William Darlington (1782–1863) was a …
- … of them agreed to the trade. This is how specimens from William Jackson Hooker in Britain, Augustin …
- … had written a memorial to his friend, the botanist William Baldwin. So Darlington was involved not …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … Darwin Library–CUL ††. ‡ Beechey, Frederick William. Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific …
- … , etc. London, 1743. (DAR 36.1: 447). Burchell, William John. Travels in the interior of …
- … . . . London, 1798. (DAR 31.2: 318v.). Conybeare, William Daniel and Phillips, William. …
- … 255v.; number of volumes on board unknown). Dampier, William. A new voyage round the world. …
- … (Letter to Caroline Darwin, 27 December 1835). Ellis, William. Polynesian researches, …
- … and western coasts of Australia (includes: Fitton, William. An account of some geological …
- … tracts’, Darwin Library–CUL †. Kirby, William and Spence, William. An introduction to …
- … de la Plata. London, 1825. (DAR 33: 269v.). Owen, William Fitz William. Narrative of …
- … Berlin 1769 ed. †† (vol. 2). Phillips, William. Elementary introducton to . . . mineralogy …
- … 28 June 1836, Collected papers 1: 26). Webster, William Henry Bayley. Narrative of a …
- … from Caroline Darwin, 28 October [1833]). § Whewell, William. Essay towards a first …
- … tracts’, Darwin Library–CUL †. Buckland, William. Considerations of the evidences of a recent …
- … I have got it in bedroom, Taxidermy’.). Possibly Swainson, William. The naturalist’s guide for …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … Drosera filiformis . Hooker, with the assistance of William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, was engaged in a …
- … (letter from ?, [1873?]). The Scottish physician William Main suggested that facial movements could …
- … & sadness & decay with the reverse—” ( letter from William Main, 2 April 1873 ). The …
- … in Nature magazine, forwarding a letter from William Huggins on a case of inherited instinct in …
- … noted his passion for collecting, the value of Euclid and William Paley as educational influences, …
- … Lubbock, Herbert Spencer, John Tyndall, George Busk, and William Spottiswoode met with Darwin in …
- … June, stayed with the Farrers in Surrey and with their son William in Southampton in August, and …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … in London and at the end of the year their first child, William Erasmus, was born. In September 1842 …
- … This explanation of a “new Geological Power”, as William Buckland called it (in his referee’s report …
- … of the Beagle voyage. With the help of J. S. Henslow, William Whewell, and other prominent …
- … by C. G. Ehrenberg; fungi by M. J. Berkeley; and corals by William Lonsdale ( Collected papers , 2 …
- … Towards the end of 1843, he increasingly hoped that William Jackson Hooker or his son Joseph might …
- … Henslow, Jenyns, Waterhouse, and his second cousin, William Darwin Fox—knew, as he said to Henslow, …
- … selection preserved from this period are the exchanges with William Herbert, Dean of Manchester, a …
- … the correspondence about the vitality of seeds discovered by William Kemp of Galashiels in a …
- … sea-water. The letters about Kemp’s seeds and the William Herbert correspondence, which was …
Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
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- … also directed to an old contact, the Cambridge professor William Hallowes Miller, and resulted in …
- … Watson, and a series of letters with the Irish botanist William Henry Harvey. Darwin remained …
- … Salvin , Abraham Dee Bartlett , George Busk , and William Henry Flower , asking for …
- … criticisms published by the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. Responding cost Darwin a …
- … way you jaw up the imposter M. ’ wrote Darwin’s son, William, who was following in the family …
Descent
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There are more than five hundred letters associated with the research and writing of Darwin’s book, Descent of man and selection in relation to sex (Descent). They trace not only the tortuous route to eventual publication, but the development of Darwin’s…
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- … expertise. One such new correspondent was the travel-writer William Winwood Reade who had first …
- … drew on extensively was his long-standing correspondent, William Tegetmeier, pigeon and poultry …
- … arguments . Misrepresentation of his views by St George Jackson Mivart in particular forced him to …
