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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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  • … B. J. Edwards & Co. (1) Babbage, Charles (10) …
  • … Bond, Frederick (2) Boner, Charles (5) …
  • … Edward (1) Bradlaugh, Charles (2) …
  • … Brayley, E. W. (1) Breese, Charles (1) …
  • … Samuel (b) (14) Buxton, Charles (2) …
  • … Chapman, John (4) Charles, R. F. (2) …
  • … Crawfurd, John (3) Crawley, Charles (2) …
  • … Virginius (3) Dallas, Charles (1) …
  • … Dixie, Florence (3) Dixon, Charles (1) …
  • … Symington (1) Griffin, Charles (1) …
  • … Albert (64) Günzbourg, Charles (1) …
  • … Science-Gossip (1) Hardy, Charles (3) …
  • … Hinrichs, G. D. (4) Hinton, Charles (1) …
  • … King, P. P. (1) Kingsley, Charles (18) …
  • … Lane, E. W. (1) Langstaff, Charles (2) …
  • … Layard, E. L. (3) Layton, Charles (12) …
  • … Commissioners (1) Lovegrove, Charles (3) …
  • … Lydekker, R. (1) Lyell, Charles (277) …
  • … Daniel (12) Maclaren, Charles (3) …
  • … Ríos, Eugenio (1) Moore, Charles (a) (1) …
  • … Arthur (2) Mostyn Owen, Charles (b) (2) …
  • … Newton, Alfred (35) Nichols, Charles (1) …
  • … Adolf Erik (1) Nordhoff, Charles (1) …
  • … E. H. (1) O’Shaughnessy, Charles (1) …

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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  • by all the leading geologists of Englandamong them Charles Lyell, Sedgwick, and Buckland (see the
  • of South America”, Darwin continued to defend his and Lyells theory that floating icerather than
  • lists of Darwins plants (see D. M. Porter 1981). Charles Lyell In the extensive
  • correspondent, both scientifically and personally, was Charles Lyell. The letters Darwin and Lyell
  • had declared himself to be azealous discipleof Lyell, but his theory of coral reef formation, …
  • Their correspondence began in 1836 and from the start Lyell accepted Darwin on equal terms as a
  • versions in Life and Letters , and from excerpts that Lyell made in his notebooks. Lyells
  • portfolios together with parts of letters he had cut from Lyells originals for use in his work. …
  • The letters show that at least five of his friendsLyell, Henslow, Jenyns, Waterhouse, and his
  • a sound solution to what J. F. W. Herschel in a letter to Lyell had called themystery of mysteries
  • for evidence to support his hypothesis. In a letter to Lyell, [14] September [1838] , he wrote: & …
  • In 1840 the illness was different. As he wrote to Charles Lyell, [19 February 1840] , “it is now