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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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- … 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 …
- … without hurting it much?’ ( letter to A. D. Bartlett, 5 January [1870] ). Darwin made a similar …
- … 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 …
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) …
- … (1) Austen, J. T. (5) Austin, A. D. …
- … Baird, S. F. (1) Baird, William (1) …
- … H. (7) Ball, John (5) Ball, Robert …
- … Baxter, W. W. (36) Baxter, William (7) …
- … (1) Beaufort, Francis (5) Becher, A. B. …
- … (8) Beneden, Édouard van (5) Bennet, C. A. (b) …
- … (1) Birch, Samuel (5) Birkett, Thomas …
- … Blanche (2) Blenkiron, William, Jr (1) …
- … (2) Boner, Charles (5) Bonham-Carter, Alice …
- … (2) Bookseller. (5) Boole, M. E. (3) …
- … Bowles, W. B. (2) Bowman, William (29) …
- … Frank (17) Buckland, William (6) …
- … (3) Canby, W. M. (5) Candolle, Alphonse de …
- … Carneri, Bartholomäus von (5) Carpenter, W. B. (19) …
- … (3) Clark, Andrew (5) Clark, J. W. (a) …
- … Clephan, T. R. (1) Clift, William (1) …
- … Coldstream, John (2) Cole, William (3) …
- … (2) Collingwood, Cuthbert (5) Colvile, J. W. …
- … Cooper, W. B. (1) Cooper, William (1) …
- … Croll, James (16) Crookes, William (1) …
- … (4) Crotch, W. D. (5) Crowe, J. R. …
- … la Beche, H. T. (3) Dealtry, William (1) …
- … Farr, John (2) Farr, William (7) …
- … Farrer, T. H. (137) Farrer, William (1) …
- … Nägeli, C. W. von (5) Ogle, William (38) …
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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- … de Gembloux 1839]. Said to be good by D r L. Lindsay 5 [DAR *119: 1v.] 6 …
- … [Coxe 1817].— in Library of Hort. Soc. [DAR *119:5v.] M c .Neil 16 has …
- … p. 290 “Thacker” [Thacker 1834–5] p. 291 Athenæum 1839. p. …
- … of British Birds by W. Macgillivray [W. Macgillivray 1837–52].— I should think well worth reading. …
- … Soc Siebold’s Japan [P. F. B. von Siebold 1833–50]— d[itt]o Kalm’s Travels in N. …
- … The Philosoph. of Instinct & Reason by S. Bushnan. Longman. 5 s [Bushnan 1837]—dedicated to L …
- … 1821] Encyclop of Anat & Phys [Todd ed. 1836–59] [DAR *119: 14] Butler …
- … [Lacordaire 1834–8]: Reptiles [Duméril and Bibron 1834–54]: Crustacea Milne Edwards [Milne-Edwards …
- … Traite Elementair Palæontologie M. Pictet [Pictet 1844–5]— Forbes?? Waterhouse has it— 1844— read …
- … countries Birds of Japan [P. F. B. von Siebold 1833–50] Zoolog. Soc “Memoires du …
- … cloth lettered, (pub. at 6 s per vol.) reduced to 5 s 1834–43 1. Humming Birds, Vol. 1 …
- … Gardener’s and Florist’s Dictionary, 2 vols. 8vo. 1724. 5 s . 42 [P. Miller 1724] Life …
- … 1849]. Grote’s History of Greece [Grote 1846–56]. Miss. Martineau Society in America …
- … 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 …
