From John Beck 15 May 1869
Author: | John Beck |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 May 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 104 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6747 |
To Fritz Müller 14 March 1869
Summary
Translation of Für Darwin has been published [Facts and arguments for Darwin (1869)].
Discusses dimorphic plants, commenting on FM’s observations on Oxalis.
Is greatly interested in Eschscholzia, which seems somewhat more self-sterile in Brazil than in England.
Thinks FM’s grass is "most wonderful".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 14 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 27) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6662 |
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- … 10. CD enclosed Müller’s letter of 12 January 1869 with his letter to Joseph Dalton …
- … seeds of this species (see letter from Fritz Müller, 12 January 1869 and nn. 1 and 2). …
- … of 31 October 1868 ( Correspondence vol. 16) or with his letter of 12 January 1869 . …
- … Müller 1885 , pp. 440–2). See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 January 1869 and nn. 6–8. …
- … of researches 2d ed. , p. 52. See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 January 1869 and n. …
- … to Descent and Origin 5th ed. See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 January 1869 . Müller had …
- … See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 January 1869 and nn. 3–5. Müller did not publish his …
- … P.S. I have just received your letter of Jan. 12 th . — I am greatly interested by what …
From T. H. Huxley 17 March 1869
Summary
Last letter was written to be passed on for Lushington’s edification. "(Standing on the points of my toes and my tail very stiff)." Is tiring of controversy as a waste of time. Begins to understand CD’s sufferings over Origin.
Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 318 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6665 |
To George Maw 13 January 1869
Summary
Thanks GM for offer of observations. Would be interested to know when the horns of merino rams first appear,
and has long wished for living specimens of Drosophyllum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Maw |
Date: | 13 Jan 1869 |
Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/14) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6552 |
From Richard Spruce [before 1 April 1869]
Summary
Sends CD a paper ["Ant-agency in plant structure", published in Spruce Notes of a botanist on the Amazon and Andes, ed. A. R. Wallace (1908)] on plant structures he believes are the work of insects; asks him to forward it to the Linnean Society [read 15 Apr 1869].
Writes of his support for the Origin, before which he had been much concerned by the delimitation of so-called species.
Author: | Richard Spruce |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 1 Apr 1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 241 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6690 |
To W. C. Tait 12 and 16 March 1869
Summary
Thanks for specimen of Drosophyllum.
Describes capacity of various plants to catch flies.
Cannot name fern specimen.
Laugher pigeon descended from Columba livia.
Discusses tailless dogs.
Believes astronomical phenomenon responsible for oscillation of level of earth’s crust.
Would WCT like copy of Orchids?
Expected plants [Drosophyllum] have arrived.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
Date: | 12 and 16 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 147: 541; Sotheby’s (dealers) (19 July 1990) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6661 |
From Alfred Russel Wallace 20 January 1869
Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Jan 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 106: B73–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6561 |
From J. D. Hooker 14 November 1869
Summary
Describes how the offer of C.B. was made. He declined a knighthood. Murchison and Lyell are trying to get him made Knight Commander of the Star of India, but he does not think there is a chance. The Duke [of Argyll?] might do it, but does not like JDH’s Darwinism.
Next Presidency of Royal Society discussed: all (Brodie, the X Club botanists, et al.) are agreed on Lyell.
Everyone is disappointed with Nature.
What did CD think of "Huxley’s rhapsody on Goethe’s ditto" [Nature 1 (1869): 9–11]?
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Nov 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 35—8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6988 |
From George Swaysland 12 June 1869
Summary
Observations on birds entering the country in spring. Some have clods of earth on their feet.
Author: | George Swaysland |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 June 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 205.2 (Letters): 252 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6780 |
To J. J. Weir 27 May [1869]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
Date: | 27 May [1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 148: 323 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6759 |
To J. D. Hooker 8 March [1869]
Summary
Transmits letter [from Fritz Müller].
Has been asked to permit a French translation of Orchids and Journal of researches.
At work on sexual selection.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 8 Mar [1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 116-17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6647 |
From W. C. Tait 13 April 1869
Author: | William Chester Tait |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Apr 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 46 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6696 |
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- … r . Dear Sir, I received your kind letter of the 12 th . ult mo . and am sorry to learn …
- … very truly, | William C. Tait. Your letter of the 12 th . March was delayed many days on …
- … See letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March 1869 . Tait had sent plants of Drosophyllum …
- … and Climbing plants. See letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March 1869 . Alexander Rossari …
- … not been further identified. See letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March 1869 and n. 2. …
To T. H. Huxley 9 July [1869]
Summary
Haeckel wants British specimens of calcareous sponges. Can THH tell him to whom he can apply?
Health not improving – cannot climb even a hill.
Has heard THH’s article on Comte ["Scientific aspects of Positivism", Lay sermons (1870)] is a splendid success.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 9 July [1869] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 271) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6823 |
To F. C. Donders 17 November [1869]
Summary
There is no hurry for information. Delighted that FCD is making experiments.
It was a sincere pleasure to make FCD’s acquaintance.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders |
Date: | 17 Nov [1869] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6991 |
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- … C. Donders, 21 June 1870 . See letter from F. C. Donders, 12 November 1869 and n. 3. …
- … this letter and the letter from F. C. Donders, 12 November 1869 . See letter from F. …
- … 12 November 1869 . CD had asked Donders questions for his research on human expression; see memorandum to F. C. Donders, 6 September 1869. At the time, CD still thought that this research would be included in Descent , but it was later published in Expression. See Correspondence vol. 18, letter …
To T. H. Huxley 12 March [1869]
Summary
Apologises for passing on what he agrees were offensive remarks in V. Lushington’s letter. Has told VL he had no right to make them. Asks THH to make allowance for red-hot disciples defending the master.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 12 Mar [1869] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 264) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6658 |
To W. C. Tait 7 April [1869]
Summary
Drosophyllum plants recovering [from trip]. Describes experiments on them.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
Date: | 7 Apr [1869] |
Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6693 |
From Fritz Müller 15 June 1869
Summary
FM much gratified by the appearance of Für Darwin translation.
Discusses dimorphism in Rubiaceae.
Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 June 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 110: B115; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence 215/175) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6783 |
To F. M. Malven [after 12 February 1869]
Summary
Honoured to be mentioned with Alexander von Humboldt, who was an inspiration to him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ferdinand Maria Malven |
Date: | [after 12 Feb 1869] |
Classmark: | Neue Freie Presse (Vienna), 4 March 1869, p. 8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6610F |
To J. J. Weir 1 July [1869]
Summary
"My health got so bad I could do nothing at Down".
Gives information about migration of male and female birds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
Date: | 1 July [1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 148: 324 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6810 |
To Benjamin Dann Walsh 3 April [1869]
Summary
Glad BDW has proved his case on dimorphism of Cynips.
Interested in galls
and BDW’s Cicada articles [Proc. Entomol. Soc. Philadelphia (1864)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Benjamin Dann Walsh |
Date: | 3 Apr [1869] |
Classmark: | Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (Walsh 17) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5482 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … My dear Sir I have received your kind letter of March 12 th & the 3 numbers of the Amer. …
- … explained the experiment in his letter to CD of 12 November 1865 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … 12. Frederick Smith was an entomologist in the British Museum . Walsh and Riley started the American Entomologist in 1868 (see Correspondence vol. 16, letter …
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Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
Summary
You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
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- … You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections …
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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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
1.2 George Richmond, marriage portrait
Summary
< Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more may once have existed. In a letter of 1873 an old Shrewsbury friend, Arthur Mostyn Owen, offered to send Darwin a watercolour sketch of him, painted many years…
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- … < Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year 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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- … Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
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…
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- … In 1877, Charles Darwin was sent some unusual birthday presents: two lavishly …
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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- … I am merely slaving over the sickening work of preparing new Editions …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
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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- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I …
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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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …
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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- … Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … Species theory In November 1845, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend and confidant Joseph …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …