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List of correspondents
Summary
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,…
Matches: 23 hits
- … J. W. (1) Abney, W. de W. (3) …
- … Richard (1) Bary, Anton de (4) …
- … Henry (1) Bonnal, Marcellin de (1) …
- … (3) Bosquet, J. A. H. de (11) Bostock, John …
- … Canby, W. M. (5) Candolle, Alphonse de (39) …
- … Churton, Thomas (1) Claparède, Edouard (2) …
- … Elizabeth (9) Darwin, Emma (191) …
- … Dawson, James (2) De Salis, W. A. F. (1) …
- … Egan, James (2) Egerton, P. de M. G.- (3) …
- … Eisen, G. A. (1) Elie de Beaumont, Léonce (1) …
- … Edward (1) Engelhardt, Alphonse (2) …
- … P. (2) Fleurière, Napoleon de la (1) …
- … Mr (2) Fonblanque, E. B. de (1) …
- … Society (1) François de Chaumont, F. S. B. (10) …
- … Gillman, Henry (2) Giner de los Ríos, Hermenegildo (1) …
- … E. (1) Grateloup, J. P. S. de (1) …
- … George (3) Grey, Thomas de (1) …
- … J.-B. P. (1) Gärtner, Emma (2) …
- … Houston, J. L. (1) Houzeau de Lehaie, Auguste (1) …
- … Niven, James (1) Nixon, Emma (1) …
- … Peel, Jonathan (5) Pender, Emma (1) …
- … Elizabeth (11) Wedgwood, Emma (191) …
- … Wrigley, Alfred (8) Wuttke, Emma (1) …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
Summary
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…
Matches: 12 hits
- … life in Down House measured by the ongoing tally of his and Emma’s backgammon games. ‘I have won, …
- … was never far away in the Darwin family. In April, while Emma was suffering from a feverish cold, …
- … In the same month, Darwin heard that his sister Caroline Wedgwood continued to languish in …
- … associated with a happy event. On 7 September, Charles and Emma became grandparents for the first …
- … have heart to go on again . . . I cannot conceive Emma and Charles exhibited a practical …
- … August to be with her daughter at the time of the birth, and Emma was unimpressed by her. ‘The more …
- … word she says’, she confided to Henrietta (letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [31 August …
- … ability to console Francis after Amy’s death gained Emma’s respect. ‘She is always able to speak’, …
- … of Darwin’s recently completed autobiography (letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [13 September …
- … & his wife (very pleasing) & a Prof. Romer came to lunch’, Emma Darwin reported to Leonard …
- … from T. H. Farrer, 31 December 1876 ). The Swiss botanist Alphonse de Candolle also praised Darwin …
- … physiology possessed anything as satisfying ( letter from Alphonse de Candolle, 16 December 1876 ) …
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…
Matches: 20 hits
- … 1] Books to be Read 3 “Traité de la Folie des Animaux de ses Rapports avec …
- … 923) 7 read Decandolle Philosophie [A. P. de Candolle 1821] Decandolle on …
- … [W. Lawrence 1819] read Bory S t Vincent [Bory de Saint-Vincent 1804] Vol 3. p 164 on …
- … Philosophie d’Hist. Nat. [Virey 1835] read Marcel de Serres Cavernes d’Ossements 7 th Ed. …
- … Hist. genérale et Particulière des Anomalies de l’organization des hommes & des Animaux by Isid. …
- … has chapter on Sensitive Plants in his Physiology [A. P. de Candolle 1832] Col. le Couteur …
- … [Boisduval 1833]: Suite— Decandolle on Botany [A. de Candolle 1835]: Lacordaire Introduction …
- … recommended by Hooker . [A. P. de Candolle 1839–40] …
- … Leroy Paris 1802 [Leroy 1802]. (worth reading) read Alphonse Decandolle in his “Introduction …
- … 1833] (Boot) Leslie life of Constable [Leslie 1843]. (Emma) (read) M rs Fry’s Life …
- … Decandoelle. Geograph. Bot. Dict. des Sci. Nat. [A. P. de Candolle 1820] marked 12. Watertons …
- … Public Library. 3 ‘Books … Read’ is in Emma Darwin’s hand. 4 “”Traité …
- … 6 The text from page [1v.] to page [6] is in Emma Darwin’s hand and was copied from Notebook C, …
- … to old Aristotle.’ ( LL 3: 252). 10 Emma Darwin wrote ‘7 th ’ instead of “3 d “ …
- … 12 A mistranscription for ‘Entozoa’ by Emma Darwin. See Notebook C, p. 266 ( Notebooks ). …
- … wrote ‘Transact’ to replace ‘Journal’ written in Emma Darwin’s hand. 16 Emma Darwin …
- … The text from page [1a] to half way down page [5a] is in Emma Darwin’s hand and is a copy of CD’s …
- … in ink by CD. 73 This entry was written by Emma Darwin. 74 “8 … …
- … eds.] *119: 20v. Boisduval de Chauffour, Jean Alphonse. 1833. Faune entomologique …
- … Campbell . 2 vols. London. [Other eds.] 119: 7a Candolle, Alphonse de. 1835. …
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
Matches: 8 hits
- … could laugh’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin, 22 July 1880 ). Sales …
- … Butler, 3 January 1880 ). At the top of Butler’s letter, Emma Darwin wrote: ‘it means war we think’ …
- … me to exalt Plants in the organic scale’, Darwin wrote to Alphonse de Candolle on 28 May 1880 . …
- … my excitement’ ( letter from Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin, [18 September 1880] ). Darwin’s …
- … October 1880 ). The president of the society explained to Emma that the members of the union wished …
- … …“Come of Age”‘ ( letter from W. C. Williamson to Emma Darwin, 2 September 1880 ). In April, …
- … year was marked by the loss of several close family members. Emma’s brother Josiah Wedgwood III died …
- … Surrey, which became a regular destination for Charles and Emma, and also a site of scientific …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
Matches: 9 hits
- … inner circle of expert naturalists. The Swiss botanist Alphonse de Candolle described on 6 July …
- … at Cambridge, George Robert Crotch, writing to his mother Emma in a letter dated [after 16 October …
- … Langton wrote from the south of France to Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood on 9 Novembe r, describing …
- … and received a number of reports from family members. Emma Darwin’s niece, Cicely Mary Hawkshaw, …
- … old daughter Katherine ( letter from C. M. Hawkshaw to Emma Darwin, 9 February [1868] ). Darwin’s …
- … ( letter from Ernest Faivre, 7 April 1868 ). Armand de Quatrefages, who had also criticised Darwin …
- … destined to renew the natural sciences entirely.’ Gaston de Saporta similarly hoped that his own …
- … and regard you as their leader’ ( letter from Gaston de Saporta, 6 September 1868 ). …
- … other national papers, and within a few days Darwin and Emma were receiving letters of …
