From John Scott 7 January [1864]
Summary
Has finished correcting Primula paper [see 4332].
Has presented paper on monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Jan [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 98, 99 f.3; Edinburgh Courant, 19 December 1863, p. 8. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4382 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … 19 November [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [ …
- … 7 November [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), and by the reference to Scott 1863b (see …
- … Society ( Botany ) (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 and 28 May [ …
- … an ‘excellent memoir’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [ …
- … his own results (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 23 July [1863] , and …
- … cowslip in May 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] ). …
- … Primula had been (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] , …
- … all palatable! ’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [3 June 1863] and …
- … of Scott’s paper (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ); …
- … December [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] ). In …
- … and 28 May [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), he wrote that his experiments were leading …
- … of Scott 1864a (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ). He …
- … to John Scott , 19 November [1862] and 11 December [1862] , and Correspondence vol. …
- … 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] and n. 4). CD evidently did not add to the …
From John Scott 19 March 1864
Summary
On fertilisation of Gongora.
His work on peloric Antirrhinum, Passiflora, and Verbascum, done at CD’s suggestion, is at CD’s disposal.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 102 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4432 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … 1864] and n. 6, and Crüger 1864 ). See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from …
- … John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] and nn. 17 and 18, and this volume, letter to Daniel …
- … observations of Acropera ovules in his letter of 11 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … 10); see also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 18 February [1863] . Scott …
- … of Acropera , see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] , and …
- … 6, Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and letter to John …
- … November [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. Gosse, 2 June [1863] ). …
- … related orchids (see Orchids , pp. 282–4, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. …
- … Gosse, 2 June [1863] and n. 11). For CD’s expanded conclusions about insect visits to …
- … vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and Correspondence vol. …
- … 11, letters from John Scott, 6 January 1863 , [after 12] April [1863] , and 21 May [ …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ; see also this volume, …
From John Scott 17 December [1862]
Summary
Thanks for Journal of researches and Origin.
Thanks CD for comments on his fern paper [see 3847 and 3853]; has great difficulty in expressing his ideas.
Discusses inheritance and variation.
Asks CD for an account of the experiments he would like JS to perform.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Dec [1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 80 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3865 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Verbascum in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ). …
- … Scott 1862a (see n. 4, below). See letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] and n. 17. …
- … See letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] . Scott had enclosed a copy of Scott 1862a …
- … 1862c and 1862d. See letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] and n. 5. Scott refers to …
- … See letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] . …
- … See letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ; this individual has not been identified. …
- … von Gärtner (see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] and nn. 19 and 20). Scott …
- … 1862a , p. 219. See letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] . Karsten 1861 . Braun …
- … 6 December [1862] , and letters to John Scott, 3 December [1862] and 11 December [1862] . …
From John Scott 28 March 1864
Summary
Surprised at CD’s account of Bryanthus.
H. Crüger’s approach to Gongora fertilisation is beset with difficulties.
Reports his work on self-sterility of Oncidium.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 103 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4438 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … of [23–7 May 1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), which CD then forwarded with his letter to …
- … Scott of 25 and 28 May [1863] . See also letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] . …
- … of the position, see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 22 May 1863 and …
- … and Menziesia (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Isaac Anderson-Henry, 24 April …
- … of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). He reported his failure to pollinate the …
- … 19 November [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 2 May [1863] and …
- … pollination, see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and 3 …
- … on Oncidium (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 1 and 3 August [1863] and …
- … in particular, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 6 March 1863 and n. …
- … J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [1864] and n. 11). Scott refers to his immediate supervisor, …
From John Scott 16 June [1863]
Summary
Orchid paper in press.
Asks CD to correct MS of his Primula paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 78–126].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 June [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 94 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4213 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … this letter and the letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] . In his letter to CD of 22 May …
- … cowslip) are given in Scott 1864a , pp. 110–11. Scott 1864a , pp. 78–86, discussed the …
- … 31 May [1863] , and letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] ). Scott 1863a . See letter from …
- … Scott, [3 June 1863] and n. 14. See letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] and n. 2. See …
- … John Scott, 31 May [1863] and 6 June [1863] , and letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] . …
- … See letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] . See letter to John Scott, …
- … 6 June [1863] . See letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] . Scott was foreman of the …
From John Scott 6 January 1863
Summary
Sends Primula scotica and P. farinosa.
So far cannot fertilise Gongora atropurpurea although it is similar to Acropera luteola.
Experimenting on intergeneric hybrids to test CD’s view that sterility is not a special endowment.
Scott’s personal history.
Acropera capsule grows.
Plans for experiments CD has suggested on Primula, peloric Antirrhinum, and Verbascum.
Asks about Gärtner’s experiments on maize.
Aware of Anderson-Henry’s failures.
Through kindness of J. H. Balfour and James McNab, enjoys facilities for research. JS is in charge of the propagating department. Balfour almost engaged him to be superintendent of the Madras Horticultural Garden.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Jan 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 81, 83 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3904 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 9, letter to Daniel Oliver, 11 September [1861] , and Correspondence …
- … and n. 22). In his letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), …
- … Orchids , pp. 208–9). In his letter of 11 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), Scott …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 ). See ‘Fertilization of …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and letters to John …
- … and 19 November [1862] ). In his letter of 11 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), …
- … Meconopsis. See letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] . In his letter to John Scott, …
- … John Scott, 21 May [1863] and nn. 10–11. With encouragement from CD (see Correspondence …
- … peloric flowers. In his letters to Scott of 11 December [1862] and 19 December [1862] ( …
- … December [1862] . In his letters to Scott of 11 December [1862] and 19 December [1862] ( …
From John Scott 11 November 1862
Summary
CD is mistaken in considering Acropera unisexual, with only male flowers [Orchids, pp. 203–10]. JS has successfully fertilised two A. loddigesii flowers. One is ripening. Dissection of the other shows the pollen accomplishes fertilisation without contacting any stigmatic surface. Abortive ovules found in flowers that did not become fertilised when pollinated. JS suggests Acropera has both unisexual male and hermaphrodite flowers.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Nov 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 77 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3800 |
From John Scott 21 July 1865
Summary
JS has now taken post of Curator of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta.
Wishes to vindicate himself of the charge that he pursued his experiments at Edinburgh to the detriment of his work.
Apologises for poor quality of his Verbascum paper, which was written from his notes during the passage to India [J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 36 (1865) pt 2: 145–74].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 July 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 109: B120a–b |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4876 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … you long ago in answer to yours of March 11 th . but I have always deferred doing so in …
- … Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11. Forms of flowers : The different forms of …
- … Edinburgh. See Correspondence vols. 10, 11, and 12. James McNab was curator of the Royal …
- … regular duties (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , 22 May 1863 and [ …
- … in India ( EB ). In his letter to Scott of 11 March 1865 , CD had forwarded Hooker’s and …
- … on dimorphism (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 and 22 May [1863] …
From John Scott 10 April 1865
Summary
Comments on CD’s Lythrum paper [Collected papers 2: 106–31]
and on H. Crüger’s orchid paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35].
May take position at Calcutta Botanic Garden.
Regrets he cannot be elected to Linnean Society.
Pleased Asa Gray has commented on JS’s paper.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Apr 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 115 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4810 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … was written before CD wrote a letter to Scott on 11 March 1865 that is also missing (see …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , Correspondence vol. …
- … 11, letters from John Scott , [after 12] April [1863] and 21 May [1863] , and …
- … 1865] ). CD’s reply to Scott, written on 11 March 1865, has not been found (see letter …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] , and Correspondence …
- … vol. 11, letters to John Scott , 31 May [1863] and 1 and 3 August [1863] ). In February …
From John Scott [1–11] April [1863]
Summary
Studying self-sterility, particularly in Oncidium, where abortion occurs consistently but stigma functions normally. His hybrid orchid crosses show sterility occurs capriciously. Thus it is not a "special endowment".
Disputes Asa Gray’s and Hermann Crüger’s view of rostellar germination.
Doubts absolute sterility of Catasetum.
Disappointed by results with homomorphic cowslips.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1–11] Apr [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 108: 183, DAR 177: 86 (fragile) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4073 |
From John Scott [13 January 1864]
Summary
Glad CD is sending his Primula paper to Linnean Society.
Sends promised Linum seeds.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [13 Jan 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 99 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4385 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … May (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 6 March 1863 , and …
- … 10 June [1864] ). See Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [26 July – 2 …
- … 7 January [1864] and nn. 6, 7, 9, and 11. See letter from Emma Darwin to John Scott, 9 …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] , and Origin , pp. 250– …
From John Scott 16 January 1863
Summary
Experiments to cut Laelia stigma from rostellum and then to fertilise rostellum are baffled by "a latent instinctive power". Somehow the pollen-tubes find their way to the style.
Suggests CD study variation in ferns.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Jan 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 82 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3921 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to John Scott, 21 January [1863] and n. 11. See n. 8, above. See also letter to John …
- … the Linum paper (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix IV). See also Scott 1863a , p. …
- … meeting of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh on 11 December 1862, and was published as an …
- … and pollen-masses. CD was writing chapter 11 of Variation on ‘bud-variation’, which he …
From John Scott 21 May [1863]
Summary
Supports, in his orchid paper, CD’s view that sterility occurs at random [Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7 (1863): 543–50].
Cannot get his Drosera paper published [abstract in Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 17 (1863): 317–18].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 May [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 108: 181, DAR 177: 88 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4174 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … before the Botanical Society of Edinburgh on 11 December 1862; it was never published in …
- … described in the letter from John Scott, [1–11] April 1863 . Scott sent CD an abstract of …
- … the conclusions deduced from them, see n. 11, below. Balfour known to have anti-Darwinian …
- … that answered Huxley’s objection. See n. 11, below. Scott’s paper ( Scott 1863a ) …
- … to John Scott , 19 November [1862] , and 11 December [1862] and n. 21). CD wanted to …
From John Scott 3 March 1863
Summary
JS criticises natural selection as based on an innate "continuously watchful selective principle".
Seeks seed of wild Rocky Mountain maize.
What is CD’s view on origin of maize?
Seeks information on self-sterility of Passiflora and Lobelia.
Weeping habit of trees.
Intended to say bisexual plants presented more established varieties than unisexual, not that they are more variable.
Explains his opinion that homomorphically fertilised Primula will produce only their own form. Is trying homomorphic crosses with different coloured Primula varieties.
Asks to read Asa Gray’s 2d review of Orchids.
Has finally successfully fertilised Gongora, but it was done by unnatural means.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Mar 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 108: 179 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4021 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 1863] and n. 6. In his letters to Scott of 11 December [1862] and 19 December [1862] ( …
- … in his letters of 19 November [1862] and 11 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10); he …
- … from John Scott, 16 January 1863 , n. 11. By ‘bisexual’ Scott meant ‘hermaphrodite’ (that …
- … from John Scott, 16 January 1863 and n. 11); however, the planned paper was apparently …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] , and this volume, …
From John Scott 20 June [1864]
Summary
Preparations for trip to India. Thanks for testimonial.
Surprised by the self-fertility of CD’s peloric Antirrhinum.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 June [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 111 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4541 |
From John Scott 28 May [1864]
Summary
Discusses the negative testimonial provided him by James McNab.
Sends testimonial from J. H. Balfour.
Would be glad if offered the sort of colonial opportunity Hooker suggests.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 May [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 107; Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 68 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4513 |
From John Scott 20 January 1865
Summary
Comments on his Primula paper [see 4213].
Describes his situation in Calcutta.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Jan 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 114 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4751 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 17 December [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [ …
- … some alterations (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ). …
- … Balfour in May 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] , …
- … of transmutation (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 10 June 1863 , …
From John Scott 4 May 1868
Summary
Replies to CD’s query on expression of emotions.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 May 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 118 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6160 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … oil) 10] scored blue crayon 10 lowering brow 11] underl blue crayon 12 and in observing …
- … vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11. Expression : The expression of the …
- … hand thus well illustrates your No. 11. their every muscle relaxes from the emotion of …
- … contact in proximity to a defiling object &c. 11. Fear very similarly
〈 4 or 5 words〉 as …
From John Scott 5 May [1864]
Summary
Encloses MS of his paper ["On individual sterility of Oncidium", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 162–7].
His next will be on Passiflora, Disemma, and Tacsonia [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 197–206].
When he receives proofs of his Primula paper he will add CD’s case about equal-styled cowslip.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 May [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 105 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4485 |
From John Scott [3 June 1863]
Summary
Thanks CD for influence used with Hooker to obtain a colonial position. Has offended J. H. Balfour by refusing the Darjeeling post and James McNab has become unfriendly, although his experiments do not detract from his garden work.
Will write Primula paper for Linnean Society as CD suggests.
His Darwinism is unpalatable at Edinburgh Botanic Garden.
Describes results with non-dimorphic Primula species. Such cases do not accord with CD’s view that characters are slowly acquired.
Thanks for criticism of his writing style.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [3 June 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 93 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4202 |
letter | (35) |
Darwin, C. R. | (35) |
Scott, John | (35) |
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
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…
Matches: 16 hits
- … on the topic. Lyell also added the following note on page 11: *Mr. John Lubbock published …
- … 2 have struck out Galton & Prestwich at p. 11 who will be surprisd [ sic ] to …
- … had done ‘an injustice’ to Falconer and Prestwich. 11 In the same review Lubbock expressed …
- … he took exception to the wording of the note on p. 11 of C. Lyell 1863c, which implied that Lubbock …
- … The statement made by Sir Charles Lyell, in a note to page 11 of his work, that my article on the …
- … of the note in the preface (letter to John Lubbock, 11 June [1865] ). No correspondence with …
- … of the preface of C. Lyell 1863c and reworded the note on p. 11. Unlike the earlier …
- … Lyell revised both the preface and the note on page 11 of the third edition of Antiquity of man …
- … versions of the end of the preface and of the note on page 11 are included below. Preface, C …
- … as well as of the subsequent issues.” Note on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (original version) …
- … made by him in company with Mr. Busk. Note on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (revised version) …
- … in Letters, 1863 , (introduction to Correspondence vol. 11, pp. xv–xvii). For a comparison of …
- … 1984, pp. 154–9. 7. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] …
- … Bartholomew 1973. 8. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March …
- … 18 April [1863 ]. 10. Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March …
- … (rough draft of letter from T. H. Huxley to Charles Lyell, 11 June 1865, Imperial College, Huxley …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
Summary
Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
Matches: 7 hits
- … German edition (see letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ). Since the publication of …
- … & a few of importance’ (see letter to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] ). Darwin had sent Bronn …
- … letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). (No American edition …
- … we shall immediately see)’. Page xiv, n., line 11, delete ‘in the years 1794–5’. …
- … substitute for ‘but then . . . kinds of flowers.’: 11 In just some of …
- … sentence also appears in Origin 4th ed., p. 20. 11. p. 56. This whole paragraph was …
- … in Origin 4th ed., p. 449. 47. p. 409–11. This passage also appears, with slight …
1.1 Ellen Sharples pastel
Summary
< Back to Introduction The earliest surviving portrayal of Darwin, who was born on 12 February 1809, is this pastel or chalk drawing by Ellen Wallace Sharples. He is shown kneeling chivalrously before his sister Catherine (born in 1810), in the kind…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Art Journal , 16:1 (Spring–Summer 1995), pp. 3–11. Julius Bryant (ed.), English Heritage …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
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…
Matches: 8 hits
- … backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel …
- … review me in a hostile spirit’ ( letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 ). Darwin was …
- … Correspondence vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin’s relief, …
- … the moment of being hatched ( letter to Nature , 7 and 11 May [1874] ; Spalding 1872a). …
- … & that must be enough for me’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). Plants that eat . …
- … cartilage, bone & meat &c. &c.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). His research …
- … Correspondence vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin, [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted …
- … the photograph he sent highly ( letter from D. F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] ). At the …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
Summary
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…
Matches: 7 hits
- … gave him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). Darwin was altogether …
- … on Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his experiments in …
- … of Natural History’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). She had had assistance …
- … for a second edition ( letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ), Darwin asked him to use …
- … see letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). Yet Darwin was now …
- … interest. He told Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 September [1862] ): ‘This is a nice, but …
- … from one parent’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). really good …
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
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…
Matches: 8 hits
- … Blair, R.H. 11 July 1871 Worcester College for the …
- … Chaumont, F.S.B.F. de 11 March 1871 Woolston, …
- … 9 Nov 1870 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
- … 1 Feb 1871 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
- … 7 Sept 1872 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
- … 1 Feb. 1871 11 Saint Mary Abbot's Terrace, Kensington. W., London, …
- … Sulivan, B.J. 11 Jan 1867 Bournemouth, England …
- … Wallace, A. R. 11 March [1867] 9 St. Mark’s Crescent …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
Summary
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…
Matches: 11 hits
- … regarding species change ( letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 ). The botanist Asa Gray, …
- … by descent put him ‘into despair’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). In the same letter, he …
- … bottom of seas, lakes, and rivers ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VII). Quarrels at …
- … Academy of Sciences, Berlin (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix III), and of the Société des …
- … unsuccessful ( see letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] ). The council of …
- … [9 May 1863] , and memorandum from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 May 1863]) . As he struggled …
- … to drive the quietest man mad’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). Hooker and Gray agreed …
- … tropical plants than before (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI). He was fascinated with …
- … pistils mature at different times ( see letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). The fertility of …
- … ‘Crossing & Sterility’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II). When Darwin finished, by …
- … animal suffering caused by them (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix IX). Francis Darwin later …
Darwin's 1874 letters go online
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The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
Race, Civilization, and Progress
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Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
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- … man in his most "primitive wildness" ( letter to Henslow, 11 April 1833 ). They …
- … Letter 204 : Darwin to Henslow, J. S., 11 April 1833 "The Fuegians are in a more …
- … 98). Letter 2503 : Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, C., 11 October [1859] "the …
- … Letter 2503 : Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, C., 11 October [1859] I suppose that you do not …
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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- … St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). A worsening …
- … Mivart not to acknowledge it ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). 'I hate …
- … attacks on Darwin became notorious, had written on 11 May expressing concern that his recently, …
- … well informed: `The die is cast’, he wrote excitedly on 11 May , when the matter was first raised …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … the popularity of his book, writing to Robert Cooke on 11 April , ‘though I believe it is of …
- … for extended periods. In a letter to Thiselton-Dyer of 11 October , Darwin described how the …
- … Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the …
- … visits from distinguished persons. Gladstone came to Down on 11 March. ‘I expected a stern, …
- … not been a difficulty to me,’ he replied to Romanes on 11 June , ‘as I have never believed in a …
- … that they become quite tipsy’ ( letter to W. M. Moorsom, 11 September [1877] ). Moorsom replied …
Charles Harrison Blackley
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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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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- … to think of the future’, Darwin confessed to William on 11 September just hours after Amy’s …
- … naturalist Thomas Edward ( letter from F. M. Balfour, 11 December 1876 ; letter to Samuel Smiles …
- … who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 years old at the time of her death, would …
- … you are one of the best of all’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 11 September [1876] ). …
- … do I cannot conceive’, Darwin wrote anxiously to Hooker on 11 September. By the time Darwin …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … in that little sheet of note-paper! DARWIN: 11 My dear Hooker… What a remarkably …
- … 1 OCTOBER 1846 7 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 11 JANUARY 1844 8 C DARWIN TO A …
- … 10 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 24 AUGUST 1855 11 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, 5 JUNE 1855 …
- … 22 NOVEMBER 1856 29 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 APRIL 1861 30 A GRAY TO C …
- … A GRAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 1858 58 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 11 OCTOBER 1858 59 A GRAY TO …
- … HOOKER, 18 OCTOBER 1859 63 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 NOVEMBER 1859 64 JD …
- … 13 NOVEMBER 1859 66 C DARWIN TO R OWEN, 11 NOVEMBER 1859 67 C DARWIN …
- … 17 FEBRUARY 1861 111 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 DECEMBER 1861 112 C DARWIN …
- … DARWIN TO A GRAY 28 MAY 1864 159 FROM A GRAY 11 JULY 1864 160 C DARWIN …
- … TO A GRAY 28 JANUARY 1876 204 FROM A GRAY 11 DECEMBER 1874 205 TO A …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives …
- … continue his observations indoors ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] …
- … two letters to the Athenæum ( Correspondence vol. 11). Darwin’s anxiety about the matter was …
- … and the question of human origins ( Correspondence vol. 11). Wallace, however, traced a possible …
Thomas Rivers
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Rivers and Darwin exchanged around 30 letters, most in 1863 when Darwin was hard at work on the manuscript of Variation of plants and animals under domestication, the lengthy and detailed sequel to Origin of species. Rivers, an experienced plant breeder…
Darwin and Religion
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When Darwin published On the Origin of Species, was there a clear cut division between those who supported science and those who supported God? Find out how Darwin’s letters reveal a complex reaction from all sides and a desire from Darwin to keep his…
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- … Pupils explore the reaction to Darwin’s findings as evidenced through his letters. Activities …
Henrietta Darwin's diary
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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
Darwin's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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- … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…