From J. W. Judd 15 November 1876
Summary
Thanks for new edition of Coral reefs [1874]
and Volcanic islands [1876].
His travels and studies confirm CD’s explanation of the banded structure of lavas.
Author: | John Wesley Judd |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Nov 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 82 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10674 |
From J. W. Judd 24 April 1877
Summary
Grateful for CD’s support for his election as F.R.S.
Author: | John Wesley Judd |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Apr 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 83 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10940 |
From J. W. Judd 26 June 1878
Summary
Sends a paper by Melchior Neumayr [‘Über unvermittelt auftretende Cephalopodentypen’, Jahrb. K.-K. Geol. Reichsanst. 28 (1878): 37–80].
Plans to marry soon.
Next year he will begin a practical course in geology to supplement his lectures.
Author: | John Wesley Judd |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 June 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 84 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11569 |
From J. W. Judd 9 December 1879
Summary
Sorry he was out when CD came to visit.
Author: | John Wesley Judd |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 Dec 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 85 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12347 |
From J. W. Judd 24 August 1880
Summary
Plans to visit Down.
Author: | John Wesley Judd |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Aug 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 86 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12699 |
From J. W. Judd 28 August 1880
Summary
Overjoyed at having met CD.
Sends a paper by William Whitaker [? "On subaerial denudation", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 23 (1867): 265–6].
Author: | John Wesley Judd |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Aug 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 87 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12703 |
From J. W. Judd 10 October 1881
Summary
Thanks and praises CD for Earthworms.
Author: | John Wesley Judd |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Oct 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 88 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13389 |
From J. W. Judd 8 January 1882
Summary
Praises G. H. Darwin’s letter ["On the geological importance of the tides", Nature 25 (1882): 213–14] which criticises the use made of George Darwin’s views by Robert Ball ["A glimpse through the corridors of time", Nature 25 (1881): 79–82, 103–7]. JWJ argues from the fineness of Cambrian sediments against Ball’s intensification of geological forces. Massive Carboniferous river deltas also contradict Ball’s excessively high tides.
Author: | John Wesley Judd |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 89 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13604 |