From J. D. Hooker 20 June 1876
Summary
JDH’s suggested text for Lyell’s tablet in Westminster Abbey.
Vigner[?] separates digestive principle from Nepenthes, disproving R. L. Tait.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 57–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10540 |
From J. D. Hooker [24 September 1876]
Summary
JDH again expresses his condolences.
The Glasgow BAAS meeting was good, except for Tait’s shameful attack on Tyndall.
Immensely impressed on Scottish geological and glacial features. Is CD aware that the earth beneath Glen Roy roads was found to contain freshwater diatoms?
Recounts the itinerary of his honeymoon in Scotland.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Sept 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 62–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10605 |
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 A. B. Buckley 12 February 1876
Summary
Thanks CD for letter complimenting her book. Responds to his comments on botany and geology in book.
| Author: | Arabella Burton Buckley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 365 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10389 |
| letter | (4) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Buckley, A. B. | (1) |
| Judd, J. W. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Buckley, A. B. | (1) |
| Judd, J. W. | (1) |
Darwin in Conversation exhibition
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Meet Charles Darwin as you have never met him before. Come to our exhibition at Cambridge University Library, running from 9 July to 3 December 2022, and discover a fascinating series of interwoven conversations with Darwin's many hundreds of…
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