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From W. H. Flower   15 April 1863

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Discusses having skull photographed and a cast made.

Author:  William Henry Flower
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 Apr 1863
Classmark:  DAR 164: 137
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4101

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Quatrefages, 14 May [1863] , and letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 19 May [1863] . CD’s …
  • … In his letter to Flower of 13 April [1863] , CD had asked Flower if he could obtain a …
  • … from Armand de Quatrefages, [28 March –] 11 April 1863 ). See also letter to Armand de …
  • … See letter to W.  H.  Flower, 13 April [1863] . …

From Daniel Oliver   [26 March 1863]

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Discusses the female parts of the Primula flower; the true character of the free placenta is not completely understood.

Author:  Daniel Oliver
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [26 Mar 1863]
Classmark:  DAR 173: 18
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3894

Matches: 3 hits

  • … letter to Daniel Oliver, 24–5 March [1863] , and the letter from Daniel Oliver, [27 March  …
  • … intervening Thursday was 26 March 1863. See letter to Daniel Oliver, 24–5 March [1863] . …
  • … ovules’ ( Natural History Review 3 (1863): 583). See letter to Daniel Oliver, 24–5 March [ …

From J. D. Hooker   26 August 1863

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JDH working on the New Zealand flora.

Jules Planchon excited about CD’s Linum experiments.

T. F. Jamieson’s paper on glaciers gives great pleasure.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Aug 1863
Classmark:  DAR 101: 157–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4275

Matches: 10 hits

  • … Henslow died in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in September 1863 (see letter from J.  D.   …
  • … Hooker visited CD at Down on 22 March 1863 (see letter from J.  D.  Hooker, [24 March  …
  • … Hooker refers to CD’s letters to him of 3 August [1863] and 12– …
  • … refers to the letter from Planchon to Hooker of 20 August 1863 (Director’s correspondence, …
  • … former lakes (see also, letter from T.  F.  Jamieson, 28 January 1863  and n.  1, and …
  • 1863 ). Hooker had borrowed a Wedgwood portrait medallion of Erasmus Darwin (see letter to …
  • … and this volume, letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 6 January 1863 ). J.  D.  Hooker 1864–7 . …
  • … in climbing plants in the letters to J.  D.  Hooker, 3 August [1863] and 12–13 August [ …
  • … DNB , EB ). See also letter to J.  D.  Hooker, [28 August 1863] , n.  9. Julius von Haast …
  • 1863]. Hooker probably refers to examinations at the University of London, where he was examiner in botany (see Correspondence vol.  10, letter

From Henry Walter Bates   28 January 1865

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Pleased at receiving CD’s letter.

HWB informs him of favourable notice of the mimetic paper [in Wiegmann’s Arch. Naturgesch. 29 (1863) pt 2: 315–19].

He is pleased with his post [Asst. Sec. of Royal Geographical Society].

Author:  Henry Walter Bates
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  28 Jan 1865
Classmark:  DAR 160: 79
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4756

Matches: 6 hits

  • … Bates, 24 January 1863 , letter to H.  W.   …
  • … Bates, 26 January [1863] , and letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 30 January [1863] ). She had …
  • … Correspondence vol.  11, letter from H.  W.  Bates, 29 September 1863 , and Curle 1954 , …
  • … Sarah Ann Mason on 19 January 1863 (see Correspondence vol.  11, letter from H.  W.   …
  • letter. HWB informs him of favourable notice of the mimetic paper [in Wiegmann’s Arch. Naturgesch. 29 (1863) …
  • 1863): 315–18 ( Gerstaecker 1863a ). The journal was founded by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann in 1835. CD had encouraged Bates to publish his researches on butterflies (see Correspondence vol.  9, letters

From J. D. Hooker   16 February 1864

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CD’s climbing plant experiments make it impossible to deny nerve force in plants.

Has discussed Frankland’s new glacial theory with Lyell.

Bishop Colenso’s trial.

Possibility of Scott’s coming to Kew as a curator.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 Feb 1864
Classmark:  DAR 101: 183–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4408

Matches: 6 hits

  • … vol.  11, letter from H.  G. Powell, 11 February 1863 , letter from J.  D.   …
  • … Hooker, [6 March 1863] , and letter from S.  P.   …
  • … Woodward, 5 June 1863 ; this volume, letter from J.  D.  Hooker, [19 September 1864] ; and …
  • … Candolle, 17 December [1863] ( Correspondence vol.  11); see letter to J.  D.  Hooker, [ …
  • … to Thury 1863 , which may be the pamphlet CD thanked Candolle for in the letter from Emma …
  • 1863 of the quarterly Popular Science Review ( Ansted 1863b , pp.  464–5). John Lindley . Joseph Ellison Portlock died on 14 February 1864 ( DNB ). In February 1864, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council reversed the sentences of the Court of Arches on Rowland Williams and Henry Bristow Wilson , who had been found guilty of heresy for the liberal theological opinions expressed in their contributions to the controversial volume Essays and reviews (see Annual register 1864, 1: 155–8, 2: 241–6). See also Correspondence vol.  9, second letter

From Hugh Falconer   9 January 1863

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Answers CD’s query on the free digits of Archaeopteryx.

Author:  Hugh Falconer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 Jan 1863
Classmark:  DAR 164: 12
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3909

Matches: 5 hits

  • … have received this issue until mid-1863 (see letter from Hugh Falconer, 3 January [1863] , …
  • … and this volume, letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January [1863] and n.  5). See also …
  • … the Solenhofen quarries of Bavaria (see letters from Hugh Falconer , 3 January [1863] and …
  • … 8 January [1863] ). In his letter to Falconer of 5 [and 6] January [1863] , CD asked which …
  • … n.  7). In his letter to Falconer of 5 [and 6] January [1863] , CD reported Alfred Russel …

From Isaac Anderson-Henry   24 April 1863

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Bryanthus erectus, said by [D. D.?] Cunningham to be a hybrid, has been found wild in North America.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 Apr 1863
Classmark:  DAR 159: 65
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4126

Matches: 8 hits

  • … Henry has not been found; it was a response to Anderson-Henry’s letter of 17 April 1863 . …
  • … In his letter of 17 April 1863 , Anderson-Henry sent his own photograph and requested one …
  • … Bates 1863 ; see CD’s annotation to letter from Isaac Anderson-Henry, 17 April 1863 . …
  • … 17 April 1863 . See also letter to Isaac Anderson-Henry, 2 February [1863] and n.  8. …
  • … erectus was discussed in the letters from Isaac Anderson -Henry, 26–7 January 1863  and …
  • … 1687 ( DSB ). In his letter to Anderson-Henry of 20 January [1863], CD discussed his work …
  • … the fertility of such flowers (see letter from Isaac Anderson-Henry, 26–7 January 1863 ). …
  • … p.  695). See letters from Isaac Anderson -Henry, 26–7 January 1863 , and 31 January  …

From J. D. Hooker   [27 August 1863]

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Suggests CD consult George Busk about his stomach.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [27 Aug 1863]
Classmark:  DAR 101: 156
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4276

Matches: 4 hits

  • … letter and the letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 25 [August 1863] , and the letter from J.  D.   …
  • … D.  Hooker 1852 . See letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 25 [August 1863] . …
  • … Hooker, 26 August 1863 . In 1863, 27 August was a Thursday. Letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 25 [ …
  • … written to Busk (see letter from George Busk , [ c. 27 August 1863] and n.  1). J.   …

From Roland Trimen   16 March 1863

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RT has sent his observations on orchids to CD. Has found only one case of an insect with a pollinium adhering to it.

Author:  Roland Trimen
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 Mar 1863
Classmark:  DAR 70: 180, DAR 178: 184
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4046

Matches: 13 hits

  • … See letter to Roland Trimen, 31 January [1863] and n.   …
  • … 2. See letter to Roland Trimen, 31 January [1863] and n.  6. Trimen’s initial letter to …
  • … has not been found (see letter to Roland Trimen, 31 January [1863] and n.  2). Some of …
  • … has not been identified. In his letter of 31 January [1863] , CD asked Trimen to send him …
  • … have been removed from Disa grandiflora . See letter to Roland Trimen, 31 January [1863] . …
  • … In his letter to Trimen of 23  May [1863] , CD reported that he had reworked Trimen’s …
  • … 20 and 21, below. See letter to Roland Trimen, 31 January [1863] and n.  10. The source of …
  • … the exact reference has not been found. See also letter to Roland Trimen, 23 May [1863] . …
  • … See letter to Roland Trimen, 31 January [1863] and n.  12. Trimen later sent CD …
  • … by Trimen. See letter from Roland Trimen, 10, 13, and 18 October 1863 . Henry Trimen was a …
  • … 16 th . March, 1863. My dear Sir, I have received your kind letter of the 31 st . January, …
  • letter, which has not been found, giving instructions about the reproduction of four of the diagrams in Trimen 1863 ( …
  • 1863 , p.  145. Trimen’s original labelling of these diagrams was altered, in an unknown hand, to a more sophisticated scheme used in publication. On the verso of the enclosure is an annotation, also in an unknown hand, which states: ‘No.  1558. | Drawings on wood to be | made by M r . Fitch. | A/c.  for drawing & cutting | block to be sent to M r . Darwin. | Letters

From J. D. Hooker   [30 April 1863]

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JDH has lost a letter from Julius von Haast intended for CD.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [30 Apr 1863]
Classmark:  DAR 101: 132–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4133

Matches: 6 hits

  • … this letter, the letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 20 April 1863 , and the letter to J.  D. …
  • … in Correspondence vol.  10, and also in this volume, with his letter of 5 March 1863 . …
  • … from J.  D.  Hooker, 20 April 1863 ). In the letter Haast mentioned enclosing a letter to …
  • … the letter from Haast (see letter from Julius von Haast, 5 March 1863  and n.  5). Haast’s …
  • 1863 from a trip to Dorset and the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey (see letter from …
  • 1863] , and by the reference to the Royal Society elections (see n.  4, below). Hooker sent CD a letter

From Asa Gray   7 July 1863

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Has extracted CD’s Linum paper [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 36 (1863): 279–84].

Elaborate co-adaptations of orchids and insects demonstrate against "chance blows", whether few, as Oswald Heer would have, or many and slight as CD proposes.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 July 1863
Classmark:  DAR 165: 127, 137
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4234

Matches: 9 hits

  • … to H.  W.  Bates, 4 March [1863] , and letter from Asa Gray, 22–30 March 1863 ). Gray also …
  • Letter to Asa Gray, 31 May [1863] . Gray had planned …
  • … A.  Gray 1863d ). See also letter from Asa Gray, 13 April 1863 . Gray prepared a review …
  • … A.  Gray 1863a ; see also letter from Asa Gray, 21 July 1863 ). Gray’s review abstract …
  • … earth. Oswald Heer . See letter to Asa Gray, 31 May [1863] and n.  4. Gray had expounded …
  • … Campanula perfoliata ) in his letters to Gray of 20 March [1863] and 31 May [1863] ; it is …
  • … cleistogamous flowers. See letter to Asa Gray, 31 May [1863] The reference is apparently …
  • 1863 issue of the American Journal of Science and Arts , commonly known as ‘Silliman’s Journal’ after its founder Benjamin Silliman (see letter
  • … p.  332; see letter from Asa Gray to J.  D.  Hooker, 6 July 1863 ); she has not been …

From Hugh Falconer   10 September 1863

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Is having E. Suess’s essay [see 4284] translated; will forward it as soon as it is done.

Author:  Hugh Falconer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Sept 1863
Classmark:  DAR 164: 18
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4298

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Suess 1863 ; see letter to Hugh Falconer, 4 [September 1863] . …
  • … On 5 September 1863, Falconer sent CD’s letter of 4 [September 1863] to his niece, Grace …
  • … see the letters from Falconer to Grace McCall, 15 September 1863 and 20 September 1863, in …
  • … see the letter from Lartet to Falconer of 3 September 1863 in the Falconer Museum, Forres, …

From Asa Gray   4 and 13 October 1862

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Thinks Max Müller’s Lectures on the science of language [1861–4] will do a real service to CD and natural selection.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 and 13 Oct 1862
Classmark:  DAR 165: 120
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3752

Matches: 2 hits

  • … See also Correspondence vol.  11, letter from Asa Gray, 20 April 1863 , letter to J.  D.   …
  • … Hooker, [9 May 1863] , and letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] . Gray and CD had discussed …

From Alfred Newton   31 October 1863

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Tells CD where to pick up the partridge’s foot with the ball of earth attached; sends a copy of his remarks on the same. [See Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 13 (1864): 99–101.]

Author:  Alfred Newton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  31 Oct 1863
Classmark:  DAR 172: 40
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4326

Matches: 10 hits

  • … The reference is to Newton 1863 ; see letter from Alfred Newton, 21 March 1863  and n.  5. …
  • … Hooker, 5 December [1863] , and in the letter from Emma Darwin to J.   …
  • … in the 1850s (see letter from Alfred Newton, 21 March 1863  and n.  4). CD’s annotations …
  • … seeds were planted on 13 November 1863. CD discussed the results in his letter to J.  D.   …
  • letter from Alfred Newton, 2 April 1864 . Newton gave his reasons for concluding that the ball of clay had accumulated gradually in Newton 1863 , …
  • … D.  Hooker, [7 December 1863] . See also Correspondence vol.  12, letter to J.  D.   …
  • letter to Alfred Newton, 29 March [1864] . Newton exhibited the foot of the partridge at a meeting of the Zoological Society of London on 21 April 1863 ( …
  • letter to Alfred Newton, 29 March [1864] . The reference is to remarks on the specimen by Francis Trevelyan Buckland ( Field , 16 October 1863, …
  • 1863 ). The reference is to John Edward Gray , who was keeper of the zoological collections at the British Museum . See also Correspondence vol.  12, letter
  • letter from Alfred Newton, 2 April 1864 , and n.  4, below. CD’s notes indicate that he examined the leg on 13 November 1863 ( …

From J. D. Hooker   19 June 1863

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Has heard from Julius von Haast that some of his letters were lost before leaving New Zealand. Haast’s enclosure for CD has been forwarded.

Haast and James Hector have both sent accounts of their travels in New Zealand.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  19 June 1863
Classmark:  DAR 101: 151
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4216

Matches: 7 hits

  • … 1854–1900): 281–2). With a letter to Hooker of 5 March 1863 , Haast enclosed a copy of his …
  • … letter, Haast forwarded his letter to CD of 5 March 1863, which, in turn, enclosed a copy …
  • … 9 December 1862. Haast’s letter to Hooker of 5 March 1863  has not been found, but details …
  • … are given in Hooker’s letter to Haast of 19 June 1863 (Alexander Turnbull Library, …
  • … 28; and Hooker’s letter to Haast, dated 19 June 1863, in the Alexander Turnbull Library, …
  • … found, but see the letter from J.  D.  Hooker, [30 April 1863] and n.  2. The reference is …
  • … Island) (see the enclosure to the letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 20 April 1863  and n.   …

From John Scott   8 June 1864

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Discusses cost of trip to India and CD’s offer to advance sum. Thanks Hooker for assistance. Would prize a scientific testimonial from CD.

Author:  John Scott
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 June 1864
Classmark:  DAR 177: 108
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4524

Matches: 5 hits

  • … 26 May [1863] , and letter from J.  D.  Hooker, [23–7 May 1863] ). …
  • … letter from John Scott, 22 May 1863 , and this volume, letter from John Scott, 28 March  …
  • … see Correspondence vol.  11, letters from John Scott , 22 May 1863  and …
  • … Office Edinburgh directory 1863–4, R.  Desmond 1994 ). The letter to Scott has not been …
  • letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 22 [May 1864] . Scott had been offered a position in India in May 1863 ( …

From W. D. Fox   12 March [1863]

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Discusses crossed varieties of sheep and ducks.

Author:  William Darwin Fox
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Mar [1863]
Classmark:  DAR 164: 178
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4037

Matches: 7 hits

  • … Fox, [10 February 1863] , and letter from W.  D.  Fox, [11 February 1863] ). …
  • … Darwin and Caroline Sarah Wedgwood . See also letter from W.  D.  Fox, 6 February [1863] . …
  • … the letter to W.  D.  Fox, 9 March [1863] . See letter to W.  D.  Fox, 9 March [1863] and …
  • … between 4 and 14 February 1863. He met with Fox on 13 February (see letter to W.  D.   …
  • … of a bird’ ( OED ). See letter to W.  D.  Fox, 9 March [1863] and n.  2. The reference is …
  • … 1. See letter to W.  D.  Fox, 9 March [1863] and n.  4. CD stayed at 6  …
  • … has not been found; however, see the letter to W.  D.  Fox, 9 March [1863] and n.   …

From George Busk   [c. 27 August 1863]

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Discusses and suggests treatments for CD’s stomach complaint. Recommends he consult William Brinton.

Author:  George Busk
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [c. 27 Aug 1863]
Classmark:  DAR 160: 378
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4315

Matches: 8 hits

  • … 1863. CD had not received Busk’s letter by 28 August 1863, or he would have mentioned it …
  • … John Goodsir . See letter from John Goodsir, 21 August [1863] . William Brinton was a …
  • … relationship between this letter and the letters from John Goodsir , 21 August [1863] and …
  • … arrive at Down, on or around 23 August 1863. CD’s letter to Busk had to be forwarded from …
  • … Post office London directory 1863). The letter to Busk has not been found; however, CD …
  • … 28 August 1863] . Therefore, the best estimate for the date of Busk’s letter is 27 August. …
  • … had written to Busk in the letter to J.  D.  Hooker, [28 August 1863] . ‘Waterbrash’ was a …
  • 1863] ; see also n.  2, below. Presumably CD wrote to Busk after receiving Goodsir’s first letter, …

From Friedrich Hildebrand   10 November 1863

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Pleased CD has had his [FH’s] orchid paper published [Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 12 (1863): 169–74].

Extension of CD’s Primula heterostyly work.

Author:  Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Nov 1863
Classmark:  DAR 166: 201
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4337

Matches: 6 hits

  • … letter to Daniel Oliver, 18 July [1863] , and letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 22 July [1863] ). …
  • … See letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 28 July [1863] . Hildebrand’s paper on orchids ( …
  • … Pamphlet Collection–CUL. In his letter to CD of 16 July 1863 , Hildebrand included an …
  • … Natural History ( Hildebrand 1863b ). See letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 28 July [1863] . …
  • … See letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 28 July [1863] . Hildebrand published his experiments …
  • 1863 Dear and respected Sir I must beg your pardon that I have not answered your very kind letter

From John Scott   28 May [1864]

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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

Matches: 7 hits

  • … 26 May [1863] , and letter from J.  D.  Hooker, [23–7 May 1863] ). …
  • … see Correspondence vol.  11, letters from John Scott , 22 May 1863  and …
  • … working relationship with McNab, see ibid. , letters from John Scott , 22 May 1863  and [ …
  • … see Correspondence vol.  11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 , Transactions of the …
  • letter to Scott from McNab has not been found. Scott had been offered a position in a Cinchona plantation in Darjeeling, India, in May 1863 ( …
  • 1863] . Joseph Dalton Hooker had suggested that Scott seek employment in India. See letter
  • letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 6 April 1864 . Scott began a correspondence with CD on his observations and experiments at the end of 1862 (see Correspondence vols.  10 and 11). Scott’s publications in these journals included Scott 1862a –d, Scott 1863a and b, and Scott 1864c . Balfour was one of the vice-presidents of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh ( Medical directory 1863), …
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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 …

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 …

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 …

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…

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  • … The Project was contacted by the owner of an important Darwin letter that contains a rare instance …

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 …

'An Appeal' against animal cruelty

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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…

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Dining at Down House

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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…

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Science, Work and Manliness

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Discussion Questions|Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels published the first edition of what proved to be one of his best-selling works, How Men Are Made. "It is by work, work, work" he told his middle class audience, …

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Darwin as mentor

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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…

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Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters

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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…

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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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Darwin's health

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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…

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  • … On 28 March 1849, ten years before  Origin  was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend …

Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments

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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…

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  • … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of  The variation of animals and …

Referencing women’s work

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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…

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Inheritance

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It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited.  But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did.  Darwin’s attempt to…

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  • … 'Hypotheses may often be of service to science, when they involve a certain portion of …

Scientific Networks

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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…

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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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Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870

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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…

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Climbing Plants

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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…

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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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