From ‘Bronsomerulay’ Frazier [2 November 1877]
Summary
A student meeting at Edinburgh University has unanimously voted to nominate CD as candidate for lord rector, if he will agree to stand.
| Author: | ‘Bronsomerulay’ Frazier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [2 Nov 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11224 |
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- … A student meeting at Edinburgh University has unanimously voted to nominate CD as …
- … Edinburgh, was a tenement building containing several households (Scottish census returns). One or more of them may have rented a room to a student. The lord rector was elected by the students to represent them on the governing body of the university. …
From W. C. McIntosh 21 November 1881
Summary
Asks for a testimonial for the Chair of Natural History at Edinburgh.
| Author: | William Carmichael McIntosh |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Nov 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13499 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … the chair of natural history at Edinburgh University (see letter to E. R. Lankester, 31 …
- … the Chair of Nat. History in the University of Edinburgh, perhaps you may yet be able to …
From John Scott 22 May 1863
Summary
J. H. Balfour has arranged a position for him at a Cinchona nursery. Reluctant to take this position in part because of his experiments for CD.
Asks CD’s advice and solicits his aid in finding a better colonial position. James McNab mistreats him.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 May 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4177 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Balfour was professor of botany at Edinburgh University and regius keeper of the Royal …
- … Ronald M. 1994. Science at the University of Edinburgh, 1583–1993. An illustrated history …
- … of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh. Correspondence : The correspondence …
- … Botanic Garden, Edinburgh; lectures for students of the University were held annually at 8 …
From Tiberius Cornelis Winkler 7 July 1861
Summary
Sends his article ["Quelques nouvelles espèces de poissons fossiles", Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem 2d ser. 14 (1861)]
and Dutch translation of the Origin.
| Author: | Tiberius Cornelius Winkler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 July 1861 |
| Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen.117/6084) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3202 |
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- … to Charles Lyell , dated 8 July 1861 ( Edinburgh University Library (Lyell 1: 6085)), in …
- … The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen.117/6084) Tiberius …
From Edinburgh Royal Medical Society [before 12 December 1862]
Summary
A diploma enrolling CD as an honorary member of the Society.
| Author: | Edinburgh Royal Medical Society |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 12 Dec 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 229: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3853F |
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- … by Robert Hutchison. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. [Vols. 10,11] LL : The life …
- … December 1862] ). As a student at Edinburgh University , CD had been an ordinary member of …
From James Geikie 19 December 1881
Summary
Thanks CD for his support.
| Author: | James Murdoch (James) Geikie |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Dec 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13567 |
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- … Geikie became professor of geology at Edinburgh University , while Henry Hyatt Howell was …
From H. B. Dobell 5 March 1863
Summary
At CD’s request HBD has traced the quotation; it is on regeneration from Charles White in W. B. Carpenter’s Comparative physiology (1854), p. 480.
Is gratified that CD thinks some of the arguments in his book [Lectures on the germs of disease (1861)] are satisfactory.
| Author: | Horace Benge Dobell |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Mar 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 188 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4027 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Edinburgh University Press. [Vols. 10,11] White, Charles. 1782. On the regeneration of …
- … University Press. 1985–. Dobell, Horace. 1861. Lectures on the germs and vestiges of disease, and on the prevention of the invasion and fatality of disease by periodical examinations. London: John Churchill. Gray, James. 1952. History of the Royal Medical Society, 1737–1937. Edited by Douglas Guthrie and with a foreword by Robert Hutchison. Edinburgh: …
From Lawson Tait 16 November [1875]
Summary
Has extracted a highly deliquescent substance from digestive secretion of insectivorous plants.
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Nov [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10262 |
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- … Blackie was professor of Greek at Edinburgh University . Tait wanted to name a substance …
From H. C. Watson 14 June [1857]
Summary
Sends a reference to Subularia which bears on a query CD made some time ago [see 2002]. Subularia was seen to flower in the air in a remarkably dry season.
| Author: | Hewett Cottrell Watson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 June [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 207: 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2106 |
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- … Graham was professor of botany at Edinburgh University , 1820–45. This information was not …
From J. V. Carus 22 May 1874
Summary
Sends Edinburgh address so he may be sent sheets of Descent [2d English, for 3d German ed.].
Has a large class for his lectures.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 May 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9463 |
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- … Carus lectured on zoology at Edinburgh University in the summers of 1873 and 1874; he was …
From C. W. Thomson 1 May 1877
Summary
Is sorting material collected by the Challenger and wonders whether CD would care to examine the cirripedes.
| Author: | Charles Wyville Thomson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 114 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10947 |
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- … 178: 114 Charles Wyville Thomson University of Edinburgh 1 May 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … University | Edinburgh May 1 st . | 1877 My dear Sir, Since our return to England I have …
From E. A. Darwin 10 October [1826]
Summary
Medical studies in London. Compares lectures and students at London and Edinburgh. Comments on the cost of dissection.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Oct [1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-35 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … CD’s class cards, preserved in Edinburgh University Library, include one for Clinical …
From John Gibbs 20 February 1877
Summary
Thanks CD for Orchids. Has written a notice for Chelmsford Chronicle.
Finds some botanical observations on inflorescences.
| Author: | John Gibbs |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10857 |
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- … Balfour , professor of botany at Edinburgh University , has not been found. Vinca minor is …
From Andrew Murray 3 March 1861
Summary
Will be pleased to review Asa Gray’s pamphlet [see 3068].
Is not surprised that blind cave insects are sometimes found in other dark places.
| Author: | Andrew Dickson (Andrew) Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar 1861 |
| Classmark: | DAR 47: 154–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3077 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Balfour , professor of botany at Edinburgh University , was one of the editors of the …
From E. A. Darwin [9 March 1826]
Summary
Describes his trip by canal to Glasgow, and sightseeing there.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 Mar 1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-25 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … of ‘Institutes of Medicine’ at Edinburgh University. Andrew Ure , editor of A dictionary …
- … Edinburgh in the years 1785 and 1786 (by H. Mackenzie and others); Erasmus probably read one of the editions in two or three volumes that were issued in later years. The Monthly Review (or Literary Journal) (1749–1825); new series, London (1826–8). Thomas Thomson , Regius Professor of Chemistry at Glasgow University. …
From E. A. Darwin [24 February 1825]
Summary
EAD thinks it a pity if CD does not go to Cambridge, but it will be very pleasant for them to be together at Edinburgh, where they should go as soon as possible and read. EAD is getting "case-hardened" in anatomy.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Feb 1825] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and sent me (October 1825) to Edinburgh University with my brother’ ( Autobiography , p. …
From George Busk 20 February 1865
Summary
On a proposed meeting of friends of the deceased Hugh Falconer to decide on a memorial to him. Invites CD’s support.
| Author: | George Busk |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 380 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4774 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … a prize—in Natural Science in the University of Edinburgh— Believe me | Yours truly | Geo …
- … had been a medical student at the University of Edinburgh from 1826 to 1829 ( DNB ). By a …
- … Falconer Memorial Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh, a fellowship for graduates in …
From John Scott 26 May [1863]
Summary
Discusses Darjeeling position. Thanks CD for advice.
Will send orchid paper [see 4087].
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 May [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4187 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Balfour , professor of botany at Edinburgh University and keeper of the Royal Botanic …
From Thomas Francis Jamieson 13 June 1861
Summary
Will look for botanical specimens CD requested.
Tells of a kestrel with a broken leg which apparently was forced to change its diet to worms and snails because of the injury.
| Author: | Thomas Francis Jamieson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 June 1861 |
| Classmark: | DAR 47: 171–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3180 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … on that celebrated locality’ ( Edinburgh University Library, MS Lyell 1, Gen. 112). See …
From Charles Wyville Thomson 7 October 1870
Summary
Seeks CD’s support as a candidate for Edinburgh Chair in Natural History.
| Author: | Charles Wyville Thomson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Oct 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 113 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7336 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … the relationship between the University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Museum of Science …
- … of natural history at the University of Edinburgh and keeper of the natural history …
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Edinburgh University
Summary
In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh
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- … In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh …
Darwin’s student booklist
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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh …
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…
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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
List of correspondents
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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,…
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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click …
Barnacles
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Darwin and barnacles Darwin’s interest in Cirripedia, a class of marine arthropods, was first piqued by the discovery of an odd burrowing barnacle, which he later named “Mr. Arthrobalanus," while he was…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Darwin and barnacles …
Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage
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Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…
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- … Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through his school …
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the …
Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia
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Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…
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- … Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for …
4.9 'Graphic', cartoon
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< Back to Introduction A cartoon which appeared in the Graphic in 1871 was unusual, in that it pictured a serious scientific challenge to Darwin’s theories. Sir William Thomson, later Lord Kelvin, a leading physicist based at the University of…
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- … < Back to Introduction A cartoon which appeared in the Graphic in 1871 was …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
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George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…
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- … George Eliot was the pen name of the celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species , …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but …
Early Days
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment The young Charles Darwin From an early age, Darwin exhibited a keen interest in the natural world. His boyish fascination with naturalist pursuits deepened as he entered college and started to interact with…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment The young Charles Darwin …
John Murray
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Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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- … Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was …
All Darwin's letters from 1873 go online for the anniversary of Origin
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To celebrate the 158th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species on 24 November, the full transcripts and footnotes of over 500 letters from and to Charles Darwin in 1873 are now available online. Read about Darwin's life in 1873 through his…
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- … To celebrate the 158th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species on 24 November, the …
Darwin’s first love
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Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
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- … Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … ‘Considering the limited disposable space in so very small a ship, we contrived to carry more …
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 …
Charles Darwin’s letters: a selection 1825-1859
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The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University of Edinburgh, to the end of 1859, when the Origin of Species was published. The early letters portray Darwin as a lively sixteen-year-old medical student. Two…
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- … The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University …
Suggested reading
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There is an extensive secondary literature on Darwin's life and work. Here are some suggested titles that focus Darwin’s correspondence, as well as scientific correspondence and letter-writing more generally. Collections of Darwin’s letters …
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- … There is an extensive secondary literature on Darwin's life and work. Here are some suggested …
