From A. S. Wilson 14 March 1878
Summary
On germination of wheat.
Can supply Drosera if CD wants some.
| Author: | Alexander Stephen Wilson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 113 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11423 |
From B. J. Sulivan 3 November 1878
Summary
Encloses a letter [missing] on the progress of the Fuegians.
His eldest son has married.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Nov 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 306 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11734 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 5 November [1878]), has not been found, but may have been a letter written by Thomas …
- … members of the family, see the letter from B. J. Sulivan, [14–20] April [1878] and n. 5. …
- … was a supporter (see letter from B. J. Sulivan, [14–20] April [1878] , and nn. 2 and 4). …
- … on 30 August 1878 (Foster 1880, p. 693; see also Correspondence vol. 25, letter from B. J. …
From Leonard Darwin 8 January 1878
Summary
Has been testing lamp-black for ammonia.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Jan 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 186: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11317 |
From Raphael Meldola 11 December 1879
Summary
Sends subscription form for English edition of Weismann’s Studien.
| Author: | Raphael Meldola |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Dec 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 139 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12351 |
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- … Correspondence vol. 26, letter from Raphael Meldola, 25 November 1878 ). For William Henry …
- … see Correspondence vol. 26, letter from A. R. Wallace, 14 September 1878 ). …
- … letter to Raphael Meldola, 7 February 1879 and n. 2. The last known meeting between CD and Meldola took place before 25 November 1878 ( …
From Nicolai Mengden 2 April 1879
Summary
NvM is 17 years old. Confused by reading CD’s works and Ernst Haeckel’s Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte [1868]. Can a believer in CD’s theory believe in God?
| Author: | Nicolai Mengden, Baron von Mengden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 151 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11971 |
From T. H. Farrer 8 March 1880
Summary
Agrees that CD should write to the Times [about Torbitt’s potato experiments].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12527 |
From C.-F. Reinwald 17 April 1879
Summary
Second edition of Edmond Barbier’s revised translation of Origin selling out; third one to be published.
A new edition of Variation, virtually retranslated by Barbier, is in press.
Second edition of Descent selling out.
CD’s botanical books are losing money.
| Author: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11998 |
From J. D. Hooker 16 June 1868
Summary
Will get name of grass [see 6243] from Gen. William Munro.
Has heard from Charles Wheatstone that CD has Prussian Order of Merit. Rejoices because it is the only distinction worth a fig.
Went to Handel festival; heard Messiah.
Went to poor old N. B. Ward’s funeral.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 June 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 216–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6247 |
From J. D. Hooker 12 March 1878
Summary
Has written to Farrer in support of Torbitt’s grant.
Resistance of Liberian coffee to "fly" and susceptibility to fungus.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 105–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11417 |
From Henry Reeks 7 April 1879
Summary
Suggests that mimicry of sainfoin by burnet plants is an adaptation against farmers’ weeding.
| Author: | Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11979 |
From James Torbitt [18 March 1880]
Summary
On the disease-resisting qualities and yield of certain potatoes.
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [18 Mar 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 52: E15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12381 |
From F. B. Goodacre 11 August 1879
Summary
Crossbreeding experiments with geese.
| Author: | Francis Burges Goodacre |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12189 |
From G. H. Darwin 7 November 1878
Summary
Encloses William Thomson’s report on GHD’s paper. Some of it was written in Rayleigh’s hand.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Nov 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 71, The Royal Society (RR/8/91) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11738 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … see also Kushner 1993 . Thomson’s letter of 2 November 1878 proposing Down as a possible …
- … to G. H. Darwin, 17 [August 1878] and n. 3, and letter to G. H. Darwin, 29 October [ …
- … 1878b (pp. 31–6). See letter to G. H. Darwin, 2 November [1878] and n. 2. CD had sent …
- … 1878, and was being prepared for publication in the society’s Philosophical Transactions . The referees’ copy of George’s paper was returned to Thomson on 13 December (MSS 421, Register of Papers 1853–1885, Archive, The Royal Society); it has not been found. The published paper included a remark by Rayleigh ( G. H. Darwin 1878b , p. 27 n. ). See also letter …
- … letter, Thomson wrote that on ‘the question of tidal viscosity on the obliquity of the ecliptic’, which the two men had discussed at a recent meeting, he now saw it perfectly and was glad to find George’s result confirmed (D6, Kelvin papers, Glasgow University Library). The subject is not discussed in the main body of G. H. Darwin 1878b , but is worked out at length in G. H. Darwin 1878d , which had been received by the Royal Society on 22 July 1878 …
From G. H. Darwin [before 11 July 1878]
Summary
Refers to Charles Lagrange, who is working on the same subject as GHD, but in a fundamentally different way.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 11 July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11600 |
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [27 June 1878]
Summary
Name of plant: Colocasia antiquorum, Schott. = Caladium esculentum, Hort. Vent.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [27 June 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.14: 188 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11571 |
From Fritz Müller 21 July 1878
Summary
Is sending CD the seeds of a beautiful Cassia given to him by a friend. He sketched the unripe fruit a few months ago. This plant is rare in the area around Sta Catharina. He has found their largest and most beautiful butterfly Callidryas manippe near this tree and its caterpillars living on its leaves. Comments on how remarkable it is to find a species limited to living on a single tree in so large an area.
| Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 July 1878 |
| Classmark: | Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 382 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11623A |
Matches: 3 hits
From James Torbitt [1879?]
Summary
Has found no [potato] variety whose foliage can resist the parasite, except when grown under glass.
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1879?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 151 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11814 |
From G. A. Gaskell 20 November 1878
Summary
Thanks CD for his encouraging letter. Replies to CD’s points. Thinks more attention should be given to the origin and growth of sexual shame.
| Author: | George Arthur Gaskell |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11752 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Letter to G. A. Gaskell, 15 November 1878 . Richard Harte read his essay ‘On the laws and …
- … Edward Truelove . See letter to G. A. Gaskell, 15 November 1878 and n. 5. William Rathbone …
- … th . 1878 Dear Sir, I beg to thank you for your most courteous and encouraging letter. I …
- … to G. A. Gaskell, 15 November 1878 and n. 2. See letter to G. A. Gaskell, 15 November …
From Laureano Figuerola Ballester 28 November 1878
Summary
As an honorary professor of the Free Institution of Enseñanza [see 11321a] CD is sent the discourse pronounced by the Rector at their opening session with a number of the Ilustracion Española y Americana with portraits of the members of the executive committee of the Institucion.
| Author: | Laureano Figuerola Ballester |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Nov 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 230: 69 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11766A |
From G. J. Romanes 10 April 1878
Summary
Thanks for letter of sympathy.
Would like to visit in May.
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11469 |
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| Darwin, Francis | (25) |
| Torbitt, James | (24) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (20) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (16) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (426) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (30) |
| Darwin, Francis | (25) |
| Torbitt, James | (24) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (20) |
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
Summary
In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation …
Wearing his knowledge lightly: From Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878
Summary
Darwin received letters from so many people and wrote so many fascinating letters himself, that it’s hard to choose from many letters that stand out, but one of this editor’s favourites, that always brings a smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5…
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- … Darwin received letters from so many people and wrote so many fascinating letters himself, that it …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
Summary
Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have …
Power of movement in plants
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Family experiments Darwin was an active and engaged father during his children's youth, involving them in his experiments and even occasionally using them as observational subjects. When his children…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Family experiments Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
Summary
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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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
Summary
The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
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- … The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil …
3.8 Leonard Darwin, interior photo
Summary
< Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his father sitting on the verandah at Down House, also portrayed him as a melancholy philosopher. His head, brightly lit from above, emerges from the enveloping darkness; he…
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- … < Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his …
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…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
Movement in Plants
Summary
The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical …
Darwin and the Church
Summary
The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It …
Dining at Down House
Summary
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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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
Summary
Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
Summary
Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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- … Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the …
1.13 Louisa Nash, drawing
Summary
< Back to Introduction This sketch portrait of Darwin was drawn by Louisa A‘hmuty Nash as a memento of her friendship with the Darwin family and a token of her unbounded admiration and affection for Darwin himself. She and her husband, the lawyer…
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- … < Back to Introduction This sketch portrait of Darwin was drawn by Louisa A‘hmuty …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
Summary
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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- … I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
2.23 Hope Pinker statue, Oxford Museum
Summary
< Back to Introduction Henry Richard Hope Pinker’s life-size statue of Darwin was installed in the Oxford University Museum on 14 June 1899. It was the latest in a series of statues of great scientific thinkers, the ‘Founders and Improvers of Natural…
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- … < Back to Introduction Henry Richard Hope Pinker’s life-size statue of Darwin was …
3.14 Julia Margaret Cameron, photos
Summary
< Back to Introduction In the summer of 1868 Darwin took a holiday on the Isle of Wight with his immediate family, his brother Erasmus, and his friend Joseph Hooker. The family’s accommodation at Freshwater was rented from the photographer Julia…
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- … < Back to Introduction In the summer of 1868 Darwin took a holiday on the Isle of …
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 …
'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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- … The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma …
