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Edward Lumb
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Edward Lumb was born in Yorkshire. According to the memoirs of his daughter Anne, Lady Macdonell, he travelled to Buenos Aires aged sixteen with his merchant uncle, Charles Poynton, and after some fortunate enterprises set up in business there. In 1833…
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- … there. In 1833 while voyaging on the Beagle Charles Darwin stayed with Edward Lumb, and he …
- … contacts enabled him to dispatch fossils back to Britain for Darwin: he arranged for megatherium …
- … estates in Argentina and Uruguay. Edward Lumb gave Darwin a letter of introduction to them , and …
- … from the 22 nd to the 26 th November 1833. In March 1834 Darwin wrote from the Falkland …
- … and in May Lumb sent a case of specimens to Cambridge . Darwin and Lumb maintained their …
- … 1872 Alfred Tylor, who also lived in Carshalton, wrote to Darwin and included the news that Mr …
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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- … Questions | Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life …
- … chance for what share of happiness this world affords." ( Darwin to H.W. Bates , 26 …
- … and they partook in his scientific endeavours. One of Darwin's defining characteristics …
- … through his correspondence. Letters written to and from Darwin, as well as those exchanged between …
- … provides into the bright and engaging personalities of the Darwin children and of family life in the …
- … SOURCES Book Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species . 1859. London: John …
- … Dining at Down House Letter 259 —Charles Darwin to Caroline Darwin, 13 October …
- … South American cities, cultures, geography, flora and fauna) Darwin complains to his sister Caroline …
- … while ill. Letter 465 —Emma Wedgwood (Emma Darwin) to Charles Darwin, [30 December 1838] …
- … agreeable” for her sake. Letter 3626 —Emma Darwin to T. G. Appleton, 28 June [1862] …
- … behalf to his American publisher, T. G. Appleton. Darwin, who is too ill to write himself, wishes to …
- … cod liver oil and moderate work, among other things, for Darwin’s complaints. Emma Darwin …
- … suffers a bout of “rocking & giddiness”. Emma Darwin to Henrietta Darwin, [5 September …
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 …
- … used these notebooks extensively in dating and annotating Darwin’s letters; the full transcript …
- … *128). For clarity, the transcript does not record Darwin’s alterations. The spelling and …
- … book had been consulted. Those cases where it appears that Darwin made a genuine deletion have been …
- … a few instances, primarily in the ‘Books Read’ sections, Darwin recorded that a work had been …
- … of the books listed in the other two notebooks. Sometimes Darwin recorded that an abstract of the …
- … own. Soon after beginning his first reading notebook, Darwin began to separate the scientific …
- … the second reading notebook. Readers primarily interested in Darwin’s scientific reading, therefore, …
- … editors’ identification of the book or article to which Darwin refers. A full list of these works is …
- … page number (or numbers, as the case may be) on which Darwin’s entry is to be found. The …
- … in the bibliography that other editions were available to Darwin. While it is likely that Darwin …
- … of useful knowledge Horse, cow, sheep [Youatt 1831, 1834, 1837]. Verey Philosophie d’Hist. …
- … d[itt]o [T. S. B. Raffles 1817] Buffon Suites [Buffon 1834–74]. Much on Geograph. Distrib. …
- … of quadrupeds of the Dekhan [Sykes 1832a] & Birds [Sykes 1834]. Zoolog. Proceedings & …
- … Hunt 1806] p. 290 “Thacker” [Thacker 1834–5] p. 291 …
- … Physiolog. & treats on origin & formation of Varieties [Lord 1834] Royle on Indian …
- … 1825–36].— Butler. 3. first sermons [Butler 1834] recommended by Sir. J. Mackintosh J. …
- … 1835]: Lacordaire Introduction Entomologique [Lacordaire 1834–8]: Reptiles [Duméril and Bibron 1834 …
- … 1784] Duke of Wellington’s Dispatches [Wellesley 1834–9] Carlyles Oliver Cromwell …
- … Vol. on Peacocks & Pheasants [Jardine ed. 1834] read Vol. (2 d ) on Dogs [C. H. …
- … Hort. Soc. Hooker? Rogets Bridgewater Treatise [Roget 1834]: very good, abortive organs read …
- … der Königlichen Akad: der Wissen: Aus dem Jahre 1834.— Berlin 1836.— “Vergleich: Anat der Myxinoiden …
- … Kangaroos [Gould 1841–2]— Birds of Himalaya [Gould 1834] (& of Europe?) [Gould 1832–7] & of …
- … Bernhardi Ueber den Begriff der Pflanzenart [Bernhardi 1834] (M. Gerard. experiments on species …
- … London. [Other eds.] 119: 22b Gray, Elizabeth Caroline. 1840. Tour to the sepulchres of …
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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- … from the unpublished zoological and geological notes in the Darwin Archive (DAR 29–38), a brief …
- … is of four kinds: There are volumes now in the Darwin Library in Cambridge that contain …
- … notes made by CD during the voyage. They are in the Darwin Archive in the Cambridge University …
- … and symbols are used: DAR — Darwin Archive CUL — Cambridge University …
- … , conveys the following information: CD’s copy, now in Darwin Libary–CUL, was used on board. The …
- … 1 of volume 32 of CD’s geological diary (DAR 32.1) in the Darwin Archive. The copy in the Darwin …
- … . 2 vols. Strasbourg, 1819. (Inscription in vol. 1: ‘C. Darwin HMS Beagle’; DAR 32.1: 61). Darwin …
- … 26, 27, 28 . London, 1831. (DAR 31.1: 276v.; 33: 253v.). Darwin Library–CUL, 1832 Philadelphia …
- … Zoologie . Paris, 1816–30. (DAR 30.1: 6, 12v.). Darwin Library–CUL. § Blainville, Henri …
- … Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle 3 (1834): 84–115. (DAR 37.1: 677v.; letter to J. …
- … 2 vols. Paris, 1828. (Inscription in vol. 2: ‘Charles Darwin Rio Plata Aug 7 th . 1832’). Darwin …
- … Cambridge, 1833. (Letter to Charles Whitley, 23 July 1834). ‘Philosophical tracts’, Darwin …
- … 1832 . London, 1833. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, March 1834 and letter from J. S. Henslow, 31 …
- … in New Zealand in 1827 . . . London, 1832. (Letter to Caroline Darwin, 27 December 1835). …
- … 77) Greenough, George Bellas. Anniversary address (1834). Proceedings of the Geological …
- … 30.1: 13v.; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 November 1834). Darwin Library–CUL †. La …
- … Darwin’; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 November 1834). Darwin Library–CUL † (vols. 1 and 2). …
- … few little books written by Miss Martineau’. (Letter from Caroline Darwin, 28 October [1833]). …
- … 1826. (DAR 31.2: 319; letter to Robert Fitzroy, 28 August 1834). Darwin Library–CUL †. Milton …
- … 2. Madrid, 1795. (Inscription: ‘Charles Darwin Valparaiso 1834’). Darwin Library–CUL ††. * …
- … 1694. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 November 1834). § New Testament (Greek). ( …
- … . . . London, 1816. (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 22 July 1834; Red notebook , p. 89). Darwin …
- … 209–17. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 November 1834). ‡ Syme, Patrick. Werner’s …
- … performed in H.M. Sloop Chanticleer . . . 2 vols. London, 1834. (DAR 32.1: 7; Red notebook , p. …
- … . by a country pastor [R. W.]. London, 1829. (Letter from Caroline Darwin, 28 October [1833]). …
- … 123 (1833): 147–236. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, March 1834; Narrative 2 (Appendix): 227). …
- … Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 1 (1834): 21–6. (DAR 35.2: 357). Carne, …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one …
- … a family Busy as he was with scientific activities, Darwin found time to re-establish family …
- … close contact. In November 1838, two years after his return, Darwin became engaged to his cousin, …
- … daughter, Anne Elizabeth, moved to Down House in Kent, where Darwin was to spend the rest of his …
- … his greatest theoretical achievement, the most important of Darwin’s activities during the years …
- … identifications of his bird and fossil mammal specimens, Darwin arrived at the daring and momentous …
- … in species. With this new theoretical point of departure Darwin continued to make notes and explore …
- … present in the version of 1859. Young author Darwin’s investigation of the species …
- … the Beagle had returned to England, news of some of Darwin’s findings had been spread by the …
- … great excitement. The fuller account of the voyage and Darwin’s discoveries was therefore eagerly …
- … suitable categories for individual experts to work upon, Darwin applied himself to the revision of …
- … of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle. Darwin’s volume bore the title Journal …
- … visited by H.M.S. Beagle . Also in November 1837, Darwin read the fourth of a series of papers to …
- … to the Society of 9 March 1838), had been developed by Darwin from a suggestion made by his uncle, …
- … Sedgwick, [after 15 May 1838] ). The new research Darwin undertook after 1837 was an …
- … time, the parallel terraces, or ‘roads’, of Glen Roy. Darwin had seen similar formations on the …
- … roads of Glen Roy’, Collected papers 1: 88–137). Darwin later abandoned this view, calling it a …
- … contemporaneous unstratified deposits of South America”, Darwin continued to defend his and Lyell’s …
- … 1842, having heard of evidence of glaciation in North Wales, Darwin made a tour there in order to …
- … more satisfactorily than any alternative explanation. Darwin eventually relinquished this theory and …
- … the Beagle voyage In addition to his work on geology Darwin undertook to provide a …
- … The correspondence provides a nearly complete record of Darwin’s arrangements with the Treasury, his …
- … , by Thomas Bell—a total of nineteen quarto issues. Darwin contributed a substantial portion of the …
- … and habitats of the species. Mr Arthrobalanus Darwin had originally planned to include …
- … Archipelago off the coast of Chile. These unexpectedly led Darwin to devote eight years (1846–54) …
- … As the correspondence from these years shows, that work put Darwin in communication with most of the …
- … early years occur after a serious illness at Valparaiso in 1834, when he was incapacitated for …
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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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous …
- … for scientific colleagues or their widows facing hardship. Darwin had suffered from poor health …
- … of his scientific friends quickly organised a campaign for Darwin to have greater public recognition …
- … Botanical observation and experiment had long been Darwin’s greatest scientific pleasure. The year …
- … to Fritz Müller, 4 January 1882 ). These were topics that Darwin had been investigating for years, …
- … working at the effects of Carbonate of Ammonia on roots,’ Darwin wrote, ‘the chief result being that …
- … for some hours in a weak solution of C. of Ammonia’. Darwin’s interest in root response and the …
- … London on 6 and 16 March, respectively. In January, Darwin corresponded with George John …
- … letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 28 December 1881 ). Darwin had a long-running interest in such …
- … experiments had been conducted to lend support to Darwin’s theory of pangenesis (see …
- … He was eager to write up the results on Brazilian cane, with Darwin providing a detailed outline: ‘I …
- … at the Linnean Society on 4 May, but not published. Darwin carried on with botanical work in …
- … which are asymmetric, thus facilitating cross-fertilisation. Darwin’s aim, he said, was just to …
- … 3 April 1882 ). Earthworms and evolution Darwin’s last book, Earthworms , had been …
- … Appendix V). The conservative Quarterly Review , owned by Darwin’s publisher John Murray, carried …
- … themselves’ ( Quarterly Review , January 1882, p. 179). Darwin commented at length on the review …
- … is a young man & a worker in any branch of Biology,’ Darwin continued, ‘he will assuredly sooner …
- … and professor of ecclesiastical history Henry Wace. Darwin was confident that the theory of …
- … James Frederick Simpson, a musical composer, had provided Darwin with observations on worm behaviour …
- … by the benefits of worms to soil composition. He asked Darwin about the nitrogen content in the …
- … H. Gilbert, 12 January 1882 ). In Earthworms , p. 305, Darwin had remarked on the creatures’ …
- … in a draw, with both combatants the worse for wear. Darwin’s writing on human evolution …
- … extracts from the diary of Bronson Alcott, who, like Darwin, had made detailed observations of his …
- … letter from A. T. Rice, 4 February 1882 ). Rice looked to Darwin to provide the ‘movement’ with …
- … offers, and this was no exception. Another American, Caroline Kennard, had written on 26 …
- … detailed map that he used to travel inland from Santiago in 1834, making observations of geological …
Robert FitzRoy
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Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest proximity, their relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the countries visited during the…
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- … Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men …
- … relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the …
- … evolutionary theory. FitzRoy is now too often viewed through Darwin’s increasingly negative opinion …
- … Admiralty that a ‘Savant’ had been found, ‘ A M r Darwin grandson of the well known philosopher …
- … was putting in long hours preparing charts at Valparaiso in 1834. This hydrographic work, combined …
- … on 2 October 1836, two years later than originally planned, Darwin told FitzRoy: ‘ If you do not …
- … a most inconvenient time to marry ’, according to Darwin. FitzRoy then turned to the production of …
- … His contributions were eclipsed by the volume written by Darwin, which went on to have an …
- … of Tierra del Fuego was far less extreme than that of Darwin ; they were, according to FitzRoy, …
- … but adamant in the importance of missionary work. In 1836, Darwin joined with FitzRoy in …
- … voyage was philosophical in its aims, not only because Darwin was on board, but because of FitzRoy’s …
- … ‘You will be amused with FitzRoy’s Deluge Chapter’, Darwin wrote to his sister Caroline, adding that …
- … political obstacles and his religious beliefs hardened. Darwin embarked on the Beagle as a young …
- … secretary of the Geological Society of London. In 1834, Darwin had reported that FitzRoy’s ‘ most …
- … Others were dismayed by FitzRoy’s opposition to Darwin’s theory of evolution. In 1866, Victor Carus …
- … yours. ’ Decline and fall FitzRoy and Darwin had spent the Beagle voyage …
- … of himself and the officers on the Beagle in Darwin’s volume of the Narrative . Just weeks …
- … manner ’. When FitzRoy moved away from London in 1839, Darwin was ‘right glad of it’ as he was …
- … returned from his difficult governorship of New Zealand, Darwin set the tone of their relationship …
- … tears into my father’s eyes ’. From 1854, Darwin was a member of the Royal Society committee …
- … FitzRoy was the head, but the two men rarely met. In 1859, Darwin guessed that FitzRoy was the …
- … Origin on shaky scientific grounds. A year later, Darwin feared that FitzRoy’s mind was ‘ often …
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
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- … heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old …
- … to adapt to varying conditions. The implications of Darwin’s work for the boundary between animals …
- … studies of animal instincts by George John Romanes drew upon Darwin’s early observations of infants, …
- … of evolution and creation. Many letters flowed between Darwin and his children, as he took delight …
- … Financial support for science was a recurring issue, as Darwin tried to secure a Civil List pension …
- … with Samuel Butler, prompted by the publication of Erasmus Darwin the previous year. …
- … Charles Harrison Tindal, sent a cache of letters from two of Darwin’s grandfather’s clerical friends …
- … divines to see a pig’s body opened is very amusing’, Darwin replied, ‘& that about my …
- … registry offices, and produced a twenty-page history of the Darwin family reaching back to the …
- … the world’ ( letter from J. L. Chester, 3 March 1880 ). Darwin’s sons George and Leonard also …
- … and conciliate a few whose ancestors had not featured in Darwin’s Life . ‘In an endeavour to …
- … think I must pay a round of visits.’ One cousin, Reginald Darwin, warmed to George: ‘he had been …
- … an ordinary mortal who could laugh’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin, 22 July …
- … whose essay on Erasmus’s scientific work complemented Darwin’s biographical piece. Krause’s essay …
- … Kosmos in February 1879, an issue produced in honour of Darwin’s birthday. Krause enlarged and …
- … superficial and inaccurate piece of work’, although Darwin advised him not to ‘expend much powder …
- … in the last sentence. When Butler read Erasmus Darwin , he noted the reference to his work, and …
- … the position I have taken as regards D r Erasmus Darwin in my book Evolution old & New, and …
- … pension. Civil List pensions had been established in 1834 and were occasionally awarded for ‘useful …
- … III died on 11 March. Like Emma, he had married a cousin: Caroline, Darwin’s elder sister. The …
