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List of correspondents
Summary
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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- … child of God" (1) Abberley, John (1) …
- … Adams, A. L. (1) Addison, John (1) …
- … Émile (8) Alice (2) Alison, R. E. …
- … Allen, J. A. (b) (1) Allen, John (1) …
- … C. J. (3) Andrews, John (1) Ann. …
- … (1) Appleton, C. E. C. B. (2) Appleton, T. G. …
- … (5) Austin, A. D. (2) Austin, C. F. …
- … (7) Axon, W. E. A. (2) Aylmer, I. E. …
- … Balfour, J. H. (7) Ball, John (5) …
- … Becher, A. B. (1) Beck, John (2) …
- … Beckhard, Martin (1) Beddoe, John (3) …
- … C. H. (8) Blackwall, John (4) …
- … J. A. H. de (11) Bostock, John (1) …
- … Bridgman, W. K. (3) Brigg, John (1) …
- … Busch, Otto (1) Bush, John (3) Busk, …
- … Caton, J. D. (9) Cattell, John (3) …
- … the Exchequer (1) Chapman, John (4) …
- … Coe, Henry (6) Coghlan, John (2) …
- … Colburn, Henry (3) Colby, John (3) …
4.22 Gegeef et al., 'Our National Church', 2
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< Back to Introduction The second version of Our National Church. The Aegis of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity was commissioned by the freethinker, radical and secularist George Jacob Holyoake. It was published by John Heywood of Manchester and London…
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- … and secularist George Jacob Holyoake. It was published by John Heywood of Manchester and London in …
- … being no artist myself, have enlisted the pencil of Mr. F.C. Gould to “invest with artistic merit” …
- … Daniel Conway, Autobiography: Memories and Experiences , 2 vols (Boston and New York, 1904), vol. …
Earthworms
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As with many of Darwin’s research topics, his interest in worms spanned nearly his entire working life. Some of his earliest correspondence about earthworms was written and received in the 1830s, shortly after his return from his Beagle voyage, and his…
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- … of mould. Transactions of the Geological Society (Ser. 2) 5:505-509. Darwin, C.R. 1881. The …
- … its significance. Letter 13632 - Darwin to John Murray, 21 January 1882 In his …
- … 1. What do you think of Darwin's letter to John Murray? What does Darwin make of the influence …
- … was struck, both instantly retreated into their burrows.[2] To replicate this portion of …
- … [1] Charles Darwin, Vegetable Mould and Earth-Worms (London: John Murray, 1881), 26. …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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- … Ross's forthcoming expedition to the Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin. Letter …
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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- … Stoke’s Library 1 Cambridge. Library 2 Royal Coll of Surgeons [DAR *119 …
- … de l’Homme,” by Dr. Pierquin, published in Paris (in 2 vols.), so long ago as 1839 4 …
- … The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] St. John’s Highlands [C. W. G. Saint John 1846] …
- … Lib. Geological Society (read) Goulds Kangaroos [Gould 1841–2]— Birds of Himalaya [Gould 1834 …
- … B.M. 6. 6. Black Edin. Longman [Ramsay 1848] St. John’s Nat. Hist. of Sutherlanshire, Murray …
- … Liebigs Lectures on Chemistry [Liebig 1851]. Sir John Davies. China during the War and Peace …
- … d . Series. vol 3. p. 1 to 312 30 th Colquhoun (John) The Moor & the Loch [Colquhoun …
- … Buffon [Milne-Edwards 1834–40]. March 5 th St. John’s Highlands [Saint John 1846] 8 …
- … J. Ross. Voyage Antarctic Voyage [Ross 1847]. Oct 5. Gould Introduct. to Birds of Australia …
- … Tone Autobiography [Tone 1826] very amusing March 10 John Galt Autobiography [Galt 1833] poor …
- … 1848] Madam Malguet [Torrens] 1848] —— Lives of John & Alex. Belthune [?Bethune 1840 and …
- … Visit to America [Lyell 1849] July 20. Agassiz & Gould Principles of Zoology Vol I. …
- … in Journals June 10 th Goulds Birds of Australia [Gould 1848]. —— 20 D r Holland …
- … ‘O’ in pencil. 103 Hugh Cuming. John Gould Anthony published Description of new …
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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- … apparently as a result of thinking about the significance of John Gould’s and Richard Owen’s …
- … Owen; Mammalia , by G. R. Waterhouse; Birds , by John Gould; Fish , by Leonard Jenyns; and …
- … and corals by William Lonsdale ( Collected papers , 2). Darwin’s crustacean specimens, originally …
- … under sub-laws.' To his cousin, W. D. Fox, [25 January 1841] , he wrote: 'If …
- … notebooks'; Questions & experiments notebook, CUL DAR 206, especially pp. 13, 14). He …
- … resulting from such selection’ (Schweber 1977, p. 258; see also Ruse 1975a and Secord 1981 and 1985 …
- … that he had printed and distributed ( Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix V). As P. J. Vorzimmer has …
- … know what I am looking for' ( Letter to G. R. Waterhouse, [26 July 1843] ). It is …
- … his engagement (transcribed in Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix IV). During the same period he …
- … in an autobiographical fragment ( Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix III). The letters that Emma and …
- … rest of his life. ‘My stomach’, he wrote to FitzRoy, [20 February 1840] , ‘as usual has been my …
- … Darwin, 13 October 1834 , and letter from R. E. Alison, 25 June 1835 ). Henry Holland did …
- … been many thousands of years old. At the time when volume 2 of The Correspondence was published, …
