To J. D. Hooker 10 May 1848
Summary
Confident of species theory as result of applying it to cirripede sexual systems.
CD’s opinion of E. Blyth. JDH should meet Blyth, inquire about domesticated varieties, study insular flora, solve coal-plant problem.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 10 May 1848 |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1174 |
To J. D. Hooker 10 April [1858]
Summary
Asa Gray’s criticism of Buckle and his comments on large and small genera.
CD suspects glacial epoch immensely long. Rates of organic change too variable to make them a good measure of geological time.
Bees’ cells are a difficulty for theory.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 10 Apr [1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 231 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2254 |
To J. D. Hooker 6 October [1848]
Summary
CD makes progress with barnacles. Describes "supplemental" males in detail. In working out metamorphosis, their crustacean homologies followed automatically.
CD opposes appending first describer’s name to specific name.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 6 Oct [1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 112a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1202 |
To J. D. Hooker 21 [December 1859]
Summary
Delighted JDH coming to Down. They will discuss Origin. JDH’s remarks that theory explains too much are excellent, yet CD cannot see his error.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 [Dec 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2591 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … J. D. Hooker, 14 December [1859] ). William Henslow Hooker was the Hookers’ oldest son. CD refers to Hooker 1859 , which was due to be published in December 1859. Samuel Stevens was a natural history dealer who lived in Kennington in south London. He had acted as Alfred Russel Wallace’s agent since 1848 ( …
To J. D. Hooker 24–5 May [1861]
Summary
CD’s doubts on biography of Henslow. Writing recollections of Cambridge days at JDH’s request.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 24–5 May [1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3155 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Henslow as professor of botany at Cambridge University . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 [May 1861] and n. 8. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 [May 1861] . The London Review and Weekly Journal of Politics, Literature, Art and Science , edited by Charles Mackay , began publication in July 1860. Hooker had collected many species of Rhododendron during his expedition to the Himalayas, 1848– …
