To W. B. Tegetmeier [18 June 1857]
Summary
Is glad WBT is investigating "the tail question"; hopes he will work out "down & colour point". Is much interested in runts, which seem to vary more than other breeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | [18 June 1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2108 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier [18 June 1857] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Moor Park [18 June 1857] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … CD’s arrival at Moor Park on Tuesday, 16 June 1857 (‘Journal’; see Correspondence vol. 6, …
- … II), and by the relationship to the letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 18 May [1857] and …
- … 23 June [1857] . See letter to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 18 May [1857] . See letter to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 12 [May 1857] . See letter to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 18 May [1857] . Mr Bridge has not been identified. CD introduced the …
To W. B. Tegetmeier [19 July 1857]
Summary
Has acquired some runts. Thanks WBT for information. Lists pigeons he is sending.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | [19 July 1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2115 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier [19 July 1857] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down [19 July 1857] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 23 June [1857] . Harrison William Weir was a noted breeder of fancy …
- … pigeons. Tegetmeier ed. 1856–7. See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 25 [June 1857] . …
- … the letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 23 June [1857] . Henry Gilbert was a dentist and pigeon- …
- … time (see letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 21 September [1856] , 6 February [1857] , and [ …
- … 18 June 1857] ). See letter to W. …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 23 June [1857]
Summary
CD anxious to examine rumpless chick 24 hours before hatching.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 23 June [1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2110 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 23 June [1857] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Moor Park 23 June [1857] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … Park until 30 June. In his ‘Journal’ for 1857, CD recorded returning to Down from Moor …
- … Letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, [18 June 1857] . CD wished to know how early in development …
- … organs became rudimentary (see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 6 February [1857] ). …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 12 [May 1857]
Summary
Accepts a dozen eggs of rumpless Polands. Having so many enables him to see whether the breed "comes true".
Asks what colour turbits have dark tails – "it is just the class of facts which interest me".
Do fowls when crossed throw odd and unexpected colours like pigeons?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 12 [May 1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2090 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 12 [May 1857] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 [May 1857] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … the letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 18 May [1857] , which it precedes, and by CD’s reference …
- … CD returned to Down from Moor Park on 6 May 1857 (‘Journal’; Appendix II). Tegetmeier had …
- … to W. B. Tegetmeier, 11 February [1857] ). CD was collecting specimens of the young of …
- … ed. 1856–7, issued in parts. Dixon 1848 . See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 18 May [1857] . …
- … of the typical characters of each. See letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 23 June [1857] and [ …
- … 19 July 1857] . CD found that the rumpless Polish fowl did not breed true. CD had sent …
- … See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 18 May [1857] . James Brooke , raja of Saráwak, had sent …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 February [1857]
Summary
Has some fowls from Sir James Brooke, which WBT might like to display at Zoological Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 18 Feb [1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2054 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 February [1857] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Feb [1857] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 11 February [1857] . James Brooke , raja of Saráwak, was one …
- … December 1855]). See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 11 February [1857] and n. 2. …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 25 [June 1857]
Summary
Needs only one nearly-hatched chick.
Has all published numbers of Poultry book [1856–7].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 25 [June 1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2111 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 25 [June 1857] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Moor Park 25 [June 1857] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … relationship to the letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 23 June [1857] . Tegetmeier ed. 1856–7. …
- … See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 18 May [1857] . See Correspondence vol. 5, letter to …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 29 September [1857]
Summary
Will collect no more pigeons. Is awaiting Burmese fowls’ skins coming via Berlin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 29 Sept [1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2146 |
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- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 29 September [1857] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Sept [1857] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … also letter to James Buckman, 4 October [1857] . Sent by Walter Elliot (see Correspondence …
- … book (Down House MS), dated 12 September 1857, for ‘Smiters’ (see n. 4, below) and by the …
- … the letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 21 November [1857] . See letter to John Thompson ? , 26 …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 11 February [1857]
Summary
CD is sending two pairs of Persian fowl, from Hon. C. Murray.
Thanks WBT for various offers: a drake, a young silk fowl, a rumpless chick.
The German pouters are not old-fashioned ones but fancy birds, probably crosses since they do not breed true.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 11 Feb [1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2051 |
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- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 11 February [1857] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Feb [1857] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … below). The account in the Athenæum (7 March 1857, p. 313) of the 24 February meeting of …
- … the Zoological Society of London 25 (1857): 46, stated: ‘The interior of Persia furnished …
- … CD’s letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 6 February [1857] . CD obtained several different pigeon …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 May [1857]
Summary
Lists pigeons and poultry he is forwarding to WBT.
Wants details of WBT’s Poultry book [1856–7]
and is anxious to purchase his long-winged runt.
Thanks him for help and information on fowl crosses.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 18 May [1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2093 |
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- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 May [1857] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 May [1857] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … by the relationship to the letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 12 [May 1857] . See letter to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 12 [May 1857] . CD had been trying for some time to acquire a runt from Mr …
- … ceased with part 11, which appeared in July 1857. A new and complete edition ( Tegetmeier …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 27 July [1857]
Summary
Arrangements for delivery of pigeons and poultry to Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 27 July [1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2128 |
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- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 27 July [1857] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 July [1857] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, [19 July 1857] . CD had given Tegetmeier a number of pigeons …
- … see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, [19 July 1857] ). CD described the skull of a Ghoondook …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 6 February [1857]
Summary
Would welcome eggs of any rumpless fowl so that he can investigate how early in development rudimentary organs are rudimentary.
Has not noticed much difference between skeletons of ducks.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 6 Feb [1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2048 |
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- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 6 February [1857] …
- … Finney Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Feb [1857] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … to W. B. Tegetmeier, 11 February [1857] . CD later discussed this topic in Variation 2: …
- … 1856 –7, which had appeared in January 1857. CD’s copy of the work is in the Darwin …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 21 November [1857]
Summary
When he has reviewed his work, he will give up pigeons and will probably give them away next summer. Wants a few Malay eggs in the spring.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 21 Nov [1857] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2173 |
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- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 21 November [1857] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Nov [1857] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … contributor to the Cottage Gardener . Letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 18 October [1857]. …
- … the event in the Cottage Gardener , 19 (1857–8): 256, noted: ‘The visitors were numerous, …
From Alfred Christy to W. B. Tegetmeier 11 February 1857
Summary
Sends information on the speed at which his pigeons fly various distances.
| Author: | Alfred Christy |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1857 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.2: 219 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2052 |
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- … From Alfred Christy to W. B. Tegetmeier 11 February 1857 …
- … 205.2: 219 Alfred Christy London, Surrey Square 11 Feb 1857 William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … 1856] ). In the Post Office London directory 1857, Alfred Christy is listed in the court …
- … Surrey Square 11 Feb y 1857 My dear Sir, I have to apologize for not answering your note …
To W. B. Tegetmeier [21 April 1858]
Summary
"Excessively" interested in theory of bees’ cell formation.
Fears few of his pigeons will be of any use to WBT.
Hopes WBT will describe foreign poultry breeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | [21 Apr 1858] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2260 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … s True parthenogenesis ( Siebold 1857 ) soon after it was published (see Correspondence …
- … vol. 6, letter to John Innes, [after 16 February 1857] ). …
- … German easily for I have Bienen-Zeitung for 1857 with much curious matter & c d lend it …
- … Vols. 7,8] Siebold, Karl Theodor Ernst von. 1857. On a true parthenogenesis in moths and …
- … Journal’; Appendix II). During 1856 and 1857, CD had systematically crossed his various …
- … Tegetmeier, [July 1856] and 11 February [1857] ). George Robert Waterhouse probably told …
To William Bernhard Tegetmeier 17 January [1858]
Summary
Has received Burmese fowls’ skins from Walter Elliot.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 17 Jan [1858] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2205 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 14 April [1858]
Summary
CD will go over his pigeon MS and then dispose of all his birds. Has Burmese fowls’ skins if WBT is interested.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 14 Apr [1858] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2255 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … first discussed crosses such as these in 1857 (see Correspondence vol. 6, letter to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 6 February [1857] , and letters from …
- … Edward Hewitt , 18 December 1857 and …
- … 22 December 1857 ). For Tegetmeier’s work on bees, see Richardson 1916 , pp. 41–50. …
- … 6, letter to John Innes, [after 16 February 1857] ), and Louis Knight Bruce, of the nearby …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 24 December [1858]
Summary
Thanks for some poultry breeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 24 Dec [1858] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2383 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 29 November [1856]
Summary
Has received some poultry from various parts of the world.
CD is glad that WBT is describing the birds that he acquires.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 29 Nov [1856] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2004 |
To William Bernhard Tegetmeier 20 January [1860]
Summary
Gives the results of crossing experiments; some interesting and curious facts.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 20 Jan [1860] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2656 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 21 September [1856]
Summary
States his requirements with regard to pigeons and his interest in ducks and rabbits. Inquires about poultry seen at Leith Hill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 21 Sept [1856] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1957 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (28) |
| Christy, Alfred | (1) |
| Sanday, Sam | (1) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (30) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (28) |
| Christy, Alfred | (1) |
| Sanday, Sam | (1) |
Six things Darwin never said – and one he did
Summary
Spot the fakes! Darwin is often quoted – and as often misquoted. Here are some sayings regularly attributed to Darwin that never flowed from his pen.
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- … Spot the fakes! Darwin is often quoted – and as often misquoted. Here are some sayings regularly …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
Summary
In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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- … of information about his preoccupations during 1856 and 1857. They reveal little noticed aspects of …
- … as ever I can.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 8 February [1857] ). Darwin also attempted to test …
- … the alpine plants pretty effectually’ complained Darwin in 1857 ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [2 May …
- … of calculation was wrong ( letter to John Lubbock, 14 July [1857] ). Darwin thought his results …
- … experiments on plants through the summers of 1856 and 1857, particularly with garden vegetables like …
- … Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette in October 1857, to be followed by a second notice in 1858. …
- … find the work: am I not a kind Father?’ Darwin wrote in 1857, soon followed by the complaint ‘You …
- … to end!’ (letters to W. E. Darwin, [17 February 1857] and 21 [July 1857] ). The problem of …
- … of his manuscript ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 1 May 1857 ) seem innocuous and hardly the veiled …
- … are all vividly displayed in Darwin's letters. By the end of 1857, Darwin was well on the way …
- … long letter to Asa Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 5 September [1857] ). From this letter it is evident …
Darwin and Down
Summary
Charles and Emma Darwin, with their first two children, settled at Down House in the village of Down (later ‘Downe’) in Kent, as a young family in 1842. The house came with eighteen acres of land, and a fifteen acre meadow. The village combined the…
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- … was in Darwin’s day. To J. D. Hooker, 3 June [1857] : on the struggle for existence in …
Language: key letters
Summary
How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … 2070: Wedgwood, Hensleigh to Darwin, C. R., [before 29 Sept 1857] Darwin’s brother-in-law, …
Abstract of Darwin’s theory
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There are two extant versions of the abstract of Darwin’s theory of natural selection. One was sent to Asa Gray on 5 September 1857, enclosed with a letter of the same date (see Correspondence vol. 6, letter to Asa Gray, 5 September [1857] and enclosure).…
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- … natural selection. One was sent to Asa Gray on 5 September 1857, enclosed with a letter of the same …
- … to Prof. Asa Gray, Boston, U.S., dated Down, September 5th, 1857.” (Darwin and Wallace 1858, p. 50). …
- … was sent to A. Gray 8 or 9 months ago, I think October 1857 [‘or perhaps’ del ]’. The printed …
Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … the Origin of Species…’ FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: 1857-1858 In which Gray and Hooker …
- … JUNE 1855 20 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 1 JANUARY 1857 21 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, …
- … MARCH 1862 35 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 1 JANUARY 1857 36 A GRAY TO C DARWIN …
- … OCTOBER 1858 59 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 12 OCTOBER 1857 60 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, …
The "wicked book": Origin at 157
Summary
Origin is 157 years old. (Probably) the most famous book in science was published on 24 November 1859. To celebrate we have uploaded hundreds of new images of letters, bringing the total number you can look at here to over 9000 representing more than…
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- … ’s appearance, but there is a fascinating scrap from 1857 comparing his views on species to …
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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What is an experiment?
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Darwin is not usually regarded as an experimenter, but rather as an astute observer and a grand theorist. His early career seems to confirm this. He began with detailed note-taking, collecting and cataloguing on the Beagle, and edited a descriptive zoology…
Natural Selection: the trouble with terminology Part I
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Darwin encountered problems with the term ‘natural selection’ even before Origin appeared. Everyone from the Harvard botanist Asa Gray to his own publisher came up with objections. Broadly these divided into concerns either that its meaning simply wasn’t…
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- … written in 1842 , and, as he told Asa Gray in September 1857 , he intended to call the ‘ big …
Dates of composition of Darwin's manuscript on species
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Many of the dates of letters in 1856 and 1857 were based on or confirmed by reference to Darwin’s manuscript on species (DAR 8--15.1, inclusive; transcribed and published as Natural selection). This manuscript, begun in May 1856, was nearly completed by…
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- … Many of the dates of letters in 1856 and 1857 were based on or confirmed by reference to Darwin’s …
- … 4 26 January 1857 Variation under nature (DAR 9; …
- … 5 3 March 1857 The struggle for existence as bearing on …
- … 6 31 March 1857 On natural selection (DAR 10.2; …
- … 7 29 September 1857 Laws of variation: varieties & …
- … 8 29 September 1857 Difficulties on the theory of …
- … 9 29 December 1857 Hybridism (DAR 12; Natural …
The evolution of honeycomb
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Honeycombs are natural engineering marvels, using the least possible amount of wax to provide the greatest amount of storage space, with the greatest possible structural stability. Darwin recognised that explaining the evolution of the honey-bee’s comb…
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- … of other cells. (Letter from G. R. Waterhouse, 14 April 1857 .) In a later letter …
Darwin's bad days
Summary
Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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- … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …
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…
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
Alfred Russel Wallace
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Wallace was a leading Victorian naturalist, with wide-ranging interests from biogeography and evolutionary theory to spiritualism and politics. He was born in 1823 in Usk, a small town in south-east Wales, and attended a grammar school in Hertford. At the…
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Before Origin: the ‘big book’
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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…
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- … ago’, he wrote to the American botanist Asa Gray in July 1857, it occurred to me that …
- … staggered about the permanence of species.— By 1857, Darwin had found the confidence to …
- … And this much acceleration I owe to you. ’ In February 1857, the rate of this acceleration was …
- … the way facts fall into groups ’, he told Fox in February 1857. Trials of strength …
- … in theory of the descent of species ’. In December 1857, Darwin had expressed his satisfaction that …
- … there is no good & original observation ’. In 1857, Darwin recorded in his journal that …
- … varieties differ from each other’, he told Wallace in May 1857, before stating ‘ I am now preparing …
The writing of "Origin"
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From a quiet rural existence at Down in Kent, filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on the transmutation of species, Darwin was jolted into action in 1858 by the arrival of an unexpected letter (no longer extant) from Alfred Russel Wallace outlining a…
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- … completed his ninth chapter, on hybridism, on 29 December 1857, Darwin began in January 1858 to …
- … on variation under nature. Having learned in the summer of 1857 that his method for deriving …
- … with an abstract of his views sent to Asa Gray in September 1857. The correspondence between Darwin, …
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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- … 112 Jukes. “Students Manual of Geology” [Jukes 1857]— published a few years ago, good on …
- … Lucas l’Heredite Naturelle [Lucas 1847–50] 1857 Nov. 15. Andersson Lake Gnami …
- … Thackeray English Humourists [Thackeray 1853] 1857 Jan. Cockburn life of Selby [ …
- … 1856]: H. Coverdale [Smedley [1854–6]: Quits [Tautphoeus] 1857] 29 Lutfullah. Life of …
- … Marsh] 1858] Buckle History of Civilisation [Buckle 1857] Feb. 28 Sir J. Mackintosh …
- … Oct. 22. Olmstead Journey through Texas [Olmsted 1857] Dec. Motley’s History of Dutch …
- … 1853]— Aug.— Sherard Osborne’s Quedah [Osborn 1857] d[itt]o d[itt]o Arctic Journal …
- … Harris 1842] Jukes Student Manual of Geology [Jukes 1857] Azara’s Quadrupeds [Azara …
- … *119: 18v.; 119: 8a, 21a Buckle, Henry Thomas. 1857. History of civilization in …
- … 21v., 22; 119: 19a Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn. 1857. The life of Charlotte Brontë . …
- … [Abstract in DAR 205.3: 138.] 119: 20a ——. 1857. The student’s manual of geology. …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 15v. Livingstone, David. 1857. Missionary travels and researches …
- … 3 vols. Vivay. [Other eds.] *119: 22 Lutfullah. 1857. Autobiography of Lutfullah: a …
- … *119: 23; 128: 5 Napier, William Francis Patrick. 1857. The life and opinions of General …
- … of Elgin’s mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, 1858, 1859 . 2 vols. Edinburgh and …
- … on their economy . New York. 128: 25 ——. 1857. A journey through Texas; or, a winter …
- … an Arctic journal\. London. 128: 25 ——. 1857. Quedah; or, stray leaves from a journal …
- … Rouvroy, Louis de, Duke de Saint-Simon Vermandois. 1857. The memoirs of the Duke of Saint Simon on …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 1v.; 119: 12a Smiles, Samuel. 1857. The life of George Stephenson, …
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