To A. R. Wallace 19 August [1868]
Summary
The problem of dimorphic plants and their fertility.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 19 Aug [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 143–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6322 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … on the weekend of 12 and 13 September 1868 ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [8–10 September …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker visited Freshwater from 8 to 14 August 1868 (see letter from J. D. …
- … Hooker, 6 August 1868 , and letter to Asa …
- … Wallace, 1 May [1868] , and letter to A. R. Wallace, 5 May [1868] . See Origin , pp. …
- … July to 20 August 1868 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). See letter from A. R. Wallace, …
- … Wallace, 16 August [1868] . CD refers to George Henry Lewes ; see letter from G. H. …
- … from A. R. Wallace, 16 August [1868] and n. 5. See letter from A. R. …
- … Lewes, 26 July 1868 and n. 2. See letter from A. R. …
- … 1868] ). He was to deliver the presidential address at the British Association meeting (see n. 2, above). The book was published as A. R. Wallace 1869 . See letter …
To A. R. Wallace 27 February [1868]
Summary
Pleased by ARW’s response to Pangenesis.
On negative reception by his friends.
Further argument concerning sterility and natural selection.
Polygamy and sexual selection.
Protection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 27 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 108–11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5940 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … of protective coloration, see the letter from Albany Hancock, 8 February 1868 and n. 3. …
- … selection, see the enclosure to his letter of 1 March 1868 . See Variation 2: 185–9. …
- … the letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February 1868 . See letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 …
- … 1868 and n. 5. See letter from Henry Holland, 11 February [1868] . CD refers to Joseph …
- … and Berthold Carl Seeman (see also letter to John Murray, 25 February [1868] and n. 5). …
- … A. R. Wallace 1868 . See letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February 1868 and …
- … 26[–7] February 1868 . CD refers to Herbert Spencer ; see letter from A. R. Wallace, …
- … of paradise, see the letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February 1868 . CD was in London from …
To A. R. Wallace [21 March 1868]
Summary
On problem of sterility, CD cannot persuade himself that it has been gained by natural selection.
On sexual selection and minute variations, he tends to agree with ARW. Sends George Darwin’s notes on ARW’s argument.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | [21 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 119–20); DAR 106: B160–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6033 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … to John Jenner Weir’s remarks in his letter of 16 March 1868 . George is quoting …
- … in the enclosure to Wallace’s letter of 1 March 1868 . For Wallace’s response to George’s …
- … comments, see the letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 March [1868] . See letter from A. R. …
- … from A. R. Wallace, 19 March 1868 ). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 March 1868 . CD …
- … this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 19 March 1868 . In 1868, the first …
- … to George Howard Darwin . See letter to G. H. Darwin, 24 January [1868] and n. 2. …
- … s query, see the letter from A. R. Wallace, 19 March 1868 and n. 6. See enclosure. …
- … see enclosure to letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 March 1868 ). The numbers heading the …
- … minute variations, see the letter from A. R. Wallace, 19 March 1868 . CD probably refers …
- … 1868 and n. 1. Westbourne Grove was Wallace’s London address. He had recently been staying at Hurstpierpoint, the home of his wife’s parents (see letter …
To A. R. Wallace 5 May [1868]
Summary
Criticism of ARW for too little esteem of the role of sexual selection as agent in giving colour.
Response to other topics.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 5 May [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 140–1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6161 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Günther, [late December 1867 or early January 1868] , and letters from Robert Buist , 26 …
- … the letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 May [1868] . See letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 May [ …
- … Descent 2: 243–4. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 May [1868] . CD did not mention the …
- … fishes in late 1867 and early 1868; see Correspondence vol. 15, letter from A. C. L. …
- … 1868 and 5 March 1868 . For Wallace’s summary, see the letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 …
- … been produced. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 28 April [1868] . CD discussed Wallace’s …
- … in Descent 2: 166–80. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 May [1868] ; see also Descent 1: …
- … 413–15 and n. 31. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 May [1868] ; CD discussed the tusks …
To A. R. Wallace 16 September [1868]
Summary
CD’s oscillating views relating to protection and sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 16 Sept [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 149–50) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6368 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … from A. R. Wallace, 1 May [1868] , and letters to A. R. Wallace, 5 May [1868] and 19 …
- … Hooker, [8–10 September 1868] ). See letter from B. D. Walsh, 29 August 1868 . …
- … of 12 and 13 September 1868 (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), and letter to J. D. …
- … below). See the letter from A. R. Wallace, [14 September 1868] . CD evidently discussed …
- … Callichroma ’, see the letter from A. R. Wallace, [14 September 1868] and n. 5. Musk …
- … 1868 (see DAR 81: 29). During Wallace’s recent visit to Down House (see n. 5, below), CD and Wallace evidently continued their discussion regarding the relative roles of protection and sexual selection in the development of secondary sexual characters, especially colour, in insects and birds. They had intermittently engaged in this discussion in correspondence since the end of 1866, with Wallace promoting protection as a more significant factor and CD arguing for the importance of sexual selection (see Correspondence vols. 14, 15, and in this volume see especially letter …
To A. R. Wallace 6 April [1868]
Summary
More on the "terrible problem" of natural selection and sterility. CD’s reasons for disagreeing with ARW. CD analyses and answers ARW in detail in defence of his conclusion that sterility cannot be increased through natural selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 125–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6095 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … see enclosure to letter to A. R. Wallace, [21 March 1868] , and letter from A. R. …
- … Fritz Müller in Brazil (see letter to Fritz Müller, 3 April [1868] and n. 2). CD refers …
- … Wallace, 24 March [1868] ). See enclosure to letter from A. R. …
- … Wallace, 1 March 1868 . Herbert Spencer . See letter from A. R. …
- … Wallace, 24 March [1868] and n. 5. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 March [1868] and …
- … this letter and the letter to A. R. Wallace, 27 March [1868] . CD refers to Wallace’s …
- … natural selection (see letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 March 1868 and enclosure). Joseph …
To A. R. Wallace 6 October [1868]
Summary
Sexual selection, protection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 6 Oct [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 162–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6412 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 4 October 1868 . See letter from A. R. …
- … Wallace, 4 October 1868 . See letter from A. R. …
- … of A. R. Wallace 1869 ; see the letter from A. R. Wallace, 4 October 1868 and n. 1. …
- … Wallace, 4 October 1868 . See also Descent 2: 158–9. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 4 …
To A. R. Wallace 30 April [1868]
Summary
More on CD’s objections to ARW’s views on protection and natural selection.
Sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 30 Apr [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 136–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6146 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Wallace, 28 April [1868] . See letter to A. R. Wallace, [21 March 1868] and n. 4. …
- … identified. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 28 April [1868] . See letter from A. R. …
- … between this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 28 April [1868] . CD refers to …
- … Clifford Allbutt . See letter from A. R. Wallace, 28 April [1868] . CD’s discussion of …
To A. R. Wallace 17 [March 1868]
Summary
On his Primula paper for the Linnean Society ["On the specific difference between Primula veris, Brit. Fl. (var. officialis, Linn.), P. vulgaris, Brit. Fl. var. acaulis, Linn.), and P. elatior, Jacq.; and on the hybrid nature of the common oxlip; with supplementary remarks on naturally produced hybrids of the genus Verbascum", [officinalis!?] J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 10 (1869): 437–54].
Peacocks and sexual selection.
ARW’s sterility argument has driven CD’s sons half-mad.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 17 [Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 43434: 115–17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6018 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … In his letter of 15 March [1868] , Wallace provided CD with information on brightly …
- … Wallace visited Down on 12 September 1868. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 15 March [ …
- … peacock feathers, see the letter to Roland Trimen, 16 January [1868] , n. 5. Wallace had …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 15 March [1868] . …
- … de visite’, see also the letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 8 January [1868 ? ] and n. 2. CD …
- … see enclosure to letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 March 1868 ). George Howard Darwin . CD …
- … 1865] and n. 3). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 15 March [1868] and n. 7. According to …
- … letter to A. R. Wallace, 22 January 1866 and n. 7). CD also refers to Wallace’s paper, ‘A theory of birds’ nests’ ( A. R. Wallace 1868 ), …
To A. R. Wallace 27 March [1868]
Summary
There are so many doubtful points on the problems relating to sterility that they will never agree.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 27 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 123–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6058 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 21 March 1868] . For Wallace’s reply to George’s comments, see the letter from A. R. …
- … See letter from G. H. Darwin, [27] March [1868] and n. 4. See letter to A. R. …
- … this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 19 March 1868 . CD refers to George …
- … 1868] and n. 7. For George’s critique of Wallace’s argument that hybrid sterility could result from natural selection, see the enclosure to the letter …
To A. R. Wallace 23 September [1868]
Summary
On their differences concerning sexual selection and protection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 23 Sept [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 153–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6386 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … from A. R. Wallace, 18 September [1868] . Letter from A. R. Wallace, 18 September [ …
- … the red junglefowl. See letter from Louis Agassiz, 22 July 1868 . Notes in DAR 82 indicate …
- … 16, Appendix II), and letter to A. R. Wallace, 19 August [1868] ). For CD’s and Wallace’ …
- … of another genus (see letter from A. R. Wallace, 18 September [1868] and n. 7). CD …
- … in birds and insects, see the letter to A. R. Wallace, 16 September [1868] and n. 4. …
- … sex alone, see the letter from A. R. Wallace, 18 September [1868] and n. 4. In Descent …
To A. R. Wallace 9 April [1868]
Summary
Warns ARW of dubious character of list of European alpine genera and species in volcanoes of Hawaii. Problems of geographical distribution in oceanic islands.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 9 Apr [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6109 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … had sent the list to CD with his letter of 8 [April] 1868 , but CD evidently returned it …
- … 8). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 8 [April] 1868 and n. 7. …
- … this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 8 [April] 1868 . CD refers to Berthold …
- … to Lyell 1867–8 , 2: 402–32 (see letter from A. R. Wallace, 8 [April] 1868 and n. …
- … Thomas Henry Huxley ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 April 1868 ). The Sandwich Islands was …
To A. R. Wallace 31 August 1877
Summary
Response to Wallace’s article ["The colours of animals and plants", Macmillan’s Mag. (Sept 1877)] on sexual colours and "voluntary" sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 31 Aug 1877 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11121 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … from A. R. Wallace, 18 September [1868] , and letter to A. R. Wallace, 23 September [ …
- … 1868). In his article, Wallace argued that bright, intense colours were signs of robust health ( A. R. Wallace 1877 , p. 398); CD double-scored the passage in his copy. Paolo Mantegazza had criticised CD’s theory of sexual selection in Descent , especially the role of female choice (see Mantegazza 1871 and Correspondence vol. 19, letter …
To A. R. Wallace 22 February [1868]
Summary
Reports work on sexual selection. Problems with the relative numbers of the two sexes and polygamy. Asks ARW’s help with several questions on polygamous birds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 22 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 104–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5912 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … of protective coloration, see the letter from Albany Hancock, 8 February 1868 , n. 3. …
- … Walter Bates ; see letter from H. W. Bates, 18 February 1868 and n. 1. Wallace had …
- … this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February 1868 . The display of plumage …
- … see ibid. , pp. 86 and 88. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 7 February 1868 and n. 4. …
To A. R. Wallace 5 [July 1870]
Summary
CD sends a "curious drawing" [missing] relating to imitation and protection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 5 [July 1870] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 204–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7218 |
To A. R. Wallace 15 April [1868]
Summary
Admires ARW’s "Theory of birds’ nests" [J. Travel & Nat. Hist. 1 (1868): 73].
Discusses their respective views on birds’ nests, sexual selection, and protection.
Asks why, if brilliant colours of female butterflies are result of protective mimicry, do not males become equally brilliant? CD believes variation in females alone accounts for it, rather than protection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 15 Apr [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 133–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6121 |
Matches: 2 hits
To A. R. Wallace 27 October [1872]
Summary
Requests the address of F. F. Geach so that he may send him his book [Expression].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 27 Oct [1872] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Surrogate RP 4481/3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8581A |
To A. R. Wallace 5 December [1869]
Summary
Further comments on arrangements for German translation of their joint paper.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 5 Dec [1869] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 194–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7020 |
Matches: 2 hits
To A. R. Wallace 13 March [1871]
Summary
Asks whether Bugis [Buggess] are Malays. [See 7587.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 13 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | English Heritage, Down House (EH 88202150) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7579A |
To A. R. Wallace 12 and 13 October [1867]
Summary
Response to ARW’s "Creation by law", especially the Angraecum sesquipedale and the predicted Madagascar moth.
ARW’s argument on beauty strikes CD as good.
Wishes ARW had made more clear the assumption of the reviewer [in North Br. Rev.] that each variation is a strongly marked one.
The Duke of Argyll’s argument on beauty is not candid.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 12 and 13 Oct 1867 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434 f. 96) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5648 |
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
Summary
The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
Matches: 1 hits
- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If …
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
Matches: 1 hits
- … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …
6430_10256
Summary
From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hookerf1 25 October 1868Lund (Suède)25 Okt. 1868.Monsieur le Professeur! J’ai écrit à deux de mes amis qui ont des connaissances personnelles à la Lapponie, pour avoir les…
Matches: 1 hits
- … From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hooker f1 25 October 1868 …
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
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…
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- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
5935_4582
Summary
From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868KewFeby 26th/68Dear Darwin I have been bursting with impatience to hear what you would say of the Athenæum Review & who wrote it— I could not conceive who…
Matches: 1 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868 Kew Feby 26 …
Reading my roommate’s illustrious ancestor: To T. H. Huxley, 10 June 1868
Summary
My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter. Tom’s full name is Thomas Henle Baum, his middle name a reference to a German physician ancestor for whom the ‘Loop of Henle’ in the kidney had been named. Other than this iconic…
Matches: 1 hits
- … My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter. Tom’s full name is …
5873_1488
Summary
From B. J. Sulivan 13 February [1868]f1 Bournemouth Feby. 13. My dear Darwin As Mr Stirling has sent me the recpt. you may as well have it with the Photo of the four Fuegian boys which he wishes me to send you in case you have not seen it. He…
Matches: 1 hits
- … From B. J. Sulivan 13 February [1868] f1 Bournemouth Feby. 13. My dear …
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 …
Women as a scientific audience
Summary
Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
Summary
At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
Matches: 1 hits
- … At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of …
Religion
Summary
Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Design | Personal Belief | Beauty | The Church Perhaps the most notorious …
Inheritance
Summary
It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited. But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did. Darwin’s attempt to…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 'Hypotheses may often be of service to science, when they involve a certain portion of …
Descent
Summary
There are more than five hundred letters associated with the research and writing of Darwin’s book, Descent of man and selection in relation to sex (Descent). They trace not only the tortuous route to eventual publication, but the development of Darwin’s…
Matches: 1 hits
- … ‘ Our ancestor was an animal which breathed water, had a swim-bladder, a great swimming …
Natural Science and Femininity
Summary
Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
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- … Discussion Questions | Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine …
Controversy
Summary
The best-known controversies over Darwinian theory took place in public or in printed reviews. Many of these were highly polemical, presenting an over-simplified picture of the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely…
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- … Disagreement & Respect | Conduct of Debate | Darwin & Wallace The best-known …
Darwin and the Church
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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 …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
Summary
The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
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- … The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
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- … Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but …
