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List of correspondents
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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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- … Atkin, J. R. (1) Atkinson, Edward (4) …
- … Edwards & Co. (1) Babbage, Charles (10) …
- … A. D. (15) Bartlett, Edward (6) …
- … Blyth, E. K. (1) Blyth, Edward (64) …
- … Bond, Frederick (2) Boner, Charles (5) …
- … Thomas (2) Bradford, Edward (1) …
- … Brayley, E. W. (1) Breese, Charles (1) …
- … Samuel (b) (14) Buxton, Charles (2) …
- … Carden, Robert (1) Cardwell, Edward (4) …
- … Chapman, John (4) Charles, R. F. (2) …
- … Crawfurd, John (3) Crawley, Charles (2) …
- … Crawte, G. F. (1) Cresy, Edward (1) …
- … Virginius (3) Dallas, Charles (1) …
- … Dixie, Florence (3) Dixon, Charles (1) …
- … Emery, Woodward (1) Enfield, Edward (1) …
- … Forbes, David (13) Forbes, Edward (10) …
- … George (1) Frankland, Edward (44) …
- … Fry, C. E. (1) Fry, Edward (1) Fry, …
- … Symington (1) Griffin, Charles (1) …
- … Albert (64) Günzbourg, Charles (1) …
- … Science-Gossip (1) Hardy, Charles (3) …
- … Harris, C. (1) Harris, Edward (1) …
- … Hewett, Joseph (1) Hewitt, Edward (4) …
- … Hinrichs, G. D. (4) Hinton, Charles (1) …
- … Lydekker, R. (1) Lyell, Charles (277) …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … about Darwin’s religious views. An 1883 pamphlet by Edward Aveling described the private discussion …
- … ‘the greatness of their power’ ( letter from M. C. Stanley, 16 October 1881 ). Hooker thanked …
- … method in future science classes, the American entomologist Charles Riley praised Darwin for not …
- … in plants. A critical study of the work of the same name by Charles Darwin, together with new …
- … loss of a close friend were prompted by the publication of Charles Lyell’s Life, letters, and …
- … year ended with the happy news of a birth. On 7 December, Charles and Emma Darwin’s second …
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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- … by H. W. Rutherford ( Catalogue of the library of Charles Darwin now in the Botany School, …
- … Louisiana [darby 1816] & Finch Travels [Finch 1833]. (Lyell) Maximilian in Brazil [Wied …
- … . [Knapp] 1838] Read Gleanings in Natural History. By Edward Jesse, Surveyor of Her Majesty’s …
- … of Mexico [W. H. Prescott 1843], strongly recommended by Lyell (read) Berkeleys Works …
- … 1844] L d Cloncurry Memm [Lawless 1849] Lady Lyell Sir J Heads Forest scenes in …
- … round world 1803–6 [Lisyansky 1814]— nothing Lyell’s Elements of Geology [Lyell 1838] …
- … J 57 Browne’s Religio Medici [T. Browne 1643] Lyell’s Book III 5th Edit 58 [Lyell 1837] …
- … travels in N. America [W. Bartram 1791] May 18 Stanley Familiar Hist. of Birds [E. Stanley …
- … —— 30 th Lyells Principles. 3. Vol. 6 th Edit [Lyell 1840]— references at end.— April 6 …
- … abstracted 22 d Lyells Elem. 2 d Edit. [Lyell 1841] d[itt]o.— Jan 3 d . …
- … [Ranke 1840] 30 th . Arnolds life 3 vols [A. P. Stanley 1844] Jan 5 th . L d . …
- … 1859]. (goodish) 1 The personal library of Charles Stokes from whom CD borrowed books …
- … from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to which CD refers has …
- … 44 Probably Francis Boott. 45 Edward Forbes provided sketches and notes for the …
- … Erskine. 2 vols. London. *119: 14 Babington, Charles Cardale. 1839. Primitiæ floræ …
- … of Useful Knowledge.) London. *119: 13 Badham, Charles David. 1845. Insect life . …
- … London. [Other eds.] *119: 15; 119: 22b Belcher, Edward. 1848. Narrative of the voyage …
- … [Abstract in DAR 205.3: 180.] 119: 21a Bell, Charles. 1806. Essays on the anatomy of …
- … domesticorum . Hafniæ. *128: 182 Bennett, Edward Turner, ed. 1837. The natural history …
- … … [By Gilbert White.] A new edition with notes by Edward Turner Bennett. London. [Abstract in DAR …
- … . Edinburgh. [Other eds.] 119: 21b Bevan, Edward. 1827. The honey-bee; its natural …
- … of the London Clay . London. *119: 12v. Brace, Charles Loring. 1852. Hungary in 1851: …
- … life from 1838 to the present time . Edited by John Charles Templer. 3 vols. London. 128: 9 …
- … collected in Melville Island. Appendix XI in Parry, William Edward, A supplement to the …
- … and 12 atlases. Paris. *119: 5v. [Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton]. 1835. …
- … . 3 vols. Edinburgh and London. 128: 25 Bunbury, Charles James Fox. 1848. Journal of a …
- … nature of virtue . Cambridge. *119: 13 Buxton, Charles. 1848. Memoirs of Sir Thomas …
- … of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain O. Stanley … during the years 1846–50 …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … . . . His son Francis was assisting the histologist Edward Emanuel Klein at the Brown Animal …
- … that month. Finally, Darwin enlisted the chemist Edward Frankland to help analyse the …
- … edition. A provincial doctor and asylum superintendent, Stanley Haynes, reported on the …
- … fund was first suggested in early April by Katharine Murray Lyell in conversation with Emma Darwin, …
- … & usefulness”, citing the examples of John Stuart Mill and Charles Lyell, who would have had far …
