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Dramatisation script
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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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- … of his paper on Darwin. THE SAND WALK: 1844 In which Darwin, at home in …
- … and copied and communicated to Messrs Lyell and Hooker in 1844, being a part of [an …
- … a murder. DARWIN: 7 January 1844. My dear Hooker. I have been …engaged in a …
- … which is not written out much fuller in my sketch copied in 1844, and read by Hooker some dozen …
- … 1846 7 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 11 JANUARY 1844 8 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 25 …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … published two books on geology, Volcanic islands (1844) and Geological observations on South …
- … edition in 1845, having already provided corrections in 1844 for a German translation of the first …
- … Society of London, acting as one of four vice-presidents in 1844 and remaining on the council from …
- … and refereed papers for all these organisations. Between 1844 and 1846 Darwin himself wrote ten …
- … others. Only two months after their first exchange, early in 1844, Darwin told Hooker that he was …
- … murder) immutable’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [11 January 1844] ). Nine months later, in his letter …
- … , pp. 57–255), an expanded version, completed on 5 July 1844, of a pencil sketch he had drawn up …
- … of 1847 that Hooker was given a fair copy of the essay of 1844 to read (see Correspondence vol. …
- … the natural history of creation , published anonymously in 1844. His old friend Adam Sedgwick …
- … future, is that addressed to his wife Emma, dated 5 July 1844 , just after Darwin had completed …
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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- … 1841].— L d . Dudley’s Correspondence [Dudley 1844]. Hallam Constitut Hist: Hen VII …
- … Hall’s voyage in the Nemesis to China [Bernard 1844]. The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] …
- … Observ. on Instinct [Etherington 1841–3]. Whittaker 1844. in Parts. cheap. 1.6 a part. 38 …
- … Jesses new Book. (April 44) on Nat. Hist [Jesse 1844] must be studied. J. Jarves “Scenes in …
- … Traite Elementair Palæontologie M. Pictet [Pictet 1844–5]— Forbes?? Waterhouse has it— 1844— read …
- … Hooker recommends order [Backhouse 1844] at Library …
- … Vestiges of Nat: Hist: of Creation. Churchill: 1844. 7 s ” 6 d . [Chambers] 1844] in which …
- … in Taylors Scientific Memoirs—goes by sexes [Wartmann 1844] for (1844) Blofield Algeria. 1844 …
- … on transmutation of shells [Haldeman 1843–4] already (1844) VI. vols. published Lib. Geological …
- … Read Waterton’s last series on Nat: Hist: [Waterton 1844] tailess horses. Read “Bronn …
- … [Bernhardi 1834] (M. Gerard. experiments on species [Gérard 1844].) read Sageret sur les …
- … Travels to Khiva. 47 Residence in India [Sleeman 1844] L d Cloncurry Memm [Lawless 1849 …
- … [Plymley 1808] Sleemans Residence in India [Sleeman 1844] Curiosities of Literature …
- … [Lockhart 1828] 16 L d Dudley’s Letters [Dudley 1844] Nov. 25 Finished 3 d Part …
- … 30. Dieffenbach’s New Zealand [Dieffenbach 1843] 1844 Wiegman on Hybrids—German— …
- … 20 Astoria.— by Irving [Irving 1836] 1844 Jan 7 th Borrow’s Bible in Spain …
- … April 26 th : Martin Chuzzlewit. & Pickwick [Dickens 1844 and 1837] July 20 th …
- … Rome [Niebuhr 1828–42] [DAR 119: 14a] 1844 May 26 th L d …
- … Narr: of Visit to Mauritius & G. Good Hope [Backhouse 1844] very poor Oct 1 Owen on …
- … Read. 6 vols: finished [DAR 119: 15a] 1844 & 5 Oct 20. Lloyd Field …
- … —— Vestiges of the Nat. History of Creation [Chambers] 1844] Pœppig Reisen …
- … nothing this seems all [DAR 119: 15b] 1844 & 5 Burne’s Bokhara (3. vols) …
- … 1840] 30 th . Arnolds life 3 vols [A. P. Stanley 1844] Jan 5 th . L d . Mahon …
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,…
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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- … a theory of transmutation in a short pencil sketch, and in 1844, he once again committed his …
- … published in the event of his sudden death . Later in 1844, he told the naturalist Leonard …
- … of Creation caused a publishing sensation in October 1844, the public reaction to the …
- … receive his views with open arms. Since its publication in 1844, the transmutationist work …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
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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- … influential essay on classification (Milne-Edwards 1844). Like von Baer, Milne-Edwards recognised …
- … paper on classification by Gaspard Auguste Brullé (Brullé 1844). In this work, Brullé argued that …
- … of embryological development, as outlined in his essay of 1844 ( Foundations , pp. 57–255), …
- … p. 45). See also the fuller discussion of this topic in the 1844 essay ( Foundations , p. 229). …
- … and body of a mammal. ^5^ In his species essay of 1844, for example, CD stated: ‘The cause …
- … CD had arrived at such a view of cirripede systematics by 1844, judging by statements in the essay …
Darwin’s observations on his children
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Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
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- … from the day of his birth, 27 December 1839, until September 1844. Parallels in the development of …
- … during this period but in far less detail. By September 1844, Henrietta Emma was one year old, and …
- … possible unlike any other child I ever saw[55] Sep. 1844. Annie 3 years & ½ was looking …
- … Etruria pottery works. Emma Darwin visited there on 31 May 1844. [58] Betley Hall, home of …
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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- … during the autumn of 1843, and Planariae, described in 1844. Another important specimen was the …
- … W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott 1836, 1841; J. D. Hooker 1844–7, 1845, 1846, 1853–5, and 1860). In …
- … true that, until he took J. D. Hooker into his confidence in 1844, Darwin does not appear to have …
- … for Kemp, based on Kemp’s letters, and published in 1844 almost entirely as Darwin wrote it (see …
Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter
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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…
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- … order to supplement views already expressed in his essay of 1844 ( Foundations ; Correspondence …
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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Controversy
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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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- … in Wallace’s sketch also appears in his sketch of 1844. A year ago Darwin sent a short sketch of his …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
