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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.

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… ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …

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…

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… Darwin is not usually regarded as an experimenter, but rather as an astute …
… was of course kept secret and worked upon for decades, as Darwin collected ‘all kinds of facts’ …
… and acquire specimens for his own use. A portrait of Darwin in 1849 shows him with a specimen …
… rather than experimentation. According to this view, Darwin was a ‘philosophical naturalist’ whose …
… than morphological affinity. The two-fold division of Darwin’s science between observation …
… authorities who could do the more advanced work of theory. Darwin contributed to this movement, …
… institutional heads like Joseph Dalton Hooker and Asa Gray. Darwin adopted a perspective of great …
… publications. The final picture that we then have of Darwin is that of a gentleman naturalist, able …
… a tradition on the wane, and it was gradually eclipsed in Darwin’s own lifetime by the more …
… is the sharp distinction between observation and theory. Darwin would be the first to defend the …
… with a curb on make far the best observers’ ( letter to C. H. L. Woodd , 4 March 1850 ). He made …
… there is no good & original observation’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 22 December 1857 ). Much …
… that were made to further substantiate evolutionary theory. Darwin was also greatly heartened by the …
… a highly controlled space with specialized equipment. In Darwin’s day this was by no means the case. …
… sometimes to refer to naturally occurring phenomena. Darwin clearly regarded many of his domestic …
… miniature (small plots of land). Experimentation in Darwin’s day was not the monopoly of …
… and poultry fanciers, landowners, architects, and writers. Darwin sought the advice of an engineer …
… Scott). In his choice of correspondents and collaborators, Darwin valued patience, caution, and …
… and Michael Foster. A final feature to note about Darwin’s experimental life is the pleasure …
… over time, detailed observation and experimental work became Darwin’s driving passion, his greatest …

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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… Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed …
… , it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet when this study …
… anomalous. Moreover, as the letters in this volume suggest, Darwin’s study of cirripedes, far from …
… classification using the most recent methods available, Darwin was able to provide a thorough …
… his views on the species question (Crisp 1983). Darwin’s interest in invertebrate zoology …
… Robert Edmond Grant. In his Autobiography (pp. 49–50), Darwin recalled: ‘Drs. Grant and …
… numerous references to the ova of various invertebrates, and Darwin’s first scientific paper, …
… marine organisms was exercised during the Beagle voyage. Darwin expressed his current enthusiasm …
… earlier researches in Edinburgh on the ova of invertebrates, Darwin was particularly well prepared …
… In 1835, in the Chonos Archipelago off the coast of Chile, Darwin found ‘most curious’ minute …
… In the zoological notes made during the Beagle voyage, Darwin recorded: ‘The thick shell of some …
… the absence of a shell and its unusual parasitic nature, Darwin recognised that it differed greatly …
… Such a revaluation had not been undertaken when, in 1846, Darwin began to examine several …
… of as many genera as I could procure.’ For fourteen months Darwin pursued an anatomical study of …
… British Museum and himself a cirripede expert, suggested to Darwin that he prepare a monograph of …
… and advised him on procuring other collections. At the time Darwin committed himself to this study, …
… his attention for the next seven years. To appreciate why Darwin would have undertaken such a study, …
… such questions as yours,—whether number of species &c &c should enter as an element in …
… from common stocks— In this view all relations of analogy &c &c &, consist of those …
… metamorphoses, as we shall see presently in Hippoboscus &c states that in Crust, antennæ & …
… 1852) or elevating it to a separate class altogether (R. Owen 1855). Milne-Edwards and Owen also …
… as a distinct class between the Crustacea and the Annelida (R. Owen 1855).^7^ Darwin, however, with …
… occasions in his correspondence with Hooker. On 13 June [1850 ] , for example, Darwin wrote: …
… spirits Every cirriped that I dissect I preserve the jaws &c. &c. in this manner, which …
… CD’s specimen has remained unique. (The editors thank Drs R. W. Ingle and G. Boxshall of the British …

Scientific Practice

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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…

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… the work of collecting, and the construction of theory. Darwin was not simply a gentleman naturalist …
… of the most advanced laboratory methods and equipment. Darwin used letters as a speculative space, …
… Specialism and Detail Darwin is usually thought of as a gentleman naturalist and a …
… across and drew together different fields of knowledge. But Darwin also made substantial …
… discussion was often the starting point for some of Darwin's most valuable and enduring …
… Letter 1370 — Darwin, C. R. to Covington, Syms, 23 Nov 1850 Darwin thanks Covington for the …
… Letter 1319 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., 6 & 7 Apr 1850 Hooker thinks Darwin is “too …
… Letter 1339 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 13 June [1850] Darwin writes to Hooker on …

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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… letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The …
… life but I trust happy The anguish felt by Darwin is painfully expressed in letters …
… speak of her again. Yet the family gradually recovered, Darwin’s monographs were printed, and Darwin …
… to the cirripedes. Before turning to his species work, Darwin somewhat ruefully recorded in his …
… monographs by natural history societies, though welcomed by Darwin, did not run smoothly. …
… the Correspondence describes the major achievements of Darwin’s cirripede work as a whole and …
… societies, which were supported by subscriptions, was that Darwin’s volumes were not publicly …
… in Germany at the forefront of work in invertebrate zoology, Darwin began a correspondence with …
… provided the foundations for a relationship with Darwin that soon developed into a valued friendship …
… April 1854, when his cirripede study was drawing to a close, Darwin re-entered London scientific …
… with lots of claret is what I want Perhaps Darwin’s decision to take a more active …
… to substantiate it is manifest in the correspondence. Darwin’s friends and colleagues were …
… outspoken young naturalists like Huxley, reacted eagerly to Darwin’s suggestions, although not …
… for the geographical distribution of animals and plants. Darwin began a series of researches on the …
… with the effects of known changes in climate and geology. Darwin boldly rejected the popular idea of …
… Some of the most interesting letters in this volume set out Darwin’s practical researches and …
… Variation and extinction The other main focus of Darwin’s research centred on determining the …
… when he first wrote out his species essay in full. In 1850 , he had written to Hooker ( …
… seeds and bees An interest in variation naturally led Darwin to study the works of plant …
… classification Hybridism, domestic animals & plants &c &c &c) to see how far they …

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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… In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
… (DAR 119) opens with five pages of text copied from Notebook C and carries on through 1851; the …
… used these notebooks extensively in dating and annotating Darwin’s letters; the full transcript …
… *128). For clarity, the transcript does not record Darwin’s alterations. The spelling and …
… book had been consulted. Those cases where it appears that Darwin made a genuine deletion have been …
… a few instances, primarily in the ‘Books Read’ sections, Darwin recorded that a work had been …
… of the books listed in the other two notebooks. Sometimes Darwin recorded that an abstract of the …
… own. Soon after beginning his first reading notebook, Darwin began to separate the scientific …
… the second reading notebook. Readers primarily interested in Darwin’s scientific reading, therefore, …
… to be Read [DAR *119: Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838 …
… [DAR *119: 2v.] White’s regular gradation in man [C. White 1799] Lindley’s …
… 8 vo p 181 [Latreille 1819]. see p. 17 Note Book C. for reference to authors about E. Indian …
… in brutes Blackwood June 1838 [J. F. Ferrie 1838]. H. C. Watson on Geog. distrib: of Brit: …
… Wiegman has pub. German pamphlet on crossing oats &c [Wiegmann 1828] Horticultural …
… in Library of Hort. Soc. [DAR *119:5v.] M c .Neil 16 has written good article …
… Memoirs of Plumer Ward by Hon Phipps [E. Phipps 1850 ] L d . Harveys Memoirs [Hervey 1848] …
… & will lend me— Pickering Races of Man [Pickering 1850 ]. (has a good chapter). …
… [Fellows 1839] Catherine 48 Life of Collins R.A. [Collins 1848] Phases of Faith …
… Miss. Fennimore Cooper. Rural Scenes in N.A [Cooper 1850 ] G. Cummings South African Huntsmans …
… Dana’s Geology. U.S. Expedition [J. D. Dana 1849] 1850 March Forbes Cystideæ & …
… [Harvey 1849] —— Agassiz Lake Superior [Agassiz 1850 ] Nov. Memoirs of Pal. Soc [ …
… 1848. Memoirs of the life of William Collins, Esq., R.A. 2 vols. London. *119: 23; 119: …
… by Richard Owen. Vol. 4 of The works of John Hunter, F.R.S. with notes . Edited by James F. …
… Robert. 1843. Memoirs of the life of John Constable, R.A., composed chiefly of his letters. …
… Peacock, George. 1855. Life of Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S. London. *128: 172; 128: 21 …

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,…

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… activities for building and maintaining such connections. Darwin's networks extended from his …
… when strong institutional structures were largely absent. Darwin had a small circle of scientific …
… section contains two sets of letters. The first is between Darwin and his friend Kew botanist J. D. …
… about Hooker’s thoughts. Letter 729 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., [11 Jan 1844] …
… confessing a murder”. Letter 736 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 23 Feb [1844] …
… Darwin and Gray Letter 1674 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 25 Apr [1855] Darwin …
… species. Letter 1685 — Gray, Asa to Darwin, C. R., 22 May 1855 Gray recalled …
… flora in the USA. Letter 2125 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 20 July [1857] Darwin …
… information exchange. Letter 1202 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 6 Oct [1848] …
… name. Letter 1220 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., 3 Feb 1849 In this gossipy …
… species descriptions. Letter 1260 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 12 Oct 1849 …
… Letter 1319 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., 6 & 7 Apr 1850 Hooker apologises for the …
… Letter 1339 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 13 June [1850 ] Darwin writes to Hooker from his …

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 …
… unique window into this complicated relationship throughout Darwin’s life, as it reveals his …
… belief (and doubt) than many non-conformist denominations. Darwin’s parents attended a Unitarian …
… the necessary studies to be a clergyman. During Darwin’s lifetime, the vast majority of the …
… income was essential to enjoy a gentlemanly lifestyle. For Darwin, who could rely on the financial …
… compatible with the pursuit of scientific interests. Indeed, Darwin’s Cambridge mentor, John Stevens …
… (Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (1887): 321). Darwin started on his journey around the world …
… it even through a grove of Palms.—’ (letter to Caroline Darwin, 25–6 April [1832] ). Darwin’s …
… Museum or some other learned place’ (letter from E. A. Darwin, 18 August [1832] ). Writing to Fox …
… about—’ (letter to W. D. Fox, [9–12 August] 1835 ). Darwin’s doubts about orthodox belief, and …
… in 1838 and 1839, as can be read here. In the end, Darwin chose a middle course—a life of ease in …
… within six years of his return from the Beagle voyage, Darwin moved to Down House, in the …
… where their children Mary and Charles were buried; later Darwin’s brother Erasmus, Emma’s sister …
… of Emma, whose religious scruples are discussed here. But Darwin’s correspondence reveals his own …
… Although he was not the principal landowner in Down, Darwin was a gentleman of means, and clearly …
… made inroads on Anglican authority in the countryside. The Darwin family took an interest in, and …
… Many of the letters highlighted in this section focus on Darwin’s long-standing relationship with …
… To the end of his life Innes refused to be persuaded by Darwin’s theory of evolution, but …
… cordial; in the first extant letter of the correspondence, Darwin wrote to Innes expressing concern …
… to 1869 (letter to J. B. Innes, [8 May 1848] and n. 2). Darwin praised Innes to John William …
… letter of 1854 in which he said, From all I have seen of M r Innes’ conduct towards the poor &amp …
… (Moore 1985; letter to J. S. Henslow, 17 January [1850 ] and n. 6; and letter to J. B. Innes, …
… Innes informed Darwin that though he ‘heard all good of M r . Ffinden’s moral character, his …
… an interesting letter from Darwin to the evangelist J. W. C. Fegan. Darwin whole-heartedly supported …

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…

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… In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous …
… for scientific colleagues or their widows facing hardship. Darwin had suffered from poor health …
… of his scientific friends quickly organised a campaign for Darwin to have greater public recognition …
… Botanical observation and experiment had long been Darwin’s greatest scientific pleasure. The year …
… to Fritz Müller, 4 January 1882 ). These were topics that Darwin had been investigating for years, …
… working at the effects of Carbonate of Ammonia on roots,’ Darwin wrote, ‘the chief result being that …
… contents, if immersed for some hours in a weak solution of C. of Ammonia’. Darwin’s interest in root …
… London on 6 and 16 March, respectively. In January, Darwin corresponded with George John …
… letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 28 December 1881 ). Darwin had a long-running interest in such …
… experiments had been conducted to lend support to Darwin’s theory of pangenesis (see …
… He was eager to write up the results on Brazilian cane, with Darwin providing a detailed outline: ‘I …
… at the Linnean Society on 4 May, but not published. Darwin carried on with botanical work in …
… which are asymmetric, thus facilitating cross-fertilisation. Darwin’s aim, he said, was just to …
… 3 April 1882 ). Earthworms and evolution Darwin’s last book, Earthworms , had been …
… Appendix V). The conservative Quarterly Review , owned by Darwin’s publisher John Murray, carried …
… themselves’ ( Quarterly Review , January 1882, p. 179). Darwin commented at length on the review …
… is a young man & a worker in any branch of Biology,’ Darwin continued, ‘he will assuredly sooner …
… and professor of ecclesiastical history Henry Wace. Darwin was confident that the theory of …
… James Frederick Simpson, a musical composer, had provided Darwin with observations on worm behaviour …
… our homes, would in this case greatly suffer’ ( letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). Kennard …
… judged, intellectually his inferior, please ( letter from C. A. Kennard, 28 January 1882 ). …
… dull aching in the chest’ (Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [ c . 28 March 1882] (DAR 210.3: 45)). …
… to some Estancia,’ wrote Hughes, ‘as the scenery &c. will amply repay your trouble’ ( letter …
… where he had witnessed an earthquake in 1835 ( letter from R. E. Alison, [March–July 1835 ]). …
… myself on you’ ( letter to Wilhelm Dunker, 3 March [1850 ] ). In the mid-1850s, Darwin was …
… will be months before I am able to work’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, [ c . 10 April 1864] ). To …

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. …

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… list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 …
… Burghal School 27 Deventer 29 may 1850 Groningen 2 may 1908 …
… for Ladies Leeuwarden 10 november 1850 Leeuwarden 28 …
… Technologist Assen 17 october 1850 Delft …
… of Natural History. 27 Leiden 2 may 1850 Middelburg 19 …

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.…

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… List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in …
… Burghal School 27 Deventer 29 May 1850 Groningen 2 May 1908 …
… Died just a few months after the album was sent to Charles Darwin at the age of 53 …
… for Ladies Leeuwarden 10 November 1850 Leeuwarden 28 …
… Technologist Assen 17 October 1850 Delft …
… Geologist, Economist an Darwinist. Corresponded with Darwin and translated The descent of Man in …
… of Natural History. 27 Leiden 2 may 1850 Middelburg 19 …

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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… Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children,[1] began the …
… is available below . As with much of his other work, Darwin gathered additional information on the …
… lunatics, the blind, and animals. And as early as 1839 Darwin had begun to collect information on …
… the expression of emotions. As the following transcript of Darwin’s notes reveals, he closely …
… William Erasmus, the stages of his development suggesting to Darwin those expressions which are …
… The tone of the manuscript reflects an aspect of Darwin’s character clearly perceived by Emma during …
… “What does that prove”.’[6] For in these notes, Darwin’s deep scientific curiosity transcends his …
… that on occasion he refers to William as ‘it’. Darwin possessed the ability to dissociate …
… memories.[8] Yet, though the dissociation was essential for Darwin’s scientific goal, the notes here …
… the record breaks off until January 1852, by which time the Darwin family had increased by five: …
… 1847; Francis, born 16 August 1848; Leonard, born 15 January 1850 ; and Horace, born 18 May 1851. It …
… the onset of frowning, smiling, etc., as was the focus of Darwin’s attention on William and Anne, …
… of logical thought and language. On 20 May 1854, Darwin again took over the notebook and, …
… all the notes until July 1856, when the observations ceased. Darwin’s later entries, like Emma’s, …
… Transcription: 1 [9] W. Erasmus. Darwin born. Dec. 27 th . 1839.—[10] During first week. …
… of muscles, without a corresponding sensation. D r . Holland[12] informs me children do not …
… trowsers. Emma one morning put on an unconspicuous bonnet of C. Langton,[52] W. instantly observed …
… she added an s to the end of every word “Ettis & Bettis &c afterwards all the ws were turned …
… goed dawn to the willage”. Fish for Smith. Kaw for cow. &c. Lenny[61] 2 years old speaks …
… any thing with my egg. Miss Th. Shall I cut up y r meat? L. I don’t care whether you do or …
… “But I could not help it”— I said “Lenny you c d help it, don’t say that”. “I could not help it a …
… written in pencil by CD and subsequently overwritten by Emma Darwin. The transcription throughout …
… [15] ‘Annie . . . fortnight’ was written by Emma Darwin on the verso of page 3 and opposite the …
… The name and address of a Mrs Locke are noted in Emma Darwin’s 1843 diary. [16] The following …
… memoirs and reminiscences. [61] Leonard Darwin, born 1850 . [62] Francis Darwin, born …

Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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… The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now …
… and also a meeting with Herbert Spencer, who was visiting Darwin’s neighbour, Sir John Lubbock. In …
… all but the concluding chapter of the work was submitted by Darwin to his publisher in December. …
… hypothesis of hereditary transmission. Debate about Darwin’s theory of transmutation …
… alleged evidence of a global ice age, while Asa Gray pressed Darwin’s American publisher for a …
… for the Advancement of Science. Fuller consideration of Darwin’s work was given by Hooker in an …
… frustrations were punctuated by family bereavement. Two of Darwin’s sisters died, Emily Catherine …
… from painful illness. Diet and exercise Among Darwin’s first letters in the new year …
… every day’ ( letter to H. B. Jones, 3 January [1866] ). Darwin had first consulted Jones in July …
… ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). Darwin began riding the cob, Tommy, on 4 …
… day which I enjoy much.’ The new exercise regime led to Darwin’s being teased by his neighbour, John …
… John Lubbock, 4 August 1866 ). More predictably, however, Darwin immediately converted his renewed …
… to have discovered the principle of natural selection in 1850 : ‘This belief in Professor Owen that …
… you go on, after the startling apparition of your face at R.S. Soirèe—which I dreamed of 2 nights …
… so you are in for it’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c . 10 May 1866] ). Henrietta’s …
… teleological development ( see for example, letter to C. W. Nägeli, 12 June [1866] ). Also in …
… common broom ( Cytisus scoparius ) and the white broom ( C. multiflorus ) in his botanical …
… and June on the subject of Rhamnus catharticus (now R. cathartica ). Darwin had become …
… of separate sexes. William gathered numerous specimens of R. catharticus , the only species of …
… replied with a modified list, adding Fritz Müller’s Fü r Darwin , and a recent fossil discovery in …
… selection, and with special creation ( letter from W. R. Grove, 31 August 1866 ). Hooker later …
… indeed at poor Susan’s loneliness’ ( letter from E. C. Langton to Emma and Charles Darwin, [6 and 7 …

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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… This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the …
… topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s cumulative …
… given to reprints available in John van Wyhe ed., Charles Darwin’s shorter publications, 1829-1883 …
… numbers refer to R. B. Freeman’s standard bibliography of Darwin’s works. —Extracts from …
… of His Majesty’s Ship Beagle, commanded by Capt. FitzRoy, R.N. Proceedings of the Geological …
… FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836 . By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. …
… —Remarks on the preceding paper, in a letter from Charles Darwin, Esq., to Mr. Maclaren. Edinburgh …
… FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1844. …
… FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1846. …
… Lepadidæ. Proceedings of the Geological Society 6 (1850 ): 439-40. [ Shorter publications , …
… The structure and distribution of coral reefs . By Charles Darwin. Revised edition. London: Smith, …
… History of Science 24: 133–57. Stoddart, David R. 1976. Darwin, Lyell, and the geological …
… On the history of geology: Greene, Mott C. 1982. Geology in the nineteenth century . …

Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours

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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…

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… Ever since the publication of Expression , Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The …
… of these projects would culminate in a major publication. Darwin’s botany was increasingly a …
… assisted his father’s research on movement and bloom, and Darwin in turn encouraged his son’s own …
… The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. Darwin received two elaborate photograph albums …
… from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. Closer to home, Darwin received an honorary Doctorate of …
… sites for possible earthworm activity. Now in his 69th year, Darwin remained remarkably productive, …
… no controversy. In his autobiographical reflections, Darwin remarked: ‘no little discovery of …
… (‘Recollections’, p. 419). During the winter and spring, Darwin was busy preparing the manuscript of …
… and presented to the Linnean Society of London. In the book, Darwin adopted the more recent term …
… as dimorphic without comparing pollen-grains & stigmas’, Darwin remarked to Joseph Dalton …
… measurements of the size and number of pollen-grains, Darwin compared the fertility of individual …
… primrose and purple loosestrife. In the course of his work, Darwin found a number of other …
… dreadful work making out anything about dried flowers’, Darwin complained to Asa Gray on 8 March …
… which include heterstyled species. This pleases me.’. Darwin dedicated the book to Gray, ‘as a small …
… separate publications together into a larger whole enabled Darwin to advance more speculative views …
… both pollen and seeds’ ( Forms of flowers , p. 344). Darwin was typically pessimistic about the …
… be sold’. His publisher knew from previous experience that Darwin was a poor judge of sales, and …
… after completing his manuscript of Forms of flowers , Darwin took up the problem of ‘bloom’ in …
… characteristic whose purpose was little understood. Darwin had begun studying bloom in August 1873, …
… exchanged between Down and Kew over the next six months. Darwin corresponded most often with the …
… been for your kindness, we sh d . have broken down’, Darwin wrote back on 5 September . ‘As it …
… one of the young leaves with a delicate twig’ ( letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). …
… but I think the great honour of its being printed in the R. Soc. Transactions, (sh d . the …
… larger aim was announced in the subtitle: Zeitschrift fü r einheitliche Weltanschauung auf Grund …
… ‘but found him as soft & smooth as butter’ ( letter to C. E. Norton, 16 March 1877 ). Hooker …
… I hope it may remain for centuries to come’ ( letter from C. C. Graham, 30 January 1877 ). Graham …
… of Siebold’s study of medical monstrosity ( letter from C. T. E. Siebold, 10 October 1877 ). An …
… village, he had helped to found the Down Friendly Club in 1850 and served as its treasurer for many …
… any recognition by any public bodies of England & that y r . own University w d . like to be …
… at the Senate House yesterday, with a suspended monkey &c; but I believe the cheering was more …

Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle

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'a humble toadyish follower…': Not all pictures of Darwin during the Beagle voyage are flattering. Published here for the first time is a complete transcript of a satirical account of the Beagle’s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands…

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… obtain such a one I was (in a manner) compelled to take Mr Darwin on a far too independent footing. …
… fond of Natural History”… Not all pictures of Darwin during the Beagle voyage are …
… in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands, the only coral atoll Darwin observed first-hand. The satire, …
… didn’t meet them personally, Ross took bitter exception to Darwin and FitzRoy’s later accounts of …
… Anderson John Clunies Ross’ satire, written c.1848, is a fascinating document. It is …
… captain, Robert FitzRoy and his naturalist companion Charles Darwin. Ross’ unique perspective on the …
… foreman on the one hand and the texts written by FitzRoy and Darwin on the other. We can certainly …
… but by no means least, the coral reef theories of Charles Darwin. (For that particular concern see …
… interest. Ross’ picture of both FitzRoy and Darwin on this voyage is unlike any others we …
… influenced Ross’ own enterprises. His attitude to Darwin was somewhat less resentful, but still …
… at home. Finally, according to Ross, neither man wrote well: Darwin was trite and conventional , …
… in FitzRoy’s voice, but some footnotes are signed “J.C.R.” and there are editorial interventions in …
… and are marked in roman numerals. Others relate to Darwin’s 1839 or 1845 volumes and Belcher’s …
… He went to sea first in a Greenland whaler aged thirteen, c.1800. In 1812, aged 25, while on a …
… until the late twentieth century. Alexander Hare (c.1770-1834) was a British merchant who …
… as John Murray’s publication of the new edition of Darwin’s Beagle journal was achieving success …
… frigate before resigning abruptly from active service in 1850 . The third major phase of FitzRoy’s …
… to depression and died by suicide in 1865. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) A young naturalist, …
… prone to rash speculations. Ross was conscious that Darwin was a rising star in the scientific world …
… Voyage of HMS Beagle Around the World . At Cocos Keeling, Darwin was keenly interested in the …
… criticism of his account of Cocos Keeling seems fair: Darwin did write in a highly conventional …
… to his death. Capt. Alexander Albert Sandilands, R.N. (c.1786-1832) of HMS Comet …
… Gleanings in Science . Capt Francis Harding, R.N. (1799 - 1875) In HMS Pelorus , …
… to Bencoolen in his ship Harriet . Joseph C. Raymond, a seaman from a British ship …

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