To W. B. Tegetmeier [1 February 1856]
Summary
Has been invited to see Mr Bult’s pigeons.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1856] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1821 |
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To T. H. Huxley 26 September [1857]
Summary
Agassiz’s superficiality and wretched reasoning powers. But he stirred up Europe on glaciers. Lyell has been working on their effects – testing work of others.
CD believes "Natural Systems" ought to be simply genealogical. "Time will come when we shall have true genealogical trees of each great kingdom of nature."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 26 Sept [1857] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 54) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2143 |
To Leonard Jenyns 17 October [1839]
Summary
Discusses details of arrangements for descriptions and engravings [for Fish].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
| Date: | 17 Oct [1839] |
| Classmark: | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-539 |
To Richard Owen 25 August [1841–2]
Summary
Sends elephant tooth from Africa. Suggests it may be interesting in light of his [mistaken] memory of Cuvier’s opinion about tusk brought from Peru by Humboldt.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Owen |
| Date: | 25 Aug [1841-2] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections Owen correspondence 9/207) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-608 |
To John Scott 2 July [1863]
Summary
CD’s great interest in JS’s work on fertility of Primula crosses.
Thanks for Passiflora trials.
"By no means modify even in slightest degree any result."
CD wishes he had counted rather than weighed Primula seeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 2 July [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: B79; Linnean Society of London (Quentin Keynes collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4229 |
To Susan Darwin [4 September 1831]
Summary
Spent preceding day with Henslow; much to be done. A friend, Alexander Charles Wood, has written to Capt. FitzRoy about CD. Peacock offered appointment as Beagle naturalist first to Leonard Jenyns, who almost accepted, as did Henslow himself. CD will talk to Capt. Francis Beaufort [Hydrographer] and FitzRoy. Thanks all his family.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Sept 1831] |
| Classmark: | DAR 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-115 |
To J. D. Hooker 15 [May 1860]
Summary
Lyell, de facto, first to stress importance of geological changes for geographical distribution.
Asa Gray has given CD too much credit for theories of geographical distribution.
Reaction to hostile criticism
and debt to Lyell, Huxley, JDH, and W. B. Carpenter.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 15 [May 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2802 |
To J. D. Hooker 7 March [1862]
Summary
CD wishes he could sympathise with Asa Gray’s politics.
Orchids to appear soon.
Pre-glacial Arctic distribution.
Work on floral dimorphism.
High opinion of Buckle as a writer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 7 Mar [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 185 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3468 |
To Basil Hall 15 March 1840
Summary
Discussion of the geology of Coquimbo, Chile.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Basil Hall |
| Date: | 15 Mar 1840 |
| Classmark: | Musée royal de Mariemont, Belgium (Aut. 1061/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-558F |
To J. J. Weir 17 March [1870]
Summary
CD thinks JJW’s account [in 7137] is significant for a theory of generation and should go to some scientific society; suggests additional data is needed. Quotes cases of subsequent progeny apparently affected by a previous impregnation. Perhaps not prudent to allude to "despised" Pangenesis, which CD fully believes will have its day.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 17 Mar [1870] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7138 |
To Charles Lyell 14 January [1855]
Summary
Has found a house on Baker Street to take for a month.
Mentions Daniel Sharpe’s study of the Grampians.
Association of various metamorphic rocks and relationship of their foliation to their dip and strike. Discusses foliation of schists and its origin. Comments on fluidity of gneiss and schists.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 14 Jan [1855] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.111) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1630 |
To J. S. Henslow [c. 26 October –] 24 November [1832]
Summary
A French collector [Alcide d’Orbigny] has been at the Rio Negro and will probably have "taken the cream". CD’s luck with fossil bones, among them a large extinct armadillo-like animal. Describes some birds, toads, Crustacea, and other marine specimens. Nearly all plants flowering at Bahia Blanca were collected. Is sending two large casks of fossil bones by packet.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [c. 26 Oct –] 24 Nov [1832] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 14 DAR/1/1/14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-192 |
To J. S. Henslow 12 November 1833
Summary
Is sending a cargo of specimens – birds’ skins, small quadrupeds, and fossil bones.
Describes his overland trip from Rio Negro to Buenos Aires and his expedition to Santa Fé.
Asks for mineralogical works to help him with the volcanic rocks of the west coast.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 12 Nov 1833 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 20 DAR/1/1/20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-229 |
To J. D. Hooker 25 February [1862]
Summary
Admires JDH’s paper on Arctic plants ["Distribution of Arctic plants", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 23 (1862): 251–348]. Such papers compel people to reflect on modification of species;
JDH will be driven to a cooled globe.
Serious erratum in paper.
New and original evidence in case of Greenland. Its flora requires accidental means of transport by ice and currents.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 Feb [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 144 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3458 |
To Robert Waring Darwin [23 October 1825]
Summary
First days in Edinburgh.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Waring Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Oct 1825] |
| Classmark: | DAR 154: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-16 |
To Bartholomäus von Carneri 28 July 1877
Summary
Thanks BvC for his letter and will read the references concerning instinct.
"I can see that the discussion of the Philosophy of Evolution is at present very important."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Bartholomäus von Carneri |
| Date: | 28 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | Wienbibliothek im Rathaus, Handschriftensammlung (Kryptonachlass of von Carneri) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11077F |
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- … of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. Edited by …
To Albany Hancock [26 January – March 1850]
Summary
Discusses mollusc specimens and related notes sent to AH. Thanks him for cirripede specimens. Discusses various cirripede species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albany Hancock |
| Date: | [26 Jan – Mar 1850] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1311 |
To Augustus Addison Gould 3 September [1848]
Summary
Describes his research on cirripedes. Asks to borrow specimens. Comments on previous work on the subject.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Augustus Addison Gould |
| Date: | 3 Sept [1848] |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Augustus A. Gould papers, 1831–66 MS Am 1210: 224) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1200 |
To F. T. Buckland 11 December [1864]
Summary
Asks for comparison of otter-hounds’ feet with those of other dogs.
Changes in oysters.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Trevelyan (Frank) Buckland |
| Date: | 11 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 7 (EH 88206059) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4713 |
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- … of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. Edited by …
To J. S. Henslow 9 [September 1831]
Summary
All is settled – nothing can now alter CD’s determination. Details of plan and arrangements. Beaufort believes CD’s collections should be presented to some public body. CD thinks a large central collection best for natural history. Is busy getting advice and information from Yarrell and Capt. P. P. King for the voyage.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 9 [Sept 1831] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 5 DAR/1/1/5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-123 |
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- … are taken by collectors. A copy of the second edition (1821) is in Darwin Library–CUL. …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (96) |
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| Henslow, J. S. | (4) |
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Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
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…
Matches: 30 hits
- … 7 read Decandolle Philosophie [A. P. de Candolle 1821] Decandolle on Geograph …
- … has written naturalist travels in Arkansas [Nuttall 1821].— [DAR *119: 11v.] The …
- … Sir Ker Porter’s Travels in Caucasus [R. K. Porter 1821–2] praised by Silliman poor Cyclop. …
- … Encyclop: German d[itt]o; 32 Dict. des Sci: Nat: [Massey 1821 and Duméril 1821] Encyclop …
- … [Weissenborn 1838] Smiths grammar [J. E. Smith 1821] & introduct of Botany [J. E. Smith …
- … Hybrid Yak.— Steudel Botan. Nomenclature [Steudel 1821–4]. Synonym of every plant & …
- … [M. Somerville 1848] Trials Martineau [J. Martineau 1821] (read) Letters of L d . …
- … [Staunton 1797] Kotzebue’s two voyages [Kotzebue 1821 and 1830]— skimmed well Lutke’s …
- … with reference to a paper on the extinct Beavers [Neill 1821] Decemb. Several more of …
- … [Carlyle 1839] Feb 2 d Davys Ceylon [J. Davy 1821]— Skimmed.— 5 th Sonnerats …
- … Skimmed Sir. R. K. Porter’s Travel to Persia [R. K. Porter 1821–2]— poor— 23 d . Bacon’s …
- … Some old Travels in Porter’s Collect. [R. K. Porter 1821–2]— [DAR 119: 11a] 1841 …
- … Lathams History of Birds. vol on Pigeons & Fowls [J. Latham 1821–8]. 8. Owen’s Lectures …
- … memoir read before the Académie des Sciences on 19 February 1821. The memoir was not printed in the …
- … de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, pendant l’année 1821″, p. 167. 83 CD began this …
- … in His Majesty’s Ships Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826. Under the command of Capt. W …
- … Paris. 1816–45. *119: 1v.; 119: 16a ——. 1821. Elements of the philosophy of plants . …
- … Davy. London. [Other eds.] 119: 4a Davy, John. 1821. An account of the interior of …
- … *119: 22v. Duméril, André Marie Constant. 1821. Hybride ou Hibride [Entom.]. In vol. 22, pp …
- … shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 1820, 1821, and 1822 . London. [Other eds.] …
- … in DAR 116.] 119: 10a Kotzebue, Otto von. 1821. Entdeckungs-Reise in die Süd-See …
- … Linnaea 4: 405–34. *119: 4v. Latham, John. 1821–8. A general history of birds. 11 …
- … on a series of annual journeys between … 1811 and 1821 … In six letters to Sir Walter Scott, …
- … . 2 vols. London. 119: 23b Martineau, John. 1821. Remarks on a communication in the …
- … 46: 40–52. 119: facing IFC Massey, —. 1821. Hybride [plante]. In vol. 22, p. 85, of …
- … Encyclopaedia . Edinburgh. *119: 12v. ——. 1821. Account of some fossil remains of the …
- … by W. B. Clarke. London. 128: 9 Nuttall, Thomas. 1821. A journal of travels into the …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 17v. Porter, Robert Ker. 1821–2. Travels in Georgia, Persia, …
- … . London. [Darwin Library.] *119: 14v. ——. 1821. A grammar of botany, illustrative of …
- … vols. London. 119: 21b Steudel, Ernest Gottlieb. 1821–4. Nomenclator botanicus …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
Summary
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. …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
Summary
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.…
Books on the Beagle
Summary
The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
Matches: 7 hits
- … come from that author’s Exposition méthodique (1821). The elimination of these three …
- … Elements of the philosophy of plants . Edinburgh, 1821. (DAR 30.2: 162v.). Colnett, …
- … on the coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico for the years 1820, 1821, 1822. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1824. …
- … Straits . . . Translated by H. E. Lloyd. 3 vols. London, 1821. ( Narrative 2: 523). § …
- … méthodique des genres de l’ordre des polypiers. Paris, 1821. (DAR 30.1: 13v.; letter to J. S. …
- … useful to the arts and sciences . . . 2d ed. Edinburgh, 1821. (DAR 30.1: 30). Darwin Library–CUL. …
- … Transactions of the Geological Society of London 5 (1821): 516–44. (DAR 34.2: 150v.). …
Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage
Summary
Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…
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- … group of curious letters written to his 'Dear Friend' in 1821 (published in …
George Keen
Summary
George Keen (1794–1884) was born in England. He had arrived in Buenos Aires by 1820, making him one of the earliest settlers from Britain. In 1821 he married Mary Yates (1802/3–72), the sister of John, William and Elizabeth Yates, another family of early…
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- … making him one of the earliest settlers from Britain. In 1821 he married Mary Yates (1802/3–72), the …
Edward Lumb
Summary
Edward Lumb was born in Yorkshire. According to the memoirs of his daughter Anne, Lady Macdonell, he travelled to Buenos Aires aged sixteen with his merchant uncle, Charles Poynton, and after some fortunate enterprises set up in business there. In 1833…
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- … who had an estate at Quilmes, just outside Buenos Aires. In 1821 Mrs Lumb’s sister Mary Yates (1802 …
History of the Project
Summary
The Darwin Correspondence Project was founded in 1974 by an American scholar, Frederick Burkhardt, with the help of Sydney Smith, a zoologist in the University of Cambridge (UK), and of Fred's wife, Anne Schlabach Burkhardt. They set out to locate all…
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- … with nearly 2000 correspondents around the world between 1821 and Darwin's death in 1882 have …
John Stevens Henslow
Summary
The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at Cambridge University, were among the most significant of his life. It was a letter from Henslow that brought Darwin the invitation to sail round the world as…
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- … He launched his plant collecting quite suddenly in March 1821, and by the end of the year had …
Interview with Pietro Corsi
Summary
Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
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- … in the early 1820s: ’23, ’24. Napoleon dies in March 1821. In France there is almost no [immediate] …
The death of Anne Elizabeth Darwin
Summary
Charles and Emma Darwin’s eldest daughter, Annie, died at the age of ten in 1851. Emma was heavily pregnant with their fifth son, Horace, at the time and could not go with Charles when he took Annie to Malvern to consult the hydrotherapist, Dr Gully.…
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- … Darwin was six years younger than Anne. 7 Syme 1821, now in the Darwin Library—CUL. …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
Summary
Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
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- … perfectly fertile. Page 276, par. 2, lines 18–21, substitute for ‘again there . . . …
