To Daniel Oliver 15 June [1864]
Summary
L. H. Palm [Über das Winden der Pflanzen (1827)] is better on climbing plants than H. von Mohl [Über den Bau und das Winden der Ranken und Schlingpflanzen (1827)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 15 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 49 (EH 88206032) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4536 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To Daniel Oliver 15 June [1864] …
- … DAR 261.10: 49 (EH 88206032) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 June [1864] Daniel Oliver …
- … between this letter and the letter from Daniel Oliver, 14 June 1864 . See letter to Daniel …
- … Oliver , [ c. 10 June 1864], and letter from …
- … Daniel Oliver, 14 June 1864 . Oliver had given CD the …
- … reference to Mohl 1827 in his letters of [1 April 1864] and …
- … 14 June 1864. In ‘Climbing plants’ , CD cited the work extensively; he credited Hugo von …
- … See letter from Daniel Oliver, [1 April 1864] and n. 5. The reference is to Beer 1863 , …
- … p. 3. See letter to Daniel Oliver, 18 March [1864] and nn. 5 …
- … and 9, and letter from Daniel Oliver, 18 June 1864 . Joseph Dalton Hooker had sent CD some …
- … See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 June [1864] and n. 5. CD refers to Ueber das Winden …
To Hugh Falconer 8 November [1864]
Summary
Gratified to receive Copley Medal. Cannot attend anniversary [of Royal Society]. Would HF receive medal for him?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
| Date: | 8 Nov [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4664 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Hugh Falconer 8 November [1864] …
- … DAR 144: 36 Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Nov [1864] Hugh Falconer …
- … between this letter and the letter from Hugh Falconer, 7 November [1864] . See …
- … letter from Hugh Falconer, 7 November [1864] and nn. 3 and 4. …
- … See letter from Edward Sabine, 3 November 1864 . The letter to Edward Sabine communicating …
- … Royal Society, Council minutes, 23 June 1864; see also Appendix IV). CD’s letter to Sabine …
- … the Council of the Royal Society of London in 1864 (Royal Society, Council minutes). Busk …
- … the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society on 30 November 1864 (see Proceedings of the …
- … Royal Society of London 13 (1864): 510). CD refers to Charles Lyell and Thomas Henry …
- … Post Office London directory 1865). See letter from E. A. Darwin, 1 December 1864 . …
To Richard Kippist 24 November [1864]
Summary
CD sends [to the Linnean Society] a paper "On one of the most curious orchids in the world" [read J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 9 (1865): 156–62]. [See 4680].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Kippist |
| Date: | 24 Nov [1864] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4678 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Richard Kippist 24 November [1864] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Nov [1864] Richard Kippist …
- … Bibliography Trimen, Roland. 1864. On the structure of Bonatea speciosa , Linn. sp. , …
- … to its fertilisation. [Read 1 December 1864. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) …
- … The paper was read at the Linnean Society on 1 December 1864, and later published in …
- … the Society’s Journal ( Trimen 1864 ). See …
- … letter to Roland Trimen, 25 November 1864 and nn. 1 and 2. CD refers to the Council of …
- … that accompanied Trimen’s published paper had six figures (see Trimen 1864 , tab. 1). …
To John Scott 8 January [1864]
Summary
Glad correspondent’s paper went well.
Poor health and much work forces CD to be brief.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 8 Jan [1864] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13882 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To John Scott 8 January [1864] …
- … Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Jan [1864] John Scott …
- … by the relationship of this letter to the letters from John Scott , 7 January [1864] and [ …
- … 13 January 1864] . …
- … With his letter of 7 January [1864] , Scott included a note about a point discussed in the …
- … manuscript of Scott 1864a (see letter from John Scott, 7 January [1864] and enclosure 1). …
- … See letter from John Scott, 7 January [1864] and nn. 12–14. …
- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) for 8 January 1864 recorded ‘4. am–’ and ‘8– am. ’, the times at …
To John Scott 20 May [1864]
Summary
Corrects his former account of cowslips.
The delay in the publication of JS’s Primula paper.
Delights in JS’s experimentation on Verbascum which confirms [C. F.] Gärtner’s statements.
Should be pleased if JS would accept offer of help.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 20 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4504G |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To John Scott 20 May [1864] …
- … Archæological Society (1908): 67 Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 May [1864] John Scott …
- … assistance on several occasions (see letter to John Scott, 9 April 1864 , and letter from …
- … John Scott, 5 May [1864] ). See also letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 25 April [1864] and n. 4. …
- … and the letter from John Scott, 16 May [1864] , and by the reference to Scott’s Primula …
- … red cowslip seedlings in a letter dated 8 May 1864; the letter has not been found ( …
- … see letter from John Scott, 16 May [1864] and n. 4). The reference is …
- … Linnean Society ( Botany ) in September 1864 ( General index to the Journal of the Linnean …
- … crosses to affinities in colour (see letter from John Scott, 16 May [1864] and n. 10). CD …
- … vi). See letter from John Scott, 16 May [1864] and n. 9. CD refers to Karl Friedrich von …
To John Scott 21 May [1864]
Summary
Encloses an extract from a letter received from [J. D.] Hooker which suggests a job opportunity in India. Advises careful reflection about the risks and the need for a character recommendation. Would like to support the costs of the voyage and initial living expenses.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 21 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 67–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4505F |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To John Scott 21 May [1864] …
- … Archæological Society (1908): 67–8 Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 May [1864] John Scott …
- … 16 May [1864] ). Scott completed the first of these papers ( Scott 1864d ) before his …
- … between this letter, the letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 May 1864 , and the letter from …
- … John Scott, 28 May [1864] . The enclosure has not been found, but it was …
- … Dalton Hooker’s letter to CD of 19 May 1864 , in which he had offered to assist Scott to …
- … see letter from John Scott, 10 March 1864 ). For an indication of the references that …
- … see the letter from John Scott, 28 May [1864] . Without Scott’s knowledge, Balfour had …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 6 April 1864 and enclosure). CD gave Scott £25 to purchase …
- … second letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] ); this was the first of three gifts that CD …
- … made to Scott (see also letter from John Scott, 2 August 1864 , and letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, [16 August 1864] , n. 2). CD refers to Scott’s …
- … Disemma , and Tacsonia , and on Verbascum (see letters from John Scott , 5 May [1864] and …
To J. D. Hooker [1 April 1864]
Summary
Proposes to support John Scott in research on relative fertility and self-incompatibility of plants. CD would pay him for a year or two but wants JDH to give him research facilities at Kew.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [1 Apr 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 226a–b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4444 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [1 April 1864] …
- … DAR 115: 226a–b Charles Robert Darwin Down [1 Apr 1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … See letter from John Scott, 28 March 1864 . William Jackson Hooker was Hooker’s father and …
- … Letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 March 1864 . CD probably sent Hooker …
- … John Scott’s postscript to his letter of 28 March 1864 (see letter to …
- … Daniel Oliver, 31 March [1864] ). Scott had first written to CD about his experiments with …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 April 1864 ; Desmond and Hepper 1993, pp. 6–7; and …
- … that of curator. At the beginning of April 1864, this post was held by John Smith (1798– …
- … 1863] , and this volume, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 , and first letter from …
- … John Scott, 10 June [1864] ; see also letter from …
- … John Scott, 20 June [1864] ). Scott did not publish this research, nor was it cited in CD’ …
- … example, letter from John Scott, 7 January [1864] ). Scott also discussed his results on …
- … of orchids in his letter of 28 March 1864 ; he published these in Scott 1864b (see also …
- … 1867 (see letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and n. 21). On educational opportunities …
To John William Lubbock 28 [June 1856 – January 1865?]
Summary
Regrets he cannot accept dinner invitation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John William Lubbock, 3d baronet |
| Date: | 28 [June 1856 - Jan 1865] |
| Classmark: | The Royal Society (LUB: D26) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1880 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … 28 July 1863 28 Aug 1863 28 Sept 1863 28 Oct 1863 28 Nov 1863 28 Dec 1863 28 Jan 1864 28 …
- … Feb 1864 28 …
- … Mar 1864 28 …
- … Apr 1864 28 …
- … May 1864 28 …
- … June 1864 28 …
- … July 1864 28 …
- … Aug 1864 28 …
- … Sept 1864 28 …
- … Oct 1864 28 …
- … Nov 1864 28 …
- … Dec 1864 28 Jan 1865 John William Lubbock, 3d baronet …
To Ernst Haeckel [after 10] August – 8 October [1864]
Summary
Can understand EH’s feelings on death of his wife.
CD was impressed by manner in which species in South America are replaced by closely allied ones, by affinity of species inhabiting islands near S. America, and by relation of living Edentata and Rodentia to extinct species. When he read Malthus On population, the idea of natural selection flashed on him.
Agrees with EH’s remarks on Kölliker ["Darwin’sche Schöpfungstheorie", Z. Wiss. Zool. 14 (1864): 174–86].
Asks EH to thank Carl Gegenbaur [for Vergleichende Anatomie der Wirbelthiere (1864)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | [after 10] Aug – 8 Oct [1864] |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A–Abt. 1: 1–52/5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4631 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … to thank Carl Gegenbaur [for Vergleichende Anatomie der Wirbelthiere (1864)]. …
- … To Ernst Haeckel [after 10] August – 8 October [1864] …
- … Robert Darwin Down [after 10] Aug – 8 Oct [1864] Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel …
- … on Kölliker ["Darwin’sche Schöpfungstheorie", Z. Wiss. Zool. 14 (1864): 174–86]. Asks EH …
- … and the letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 August 1864 . Emma Darwin wrote the letter and dated …
- … signed it and added the date ‘Oct 8 th . ’ Letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 August 1864 . See …
- … letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 August 1864 and n. 4. …
- … s wife, Anna Sethe , died on 16 February 1864. CD accompanied Captain Robert FitzRoy on …
- … superficial (see Variation 2: 13 n. ). Early in 1864, CD had received a copy of Haeckel’s …
- … See letter to Ernst Haeckel, 9 March 1864 . There is an annotated copy of Haeckel 1864a in …
- … Press. 1985–. Flourens, Marie-Jean-Pierre. 1864. Examen du livre de M. Darwin sur l’ …
- … See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 August 1864 and n. 12. Haeckel had criticised Rudolf …
- … Huxley’s review of Kölliker 1864b and Flourens 1864 ([T. H. Huxley] 1864a; see also …
- … letter to T. H. Huxley, 3 October [1864] and n. 2). …
- … Carl Gegenbaur discussed the bones of the hindleg of toads in Gegenbaur 1864, pp. 59–67. …
- … CD’s copy of Gegenbaur 1864 is in the Darwin Library–Down (see Marginalia 1: …
- … is an undated note relating to Gegenbaur 1864 in DAR 205.5: 198. CD was interested in the …
To John Scott 9 February [1864]
Summary
Bentham so impressed with JS’s paper that he is invited to become Associate Member of Linnean Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 9 Feb [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: B17–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4405 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To John Scott 9 February [1864] …
- … DAR 93: B17–19 Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Feb [1864] John Scott …
- … read at the Linnean Society on 4 February 1864. The enclosure from Richard Kippist , the …
- … Linnean Society (see letter from John Scott, 7 January [1864] and nn. 2–5). See letter …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, [before 9 February 1864] and n. 3). Though India was not then …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 5 February 1864 . George Bentham delivered this message to CD through …
- … J. D. Hooker, [before 9 February 1864] ). From 1861 onwards, the number of associates …
- … from J. D. Hooker, [before 9 February 1864] and n. 3, and List of the Linnean Society …
- … from J. D. Hooker, [before 9 February 1864] and n. 3). The 1862 resolution was not …
- … Hooker proposed Scott for associateship in 1864 (see n. 6, above, and letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 29 March 1864 ), or later; after …
- … Scott left in August 1864 for India, Hooker informed CD that a bye-law restricted …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 26[–8] October 1864 and n. 15). In fact, the bye-law restricted …
To J. D. Hooker [16 August 1864]
Summary
Scott would be very welcome at Down for a short visit.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [16 Aug 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 244 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4592 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [16 August 1864] …
- … DAR 115: 244 Charles Robert Darwin Down [16 Aug 1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … of Down. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 August 1864] , n. 2. Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
- … 242) records ‘C. attack of sickness | better in afternoon’ on 8 August 1864. …
- … letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 August 1864] . CD describes John Scott’ …
- … s visit in his letter to Hooker of [23 August 1864] . It is …
- … likely that Scott visited Down on 18 August 1864. CD’s Account book–cash account (Down …
To Daniel Oliver 15 December [1864]
Summary
Requests addresses of J. E. Planchon, W. F. Hofmeister and M. J. Schleiden so he can send them copies of Lythrum paper [Collected papers 2: 106–31].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 15 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 62 (EH 88206045) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4716 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To Daniel Oliver 15 December [1864] …
- … DAR 261.10: 62 (EH 88206045) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Dec [1864] Daniel Oliver …
- … University Press. 1985–. Crüger, Hermann. 1864. A few notes on the fecundation of …
- … and their morphology. [Read 3 March 1864. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 8 ( …
- … of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 7 (1864): 69–83. [ Collected papers 2: 93–105. ] …
- … letter from Daniel Oliver, 16 December 1864 . CD refers to Jules Emile Planchon, Wilhelm …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix IV. Hermann Crüger died in Trinidad on 28 February 1864. …
- … The paper referred to is Crüger 1864 (see letter from …
- … Hermann Crüger, 21 January 1864 ). CD had arranged for its publication …
- … see letter to Daniel Oliver, 17 February [1864] and nn. 3 and 5). The letter was written …
- … By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 June 1864. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 8 ( …
To Roland Trimen 13 May 1864
Summary
Oxalis plants have arrived safely [see 4347].
CD regrets his mistake about Disa; will correct it.
Thanks RT for his additional facts about Disa.
Is recovering slowly from ten months’ illness.
Asks whether Strelitzia reginae grows in gardens at the Cape. Suspects it must be fertilised by a bird.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Roland Trimen |
| Date: | 13 May 1864 |
| Classmark: | Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 59) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4493 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To Roland Trimen 13 May 1864 …
- … Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 59) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 May 1864 Roland Trimen …
- … long, narrow, curved bills. See also letter to Roland Trimen, 25 November 1864 and n. 7. …
- … Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. May 13 1864 My dear M r Trimen I received your letter of …
- … See also letter from Henry Trimen, 10 May 1864 . James McGibbon was superintendent of the …
- … review in his unbound copy of the April 1864 issue in the Darwin Archive–CUL. CD refers to …
- … of literature, science, and the arts. In 1864 the editor-in-chief was William Fraser Rae . …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [1864] and n. 17. In Cross and self fertilisation , p. …
- … June 1863. ] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 7 (1864): 144–7. …
- … are in DAR 109. See also letter to George Bentham, 7 July [1864] , and letter to …
- … Roland Trimen, 25 November 1864 . CD published his observations on dimorphism in Oxalis in …
- … presumably sent in his missing letter to CD of 14 March 1864 . In Orchids 2d ed. , p. …
- … CD noted that Trimen had written to him in 1864 with the information that of seventy-eight …
- … butterflies ( Trimen 1862 ) in the April 1864 issue of the Natural History Review ([Bates] …
To Friedrich Hildebrand 25 June [1864]
Summary
Thanks for orchids.
Recovering from nine months’ illness.
Discusses fertilisation of Pulmonaria.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
| Date: | 25 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | Courtesy of Eilo Hildebrand (photocopy) (Original, previously owned by Klaus Groove, sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4545 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … To Friedrich Hildebrand 25 June [1864] …
- … 2018. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 June [1864] Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) …
- … By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 June 1864. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 8 ( …
- … established by the reference to the letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 21 June 1864 . See …
- … from Friedrich Hildebrand, 21 June 1864 and nn. 2 and 3. In his review of Orchids , …
- … E. Darwin, 14 May [1864] . See …
- … letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 21 June 1864 and n. 9. In Hildebrand 1866 , Hildebrand …
- … 28, 29, 33). See letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 21 June 1864 and n. 5. CD refers to ‘ …
- … of Lythrum salicaria ’ . See letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 21 June 1864 and n. 7. …
- … letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 21 June 1864 and n. 11. Hildebrand’s observations on …
- … CUL. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1864] and n. 19. See letter …
- … from L. C. Wedgwood, [6 June 1864] and n. …
- … letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 21 June 1864 and n. 11. Hildebrand’s observations of …
- … forms of Pulmonaria angustifolia in June 1864, and by July had concluded that the long- …
- … see, for example, letter from W. E. Darwin, 14 April [1864] and n. 1, and letter to W. …
To W. E. Darwin [14–17 May 1864]
Summary
Instructions on measuring pollen of dimorphic plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [14–17 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: A3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4479 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To W. E. Darwin [14–17 May 1864] …
- … DAR 97: A3 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [14–17 May 1864] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … as CD had mentioned in his letter of 14 May [1864] ; William responded to CD’s request to …
- … observe the pollen dry in his letter of 18 May [1864] . See also letter from H. E. …
- … Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [18 May 1864] . William had already sketched pollen for CD from …
- … red cowslip (see memorandum from W. E. Darwin, [30 April 1864] and nn. 3 and 4). In his …
- … letters to W. E. Darwin of 3 May [1864] and …
- … 5 May [1864] , CD had asked William to soak the yellow cowslip pollen the longest before …
- … styled Pulmonaria flower-buds, see the letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 May [1864] and n. 6). …
To J. D. Hooker 30 May [1864]
Summary
Forwards two character references for John Scott, for position JDH is arranging in India.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 30 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 234 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4515 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 30 May [1864] …
- … DAR 115: 234 Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 May [1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 19 May 1864 and nn. 2, 4, and 5. CD refers to Thomas Anderson , …
- … of the Calcutta botanic garden (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 May 1864 and n. 2). …
- … enclosed with his letter of 28 May [1864] testimonials from his previous supervisors, John …
- … has not been found. In his letter of 19 May 1864 , Hooker had offered to write to several …
- … was then living in Denholm, Scotland (see letter from John Scott, 28 May [1864] ). See …
- … letter to John Scott, 21 May [1864] and n. 5. See letter …
To John Hutton Balfour 15 September [1864]
Summary
Inquires which nurserymen near Edinburgh cultivate coloured primroses and cowslips. Wants to repeat John Scott’s remarkable experiments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Hutton Balfour |
| Date: | 15 Sept [1864] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (Balfour papers) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4613 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To John Hutton Balfour 15 September [1864] …
- … Edinburgh (Balfour papers) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Sept [1864] John Hutton Balfour …
- … Down on 18 August before sailing for India on 26 August 1864 (see letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [15 August 1864] , and letters to J. …
- … D. Hooker, [16 August 1864] and n. …
- … 2, and [23 August 1864] ). …
- … see the letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] and nn. 11, 13, and 14, and letter to …
- … J. D. Hooker, 13 September [1864] . Scott probably visited CD at …
To John Lubbock 21 December [1864]
Summary
The Copley medal. Sabine’s Presidential Address and Huxley’s response.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 21 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 60 (EH 88206504) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4721 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To John Lubbock 21 December [1864] …
- … Huxley to J. D. Hooker, 3 December 1864 . See also Appendix IV. Lubbock 1865b . …
- … 88206504) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Dec [1864] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron …
- … letter and the letter from John Lubbock, 20 December 1864 . CD refers to Edward Sabine’s …
- … address to the Royal Society of London delivered on 30 November 1864 (see letter from …
- … John Lubbock, 20 December 1864 and n. 1). For Thomas Henry Huxley’s response to Sabine’ …
- … see the letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1864 , and the letter from T. H. …
To Daniel Oliver 17 September [1864]
Summary
Glad that Oliver is to review John Scott’s paper in the Natural History Review (Scott 1864a). Apologises that his enclosed references (now missing) are so paltry.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 17 Sept [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 119 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4615F |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To Daniel Oliver 17 September [1864] …
- … DAR 185: 119 Charles Robert Darwin 17 Sept [1864] Down Daniel Oliver …
- … on reciprocal dimorphism, see the letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] and n. 15. …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 September 1864 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 16 September 1864 . CD refers to Scott 1864a and to the Natural History …
- … see the letter from John Scott, 7 January [1864] and nn. 3 and 4. The enclosure has not …
- … By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 June 1864. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 8 ( …
- … of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 7 (1864): 69–83. [ Collected papers 2: 93–105. ] …
- … see the enclosure to the letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] , and the letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 13 September [1864] . See also the brief review of Scott …
- … the Natural History Review for October 1864, p. 640. CD defined ‘reciprocal dimorphism’ …
To J. D. Hooker [5 August 1864]
Summary
JDH’s visit stimulates CD’s interest in his own work. Encloses list of queries on climbing plants. [Missing]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [5 Aug 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 242a, 242c |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4576 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [5 August 1864] …
- … DAR 115: 242a, 242c Charles Robert Darwin Down [5 Aug 1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … 1: 590–4). Beer 1863 . See memorandum to J. D. Hooker, [24 July 1864? ] and n. 12. …
- … Hooker probably sent the book on 3 August 1864 (see letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [4–]6 August 1864 and n. 5). For Hooker’ …
- … employment for John Scott , see the letter from John Scott, 29 July [1864] and n. 7. …
- … to ‘Beer on orchids’ (see n. 6, below). Hooker had visited Down on 24 July 1864. In a …
- … letter to Asa Gray of 29 July 1864 , Hooker wrote: ‘I spent last Sunday with Darwin. He is …
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Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives the …
- … Darwin corresponded little during the first three months of 1864, dictating nearly all his letters …
- … had consulted in 1863. In a letter of 26[–7] March [1864] , Darwin exclaimed to his close friend, …
- … letters of advice from Jenner. In a letter of 15 December [1864] to the surgeon and naturalist …
- … his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of 30 November [1864] , ‘the Copley being open to all …
- … five years earlier. His primary botanical preoccupation in 1864 was climbing plants. He had become …
- … ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] , Darwin wrote to Hooker: ‘The …
- … produce tendrils’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1864] ). Darwin’s excitement about his …
- … & therefore sacred’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 June [1864] ). When Darwin asked Oliver …
- … light of axioms’ ( letter from Daniel Oliver, [17 March 1864] ). Though Darwin replied with his …
- … . . .’ When he told Asa Gray in a letter of 29 October [1864] that he was continuing to study …
- … addition to his work on climbing plants, Darwin engaged in 1864 in botanical observations and …
- … were produced. Continuing from these earlier studies, in 1864 he conducted crossing experiments …
- … in causing sterility both within and between species in his 1864 paper, ‘Three forms of Lythrum …
- … trimorphic Lythrum , and when his health permitted in 1864 he drew up the results (see …
- … Darwin remarked to Hooker in a letter of 26 November [1864] that nothing had interested him so …
- … species with the common oxlip. In a letter of 22 October [1864] , Darwin triumphantly wrote to …
- … flowers ). A household enterprise Darwin’s 1864 correspondence with family members …
- … Forms of flowers . The greatest assistance in 1864, however, was provided by William, Darwin …
- … minute and painstaking observations, writing on 14 April [1864] , ‘I can do as much pollen work …
- … letter from Emma and Charles Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [20 May 1864] ), or his excitement when he …
- … for my stomach’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 17 February [1864] ). Darwin was also impressed …
- … to inspire the research of others as well; he influenced the 1864 publication of a paper by another …
- … publish his new material on them. Nevertheless, his work in 1864 contributed to his 1869 paper …
- … continuing identification of insect pollinators in 1864 and following years. John Scott again …
- … on the orchid Oncidium to the Linnean Society in 1864 (Scott 1864b). Recognising Scott’s skills …
- … paid by Darwin himself ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [1 April 1864] ). Hooker’s series of …
- … over them’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 April 1864] ). Hooker warned Darwin: ‘Do pray …
- … careful treatment’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 April 1864 ). Nevertheless, Hooker solicited and …
- … hastening the fall’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 April 1864 ). In his reply of 25 April [1864] …
Darwin's health
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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
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- … of a fashionable spinal ice treatment. In April 1864, Darwin attributed his improved health to Dr …
- … gaining vigour .’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] ) Why was Darwin’s so ill? …
- … vol. 12, letter to F. T. Buckland, 15 December [1864] ). On Darwin’s early stomach …
- … vol. 4). Throughout the winter of 1863 and spring of 1864, he was sick almost daily (see …
- … Chapman. In a letter to J. D. Hooker, [20-] 22 February [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), …
- … in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) on several occasions in 1864 and 1865. ‘Bad hysteria & sickness …
- … 12, letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1864] . Treatments and medications …
- … doses of chalk, magnesia, and other antacids in March 1864 (see Emma Darwin’s diary, DAR 242, and n. …
- … vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] ). …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … an important focus for his experiments. By the spring of 1864, he was thinking of expansion, telling …
- … vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March 1864 ). The plan was quickly set in motion, and …
- … the work, while William Ledger did the building. By August 1864, he had spent £126 10s. on the new …
- … was replaced after Darwin’s death, and one section of the 1864 greenhouse was subsequently …
- … vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [25 January 1864] ). In view of the importance of Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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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…
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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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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- … W. E. Darwin's observations on Pulmonaria , 14 April [1864] Ernst Haeckel's …
Natural Science and Femininity
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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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- … Letter 4377 - Haeckel, E. P. A. to Darwin, [2 January 1864] Haeckel sends Darwin some …
- … Letter 4436 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [26-27 March 1864] Darwin thanks Hooker for …
- … Letter 4469 - Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, [20 April 1864] Hooker discusses the scientific …
- … Letter 4472 - Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, [26 or 27 April 1864] Hooker once again discusses …
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
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- … for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Annual Report, 1864, p. 32; Animal World , 1 February …
- … with the RSPCA; however, the RSPCA Annual Report for 1864 records that 'a benevolent lady, …
- … the Royal Horticultural Gardens, South Kensington, in June 1864 ( The Times , 27 May 1864, p. 11, …
- … Darwin 2: 200). Although the RSPCA considered in 1864 that many game preservers had …
- … were 'awakening to its barbarity' (RSPCA Annual Report 1864, p. 32), the use of the steel …
- … payments being recorded from 1854 to 1861, in 1863 and 1864, from 1871 to 1875, and in 1878 and 1880 …
Women’s scientific participation
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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…
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … and Scotland (Lubbock 1862a, 1862b, and 1863a). In the July 1864 issue of Natural History Review …
- … address for the British Association meeting at Bath in 1864 (C. Lyell 1864). 3 By …
- … Darwin’s theory ([Lubbock] 1863b, p. 213). In May 1864, Lubbock received a letter from …
- … 3. Letters from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, 22 February 1864 and 24 February 1864 (British …
- … 12. Letter from Hugh Falconer to John Lubbock, 24 May [1864], in (British Library, Add. MSS 49640) …
- … and gentlemen in the formation of the X Club, 1851–1864. Isis 89: 410–44. Bynum, William …
- … History Review n.s. 3: 211–19. Lubbock, John. 1864. Cave-men. Natural History Review n …
- … revised. London: John Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1864. Presidential address. Report of the …
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
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- … & succeeding in India. John Scott to Darwin, 1864. I was astounded at …
Have you read the one about....
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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 …
Science: A Man’s World?
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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
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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- … Letter 4463 — Scott, John to Darwin, C. R., 14 Apr [1864] Scott thanks Darwin for his …
- … Letter 4468 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 19 [Apr 1864] Darwin makes another plea to his …
- … Letter 4469 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., 20 Apr 1864 Hooker again refuses to help Scott, …
- … Letter 4471 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 25 Apr [1864] Darwin thinks his friend Kew …
- … Letter 4611 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 13 Sept [1864] Darwin sends abstract of John Scott …
- … Letter 4441 — Becker, Lydia to Darwin, C. R., 30 Mar 1864 Becker sends Darwin a copy of her …
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
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
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On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
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- … a period of severe illness, which improved by March 1864 under the care of the physician William …
- … his brain or heart to be ‘primarily affected’. In March 1864, Darwin began to consult Jenner, who …
- … Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864], letter from William Jenner to …
Darwin and Fatherhood
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Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten children. It is often assumed that Darwin was an exceptional Victorian father. But how extraordinary was he? The Correspondence Project allows an unusually…
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- … daughter reveal (J. D. Hooker to Darwin, 16 September 1864 ). In addition to his fears for …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … for the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1864, had staunchly supported his candidacy, …
- … to CD’s theory of transmutation, in or before November 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to …
- … ), and wrote up his results on his voyage to India in late 1864, despite suffering from sea-sickness …
- … in learned societies and in the popular press. In December 1864, George Douglas Campbell, the duke …
- … this and that modification of structure’ (G. D. Campbell 1864, pp. 275–6). Campbell argued further …
3.5 William Darwin, photo 2
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s son William, who had become a banker in Southampton, took the opportunity of a short visit home to Down House in April 1864 to photograph his father afresh. This half-length portrait was the first to show Darwin with a…
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- … the opportunity of a short visit home to Down House in April 1864 to photograph his father afresh. …
- … among the prints that William posted to his father in May 1864, since the photograph subsequently …
- … simply inscribed by hand on the back in pencil ‘C. Darwin 1864’ – the accuracy of the dating …
- … Erasmus Darwin date of creation April 1864 computer-readable date 1864-04 …
- … William Darwin’s letter to his father [19 May 1864] sending prints of his recent photograph (DCP …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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- … far more satisfied with the results. In 1860-61 and again in 1864 Charles Darwin sat for his eldest …
- … photographs of Darwin.The years between 1860 and 1864 took a physical and emotional toll on Darwin, …
- … and the Botany Libraries (left) and Charles Darwin, 1864, William Darwin, Dar 225:113, …
- … took the first portrait with his ‘venerable beard’ in 1864. Image: Charles Darwin, 1881, …
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…
