From Francis Darwin 1 and 2 May [1875]
Summary
Proofs arrived and Francis is correcting them. Tells Emma Darwin that Amy is delighted about the azaleas. The Ruck family very much like Isabella Bird’s Six months in the Sandwich Islands.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 and 2 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961F |
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- … From Francis Darwin 1 and 2 May [1875] …
- … DAR 274.1: 31 Francis Darwin Pantludw 1 May [1875] 2 …
- … May [1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Lucy Bird’s work on Hawaii ( Bird 1875 ) because he knew that Emma Darwin considered …
- … from Emma Darwin to William Darwin, [5 March 1875] (DAR 219.1: 88)). See n. 3, above. …
- … Bibliography Bird, Isabella Lucy. 1875. The Hawaiian archipelago: six months among the …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Post Office directory of the six home …
- … CD began receiving proof-sheets of Insectivorous plants in April 1875 (see letter to J. …
- … V. Carus, 19 April [1875] , and letter from R. …
- … F. Cooke, 21 April 1875 ). Francis had received the proofs of …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, 30 April [1875] ). CD had asked Francis to correct an error …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, 30 April [1875] ). This does not correlate with page 86 of …
From Francis Darwin [13 December 1875]
Summary
[The black-balling of Edwin Ray Lankester by the Linnean Society] is a most scandalous shame. Will arrange for his own admission to fellowship of the Society.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Dec 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10362F |
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- … From Francis Darwin [13 December 1875] …
- … DAR 274.1: 30 Francis Darwin - [13 Dec 1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … pathology of inflammation in December 1875; the first, on the development of the doctrine …
- … three on alternate days ( British Medical Journal 2 (1875): 741). Erasmus Alvey Darwin . …
- … CD was in London from 10 to 20 December 1875 (see Correspondence vol. 23, Appendix II); he …
- … letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 20 December [1875] (DAR 239.23: 1.39)). …
- … the letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 December 1875] ( Correspondence vol. 23), and the dates of …
- … related to the blackballing on 2 December 1875 of Edwin Ray Lankester’s proposed election …
- … Correspondence vol. 23, letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 December 1875] ). Francis was elected …
- … of the Linnean Society on 2 December 1875 ( List of the Linnean Society of London) , but …
- … 23, letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 December 1875] ). Burdon Sanderson gave a series of Brown …
From Francis Darwin [4 May 1875]
Summary
Will send corrected proofs [of Insectivorous plants].
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 May 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961G |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [4 May 1875] …
- … DAR 274.1: 34 Francis Darwin Machynlleth [4 May 1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Movement in plants : The power of movement …
- … corrections and to ‘Lady D’. In April 1875, CD received proof-sheets of Insectivorous …
- … was helping to correct (see letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875] and n. 2). …
- … Dorothy Fanny Nevill visited CD on 4 May 1875 (see n. 4, below). …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875] , was 4 May. Francis was correcting proof- …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875] and n. 2). Emma Darwin’s letter has not …
- … came to lunch with the Darwins on 4 May 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); Emma Darwin …
- … from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [1 May 1875] (DAR 219.1: 89)). ‘The rest of the Royal …
- … for 11 May (see letter to John Lubbock, 3 May [1875] and n. 3). The golden-crested wren or …
From Francis Darwin [1 September 1875 or later]
Summary
Proofs have come. It will be jolly coming down to Southampton.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Sept 1875 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 32 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10153F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [1 September 1875 or later] …
- … DAR 274.1: 32 Francis Darwin Down [1 Sept 1875 or later] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … an orange-sucking moth’) in the October 1875 issue of the Quarterly Journal of the …
- … Southampton from 28 August until 11 September 1875 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Northam …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, [31 August 1875 or later] , which mentions proof-sheets of …
- … in Southampton from 28 August to 11 September 1875 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). During …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, [31 August 1875 or later] ). Michael Foster had suggested …
From Francis Darwin [before 8 December 1875]
Summary
Sends Linnean papers.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 8 Dec 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10287F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [before 8 December 1875] …
- … DAR 274.1: 29 Francis Darwin Pantlludw [before 8 Dec 1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … intended to leave for London on 8 December 1875 but was delayed by bad weather (see letter …
- … to W. R. S. Ralston, 7 December [1875] ); he was in London …
- … from 10 to 20 December 1875 (see CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Elizabeth Darwin . …
- … elected a fellow of the Linnean Society of London on 2 December 1875 ( Proceedings of the …
- … Linnean Society of London (1875–6): ii). The ‘obligation’ was probably a payment of fees …
From Francis Darwin [1875?]
Summary
Had two mornings working on Drosera but it was sluggish. Frog preparations are pretty good.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1875?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9791F |
From Francis Darwin [after 3 June 1875]
Summary
Returns corrected proofs [of Insectivorous plants].
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 3 June 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 35 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10007F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [after 3 June 1875] …
- … DAR 274.1: 35 Francis Darwin Down [after 3 June 1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Press. 1985–. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … Dorking, Surrey, from 3 June to 6 July 1875 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). CD employed …
- … his library; it was completed in August 1875 (DAR 240). CD received annual copies of the …
- … for 1873 was published around this time ( Publishers’ circular , 16 July 1875, p. 502). …
From Francis Darwin to Lawson Tait 22 July [1875]
Summary
CD sends words that he is too busy to work on the Drosera RLT has sent. CD also regrets that the fluid on virgin pitchers of Nepenthes was not tested with white of egg. Until that is done, he doubts whether physiologists would admit the presence of the ferment.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Date: | 22 July [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 221.5: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10087 |
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- … From Francis Darwin to Lawson Tait 22 July [1875] …
- … DAR 221.5: 29 Francis Darwin Down 22 July [1875] Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from LawsonTait, 21 July [1875]. See …
- … letter from Lawson Tait, 21 July [1875] . Drosera : sundew. Nepenthes : the tropical …
From Francis Darwin [after 2 December 1875]
Summary
Sends thanks for CD’s help in making him a Fellow of the Linnean Society. Dyer has sent some Erinem.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 2 Dec 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10287G |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [after 2 December 1875] …
- … DAR 274.1: 33 Francis Darwin Machynlleth [after 2 Dec 1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Darwin was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society on 2 December 1875 ( Proceedings of the …
- … Linnean Society of London (1875–6): ii). The president of the society formally admitted …
From Francis Darwin to Daniel Oliver [after 6 January 1875]
Summary
Asks DO to return enclosed post-card with locality of Genlisea aurea specimen that DO had sent.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | [after 6 Jan 1875] |
| Classmark: | Newcastle University Special Collections (Spence Watson/Weiss Archive GB186 SW/6/8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9803F |
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- … From Francis Darwin to Daniel Oliver [after 6 January 1875] …
- … Watson/Weiss Archive GB186 SW/6/8) Francis Darwin Down [after 6 Jan 1875] Daniel Oliver …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb. 1841. Nomenclator …
- … the letter to Daniel Oliver, 6 January [1875] ( Correspondence vol. 23). Genlisea aurea is …
From Francis Darwin [before 3 August 1878]
Summary
Sachs jumps to the conclusion twiners and tendrils are similar from the Menispermum that twined without a stick. Akebia grows down a stick; not only the free end is involved.
Sleeping plants.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 3 Aug 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.8: 152 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11638 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Bibliography Pfeffer, Wilhelm. 1875. Die periodische Bewegungen der Blattorgane . Leipzig: …
- … Sachs’s Lehrbuch der Botanik ( Sachs 1868a ) had been translated into English in 1875 ( …
- … Sachs 1875 ). Sachs described negative heliotropism in root-hairs (rhizoids) of …
- … rape) and Sinapis alba (white mustard; Sachs 1875 , p. 677). Menispermum is the genus of …
- … Sachs 1874 ) was added to the notes ( Sachs 1875 , p. [vii]). For the additional material …
- … by some authors as noonday sleep ( Pfeffer 1875 , pp. 62–3 and n. 2). Julius Wiesner had …
From Francis Darwin to P. P. C. Hoek [c. 24 June 1877]
Summary
CD has written to [Charles] Wyville Thomson in favour of PPCH’s request [for duplicates of Pycnogonida collected by the Challenger expedition], and hopes it will be successful.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Paulus Peronius Cato Hoek |
| Date: | [c. 24 June 1877] |
| Classmark: | Artis Library (P. P. C. Hoek Archive: Darwin correspondence) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11014F |
From Francis Darwin 9 July 1879
Summary
Pressure paralyses the streaming of protoplasm in the hairs of Tradescantia.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12142 |
From Francis Darwin [29 May 1876]
Summary
The Salvia has arrived.
Has found several fly orchids coming in flower, but no Cephalanthera or Musk.
Cannot do any teazel work.
Anthelme Thozet has sent him a lot of Ophideres.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 May 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10515I |
From Francis Darwin [15–18 September 1873]
Summary
FD has asked J. B. Sanderson about Mucin.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15–18 Sept 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10156F |
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- … Bibliography Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin 30 June 1879
Summary
Last night had tremendous thunderstorm. Will ask Goebel about proshelismus. Describes experiments on beans. Please send Bessy’s address. Has got to know nice Englishman named Purdy and his wife. Bathes nearly every night with the Finlander.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 30 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12128F |
From Francis Darwin [before 7 July 1878]
Summary
He has been talking to Julius von Sachs about sleeping plants that move with and without growth.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 7 July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11593F |
From Charles and Francis Darwin to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 14 February [1876]
Summary
Asks for identification of a Cineraria which is self-sterile.
Fritz Müller’s letter on Cecropia [see 10384].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 14 Feb [1876] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 22a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10391 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … for membership in the Linnean Society in 1875, Lankester was blackballed by several …
- … Correspondence vol. 23, letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1875 . See also n. 7, above. …
- … Darwin , the amanuensis, evidently wrote 1875 in error. Florist’s cineraria ( Pericallis x …
- … Down | Beckenham | Kent Feb 14. 1875 Dear Dyer Will you be so kind as to tell me the name …
- … 1876. Müller’s letter to CD of 25 December 1875 ( Correspondence vol. 23) was printed in …
- … of the Linnean Society of London (1875–6), p. iii; see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [ …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 23 October 1875 ). There is an annotated copy of Ernst Gottlieb …
From Francis Darwin 23 [May 1881]
Summary
Would like some of his notes. Has been looking at roots of Linum, cucurbits, larch, and orchids. Is content that mother should teach Bernard whatever religion she likes.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 [May 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13170F |
From Francis Darwin 4 July 1879
Summary
Heliotropism nomenclature. Apheliotropic mustard roots grow more quickly in dark. Measures growth with microscope as S. H. Vines did in mould. Studying air roots.
FD’s and Stahl’s negative opinion of Sachs.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.3: 334 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12134 |
| letter | (34) |
| Darwin, Francis | |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, Amy | (1) |
| Ruck, Amy | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (25) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (2) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (2) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Hoek, P. P. C. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (34) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (28) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (2) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (2) |
| Darwin, Amy | (1) |
Origin is 160; Darwin's 1875 letters now online
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To mark the 160th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species, the full transcripts and footnotes of nearly 650 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1875 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1875…
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- … of nearly 650 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1875 are published online for the first …
- … it behaved in similar ways to the Drosera secretion. In 1875, Klein was a very controversial …
- … I liked the man .’ Other highlights from the 1875 letters include: I am very …
- … of my books. ( Letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 June [1875] ) Darwin wrote this to his …
- … new Editions . ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 August [1875] ) Darwin also completed …
- … this possible ( Letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ) Agitation for a law …
- … made false statements ( Letter to John Lubbock, 8 April 1875 ) Relations between the …
- … always succeeds ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 13 October [1875] ) Darwin wrote …
- … help his father and brothers with scientific instruments: in 1875, he designed a hygrometer. …
- … his great works ( Letter to A. B. Buckley, 23 February 1875 ) The year was saddened …
- … in my time ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 December 1875] ) In December, Darwin was …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
Summary
‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … during his periods of severe illness. Yet on 15 January 1875 , Darwin confessed to his close …
- … mouthpiece of ‘Jesuitical Rome’ ( Academy , 2 January 1875, pp. 16–17). ‘How grandly you have …
- … again & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January 1875 ). Darwin had also considered …
- … learned of Klein’s testimony from Huxley on 30 October 1875 : ‘I declare to you I did not believe …
- … carried out on live animals in laboratories. In January 1875, he received details of experiments by …
- … printing an additional 250 ( letter to John Murray, 3 May 1875 ). In the event, the book …
- … in a review of the book in the Academy , 24 July 1875, by Ellen Frances Lubbock: ‘in Utricularia …
- … born (letter from E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 July] 1875). Back over old ground …
- … which I had long wished to see,’ he wrote on 21 April 1875 , ‘and now that I have seen it, I am …
- … do a good deal of “hammering”,’ he wrote on 14 July 1875 . ‘I shall not let Pangenesis alone …
- … his own theory of heredity in a series of articles in 1875 and 1876, based partly on his studies of …
- … & more’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [ c . February 1875?] ). By May, having finished …
- … proofmaniac’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875] ). But Francis also found …
- … on astronomy, or the Duke of Wellington on art (Max Müller 1875, pp. 305–7). The debate between Max …
- … researches (Carus trans. 1875b; the series is Carus trans. 1875–87). More controversial was the …
- … Darwin wrote: ‘An anonymous compliment | received Feb 16th 1875’. The great and the good …
- … Insectivorous plants ( letter to D. F. Nevill, 15 July [1875] ). Such visitors from the upper …
- … I can talk to anyone’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 3 May [1875] ). Finally it was arranged for the …
- … of twining plants (letters from Lawson Tait, 16 March [1875] and 27 March [1875] ). ‘As I am …
- … Nepenthes & will soon publish’, Darwin warned on 17 July 1875 . But Tait was undaunted. He …
- … Thiselton-Dyer ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 7 July 1875 ). It was Thiselton-Dyer who …
- … was appropriate for so distinguished a nominee. Already in 1875, Lankester had been elected a fellow …
- … of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was notified of …
- … ‘high type’ ( letter from Woodward Emery, 17 September 1875 ). …
Darwin and vivisection
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Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
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- … the Trichinae’ (letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ). Darwin also worried that any bill …
- … their own petition (letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 ). In the event, Darwin became …
- … within Darwin’s family. In his letter of 14 January 1875 to Huxley, Darwin mentioned the effect …
- … (letter from Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe, 14 January [1875] ). In the course of the public …
- … to Huxley (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 12 February 1875 ). Darwin was in London from 31 …
- … sketch for a petition (letter from T. H. Huxley, [4 April 1875] ). This was evidently passed back …
- … on 7 April (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 7 April [1875] ), and circulating it to others in …
- … were made (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 10 April 1875 ), and another version was prepared …
- … of Lords (see letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, [11 April 1875] ). He was still unsure whether …
- … Royal Society of London (letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 April [1875] ). The next day he wrote to …
- … else you think best’ (letter to E. H. Stanley, 15 April 1875 ). After further consultations, a …
- … are evident in Darwin’s correspondence in April and May 1875. The initial petition (DAR …
- … order of the clauses. In the revised sketch, dated 24 April 1875, the penalty for unlawful …
- … at this alteration (letter from T. H. Huxley, 19 May 1875 , letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, …
- … corrections had been made (letter to Lyon Playfair, 26 May 1875 , and letter from Lyon Playfair, …
- … ( Hansard Parliamentary Debates , 3d ser., vol. 224 (1875), col. 794). A Royal Commission was a …
- … the RSPCA. The commission met between 5 June and 15 December 1875, examining fifty-three witnesses, …
I never trusted Drosera: From E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 July] 1875
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Francis Neary has set his favourite letter to music (with additional vocals and bass by Deen Manning). The satirical verses were sent to Darwin by Ellen Frances Lubbock in 1875 after the publication of his book on insectivorous plants. They…
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- … verses were sent to Darwin by Ellen Frances Lubbock in 1875 after the publication of his book on …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
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Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
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- … but inconclusive (see letter from G. J. Romanes, 14 July 1875 ). Eventually Romanes, who had …
- … physiologists’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 18 July 1875 ). Darwin was concerned that the method be …
- … let loose from hell’ ( letter to F. B. Cobbe, [14 January 1875] ). Darwin’s involvement in …
- … position most frankly in a letter to Henrietta, 4 January [1875] . I have long thought …
- … present agitation. ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ) Darwin worked closely …
- … death in this country. ( letter To T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 ) Legislation was passed …
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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- … on this subject. ( To J. V. Carus 7 February 1875 ). In fact, Darwin had planned a new set of …
- … fact seems to me all important.’ ( To Asa Gray, 30 May [1875] ). In earlier papers on plants with …
- … any material aid to plants in fertilization?’ (Meehan 1875) prompted Darwin to inform him that he …
- … to plants to intercross’ ( To Thomas Meehan, 3 October 1875 ). Hermann Müller had also read Meehan …
- … obscure this matter’ ( From Hermann Müller, 23 October 1875 ). The Italian botanists were …
- … plants that crossing was of little importance (Pedicino 1875; Comes 1875). Darwin was philosophical, …
- … Kölreuter’s papers’ ( To Hermann Müller, 26 October 1875 ). Darwin’s copy of Johann Kölreuter’s …
- … in the conditions’ ( To Ernst Haeckel, 13 November 1875 ). He added on a darker note, ‘What I …
- … papers in the same book ( To J. V. Carus, 25 December 1875 ). As Darwin continued to write …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
Thomas Burgess
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As well as its complement of sailors, the Beagle also carried a Royal Marine sergeant and seven marines, one of whom was Thomas Burgess. When the Beagle set sail he was twenty one, having been born in October 1810 to Israel and Hannah Burgess of Lancashire…
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- … about him again until he opened a letter from him in March 1875 . It was written from Rainow, a …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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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- … sketch showing his system of selection, 21 May 1875 J. G. Joyce's report of …
4.34 'Punch', Sambourne cartoon 1
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s cartoon in Punch, a ‘Suggested Illustration’ for Darwin’s forthcoming book on The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875) is another playful transformation of the author into an ape or monkey. However,…
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- … book on The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875) is another playful transformation of …
- … forms. A writer in the Gardeners’ Chronicle in March 1875 remarked that Darwin had ‘invested …
- … Sambourne date of creation December 1875 computer-readable date …
- … references and bibliography Punch vol. 69 (11 December 1875), p. 242. Gardeners’ Chronicle …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … vol. 23, letter from Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg, 20 September 1875 ). He began to compile an account …
- … end of the previous year. He had been incensed in December 1875 when the zoologist Edwin Ray …
- … The controversial issue had occupied Darwin for much of 1875. In January 1876, a Royal Commission …
- … to Insectivorous plants , which was published in July 1875, with a US edition published later …
- … in February 1876 (despite bearing a publication date of 1875), Darwin must have been gratified by …
- … Darwin, who had communicated the paper to the society in 1875 at Tait’s request, with the ‘awful job …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … not retract his criticism in his own second edition (Dana 1875, p. 274). Descent …
- … (Correspondence vol. 23, from J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1875] ), preferring to attack Mivart in …
- … Anthropogenie in the Academy (2 January 1875; see Appendix V, pp. 644–5) . The affair …
- … wrote a polite, very formal letter to Mivart on 12 January 1875 , refusing to hold any future …
- … and a second French edition was published in January 1875 ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald , 4 February …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
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Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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Climbing Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
Vivisection: Darwin's testimony to the Royal Commission
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Wednesday, 3rd November 1875. Mr. Charles Darwin called in and examined. 4661. (Chairman.) We are very sensible of your kindness in coming at some sacrifice to yourself to express your opinions to the Commission. We attribute it to the great…
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- … Wednesday, 3rd November 1875. Mr. Charles Darwin called in and examined. …
Vivisection: first sketch of the bill
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Strictly Confidential Mem: This print is only a first sketch. It is being now recast with a new & more simple form – but the substance of the proposed measure may be equally well seen in this draft. R.B.L. | 2 586 Darwin and vivisection …
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- … cited for all purposes as “The Experiments on Animals Act, 1875.” SCHEDULE. …
- … under the provisions of “The Experiments on Animals Act, 1875,” empowering me to make experiments on …
- … under the provisions of the Experiments on Animals Act, 1875, that the above-named M.N. is enaged in …
- … under the provisions of the Experiments on Animals Act, 1875, accompanied by Certificate, such as is …
1.6 Ouless oil portrait
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< Back to Introduction The first commissioned oil portrait of Darwin was painted by Walter William Ouless, who was given sittings at Down House in March 1875. The idea for such a portrait came from Darwin’s son William, who as far back as 1872 had…
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- … Ouless, who was given sittings at Down House in March 1875. The idea for such a portrait came from …
- … the resulting picture was shown at the Royal Academy in May 1875, the Times reviewer noted …
- … Walter William Ouless date of creation March 1875 computer-readable date …
- … and letter from Charles Darwin to Joseph Hooker, 30 March [1875], DCP-LETT-9905. ‘The Royal Academy’ …
St George Jackson Mivart
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In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…
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- … to an end. The dispute was not resolved until early 1875, and, even then, not to Darwin’s complete …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 29 December 1874 ). By January 1875, Mivart had still not made any …
- … book Anthropogenie , in the Academy , 2 January 1875. ‘Possessed by a blind animosity against …
- … (Mivart was a Catholic convert.) On 12 January 1875 , Darwin finally wrote to Mivart, …
- … article in a letter published in the Academy , 16 January 1875, p. 66, signed, ‘The Quarterly …
Insectivorous Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Plants that consume insects Darwin began his work with insectivorous plants in the mid 1860s, though his findings would not be published until 1875. In his autobiography Darwin reflected on the delay that…
