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Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … Species theory In November 1845, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend and confidant Joseph …
- … and Fossil Cirripedia (1851, 1854). What led Darwin to engage in this work when he was …
- … The correspondence reveals how his initial interest in a singular species found during the Beagle …
- … group. Light is shed on the close relationship between Darwin’s systematic descriptive work and the …
- … to this work and that guided his observations through a difficult, often frustrating taxonomical …
- … explained in detail in letters to friends and relatives, Darwin felt sufficiently restored in health …
- … Nevertheless, it is evident from his correspondence that Darwin’s two hours at the microscope did …
- … and Daniel Sharpe, demonstrating the extent of Darwin’s continued involvement in contemporary …
- … the midst of all this activity, Hooker responds to Darwin’s particular queries and sends information …
- … Herschel, to write the chapter on geology ( letter to J. F. W. Herschel, 4 February [1848] ). …
- … on board ship ( see letter to Richard Owen, [26 March 1848] ). Darwin’s chapter plainly calls on …
- … a notion which was roundly criticised by William Hopkins in 1848. Hopkins maintained that transport …
- … that such a monograph was a ‘desideratum’ ( letter to J. L. R. Agassiz, 22 October 1848 ), was …
- … the group, turned over some notes he had made, and, early in 1848, obtained permission for Darwin to …
- … or pistils ( Correspondence vol. 2, letter from J. S. Henslow, 21 November 1840 ). The sexual …
- … you say, my species theory is all gospel.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1848 ). Once …
- … both had served ( Correspondence vol. 2, letters to H. E. Strickland). Darwin’s task was …
- … rule of priority for the sake of expedience ( letter to H. E. Strickland, [4 February 1849] ), but …
- … to H. E. Strickland, 29 January [1849] . As Darwin wrote to J. D. Hooker, who had warned him …
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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- … | Class | Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections …
- … activities for building and maintaining such connections. Darwin's networks extended from his …
- … Bonds of friendship were very important in science in a period when strong institutional structures …
- … controversy, or personal loss. Letter writing was not only a means of sustaining such friendships …
- … section contains two sets of letters. The first is between Darwin and his friend Kew botanist J. D. …
- … flora of the USA. He sends a list of plants from Gray’s Manual of botany [1848] and asks him to …
- … Letter 1202 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 6 Oct [1848] Darwin catches up on personal …
- … Mentors Darwin's close relationship with John Stevens Henslow, the professor of botany …
- … Mentors This collection of letters documents Henslow’s mentoring while Darwin was on the …
- … mail to Montevideo. He talks of being a sort of Protégé of Henslow’s and it is Henslow’s “bounden …
- … Letter 1189 — Darwin, C. R. to Henslow, J. S., 2 July [1848] Darwin criticises the lecturing …
- … . Letter 4260a — Darwin, C. R. to Becker, L. E., 2 Aug [1863] Darwin thanks Lydia …
- … Letter 1176 — Darwin, C. R. to Darwin, Emma, [20–1 May 1848] Darwin writes to his wife Emma. …
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 …
- … religion. His local activities in the village of Down paint a fascinating picture of a man who, …
- … belief (and doubt) than many non-conformist denominations. Darwin’s parents attended a Unitarian …
- … A nominal adherence to the Anglican Church’s teachings was still essential for admittance to many of …
- … the necessary studies to be a clergyman. During Darwin’s lifetime, the vast majority of the …
- … with the pursuit of scientific interests. Indeed, Darwin’s Cambridge mentor, John Stevens Henslow, …
- … British Museum or some other learned place’ (letter from E. A. Darwin, 18 August [1832] ). …
- … from the late 1830s, and in correspondence with his fiancée, Emma Wedgwood, in 1838 and 1839, as can …
- … health, and suggesting a remedy for toothache (letter to J. B. Innes, [1848] ). Darwin then wrote …
- … Clothing Fund (a local charity), which he administered from 1848 to 1869 (letter to J. B. Innes, …
- … make an excellent Guardian [of the Poor Fund]’ (letter to J. W. Lubbock, 28 March [1854] ). …
- … use of his own lawn for its meetings (Moore 1985; letter to J. S. Henslow, 17 January [1850] and …
- … dog, Quiz, when he moved away from Down (letter to J. B. Innes, 15 December [1861] ). Darwin and …
- … Victorian clergy. London: Croom Helm. Keppel, T. E. 1887. The country parson as he was, and as …
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 …
- … 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. von Humboldt 1811] Richardson’s Fauna Borealis [J. Richardson 1829–37] …
- … 1819]. see p. 17 Note Book C. for reference to authors about E. Indian Islands 8 consult D r …
- … Paper on consciousness in brutes Blackwood June 1838 [J. F. Ferrie 1838]. H. C. Watson on …
- … worth studying in a metaphys. point of view Henslow has list of plants of Mauritius with …
- … of variation in animals in the different isl ds of E Indian Archipelago— [DAR *119: 6v.] …
- … & Rev. W. Herbert.— notes to White Nat. Hist of Selbourne [E. T. Bennett ed. 1837 and [J. Rennie …
- … what have they written.? “Hunt” [J. Hunt 1806] p. 290 …
- … 2 vols. 8vo. avec 2 atlas 4to. ibid, 1818–23. £1 2 s [E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818–23] …
- … chiefly on distribution of forms said to be Poor Sir. J. Edwards Botanical Tour [?J. E. Smith …
- … 1842]. Life of D. of Marlborough [A. Alison 1848]— (read) Montagus Translat of Visa …
- … [Gaertner 1788–91] (Plates on all seeds) R. Soc Henslow says there is a grand book with …
- … Von. J. Metzger. Heidelberg 1841 [Metzger 1841] Read Henslow in Botanist 36 has written on …
- … 1834] (& of Europe?) [Gould 1832–7] & of Australia [Gould 1848]; well worth studying for …
- … [Dandolo 1825] /good/ M rs Whitby [Whitby 1848] In Library of Entomological Society & …
- … [E. Phipps 1850] L d . Harveys Memoirs [Hervey 1848] Cuming Lion Hunter [Cumming …
- … 1834]— d[itt]o d[itt]o d[itt]o. d[itt]o. 15 th Henslow’s Botany [Henslow 1837].— d[itt]o d …
- … Bernier, François. 1826. Travels in the Mogul Empire A.D. 1656–1668 . Translated by Irving …
- … Bethune, John. 1840. Poems by the late John Bethune; with a sketch of the author’s life by his …
- … eds.] 119: 11a Blacklock, Ambrose. 1838. A treatise on sheep; with the best means …
- … years 1838–1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York. [Abstract in DAR 71: 51–2.] …
- … years 1838–1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Philadelphia. [Abstract in DAR 205.3: …
- … ou, iconographie de toutes les espèces et variétés d’arbres, fruitiers cultivés dans cet …
- … sur la distribution géographique des animaux vertébrés, moins les oiseaux. Journal de Physique 94 …
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 …
- … foolish, Penurious, Pragmatical Prigs’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [29 December 1866] ). But the …
- … all but the concluding chapter of the work was submitted by Darwin to his publisher in December. …
- … of hereditary transmission. Debate about Darwin’s theory of transmutation continued in …
- … of a global ice age, while Asa Gray pressed Darwin’s American publisher for a revised edition of …
- … Animals & Cult. Plants” to Printers’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1866] ). When …
- … more than the belief of a dozen physicists’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 February 1866] ). Darwin …
- … ‘Your father … entered at the same time with Dr B. J. who received him with triumph. All his friends …
- … after the startling apparition of your face at R.S. Soirèe—which I dreamed of 2 nights running. …
- … me to worship Bence Jones in future—’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 May 1866 ). Darwin himself …
- … then went for ¾ to Zoolog. Garden!!!!!!!!!’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 April 1866] ). …
- … he had known previously only through correspondence. George Henslow, the son of his Cambridge mentor …
- … on those terms so you are in for it’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c . 10 May 1866] ). …
- … Georg Bronn, had been published in 1860 and 1863 by the firm E. Schweizerbart’sche …
- … was ‘merely ordinaryly diœcious’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [7 May – 11 June 1866] ). On …
- … a case of dimorphic becoming diœcious’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, 20 June [1866] ). Darwin …
- … I am well accustomed to such explosions’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 22 June [1866] ). He urged …
- … family house in Shrewsbury after their father’s death in 1848 until Catherine married in 1863. …
