From John Scott 6 January 1863
Summary
Sends Primula scotica and P. farinosa.
So far cannot fertilise Gongora atropurpurea although it is similar to Acropera luteola.
Experimenting on intergeneric hybrids to test CD’s view that sterility is not a special endowment.
Scott’s personal history.
Acropera capsule grows.
Plans for experiments CD has suggested on Primula, peloric Antirrhinum, and Verbascum.
Asks about Gärtner’s experiments on maize.
Aware of Anderson-Henry’s failures.
Through kindness of J. H. Balfour and James McNab, enjoys facilities for research. JS is in charge of the propagating department. Balfour almost engaged him to be superintendent of the Madras Horticultural Garden.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Jan 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 81, 83 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3904 |
Matches: 24 hits
- … 1861] , and Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Daniel Oliver, 10 April 1862 ). …
- … See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 6 December [1862] . Primula scotica …
- … me not a little’ (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 12 November [1862] ). …
- … on Acropera (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 15 November [1862] ). …
- … See also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] , letter from …
- … chamber (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 ). See ‘ …
- … stigmatic cavity (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , …
- … Appendix VI. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 December [1862] , for …
- … comparison (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters from John Scott, 15 November [1862] and [ …
- … from CD (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] ), Scott …
- … Scott 1863b ). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 17 December [1862] . …
- … Gardens, Kew (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] , …
- … In his letter of 17 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), Scott promised to send CD …
- … 22). In his letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD wrote …
- … 208–9). In his letter of 11 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), Scott informed CD of …
- … 1862] ). In his letter of 11 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), Scott described his …
- … CUL. In his letter of 19 December [1862] (see Correspondence vol. 10), CD suggested that …
- … In his letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD suggested …
- … In his letter to Scott of 19 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD had suggested …
- … p. 107). See letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] and nn. 10–11. With encouragement …
- … In his letter to Scott of 19 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD mentioned that …
- … In his letter to Scott of 19 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD offered ‘ …
- … letters to Scott of 11 December [1862] and 19 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 26[–7] November [1862] . Scott refers to chapter 8 of Origin (pp. 245–78), in which CD argued against the view that the function of sterility was to prevent the ‘confusion of all organic forms’. In Origin , p. 245, CD expressed his hope to show that sterility was not a ‘specially acquired or endowed quality’, but was ‘incidental on other acquired differences’. See also Correspondence vol. 10, …
From John Scott 21 September [1863]
Summary
Sends Primula MS, which CD has promised to communicate to Linnean Society [see 4213].
Will soon send results on peloric Antirrhinum.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Sept [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 96 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4301 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Scott 1864d . See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] , and …
- … peloric plants (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 December [1862] ; …
- … of Verbascum (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 19 November [1862] , …
- … 250–1 and 270 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 11 December [1862] and …
- … Correspondence vol. 12, letters from John Scott , 19 March 1864 , 10 June [1864] , and …
From John Scott 7 January [1864]
Summary
Has finished correcting Primula paper [see 4332].
Has presented paper on monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Jan [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 98, 99 f.3; Edinburgh Courant, 19 December 1863, p. 8. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4382 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] , and …
- … in December 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] ). …
- … pp. 128–33, and Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [October 1862] and …
- … see n. 4, above, Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] , and …
- … with Scott (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 19 November [1862] and …
- … 10 above, and Scott 1864a , p. 126). CD marked the last two sentences of the summary in his copy of the paper (Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL); when recommending Scott’s letter …
- … letter in which Scott mentioned the variable cowslip umbel has not been found; however, see n. 7, below. Scott discussed and illustrated the variable umbel in Scott 1864a , pp. 108–10. …
- … 10). When CD reviewed Scott’s first draft of Scott 1864a , he asked him to conjecture in the summary what the ‘typical or parental form i.e. equal long or short-styled’ of Primula had been (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] ). See also n. 3, above. CD later developed this notion of reversion in ‘Illegitimate offspring of dimorphic and trimorphic plants’ , pp. 434–5, and Forms of flowers , pp. 272–5. For CD’s experimental notes on reversion, see DAR 108: 31 and 43. Scott read ‘Remarks on the sexual changes in the inflorescence of Zea Mays ’ to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh on 10 …
From John Scott 3 March 1863
Summary
JS criticises natural selection as based on an innate "continuously watchful selective principle".
Seeks seed of wild Rocky Mountain maize.
What is CD’s view on origin of maize?
Seeks information on self-sterility of Passiflora and Lobelia.
Weeping habit of trees.
Intended to say bisexual plants presented more established varieties than unisexual, not that they are more variable.
Explains his opinion that homomorphically fertilised Primula will produce only their own form. Is trying homomorphic crosses with different coloured Primula varieties.
Asks to read Asa Gray’s 2d review of Orchids.
Has finally successfully fertilised Gongora, but it was done by unnatural means.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Mar 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 108: 179 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4021 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … in Passiflora (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 17 December [1862] ); …
- … tridentatum. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Rogers, 22 January 1862 . See …
- … Scott 1862a and Correspondence vol. 10, letters from John Scott, 15 November [1862] and …
- … fertilised (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] , and …
- … February 1863] ). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] , …
- … 10); he reiterated the point about differently coloured varieties of maize in his letters …
- … Correspondence vol. 10). For CD’s response, see the letter to John Scott, 6 March 1863 . …
- … In his letter to Scott of 19 November [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD mentioned that …
- … letters to Scott of 11 December [1862] and 19 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), …
From John Scott 19 March 1864
Summary
On fertilisation of Gongora.
His work on peloric Antirrhinum, Passiflora, and Verbascum, done at CD’s suggestion, is at CD’s disposal.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 102 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4432 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Orchids , pp. 203–6, Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , …
- … other orchids (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and …
- … 1862 and 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ; see …
- … the Linnean Society by CD (see letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] , and Scott 1864d ). …
- … the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (see letter from John Scott, 10 March 1864 ). CD had …
- … address, included in the letter from John Scott of 10 March 1864 , to Richard Kippist , …
- … Correspondence vol. 10); see also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 18 …
- … 10 March 1864. See Scott 1864c , pp. 199–200, for his statement that ‘the pollen is more susceptible to the sterilising action than the ovules’ and his exception (given in a note) to that statement. In Orchids , pp. 242–4, CD discussed the rudimentary anthers of Monachanthus , which he argued was the female form of Catasetum ; he described the more fully developed ovary of Monachanthus on p. 41. CD’s reply to this letter …
From John Scott 18 February [1863]
Summary
Sends Acropera capsule for CD to dissect.
Will try to raise Acropera from seed (never done before in Britain) to examine its sexual forms.
Studying primroses, parthenogenesis, and reproduction of some cryptogams.
Received maize varieties from CD.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Feb [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 84 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3997 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 216–18). See also Correspondence vol. 10, letters from John Scott , 15 November [1862] …
- … pollen masses (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and …
- … during 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ). See …
- … 9, letter to Daniel Oliver, 30 November [1861] , and Orchids , pp. 203–10). Additionally, …
From John Scott [3 June 1863]
Summary
Thanks CD for influence used with Hooker to obtain a colonial position. Has offended J. H. Balfour by refusing the Darjeeling post and James McNab has become unfriendly, although his experiments do not detract from his garden work.
Will write Primula paper for Linnean Society as CD suggests.
His Darwinism is unpalatable at Edinburgh Botanic Garden.
Describes results with non-dimorphic Primula species. Such cases do not accord with CD’s view that characters are slowly acquired.
Thanks for criticism of his writing style.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [3 June 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 93 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4202 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … to attempt (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters from John Scott, 6 December [1862] and …
- … not been found (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] and …
- … flower’. See also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] . Scott …
- … own pollen’. See also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] . …
- … 92–7. See letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] , and Scott 1864a , pp. 105–10. This is …
From John Scott 10 April 1865
Summary
Comments on CD’s Lythrum paper [Collected papers 2: 106–31]
and on H. Crüger’s orchid paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35].
May take position at Calcutta Botanic Garden.
Regrets he cannot be elected to Linnean Society.
Pleased Asa Gray has commented on JS’s paper.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Apr 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 115 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4810 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … and Acropera , see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , …
- … see n. 1, above, Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] , and …
- … 28 March 1864 , 5 May [1864] , and first letter of 10 June [1864] ). CD communicated both …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, [10 March 1865] , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 16 [March …
- … see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 , n. 1, and this volume, …
- … Rungbee 10 th . April 1865. Sir, I duly received your letter along with the copies of my …
- … 10–12. CD first told Scott of Hermann Crüger’s work and of the manuscript of Crüger 1864 in February or March 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter …
From John Scott 28 March 1864
Summary
Surprised at CD’s account of Bryanthus.
H. Crüger’s approach to Gongora fertilisation is beset with difficulties.
Reports his work on self-sterility of Oncidium.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 103 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4438 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … and n. 9. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] , and …
- … 5 and 6; see also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 [November 1862] . …
- … example, Correspondence vol. 10, first enclosure to letter to John Scott, 19 December [ …
- … see letter from John Scott, 10 March 1864 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [ …
- … CD on 9 June 1864 (see the first letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] ). The results of …
- … and nn. 2–6 and 10). Some of this damaged portion of the letter has been reconstructed …
From John Scott 22 May 1863
Summary
J. H. Balfour has arranged a position for him at a Cinchona nursery. Reluctant to take this position in part because of his experiments for CD.
Asks CD’s advice and solicits his aid in finding a better colonial position. James McNab mistreats him.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 May 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 90 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4177 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … the tropics (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to G. H. K. Thwaites, 15 June [1862] , …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 19 November [1862] …
- … crosses (see letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and n. 10). For CD’s encouragement …
- … letters to John Scott , 12 April [1863] and 25 and 28 May [1863] . Scott’s work was relevant to CD’s work on the causes of cross and hybrid sterility (see Correspondence vol. 10, …
From John Scott 16 January 1863
Summary
Experiments to cut Laelia stigma from rostellum and then to fertilise rostellum are baffled by "a latent instinctive power". Somehow the pollen-tubes find their way to the style.
Suggests CD study variation in ferns.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Jan 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 82 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3921 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 December [1862] , for CD’s advice to …
- … seed plants (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 6 December [1862] ). The …
- … 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix II); in his letter to Scott of 19 December [ …
- … reply. In his letter to Scott of 3 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD asked …
- … In his letter to CD of 17 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), Scott reported that …
- … Chronicle , 10 January 1863, p. 30. See n. 3, above. See also letter to John Scott, 21 …
From John Scott [13 January 1864]
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [13 Jan 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 99 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4385 |
From John Scott 20 June [1864]
Summary
Preparations for trip to India. Thanks for testimonial.
Surprised by the self-fertility of CD’s peloric Antirrhinum.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 June [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 111 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4541 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … In his first letter of 10 June [1864] , Scott had given the results of his experiments on …
- … between this letter and the letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 . CD had sent Scott …
- … his journey to India (see second letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] ). Scott’s friend …
- … from J. D. Hooker, [11 June 1864] and n. 8). See letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 . …
- … of Antirrhinum , see the first letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] , n. 3. CD reported …
From John Scott 21 July 1865
Summary
JS has now taken post of Curator of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta.
Wishes to vindicate himself of the charge that he pursued his experiments at Edinburgh to the detriment of his work.
Apologises for poor quality of his Verbascum paper, which was written from his notes during the passage to India [J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 36 (1865) pt 2: 145–74].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 July 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 109: B120a–b |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4876 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] and nn. 9 and 10, and letter from William Bennett, 29 April …
- … n. 4). CD’s annotations to Scott’s letter of 10 April 1865 indicate he had earlier asked …
- … Scott’s letter has not been found (see letter from John Scott, 10 April 1865 and n. …
- … not been found (see annotations to letter from John Scott, 10 April 1865 and n. 18). See …
- … This letter has not been found (see n. 10, below). Scott arrived in Calcutta on 21 …
- … in India (see letters from John Scott , 20 January 1865 and n. 7, and 10 April 1865 ). …
- … from J. D. Hooker, [10 March 1865] and nn. 4, 6, and 8, and letter to J. D. Hooker …
- … 10). Scott refers to the Sundarbans, the seaward fringe of the Ganges delta in India ( EB ). In his letter …
- … 10, 11, and 12. James McNab was curator of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, and had been Scott’s immediate supervisor. McNab had found fault with Scott for spending too much time on his own experiments to the detriment of his regular duties (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters …
From John Scott 12 [February 1864]
Summary
Regrets sending his MS missing two pages.
Has proofs of his paper on the monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
J. H. Balfour objected to notion of maize descent from a hermaphrodite.
Reading of JS’s paper on Selaginella hybrid [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 192–9] deferred until March. Believes it is first example of experimentally produced hybridity in higher cryptogams.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 [Feb 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 100 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4386 |
From John Scott 20 January 1865
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Jan 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 114 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4751 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … von Gärtner (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] , and …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, [10 March 1865] , letter to J. D. Hooker, 16 [March …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 10 June 1863 , and Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, …
- … Verbascum calculations, see the letter from J. D. Hooker, [10 March 1865] and n. 6. CD’ …
From John Scott [after 12] April [1863]
Summary
Thanks for CD’s Linum paper [Collected papers 2: 93–105].
Has not published much because he would be ignored as a gardener; hence he is looking for a foreign appointment.
Has prepared orchid sterility paper at CD’s suggestion [Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7 (1863): 543–50].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 12] Apr [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 87 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4087 |
From John Scott 10 June [1864]
Summary
Sends Passiflora paper [see 4485].
Sends seeds of peloric Antirrhinum crossed by normal form and sends results of his experiments [table of crosses].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 June [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 51: B22; DAR 177: 109 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4526 |
From John Scott 16 June [1863]
Summary
Orchid paper in press.
Asks CD to correct MS of his Primula paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 78–126].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 June [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 94 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4213 |
From John Scott 21 March [1863]
Summary
Thanks for CD’s answers on Passiflora
and Asa Gray review.
Has observed gradation of sterility in Oncidium species.
Has observed rostellar germination and fertilisation in Laelia. The latter was prevented in Bletia by covering the stigma with plaster of Paris.
Gongora atropurpurea capsules are swelling.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Mar [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 85 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4055 |
letter | (38) |
Darwin, C. R. | (38) |
Darwin, C. R. | (38) |
Scott, John | (38) |
Reading my roommate’s illustrious ancestor: To T. H. Huxley, 10 June 1868
Summary
My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter. Tom’s full name is Thomas Henle Baum, his middle name a reference to a German physician ancestor for whom the ‘Loop of Henle’ in the kidney had been named. Other than this iconic…
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- … My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter. Tom’s full name is …
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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- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
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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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
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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- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
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…
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- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …
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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- … I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
Schools Gallery: Using Darwin’s letters in the classroom
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English| History| Science English Pupils in Cumbria lead the way Year 9 English pupils at Ulverston Victoria High School spent several weeks studying Darwin’s letters, including comparing sections from Darwin’s ‘Voyage of the Beagle’ to letters…
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- … English | History | Science English Pupils in Cumbria lead …
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 …
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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- … On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
Henrietta Darwin's diary
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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
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- … Charles Darwin’s daughter Henrietta wrote the following journal entries in March and July 1871 in …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species , …
Was Darwin an ecologist?
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One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the experiments he performed at his home in Down, in the English county of Kent, seem to prefigure modern scientific work in ecology.
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- … I gave two seeds to a confounded old cock, but his gizzard ground them up; at least I cd. not …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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- … On 14 May 1856, Charles Darwin recorded in his journal that he ‘Began by Lyell’s advice writing …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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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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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …