From W. B. Tegetmeier 27 March 1865
Summary
Sends copies of the Field containing all the pigeon articles [see 4785].
Luke Wells will undertake engravings for Variation.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Mar 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4796 |
Matches: 20 hits
- … From W. B. Tegetmeier 27 March 1865 …
- … DAR 178: 65 William Bernhard Tegetmeier unstated 27 Mar 1865 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 1. Letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] . The article has not been identified. …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] . Tegetmeier sent the issues of the Field …
- … for 19 November 1864, 3 December 1864, 31 December 1864, 18 February 1865, and …
- … 4 March 1865; these issues are in DAR 138.3 and most are lightly annotated. …
- … of his article on carrier pigeons from the 25 February 1865 issue of the Field with …
- … his letter of 13 March 1865 . The series of articles provided descriptions of the standard …
- … by wood-engravings (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 13 March 1865 and n. 9). …
- … CD acknowledged receipt of the issue of the Field for 1 April 1865 in his letter to …
- … Tegetmeier of [7 April 1865] ; the issue is in DAR 138.3: 6 and is lightly annotated. …
- … W. B. Tegetmeier, [28 February – 5 March 1865] ). The reference is to Luke Wells and his …
- … See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] and nn. 7–9, and 12. See the postscript …
- … to the letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] and nn. 9, 11, and 12. Tegetmeier is …
- … the Field between November 1864 and March 1865 (see n. 1, above). The draughtsman of the …
- … illustrations of the barb, smerle, and carrier pigeons ( Field , 18 February 1865, p. …
- … 115, 25 February 1865, p. …
- … 139, and 4 March 1865, p. 155). Tegetmeier refers to Harrison William Weir . …
- … also letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] and nn. 8 and 10. In his acknowledgment …
- … 6). See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] and n. 11. Tegetmeier refers to the …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 13 March 1865
Summary
Will return page on pigeons.
Has concluded his crossing experiments and found no trace of hybrid sterility or loss of fertility.
The Field is publishing a series of papers on different pigeon varieties [24 (1864): 366, 395, 459; 25 (1865): 115, 139, 155, 228, 258].
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Mar 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4785 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … From W. B. Tegetmeier 13 March 1865 …
- … DAR 178: 63 William Bernhard Tegetmeier Muswell Hill 13 Mar 1865 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … different pigeon varieties [24 (1864): 366, 395, 459; 25 (1865): 115, 139, 155, 228, 258]. …
- … See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 6 [March 1865] and n. 2. See letter …
- … to W. B. Tegetmeier, 6 [March 1865] and n. 1. Tegetmeier had undertaken experiments to …
- … the issues, except for that of 25 February 1865, are in DAR 138.3, and all but that of 19 …
- … The last articles in the series were published in the Field , 1 April 1865, p. …
- … 228, and 15 April 1865, p. 258; CD’s copy of the 1 April issue is in DAR 138.3. The …
- … issues for 31 December 1864 and 25 February 1865, respectively. The enclosed article on …
- … archives. See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 February [1865] , and letter from W. B. …
- … Tegetmeier, [28 February – 5 March 1865] . CD described the feathers of the spangled …
- … carrier pigeon, published in the Field , 25 February 1865, p. 139 (see letter to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] ). In the article, Tegetmeier attributed the homing …
- … B. Tegetmeier, [28 February – 5 March 1865] . Tegetmeier refers to a series of articles …
- … 1864, p. 366, 3 December 1864, p. 395, 31 December 1864, p. 459, 18 February 1865, p. …
- … 115, 25 February 1865, p. …
- … 139, and 4 March 1865, p. 155; all …
From W. B. Tegetmeier [28 February – 5 March 1865]
Summary
Encloses some poultry feathers.
Will read over and return CD’s MS on fowls. Has been delayed by an eye injury.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Feb – 5 Mar 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4787 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From W. B. Tegetmeier [28 February – 5 March 1865] …
- … 64 William Bernhard Tegetmeier Muswell Hill [28 Feb – 5 Mar 1865] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. [Read 2 February 1865. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 9 ( …
- … between this letter and the letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 February [1865] and …
- … 6 [March 1865] . Only the signature and postscript of the letter to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier of 27 February [1865] were in CD’s hand. The reference is to CD’s …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 February [1865] and n. 2). In 1864, Tegetmeier became …
- … Strand, London ( Newspaper press directory 1865). For CD’s long-standing relationship with …
- … of ‘Climbing plants’ was read at the Linnean Society on 2 February 1865. ‘Climbing …
- … plants’ was published on 12 June 1865 as a double issue of the Journal of the Linnean …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 February [1865] and n. 5. CD described the game breed, …
- … out. The Newspaper press directory for 1865 describes the Field as ‘a gentleman’s paper, …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 20 June 1865
Summary
WBT will try experiment for CD if Mr Zurhorst cannot do it.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4864 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From W. B. Tegetmeier 20 June 1865 …
- … DAR 178: 68 William Bernhard Tegetmeier Muswell Hill 20 June 1865 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Chapuis, Félicien. 1865. Le pigeon voyageur belge. Verviers: Imprimerie de …
- … had mentioned Le pigeon voyageur belge ( Chapuis 1865 ) to Tegetmeier (see letter to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 2 June [1865] and n. 8), and probably sent it in response to a request …
- … the letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 2 June [1865] . It appears that he wrote a later letter …
- … for Variation . In his letter of 2 June [1865] , CD had suggested a crossing experiment …
- … from CD through Tegetmeier. See letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 10 April 1865 and n. 5. …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 10 April 1865
Summary
MS [of CD’s pigeon chapter] arrived safely.
Pigeon and poultry engravings [for Variation].
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Apr 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4808 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From W. B. Tegetmeier 10 April 1865 …
- … DAR 178: 67 William Bernhard Tegetmeier Muswell Hill 10 Apr 1865 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, [7 April 1865] ). The reference is to drawings of pigeons by …
- … Field (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 March 1865 and n. 5, and letters to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 28 March [1865] , and [ …
- … 7 April 1865] and n. 2). In his letter …
- … of his letter of [29 March – 7 April 1865] after reading CD’s manuscript on ‘Fowls’ (see …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, [7 April 1865] and n. 1). …
- … to W. B. Tegetmeier of 6 April [1865] , CD asked that Wells send an estimate of the cost …
- … John Murray and R. F. Cooke, 17 April 1865. William Yarrell had helped CD buy equipment …
From W. B. Tegetmeier [29 March – 7 April 1865]
Summary
WBT’s eye is getting on very well.
Enclosure comments on a note to folio 1 [of CD’s MS on variation], WBT thinks his works not worth citing: his edition of the Poultry book was never completed and Profitable poultry is out of print.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 Mar – 7 Apr 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 62, 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4803 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From W. B. Tegetmeier [29 March – 7 April 1865] …
- … 62, 66 William Bernhard Tegetmeier unstated [29 Mar – 7 Apr 1865] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 28 March [1865] and [ …
- … 7 April 1865] . See n. 2, below. Tegetmeier refers to his notes on CD’s manuscript …
- … had been reading and correcting (see letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 February [1865] and …
- … 28 March [1865] , and letter from W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 13 March 1865 ). CD congratulated Tegetmeier on the …
- … in his eye in his letter of [7 April 1865] . The enclosure to this letter may be one of …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 22 January [1866]
Summary
Discusses pigeon and poultry woodcuts [for Variation].
WBT’s poultry book is at last in the hands of a solvent publisher [The poultry book (1867)].
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Jan [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4983 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Bibliography Chapuis, Félicien. 1865. Le pigeon voyageur belge. Verviers: Imprimerie de …
- … ibid. , letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 2 June [1865] ). However, CD was able to change the …
- … 13, letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, [7 April 1865] ). The engravers were Butterworth and …
- … John Murray and R. F. Cooke, 17 April 1865). The illustrations appeared in Variation 1: …
- … 226, 228–29. The reference is to Chapuis 1865 (see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 16 …
- … W. B. Tegetmeier, [29 March – 7 April 1865] ). CD replied that he was still obliged to …
From William Bernhard Tegetmeier 1 February 1864
Summary
Would like his fowl skulls back.
Breeding experiments seem to show mongrels are just as fertile as pure breeds.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4761 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 13, letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 13 March 1865 . Tegetmeier mentioned his results in …
- … Covent Garden ( Post Office London directory 1865) was probably a collection address. On …
- … 19 February [1863] ). Between 1863 and 1865, Tegetmeier carried out a series of crosses …
- … letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 13 March 1865 ). There is no record in the Royal Society …
From W. B. Tegetmeier [after 24 January 1866]
Summary
Thanks for the remittance.
Both WBT and Mr Zurhorst will repeat Zurhorst’s experiment to eliminate any chance of error.
Edward Blyth is writing on Indian cattle for the Field [27 (1866): 55–6, 77].
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 24 Jan 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4979 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier 13 May 1872
Summary
Has found the skull of the horned cock.
With regard to CD’s suggestion about the possibility of producing a pigeon breed with differently coloured sexes, WBT reports the results of crossing blue and silver dragons; the silver offspring are almost always hens.
Would like the latest edition of the Origin.
Encloses notes on volume one [of Descent].
Encloses a photograph showing the bleaching effect of the sun’s rays on dun feathers in pigeons.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 May 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 175–6, DAR 90: 101, DAR 178: 83, DAR 193: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8322 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier 12 September 1866
Summary
Has had the blocks cut as requested and forwards the proofs.
Encloses article on habits of jungle fowl.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Sept 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5211 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier 15 October 1866
Summary
The blocks [for Variation] have been forwarded to Murray.
WBT has been corresponding with Prof. Newton.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Oct 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5243 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier 18 February 1863
Summary
Hoped to meet CD at the Linnean Society to discuss pigeon and poultry breeding experiments.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3995 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier [after 4 August 1866]
Summary
Alterations to the woodcuts of poultry for Variation.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 4 Aug 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5180 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … see Correspondence vol. 13, letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 February [1865] and n. 3. …
From W. B. Tegetmeier [before 18 April 1869]
Summary
Numerical proportion of males to females in greyhound puppies.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 18 Apr 1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 85: B29–33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6700 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1863 vols. 21. 22 366 316 1864 23 24 265 278 1865 25 26 298 255 1866 27 28 308 279 1867 29 …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 2 August 1866
Summary
Encloses feathers from a diseased hen which has assumed cock plumage.
Forwards proofs of the engravings for Variation.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Aug 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5171 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 13, letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 2 June [1865] , and this volume, letter from W. B. …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 29 June – 7 July 1863
Summary
Progress of pigeon and poultry breeding experiments. No loss of fertility observed yet.
Blue-eyed cats and deafness.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 June – 7 July 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4233 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Correspondence vol. 12) and 13 March 1865 ( Calendar no. 4785)). CD reported Tegetmeier’ …
| letter | (17) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (17) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (17) |
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
Summary
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…
Matches: 29 hits
- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The …
- … However, several smaller projects came to fruition in 1865, including the publication of his long …
- … of Hugh Falconer Darwin’s first letter to Hooker of 1865 suggests that the family had had a …
- … the house jolly’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). Darwin was ready to submit his …
- … letter from Hugh Falconer to Erasmus Alvey Darwin, 3 January 1865 ). Erasmus forwarded his letters …
- … laboured in vain’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 6 January [1865] ). Sic transit gloria …
- … the world goes.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 February [1865] ). However, Hooker, at the time …
- … are unalloyed’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 February 1865 ). Darwin, now ‘haunted’ by …
- … with a vengeance’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1865] ). Continuing ill-health …
- … to try anyone’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). He particularly hated being ill …
- … of life. He wrote to Charles Lyell on 22 January [1865] , ‘unfortunately reading makes my head …
- … it up by early July ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865] ). In July, he consulted …
- … bread & meat’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 August [1865] ). By October, Darwin thought he might be …
- … to Jones’s diet ( see letter to T. H. Huxley, 4 October [1865] ). It was not until December, …
- … hour on most days’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 December [1865] ). Delays and …
- … last & concluding one’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 March [1865] ). In April he authorised …
- … press in the autumn’ ( letter to John Murray, 4 April [1865] ). In early June, he wrote to Murray …
- … when I can do anything’ ( letter to John Murray, 2 June [1865] ). It was not until 25 December …
- … of the woodcuts ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). After sending the manuscript to the …
- … like tartar emetic’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 January [1865] ). An abstract of the paper …
- … for it is your child’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 19 April 1865 ; Darwin noted at the beginning of …
- … the Linnean Society ( letter to [Richard Kippist], 4 June [1865] ). The paper was published in a …
- … German, he had it translated, and wrote to Müller in August 1865 that he had just finished hearing …
- … letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] ; since it is impossible to …
- … clearly understand (l etter to Daniel Oliver, 20 October [1865] ). Darwin was particularly …
- … scientific work’ ( letter to Fritz Müller, 20 September [1865] ), he clearly read Müller’s letters …
- … from sea-sickness ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ). This may have been unwise: Thomas …
- … & ability’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [10 March 1865] ). Scott took these criticisms, no …
- … again when he had time ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ); at the time of writing, he had …
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
Summary
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…
Matches: 5 hits
- … On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London …
- … Darwin wrote that he fell ill again on 22 April 1865 and was unable to ‘do anything.’ Emma Darwin’s …
- … hand). Darwin began the ice treatment on 20 May 1865. In his letter to Chapman of 7 June 1865 …
- … from Charles and Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865]). Darwin’s condition had been …
- … and George Busk (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [7 January 1865], and letter from George Busk, 28 April …
Prize possessions: To Henry Denny, 17 January [1865]
Summary
Between 1980 and 2018, I was honorary curator of the Alfred Denny Museum of Zoology in the University of Sheffield. One of our prize possessions was a letter from Darwin to Henry Denny, then curator and assistant secretary of the Literary and Philosophical…
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
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…
Matches: 22 hits
- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in …
- … basis of Lubbock’s book, Prehistoric times (Lubbock 1865). By 1860, Lyell had begun work …
- … material available pertaining to the antiquity of humans. In 1865, he wrote that the section on …
- … not pursue any grievance against Lyell until the spring of 1865. 13 In the course of …
- … C. Lyell 1863c and Lubbock 1861 (and consequently in Lubbock 1865), combined with the wording of …
- … between the end of February and the beginning of March 1865, Lubbock wrote the note which would …
- … received a copy of Lubbock’s book, published in mid-May 1865, he immediately wrote to express his …
- … Ramsay in a note to an article published in the April 1865 issue of the Philosophical Magazine . …
- … thought of the affair ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 June 1865] ). Hooker, for his part, could see …
- … for Lubbock’s book ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [4 June 1865] ). A week later he sent Lubbock a …
- … the note in the preface (letter to John Lubbock, 11 June [1865] ). No correspondence with Lyell …
- … him for an opinion ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 July 1865 ), Darwin wrote back ( letter to J. D …
- … and Lubbock had no direct communication after the end of May 1865, each appealing to friends to …
- … Thus, in print-runs after the end of June 1865, Lubbock had cancelled his note at the end of the …
- … of both interested parties. Only one known review of Lubbock 1865 draws attention to Lubbock’s note; …
- … situation was succinct. In his letter to Hooker of [4 June 1865] he warned that no one could do …
- … (C. Lyell 1863c; see letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 June 1865] and n. 13). The third edition had …
- … vii–ix (revised version of last section, printed in August 1865, but dated 1863 on the title page) …
- … of the ‘ Elements of geology ’ 34 [C. Lyell 1865], and the printed proofs were transferred …
- … (see enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 June 1865] ). Later, Lubbock claimed that he had …
- … the note which appeared at the end of the preface to Lubbock 1865. He told Hooker, ‘I did not trust …
- … ours’ (letter from John Lubbock to J. D. Hooker, 23 June 1865, in Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, …
How to manage it: To J. D. Hooker, [17 June 1865]
Summary
Sometimes, what stands out in a Darwin letter is not what is in it, but what is left out or just implied because the recipient would have known what Darwin was referring to. It is frustrating to spend hours looking but fail to identify something mentioned…
Matches: 4 hits
- … found in a relatively short letter written by Darwin in June 1865 to his close friend Joseph …
- … this letter was a reply ( From J. D. Hooker, [15 June 1865] ), but there was no mention of any …
- … Indian mutiny. At least three novels had been written around 1865. Suddenly, ‘How to’ made sense: …
- … a favourable review in the Athenæum in January 1865. It had all the criteria for a novel Darwin …
Inheritance
Summary
It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited. But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did. Darwin’s attempt to…
Darwin's health
Summary
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…
Matches: 4 hits
- … regular attacks had occurred again in the last week of April 1865, and the third week of May, just …
- … threw up food. In his letter to Chapman of 16 May [1865] , Darwin stated that his sickness was …
- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) on several occasions in 1864 and 1865. ‘Bad hysteria & sickness’ were …
- … difficulties reading, see letters to J. D. Hooker, 1 June [1865] and 27 [or 28 September 1865] …
George Busk
Summary
After the Beagle voyage, Darwin’s collection of bryozoans disappears from the records until the material was sent, in 1852, for study by George Busk, one of the foremost workers on the group of his day. In 1863, on the way down to Malvern Wells, Darwin had…
Matches: 1 hits
- … and Lady Lyell ( letter from J. D. Hooker [2 June 1865] ). …
3.10 Ernest Edwards, 'Men of Eminence'
Summary
< Back to Introduction In 1865 Darwin was invited to feature in another series of published photographs, Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art, with Biographical Memoirs . . . The Photographs from Life by Ernest Edwards, B.A.…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1865 Darwin was invited to feature in another series of …
- … had been launched by Lovell Augustus Reeve in 1863, but by 1865 Edward Walford had taken over as …
- … Darwin wrote to Walford, probably in the spring of 1865, to say, ‘I should of course be proud to be …
- … more than one sitting seems to have taken place, in November 1865 and April 1866. Darwin’s account …
- … true Philosopher’. The beard that Darwin had grown by 1865–1866 helped to enhance this …
- … public image – wrote to Emma, apparently in late November 1865, to say that he was waiting for a …
- … which derived from the three-quarter view photograph of 1865–1866 mentioned above (see separate …
- … of image Ernest Edwards date of creation 1865–1866 computer-readable date …
- … Letter from Darwin to Edward Walford, 22 [Jan. – April 1865?], (DCP-LETT-5508). Letter from Erasmus …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
Summary
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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- … Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, …
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
Summary
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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- … Darwin to Hooker (on hearing of Robert FitzRoy’s suicide), 1865. As you are now so …
Referencing women’s work
Summary
Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
Darwin on race and gender
Summary
Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
Religion
Summary
Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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…
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
Summary
Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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- … started in January 1860, and advertised in the press since 1865 with the unwieldy title, …
- … apparently discussing it or showing it to anyone until 1865, when he sent a version of it to Huxley, …
- … a book based on a series of articles that had appeared in 1865. In it he challenged aspects of …
- … vol. 13, letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1865] and n. 4). Darwin’s wife and children also …
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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- … (DCP-LETT-4707); Naudin’s gushing acknowledgement, 18 June 1865 (DCP-LETT-4863). Letter from …
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…
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- … Letter 4940 - Cresy, E. to Darwin, E., [20 November 1865] Edward Cresy Jnr. seeks Darwin …
The evolution of honeycomb
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Honeycombs are natural engineering marvels, using the least possible amount of wax to provide the greatest amount of storage space, with the greatest possible structural stability. Darwin recognised that explaining the evolution of the honey-bee’s comb…
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- … precise measurement was bought to bear, a myth. In 1865, Darwin received a letter from Edward …
Race, Civilization, and Progress
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Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
