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William Yarrell
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William Yarrell was a London businessman, a stationer and bookseller, who became an expert on British birds and fish, writing standard reference works on both. He was a member of several science and natural history societies, including the Linnean Society…
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- … William Yarrell was a London businessman, a stationer and bookseller, who …
- … of London. As a student, Darwin gave his cousin, William Darwin Fox, a present of a stuffed …
- … . And when he was preparing for the Beagle voyage Yarrell helped him get the best deals on …
- … on how best to prepare specimens. After his return it was Yarrell who took him as a visitor to …
- … publications , Darwin sending Journal of researches and Yarrell sending the first volume of his …
- … wanted to study the effects of artificial breeding, it was Yarrell who pursuaded him to keep …
- … It was to Tegetmeier that Darwin wrote on hearing of Yarrell's death, lamenting ' our …
List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Airy, Hubert (27) Aitchison, William (2) …
- … Baird, S. F. (1) Baird, William (1) …
- … Baxter, W. W. (36) Baxter, William (7) …
- … Bennett, A. W. (21) Bennett, William (2) …
- … Blanche (2) Blenkiron, William, Jr (1) …
- … Bowles, W. B. (2) Bowman, William (29) …
- … Frank (17) Buckland, William (6) …
- … Clephan, T. R. (1) Clift, William (1) …
- … Coldstream, John (2) Cole, William (3) …
- … Cooper, W. B. (1) Cooper, William (1) …
- … Croll, James (16) Crookes, William (1) …
- … la Beche, H. T. (3) Dealtry, William (1) …
- … Farr, John (2) Farr, William (7) …
- … Farrer, T. H. (137) Farrer, William (1) …
- … Graham, C. C. (3) Graham, William (5) …
- … Green, Thomas (1) Green, William (2) …
- … Hardy, R. P. (4) Hardy, William (1) …
- … Harris, J. (2) Harris, William (2) …
- … Harte, Richard (1) Harte, William (1) …
- … Henslow, J. S. (147) Henty, William (3) …
- … Herbert, M. A. (1) Herbert, William (4) …
- … Hopkins, A. N. (1) Hopkins, William (3) …
- … Horner, Susan (1) Horsfall, William (2) …
- … Hough, Arthur (1) Houghton, William (1) …
- … A. A. W. (3) Huggins, William (2) …
- … Jackson, Julian (4) Jackson, William (1) …
- … Hyacinth (4) Jardine, William (1) …
- … Jenkins, H. M. (1) Jenner, William (8) …
- … Würtenberger, Leopold (8) Yarrell, William (6) …
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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- … on change of plumage in pheasants. Philos. Trans. 1827 [Yarrell 1827] Paxton on the culture …
- … [Bechstein 1835] Some facts on cross-bred animals, M r Yarrell has it?? Walker on …
- … “Boltons Harmonia Ruralis” [Bolton 1794–6]— Yarrell probably has it. account of habits of birds. …
- … 1651] [DAR *119: 13v.] Yarrel’s Birds [Yarrell 1843] (1 Vol read) Last Edit …
- … 1841]. 2 d . vols. —— 30 th . Smollets William & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— …
- … Richardson 1829–37] 2 vols. except Fishes, which read if Yarrell does not compare British with N. …
- … with list of Birds ( some migratory ) [Harcourt 1851]. Yarrell has (read) Rev d Baden …
- … Harmonia Ruralis [Bolton 1794–6]. Habits of Birds Yarrell has.?— Ramond Acad. of Sci. Jan. …
- … of the Deer Forest by J. Sobieski 1848 [Sobieski 1848] Yarrell— good Sporting Nat. Hist …
- … & Hybrids [DAR *128: 157] Yarrells Birds [Yarrell 1843] vol 2 & 3 must …
- … [DAR *128: 149] Murray Geograph. Distrib. Price William & Norgate 2” 12” 6 [A. Murray …
- … Hind’s Solar System [Hind 1852] April 20 th William Humboldts letters [K. W. von Humboldt …
- … Hewitsons Oology [Hewitson [1833–42].— Nov. 12. Yarrell’s British Birds [Yarrell 1843]. …
- … 7 Probably a reference to the private library of William Jackson Hooker and his son, Joseph …
- … In February 1882, however, after reading the introduction to William Ogle’s translation of Aristotle …
- … Notebooks ). 19 According to the DNB , William Herbert provided notes for both …
- … is presumably the date and number of the part containing William Pulteney Alison’s article which was …
- … from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to which CD refers has …
- … listing the volumes in the Naturalist’s Library edited by William Jardine, a forty-volume series on …
- … 66 The bibliography provides the titles of the works by William Shakespeare that CD recorded …
- … CD’s collection is a presentation copy from the author to William Jackson Hooker. See …
- … edited by Robert Bentley Todd, was issued in parts. William Pulteney Alison’s article first …
- … crayon and the ‘O’ in pencil. It is not clear which of William Jackson Hooker’s journals is meant …
- … and London. [Other eds.] *119: 15 Alison, William Pulteney. 1847. Instinct. In vol. 3, pp …
- … influence on the progress of civilisation . Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers. 119: 22a …
- … written by himself . Translated by John Leyden and William Erskine. 2 vols. London. *119: 14 …
- … ed. (1864) in Darwin Library.] *128: 165 Baird, William. 1850. The natural history of …
- … London. [Other eds.] *119: 11v.; 119: 10a Yarrell, William. 1827. On the change of …
1.3 Thomas Herbert Maguire, lithograph
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< Back to Introduction This striking portrait of Darwin, dating from 1849, belonged to a series of about sixty lithographic portraits of naturalists and other scientists drawn by Thomas Herbert Maguire. They were successively commissioned over a…
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- … supportive of natural theology, with the entomologist Revd William Kirby, author of one of the …
Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter
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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…
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- … domestic breeds. Early in 1855, following the advice of William Yarrell, Darwin began to keep …
- … Henrietta. Through Yarrell, Darwin made the acquaintance of William Bernhard Tegetmeier, who, like …
- … also relied upon the good nature of his friend and relative William Darwin Fox, who kept a wide …
