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Climbing plants
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Darwin’s book Climbing plants was published in 1865, but its gestation began much earlier. The start of Darwin’s work on the topic lay in his need, owing to severe bouts of illness in himself and his family, for diversions away from his much harder book on…
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- … in 1865, but its gestation began much earlier. The start of Darwin’s work on the topic lay in his …
- … easy plant to raise in pot ’. Gray immediately sent seeds of the two plants he had himself used to …
- … these, especially upon the first, I made my observations of tendrils coiling to the touch ’. …
- … interrupted by his poor health. He did not lose his sense of humour, though, and told his best …
- … Charles Darwin”; for I cannot think what has come over me of late; I always suffered from the …
- … being worth inserting in Silliman or elsewhere ’ (The American Journal of Science and Arts was …
- … of another ‘interruption’ to Variation were well and truly planted. ‘Wonderfully …
- … because Darwin had made a great number of observations and experiments before looking at any of the …
- … phenomenon of the spontaneous revolutions of the stems and tendrils of climbing plants had been long …
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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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
- … "A child of God" (1) …
- … (1) Admiralty, Lords of the (1) Agassiz, …
- … Ambrose, J. L. (3) American Academy of Arts and Sciences …
- … & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) Annals and Magazine of Natural History …
- … M. L. (1) Baxter, Payne, and Lepper (1) …
- … Blytt, Axel (2) Board of the Treasury (minutes) (1) …
- … Cecil, S. A. (1) Chairman of Highway Board (1) …
- … (19) Easton and Anderson (1) Eck, F. A. …
- … Lamont, James (4) Land and Water (1) …
- … (23) Linnean Society, President and council (1) …
- … Victor et fils (1) Master and Fellows, Caius College Cambridge …
- … Pozzi, S. J. (3) President and council, Linnean Society (1 …
- … Britain (1) Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences (1) …
- … (1) Secretary, American Philosophical Society (2) …
- … (1) Société des sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel (1) …
- … Sutton, S. (1) Swale and Wilson (1) …
- … Society (1) secretary of Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia …
- … Soc. (2) secretary of R. Soc Arts (1) …
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 to …
- … a few odd entries, the record ends. Both notebooks consist of two different sections, headed ‘Books …
- … have used these notebooks extensively in dating and annotating Darwin’s letters; the full …
- … 1821] Decandolle on Geograph distrib:— in Dict: Sciences Nat. [A. P. de Candolle 1820] in …
- … r Horsfield [Horsfield 1824] Sillimans Journal [ American Journal of Science and Arts ]. …
- … 1802–13]— facts about close species. Wilson’s American Ornithology [A. Wilson 1808–14] …
- … according to Hooker has written on topography of N. American plants. [?Michaux 1803].— M r …
- … P. Alison 1847]. No 19. July. 1840 27 Annales des Sciences 1840. Octob & Jan. Papers …
- … one volume I tried unreadable Annales des Sciences [ Annales des Sciences Naturelles ]. …
- … Agricult. Journ [ Annals of Agriculture, and other useful arts ] Highland Agricult. Journal …
- … History [Waterton 1838] d[itt]o Trans. of Royal Irish Academy [ Transactions of the …
- … Sonnets ] 66 Silliman’s Journal [ American Journal of Science and Arts ] all from 1 to …
- … 16 th Excellent Paper on Zoosperms in Annales des Sciences no. 1: 1841: [Prévost and Dumas 1824] …
- … (& p. 397 to 452 Bought) 30 th Sillimans Journal [ American Journal of Science and Arts …
- … which read if Yarrell does not compare British with N. American [Yarrell 1836].— March I. G. …
- … Despatches [Wellesley 1834–9] —— 17 th Arts & Manufactures. Christian K.. Soc [Society …
- … of Philosoph. Soc. of Philadelphia [? Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of …
- … 1778. Seven discourses delivered in the Royal Academy by the president. London. [Other eds.] …
- … London. 1834–42. *128: 171 Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia …
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…
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- … A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species , …
- … rather than as a theoretician or a synthetic thinker. One of these works, On the Movements and …
- … short paper by Asa Gray, published in 1858, on the movements of the tendrils of a Cucurbitacean …
- … "Note on the Coiling of Tendrils" . Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and …
- … Darwin writes to his good friend T. H. Huxley, zoologist and one of Darwin’s most ardent defenders, …
- … to thank him for sending a copy of his book Histoire des sciences . Darwin sends de Candolle a …
Frederick Burkhardt (1912-2007)
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Founding editor, Darwin Correspondence Project Fred, as he was known to all who worked with him, first conceived of a project to publish all of Darwin’s correspondence in 1974 on his retirement as President of the American Council of Learned Societies,…
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- … as he was known to all who worked with him, first conceived of a project to publish all of Darwin’s …
- … but also of its outstanding contribution to national and international cultural heritage. That the …
- … career that began with degrees in philosophy from Columbia and a scholarship to Oxford. Convinced …
- … problems Fred served with the OSS in the Second World War, and was part of the US administration of …
- … serving as president of Bennington College, the liberal arts college in Vermont, and then as …
- … US High Commission for Germany 1950–51; president, American Council of Learned Societies, 1957–74. …
- … Learned Societies Elected member of the American Philosophical Society Fellow of …
- … science, History of Science Society, 2005 Awarded the American Philosophical Society Thomas …
- … the Burkhardt Fellowship and Burkhardt Symposium at the American Philosphical Society, 2000 …
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 …
- … write briefly’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ), and in a letter of 23 [June 1863] he …
- … Darwin did continue his botanical pursuits over the summer, and persevered with his work on …
- … Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, where he underwent a course of the water-cure. The treatment was not …
- … books by his friends Charles Lyell, the respected geologist, and Thomas Henry Huxley, the zoologist …
- … , a weekly review of science, literature, music, and the arts, the prominent anatomist Richard Owen …
- … vol. 10). He sent a copy to Asa Gray to review in an American journal, and also wrote a long …
- … his election as a corresponding member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin (see …
- … [1863] ). Asa Gray reviewed Candolle’s memoir in the American Journal of Science and Arts (A. …
- … at the suffering of slaves’ (LL 3: 199). The American Civil War Darwin’s aversion to …
- … Hooker, who had long since ceased to discuss politics or the American Civil War in his …
2.1 Thomas Woolner bust
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< Back to Introduction Thomas Woolner’s marble bust of Darwin was the first portrayal of him that reflected an important transition in his status in the later 1860s. In the 1840s–1850s Darwin had been esteemed within scientific circles as one among…
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- … to Introduction Thomas Woolner’s marble bust of Darwin was the first portrayal of him …
- … after 1859 he was vilified as the subversive author of Origin of Species ; but by 1869 Darwin had …
- … Darwin’s close friend Joseph Hooker who raised the idea of an approach to Woolner in 1863, intending …
- … anxious to get Woolner down [to Down] to take a clay model of your bust, for myself, as you kindly …
- … This enterprise came to nothing – was Darwin wary of authorising the creation and circulation of an …
- … contained many other portraits of forbears, family members and Darwin himself. It was the most …
- … in Leonard’s photograph, with its rumpled sofa cover and assorted chairs, does not suggest dynastic …
- … to nature in art. His busts of the famous, such as Tennyson and Gladstone, usually combined a strong …
- … drapery. When the bust of Darwin was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1870, the Observer ’s …
- … In 1908, when Charles Finney Cox, President of the New York Academy of Sciences, sought guidance …
- … Botany Department, now the Department of Plant Sciences, c.1896, and it is now in the Herbarium …
- … location University Herbarium Library, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge …
- … copyright holder Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge originator of …
- … Darwin to Darwin, 6 Feb. 1869: DCP-LETT-6604. ‘Royal Academy: Second Notice’, The Observer (8 …
- … Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts (New Haven and London: Yale University …
2.28 Couper bust in Cambridge
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< Back to Introduction In June 1909 the University of Cambridge, Darwin’s alma mater, staged an international event to mark the centenary of his birth and the fifty years’ anniversary of the publication of Origin of Species. Over four hundred…
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- … Back to Introduction In June 1909 the University of Cambridge, Darwin’s alma mater, …
- … in the Old Library a year earlier, to mark the tercentenary of the birth of John Milton in 1608. …
- … had produced ‘our greatest Cambridge poet’ in Milton and ‘our greatest Cambridge biologist’ in …
- … It was a replica of the bust commissioned by the New York Academy of Sciences, at a cost of $1000, …
- … of the delegation, trusted that it would ‘convey to this and future generations of Cambridge …
- … well as of the intellectual grandeur of the man they revered and honoured’. The AMNH’s …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … – 25 March 2007 – 1 Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray …
- … respect Craig Baxter's right to be identified as the creator of this dramatisation, and that of …
- … to aid public reading. If you want to see the full texts of the letters that have been used here, …
- … There are three actors who predominantly read the words of the following: Actor 1 – Asa Gray …
- … A Friend of John Stuart Mill, Emma Darwin, Horace Darwin… and acts as a sort of stage manager; scene …
- … Galapagos organisms etc etc. And with thecharacter of the American fossil mammifers etcetc. That I …
- … of it. He says it is – Louis Agassiz is a Swiss-American zoologist, close in age to Darwin …
- … WAR IN AMERICA: 1861-1862 In which the start of the American Civil War is announced and Gray …
- … of the highest importance. 141 The present American row has a very toryfying influence on us …
- … GRAY: 142 I never thought anything of American institutions for England. Aristocracy is a …
- … Did you ever hear the like? 152 [He] sends me American newspapers, which I never read, and …
- … a beard, and cancels The Times; and the Yankees win the American Civil War. DARWIN: …
- … Then, Darwin’s health dictates that he and his American guests must separate. Gray notes Darwin’s …
- … MARCH 1873 3 A GRAY. MEMOIR OF DARWIN AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, …
- … GRAY, REVIEW OF ORIGIN , AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, MARCH 1860 79 A GRAY, …
- … REVIEW OF ‘ORIGIN’ IN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, MARCH, 1860 81 C DARWIN TO …
- … GRAY, REVIEW OF ORIGIN , AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, MARCH 1860 93 A GRAY, …
- … 1860 96 A GRAY, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, SEPTEMBER 1860 97 C …
Asa Gray
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Darwin’s longest running and most significant exchange of correspondence dealing with the subjects of design in nature and religious belief was with the Harvard botanist Asa Gray. Gray was one of Darwin’s leading supporters in America. He was also a…
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 …
- … dispute over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second …
- … admired in his youth: ‘I have always looked on him as one of the greatest men the world has ever …
- … to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, Albert Way, caused …
- … takes everything more quietly, as not signifying so much. And … one looks backwards much more than …
- … Haeckel, 26 October 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and sceptics Darwin excused …
- … house. The event was led by the medium Charles E. Williams, and was attended by George Henry Lewes …
- … of Corals and coral islands , by James Dwight Dana, an American zoologist, geologist, and leading …
- … review of Ernst Haeckel’s Anthropogenie in the Academy (2 January 1875; see Appendix V, pp. …
- … with ( letter to F. J. Cohn, 12 October 1874 ). Darwin’s American correspondent Mary Treat sent …
- … April 1874 ). Asa Gray forwarded a letter from the American physicist and painter Ogden Rood …
- … ( letter from James Ross, September 1874 ). The American philosopher Chauncey Wright sent a …
- … letter from Chauncey Wright, 3 September 1874 ). The American lawyer Samuel Whitaker …
- … his studies at Cambridge from mathematics to natural sciences. He stayed on after graduating to work …
- … quarters. He was elected a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ( …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If any …
- … claimed that sexual selection was ‘the most powerful means of changing the races of man’ …
- … decades before. He also made efforts to expand his network of informants, especially among breeders …
- … Information on crying infants, weeping elephants, and pouting chimpanzees flooded in from leading …
- … eventually swell to two separate books, Descent of man and Expression of the emotions in man …
- … the name of “attachment” or “love”’, wrote the American entomologist Benjamin Dann Walsh on 25 …
- … March, ‘you force public attention to bear on the natural sciences and they can only gain from this. …
- … 3 April , ‘your works are destined to renew the natural sciences entirely.’ Gaston de Saporta …
- … second in the entrance examination for the Royal military academy at Woolwich. ‘I shall burst with …
- … on him, including the order of merit of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and Arts, which …
