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Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
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…
Matches: 12 hits
- … Bowker's answers not found Bowman, William …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 20 May 1869 32 Queen Anne St. …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 19 May 1869 West Riding …
- … Gray, Asa 9 May [1869] [Alexandria, Egypt] …
- … Gray, Jane 9 May [1869] [Alexandria, Egypt] …
- … Gray, Asa 8 & 9 May 1869 Florence, Italy (about …
- … King, P.G. 25 Feb 1869 Sydney, Australia …
- … Maudsley, Henry 20 May 1869 32 Queen Anne St. …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 17 Jan 1869 Sierra Leone, Africa …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 28 June [1869] Sierra Leone, …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 26 Dec 1869 Sierra Leone, Africa …
- … Scott, John 2 July 1869 Royal Botanic Gardens, …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … selection in relation to sex . He wrote to his indexer, William Sweetland Dallas, on 27 January …
- … for a US edition had been in place since December 1869, while German, Russian, French, and Dutch …
- … 19 February 1871 ). The African explorer and writer William Winwood Reade thought the publication …
- … (letter from W. W. Reade, 21 February 1871). The geologist William Boyd Dawkins remarked on Darwin’s …
- … of hair arrived from several correspondents, including William Bernhard Tegetmeier, who remarked …
- … the family and commented upon by his wife and children. William offered his assessment of John …
- … Günther, George Busk, T. H. Huxley, Osbert Salvin, and William Henry Flower all provided Darwin with …
- … anatomists and eye specialists Frans Cornelis Donders, William Bowman, and Erasmus Wilson, to …
- … or ‘absurd & trifling’ questions ( letter to William Bowman, [before 26] January [1871] ). He …
Women’s scientific participation
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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…
Matches: 9 hits
- … Letter 6736 - Gray, A. & J. L to Darwin, [8 & 9 May 1869] Jane Loring Gray, …
- … Williams , M. S. to Darwin, H. E., [after 14 October 1869] Darwin’s niece, Margaret, …
- … Letter 6815 - Scott, J. to Darwin, [2 July 1869] John Scott responds to Darwin’s …
- … 4139 - Darwin, W. E. to Darwin, [4 May 1863] William sends the results of a recent …
- … 23rd 1887]: Emma Darwin tells her eldest son, William, that her third eldest son, Francis, …
- … 1862 - DAR 219.1:49) Emma Darwin updates her son, William, on family news. Henrietta has …
- … W. E., [9 January 1872] Darwin thanks his son William for checking the proofs of a new, …
- … to Clarke, W. B., [25 October 1861] Darwin asks William Clarke to pass on information on …
- … - Darwin to Gunther, A. C. L. G., [21 September 1869] Darwin asks Gunther for “a great …
Expression
Summary
Darwin's interest in emotional expression can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by the different sounds and gestures among the peoples of Tierra del Fuego, and on his return from the voyage he started recording observations…
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- … objects of study was infants. As soon as his first child (William) was born he began recording the …
- … questions,' wrote Margaret Vaughan Williams to Henrietta in 1869, ' but we do find it so …
- … the inability to control or conceal strong emotions. In 1869, he contacted the well-known alienist …
- … the physiology of weeping. He asked the ophthalmic surgeon William Bowman to observe if ' when …
