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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,…
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's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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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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- … suffering from a feverish cold, Darwin’s London consultant Andrew Clark was called out to see Darwin …
- … yet not to make his life too monotonous,’ he explained to Andrew Clark, who travelled to Down to …
- … ... so as to prove his brain sound’ ( letter to Andrew Clark, [late June 1876] ; letter to G. H. …
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…
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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- … read [Loudon 1838] —— Lewis & Clarke [Lewis and Clark 1814]— skimmed half way through …
- … China [Staunton 1797]; Lewis & Clarke [Lewis and Clark 1814] Boutcher & Forsyth on Forest …
- … 154 ——. 1850. The life and correspondence of Andrew Combe, M.D. Edinburgh. 128: 5 …
- … people . London. [Other eds.] 119: 13a Downing, Andrew Jackson. 1845. The fruits and …
- … under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross . 2 vols. London. [Darwin Library.] 119: …
- … 4th ed. London. *119: 13v. Knight, Thomas Andrew. 1797. A treatise on the culture of …
- … Royal and Horticultural Societies by the late Thomas Andrew Knight, to which is prefixed a …
- … DAR 71: 180–91.] *119: 22v.; 119: 22a Murray, Andrew. 1866. The geographical …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 13; 119: 12a Smith, Andrew. 1838–49. Illustrations of the zoology of …
