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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,…
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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) …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … Darwin with his now famous beard, had been taken by his son William in April, when Darwin was …
- … for him to make some observations of dimorphic plants with William’s help; he also ordered a …
- … In the same month, Darwin began to consult William Jenner, professor of clinical medicine at …
- … 52 hours without vomiting!!’. In April he decided that Jenner had done him much good; his sickness …
- … the two previous years. As Darwin explained to his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of 30 …
- … The greatest assistance in 1864, however, was provided by William, Darwin’s eldest son and a banker …
- … shape and size, indicated fertility between dimorphic forms. William participated in the detailed …
- … can do as much pollen work as ever you like’. Comments on William’s findings, along with other …
- … wife, Emma, or by Henrietta. Darwin’s own replies to William disclose his delight in discovering the …
- … As in earlier years, Darwin consulted Charles William Crocker about his crossing experiments with …
- … his brother Erasmus told him of a subscription fund for John William Colenso, bishop of Natal, South …
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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- … of an infant’, based on observations of his first child, William, was republished in a collection of …
- … in the success of the proposed Association,’ he wrote to William Jenner, ‘for I am convinced that …
- … foundation cannot be overestimated’ ( letter to William Jenner, 20 March [1882] ; see also …
- … of Cambridge, enclosing a subscription for the portrait of William Cavendish, the duke of Devonshire …
- … found relief in some of Darwin’s letters, remarking to William: ‘I have been reading over his old …
- … 1857, Darwin wrote to the secretary of the Royal Society, William Sharpey, with recommendations for …
- … no man ranks in the same class with Lyell’ ( letter to William Sharpey, 22 May [1857] ). …
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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- … 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If any man wants to gain a …
- … The index of Variation had been entrusted to William Sweetland Dallas, a naturalist with long …
- … letter of thanks to the naturalist and customs offcial John Jenner Weir for a paper on apterous …
- … provided by the poultry expert and editor of the Field , William Bernhard Tegetmeier, who …
- … to Emma Darwin, 9 February [1868] ). Darwin’s eldest son, William, met on occasion with a …
- … to August Weismann, 22 October 1868 ). To the physiologist William Preyer Darwin wrote on 31 …
- … science, including Adam Sedgwick, John Stevens Henslow, and William Jackson Hooker. ‘I … am …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … edition appeared at the end of 1866 and had told his cousin William Darwin Fox, ‘My work will have …
- … of the age of the earth much greater than that calculated by William Thomson, but he did point out, …
- … based on recent work of Croll, Andrew Crombie Ramsay, William Whitaker, and others ( Origin 5th …
- … and amphibians, while Roland Trimen in South Africa and John Jenner Weir in London sent more …
- … his long-time correspondent, the pigeon and poultry fancier William Bernhard Tegetmeier, who sent …
- … lusitanicum that had been painstakingly collected by William Chester Tait in Portugal. Darwin …
- … since its publication in 1862. Darwin asked his son William to examine the British orchid …
- … in order to better ascertain its manner of pollination. William’s contribution, and those of many …
- … was probably the one he commissioned and paid for himself: William Sweetland Dallas’s edition of …
- … from Adolf Reuter, 23 September 1869 ). The physiologist William Thierry Preyer enclosed a paper …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
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- … Darwin turned to the physician and eye-specialist William Ogle, requesting him to observe the muscle …
- … he complained, ‘is the bane of existence!’ ( letter to William Ogle, 9 November 1870 ). …
- … expression, including four lengthy letters from the explorer William Winwood Reade, who had led an …
- … Darwin commented on Mivart’s essay in a letter to William Henry Flower: ‘I am glad you noticed the …
- … mother and foetus during pregnancy. As a case in point, John Jenner Weir described the offspring of …
- … of consanguineous marriages. He enlisted the support of William Farr, a specialist in medical …
- … receive friends and visit family. He confided to his cousin William Darwin Fox, ‘I never pass 6 …
- … at Ightam Mote, in Kent, and nearly a fortnight with his son William in Southampton, and making a …
- … man’. ‘I can most truly say’, he wrote to his cousin William Darwin Fox, ‘that I have written …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
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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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- … and plants under domestication . In a letter to his son William dated 27 [March 1867] , he …
- … the book was further delayed by the time it took William Sweetland Dallas to prepare the index. John …
- … that the colours were protective and suggested that John Jenner Weir might conduct experiments in …
- … J. D. Hooker, 4 February 1867 ). In a letter to his son William, Darwin confided, ‘Mamma has …
- … Charles Fleeming Jenkin, who had recently collaborated with William Thomson on experiments on …
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…
Matches: 8 hits
- … Drosera filiformis . Hooker, with the assistance of William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, was engaged in a …
- … (letter from ?, [1873?]). The Scottish physician William Main suggested that facial movements could …
- … & sadness & decay with the reverse—” ( letter from William Main, 2 April 1873 ). The …
- … in Nature magazine, forwarding a letter from William Huggins on a case of inherited instinct in …
- … noted his passion for collecting, the value of Euclid and William Paley as educational influences, …
- … Lubbock, Herbert Spencer, John Tyndall, George Busk, and William Spottiswoode met with Darwin in …
- … June, stayed with the Farrers in Surrey and with their son William in Southampton in August, and …
- … to home, when he was graced by an invitation from John Jenner Weir to act as a patron of the annual …
