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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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  • … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
  • … Edwards & Co. (1) Babbage, Charles (10) …
  • … Bond, Frederick (2) Boner, Charles (5) …
  • … Edward (1) Bradlaugh, Charles (2) …
  • … Brayley, E. W. (1) Breese, Charles (1) …
  • … Samuel (b) (14) Buxton, Charles (2) …
  • … Lydekker, R. (1) Lyell, Charles (277) …

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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  • … letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 [May 1864] ). Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to …
  • … had expected to complete it in a fortnight. But at Darwin’s request, he modified his original plan, …
  • … though it would be a great loss to the Book’. But Darwin’s angry letter to Murray crossed one from …
  • … Generally favourable accounts appeared in some of London’s leading weeklies such as the  Saturday …
  • … additional facts that they hoped might be of interest. Charles Henry Binstead, a civil engineer in …
  • … son, William, met on occasion with a Southampton surgeon, Charles Langstaff, who observed screaming …
  • … sacrificed to Public life.’ Farrer replied: ‘You don’t know how kind I think your note. This …
  • … as an appendix to volume 16 of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin . Religion in theory . …
  • … life time— I am preparing to go into opposition— I can’t stand it’. Diplomas and honorary …
  • … Darwin by Julia Margaret Cameron ( Image: Charles Darwin, 1868, Julia Margaret Cameron, Dar …
  • … year, but suffered one bout of poor health, complaining to Charles Lyell on 14 July : ‘the last 3 …