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Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the …
- … numbers refer to R. B. Freeman’s standard bibliography of Darwin’s works. —Extracts from …
- … for private distribution by the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1 December 1835. [ Shorter …
- … commanded by Capt. FitzRoy, R.N. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 446-9 …
- … in the neighbourhood of the Plata. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 542 …
- … from the study of coral formations. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): …
- … the formation of mould. Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2nd ser., pt. 3, 5 …
- … are elevated. Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2nd ser., pt. 3, 5 (1840): 601-31 …
- … to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1844. [F272.] —What is the …
- … Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , 14 September 1844, pp. 628-9. [ Shorter publications , pp. …
- … Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2 (1844-50): 17-18. [ Shorter publications , pp. …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but …
- … his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species and varieties. In contrast to …
- … and gathering information from an ever-expanding network of correspondents. Down House was altered …
- … stay; and, with his father’s advice, Darwin began a series of judicious financial investments to …
- … others. Only two months after their first exchange, early in 1844, Darwin told Hooker that he was …
- … murder) immutable’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [11 January 1844] ). Nine months later, in his letter …
- … Darwin’s views. South America drew together all the geological and palaeontological results of …
- … (1830–3) and a commitment to Lyell’s idea of gradual geological change taking place overimmensely …
- … University and a period of half-hearted work with the Geological Survey of Great Britain. Like …
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 …
- … were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119) …
- … a few odd entries, the record ends. Both notebooks consist of two different sections, headed ‘Books …
- … copy of the catalogue of scientific books in the Royal Society of London (Royal Society of London …
- … Transact 15 [ Transactions of the Horticultural Society ] Mr Coxe “view of the …
- … Transactions [ ?Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural Society ]: Asa Gray & Torrey …
- … [ Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India ; Proceedings of the …
- … Transactions [ Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London ].— [DAR *119: 8v.] …
- … Transact [ Transactions of the Linnean Society of London ] Wernerian d[itt]o [ Memoirs …
- … 1841].— L d . Dudley’s Correspondence [Dudley 1844]. Hallam Constitut Hist: Hen VII …
- … of Books at end of Catalogue of Royal Soc. [Royal Society of London 1839]— Meckel’s Anatomy. …
- … Hall’s voyage in the Nemesis to China [Bernard 1844]. The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] …
- … ] Veterinary: Jan & Feb. number 1841. Karkeek on the geological History of the Horse …
- … Man. Bailliere. 1.10 [Prichard 1843] must be studied . London Library read [DAR *119: …
- … [Haldeman 1843–4] already (1844) VI. vols. published Lib. Geological Society (read) Goulds …
- … of Hort Soc. [ Journal of the Horticultural Society of London ] must be read D …
- … Expedition to Siberia & Polar Sea [Wrangell 1840] Geological Report. New York 69 Jan. …
- … 16 th Dublin Geolog. Journ. [ Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin ] Vol 1.— …
- … Nov. 12. Mem. of Geolog. Survey [ Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain ] Vol I …
- … entitled “Communication from the governor, relative to the geological survey of the state”. Several …
- … found fossil in the British strata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in …
- … During these years he published two books—his Journal of researches and The structure and …
- … In addition, he organised and superintended the publication of the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. …
- … and had served as a Secretary and Vice-President of the Geological Society of London. All this was …
- … sensibilities. Early in 1839 the couple set up house in London and at the end of the year their …
- … 1837, Darwin read the fourth of a series of papers to the Geological Society of London. Three of the …
- … of mould by earthworms. This explanation of a “new Geological Power”, as William Buckland called it …
- … The correspondence and the reviews of his papers for the Geological Society Transactions provide …
- … work, and it too was in geology. In 1838 he set out on a geological tour in Scotland, the major …
- … Scotland. This tour resulted in a major paper for the Royal Society in which he advanced the …
- … portion of the text, drawing upon his field notes for geological and geographical data and for the …
- … during the autumn of 1843, and Planariae, described in 1844. Another important specimen was the …
- … W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott 1836, 1841; J. D. Hooker 1844–7, 1845, 1846, 1853–5, and 1860). In …
- … are full exchanges of views and information about their geological work, their expeditions and …
- … are preserved (187 of them in the American Philosophical Society’s collection) but some are missing, …
- … true that, until he took J. D. Hooker into his confidence in 1844, Darwin does not appear to have …
- … for Kemp, based on Kemp’s letters, and published in 1844 almost entirely as Darwin wrote it (see …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … the event, the ‘little zoology’ turned out to be a study of barnacles that spanned eight years and …
- … the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes …
- … hours at the microscope did not preclude a prodigious amount of other scientific activity. There are …
- … gave to their views reveals a recognition on the part of British naturalists that science was fast …
- … dangerous travels through the mountains. Hooker writes of the complicated geology of the area, of …
- … they had come to regard each other. Geology, and geological controversy Hooker’s …
- … to Charles Lyell, 8 [September 1847] ). The second geological theory Darwin felt the need to …
- … Agassiz’s glaciation theory. A third theme in the geological correspondence is the …
- … work on Cirripedia. Having sent off the proofs of Geological observations on South America , the …
- … intended that invertebrates be included in Zoology, but by 1844 it had become clear that the …
- … Down Coal Club and helping to establish the Down Friendly Society for which he also acted as …
Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter
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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…
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- … The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. …
- … scientific work, single-mindedly committed to the completion of his cirripede monographs. …
- … Malvern to Emma, who was confined to Down awaiting the birth of their ninth child. After Anne’s …
- … spending so much time on the group. He was surely thinking of these years: the exciting discoveries …
- … when, in 1853, he was awarded a Royal Medal by the Royal Society of London for his contributions to …
- … and plates and settling publication details with the Ray Society for Living Cirripedia (1851) …
- … Fossil Cirripedia (1854), again published by the Ray Society and the Palaeontographical Society. …
- … Darwin that soon developed into a valued friendship. London scientific society As …
- … was extended into the political realm of scientific life in London, as revealed in a series of …
- … Darwin’s decision to take a more active interest in London scientific life was prompted by a general …
- … on 29 [May 1854] : ‘Very far from disagreeing with me, my London visits have just lately taken to …
- … order to supplement views already expressed in his essay of 1844 ( Foundations ; Correspondence …
- … over sea as the alternative to such speculative, large-scale geological changes. As he told Hooker …
Charles Darwin’s letters: a selection 1825-1859
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The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University of Edinburgh, to the end of 1859, when the Origin of Species was published. The early letters portray Darwin as a lively sixteen-year-old medical student. Two…
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- … years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University of Edinburgh, to the end of 1859, when …
- … medical student. Two years later he abandoned any idea of following his father in becoming a …
- … academic curriculum. He became an enthusiastic collector of insects, and a devoted follower of the …
- … took his BA degree, Henslow recommended him for the post of unoffical naturalist and companion to …
- … during the Beagle ‘s five-year circumnavigation of the globe contain extensive accounts of his …
- … was already a well-known naturalist and an accepted member of the scientific community. The …
- … and reptiles collected during the voyage. Darwin supplied geological and geographical introductions, …
- … and yet were distinct and unique to that archipelago. In London, the similarity of the fossils of …
- … Thomas Malthus’s Essay on the principle of population (London, 1826), he found a clue: in the …
- … Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. In his letter of 11 January 1844 , Darwin revealed to Hooker that …
- … on the subject. The joint paper was read at the Linnean Society on 1 July 1858. A few weeks later, …
Before Origin: the ‘big book’
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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…
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- … 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles ( Darwin's Journal ). …
- … do before presenting his views publicly, he was so convinced of their merit that he made plans for …
- … unflattered ’ when some readers attributed the authorship of Vestiges to him. It took another …
- … had worried that the process would reveal the untenability of his views. ‘ How awfully flat I shall …
- … When Darwin had read the introduction to Hooker’s Flora of New Zealand in October 1853, he …
- … by March 1855, he was immersed in the preparatory stages of his own book, fully taking on board the …
- … which I can collect, for & versus the immutability of species ’, he told his cousin William …
- … as I can find made out,—in geograph. distribution, geological history—affinities &c &c & …
- … receive his views with open arms. Since its publication in 1844, the transmutationist work …
- … from Darwin’s writing as a joint paper to the Linnean Society of London. The aim was to establish …
- … reported that presentation of the joint paper at the Linnean Society had ‘ gone on prosperously ’. …
- … so highly of it that they had it read before the Linnean Society. This insures me the acquaintance …
- … heard about the presentation of his work at the Linnean Society, Darwin was well into the …
- … Essay by Darwin in 1858, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105: 249-52 Wallace, …
Interview with Pietro Corsi
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Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
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- … Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book …
- … White and I’m here with Pietro Corsi today. This is part of a series of interviews that the Darwin …
- … work and others’ – now quite a? bigger picture I think of what kinds of debates were going on around …
- … such a picture for France. I think the view that we have is of a very politicised arena, if one …
- … but I’m not sure what the religious dimensions of those debates were about, and maybe we can start …
- … worked on about six dictionaries published between 1802 and 1844. In each of these dictionaries …
- … even say things like, ?The Chinese are a well-organised society. They don’t believe in the …
- … biblical geology or the natural theological appliations of geological or life sciences. And, in …
- … will listen to him. That was the political message. At the Geological Society in Paris, which has …
- … for France we have almost nothing)? in the debate of the Geological Society of France in the 1850s, …
- … [who] openly said that what Paris had been until 1830, now London was. In particular, one of my …
- … believes in evolution, straightforward. This chap moves to London in 1857 and writes back in shock. …
- … talking, the least they wanted was the idea that within society you had stiff competitions. Society …
Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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- … The Journal of researches , Darwin’s account of his travels round the world in H.M.S. Beagle , …
- … to custom in the Navy, had the right to decide the use of the materials produced by those on board …
- … for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the …
- … he had kept during the voyage, which would form the basis of his publication. After Henry Holland, …
- … be published alone, Darwin ‘ rather inclined to the plan of mixing up long passages with Capt …
- … it held their interest. ‘I am not in general a good reader of travels’, Hensleigh confessed, ‘ but …
- … ‘ quite difficult to stop to criticize ’. By the end of 1836, the matter of whether Darwin’s …
- … Composition As Darwin set about preparing his volume of the Narrative , his sisters …
- … early 1838, not least to William Whewell, president of the Geological Society of London, who praised …
- … the translator of the German edition produced in 1844, needed to be returned. ‘ Lyell recommended …
