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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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Volume 29 (1881) is published!
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In October 1881, Darwin published his last book, The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. A slim volume on a subject that many people could understand and on which they had their own opinions, it went…
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- … to pursue. Volume 29 of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin is now available. …
- … with which the book has been received. Letter t o Francis Darwin, 9 November [1881] …
- … me admirable. Letter to T. H. Farrer, 28 August 1881 Darwin …
- … decades. Although he was much less of a public figure than Charles, many tributes to him were sent …
- … In December, Darwin was reading Katherine Murray Lyell’s edition of the life, letters, and journals …
- … Letter t o B. J. Sulivan, 1 December 1881 …
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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- … but not in others. He encouraged research by Thomas Henry Farrer on a complex floral structure in …
- … fund was first suggested in early April by Katharine Murray Lyell in conversation with Emma Darwin, …
- … & usefulness”, citing the examples of John Stuart Mill and Charles Lyell, who would have had far …
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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- … 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 …
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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- … address in the fifth edition was that of the engineer Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin. Darwin had been …
- … would no doubt do if we had proper data to go by, but don’t think we have got that yet’ ( letter …
- … structures of the South American cordillera ( letter to Charles Lyell, 20 May 1869 ), and fossil …
- … by these proceedings, Darwin arranged for another publisher, Charles Reinwald, and another …
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…
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- … by observation during prolonged intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). …
- … at Erasmus’s house. The event was led by the medium Charles E. Williams, and was attended by George …
- … Mr Williams was ‘a cheat and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin …
- … that he was thus free to perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874] ). This …
- … allowed ‘a spirit séance’ at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). Back …
- … friend Joseph Dalton Hooker, and finally borrowed one from Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder …
- … sweetly all the horrid bother of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). The …
- … and disease in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and …
- … that I have pounded the enemy into a jelly’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 14 April 1874 ). The …
- … anatomists; and never mind where it goes’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 16 April 1874 ). The …
- … at a much reduced price of nine shillings, in line with Charles Lyell’s Student’s elements of …
- … conciseness & clearness of your thought’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). …
- … the spread of various mental and physical disorders (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In July 1874, an anonymous …
- … over the ‘scurrilous libel’ on his son ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [27 July 1874] ). George, …
- … accusation of [a] lying scoundrel’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). He drafted a brief …
- … with Murray on the outcome ( enclosure to letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 ): …
- … of Hooker’s and Huxley’s representations ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 December [1874] ). Huxley …
- … the offender & give him the cold shoulder’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 ). He …
- … raising £860 ( Circular to John Lubbock, P. L. Sclater, Charles Lyell, W. B. Carpenter, and Michael …
- … 24 November [1874] ). He wrote in admiration of Charles Lyell’s plan to leave a bequest to the …
- … do—It is enough to kill anyone’, and asked Thomas Henry Farrer to attempt to influence the …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … decided to print ‘500 more, making 2000’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January 1881 ). Unlike …
- … of such plants, especially annuals ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 21 March [1881] ). Darwin …
- … him ( letter from C. E. Södling, 14 October 1881 ), while H. M. Wallis, who sent observations of …
- … in heaven’ when the portrait was finished ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 23 July 1881 ). ‘All my family …
- … method in future science classes, the American entomologist Charles Riley praised Darwin for not …
- … in plants. A critical study of the work of the same name by Charles Darwin, together with new …
- … loss of a close friend were prompted by the publication of Charles Lyell’s Life, letters, and …
- … was nearly 40 years ago!’ Darwin, himself, told Thomas Farrer on 28 August , ‘The death of my …
- … the terms of the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act ( letter to T. L. Brunton, 19 November 1881 ). Darwin …
- … year ended with the happy news of a birth. On 7 December, Charles and Emma Darwin’s second …
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
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- … bits of family history. On 1 January , a distant cousin, Charles Harrison Tindal, sent a cache of …
- … character is of much value to me’ ( letter to C. H. Tindal, 5 January 1880 ). Darwin had employed …
- … mortal who could laugh’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin, 22 July 1880 ). …
- … , sending one or both to his daughter Henrietta ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] ). …
- … he will have the last word’, she warned ( letter from H. E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] ). ‘He …
- … him Darwinophobia? It is a horrid disease’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 February 1880 ). …
- … I was, also, rarely fit to see anybody’ ( letter to S. H. Haliburton, 13 December 1880 ). …
- … thus one looks to prevent its return’ ( letter from J.-H. Fabre, 18 February 1880 ). Darwin shared …
- … biologist of our time’ ( letter from W. D. Roebuck to G. H. Darwin, 25 October 1880 ). The …
- … about 21 years since the Origin appeared”‘ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 11 [April] 1880 ). While …
- … been developed through natural selection’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 11 May 1880 ). Worthy …
- … claim is not that he is in need, so much as that he can’t find employment’ ( Correspondence vol. …
- … the Crown. Darwin asked Arabella Buckley, who had served as Charles Lyell’s secretary, to draft a …
- … prevailing superstitions of this country!’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, [after 26 November 1880] ). …
- … so private subscriptions were raised, with Darwin, Thomas Farrer, and James Caird leading the …
- … Hill Place in Surrey, which became a regular destination for Charles and Emma, and also a site of …
