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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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- … on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having …
- … after the long illness that had plagued him since the spring of 1863. Because of poor health, Darwin …
- … his health improved enough for him to make some observations of dimorphic plants with William’s help …
- … month, Darwin began to consult William Jenner, professor of clinical medicine at University College, …
- … this treatment differed considerably from that of the five physicians Darwin had consulted in 1863. …
- … and he received more letters of advice from Jenner. In a letter of 15 December [1864] to the …
- … and December were also marked by the award to Darwin of the Royal Society’s Copley Medal; he had …
- … As Darwin explained to his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of 30 November [1864] , ‘the …
- … the gold medal was considered the greatest accolade that the Royal Society could bestow. The …
- … observations indoors ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] , Darwin …
- … sent to Daniel Oliver, keeper of the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and professor of …
- … gradation by which leaves produce tendrils’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1864] ). …
- … fearfully for it is a leaf climber & therefore sacred’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 June [1864] …
- … matters which routinists regard in the light of axioms’ ( letter from Daniel Oliver, [17 March 1864 …
- … long series of changes . . .’ When he told Asa Gray in a letter of 29 October [1864] that he was …
- … paper was published, Darwin remarked to Hooker in a letter of 26 November [1864] that nothing …
- … had been initiated by Scott, a gardener at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in 1862 with a …
- … with the staff he supervised as assistant director of the Royal Botanic Gardens. He noted, for …
- … Roderick Impey Murchison that were first presented at the Royal Geographical Society, and later …
- … The Copley medal controversy After the award of the Royal Society’s Copley Medal, Darwin may …
- … of 7 November [1864] that half the significance of the Royal Society’s award related to the …
- … account’. Darwin had earlier revealed his awareness that a Royal Society medal could not be easily …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … busy and productive one for Darwin, seeing the publication of his long-awaited book on human …
- … , ‘Good God how glad I shall be when I can drive the whole of the confounded book out of my head’. …
- … that were already under way, and the initial reception of the book in the press. Darwin fielded …
- … lively debate centred on Darwin’s evolutionary account of the ‘higher’ faculties of human nature: …
- … modify, his conclusions. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his …
- … do to talk about it, which no doubt promotes the sale’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 26 March 1871 ) …
- … to her liking, ‘to keep in memory of the book’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 ). …
- … and had forsaken his lunch and dinner in order to read it ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 19 …
- … they believe to be the truth, whether pleasant or not’ (letter from W. W. Reade, 21 February 1871). …
- … and Oldham … They club together to buy them’ ( letter from W. B. Dawkins, 23 February 1871 ). …
- … one’s n th . ancestor lived between tide-marks!’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 February 1871 ). …
- … habits, furnished with a tail and pointed ears” (letter from Asa Gray, 14 April 1871) …
- … ‘will-power’ and the heavy use of their arms and legs ( letter from C. L. Bernays, 25 February 1871 …
- … in order to make it darker than the hair on his head ( letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [before 25 …
- … together with an image of an orang-utan foetus ( letter from Hinrich Nitsche, 18 April 1871 ). …
- … of himself, adding that it made a ‘very poor return’ ( letter to Hinrich Nitsche, 25 April [1871] …
- … each night, returning to its allotted space each morning ( letter from Arthur Nicols, 7 March 1871 …
- … in coloration in the offspring. In a paper presented at the Royal Society of London in March, Galton …
- … tutored in natural science. George, now a fellow of Trinity College, planned a trip to America, and …
- … and music instructor at the London Working Men’s College. A wedding party for the couple was held at …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts …
- … subject. They concentrated on radicles—the embryonic roots of seedlings—and determined that the …
- … home again’, he fretted, just days before his departure ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [after 26 …
- … many blessings, was finding old age ‘a dismal time’ ( letter to Henry Johnson, 24 September 1879 ) …
- … wrinkles one all over like a baked pear’ ( enclosure in letter from R. W. Dixon, 20 December 1879 …
- … itself, or gone some other way round?’ At least the last letter of 1879 contained a warmer note and …
- … office to complete Horace’s marriage settlement ( letter from W. M. Hacon, 31 December 1879 ). …
- … but they were ‘as nice and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ) …
- … on your life’s work, which is crowned with glory’ ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 February 1879 ). …
- … to wish Darwin a ‘long and serene evening of life’. This letter crossed with one from Darwin, …
- … the statement ‘In the beginning was carbon’ ( letter from Hermann Müller, 14 February 1879 ). …
- … as the ‘organ of “uncultivated materialism”’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879 ]). …
- … of his visit. ‘With respect to the tree, you treat me as a Royal Duke’, Darwin responded on 14 …
- … to hear that he was to be awarded the Baly Medal from the Royal College of Physicians for …
- … expressing the hope that trials might be carried out at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. ‘It would …
