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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. …
- … "A child of God" (1) …
- … (1) Admiralty, Lords of the (1) Agassiz, …
- … J. L. (3) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1) …
- … (1) Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1) …
- … (1) Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte …
- … Blytt, Axel (2) Board of the Treasury (minutes) (1) …
- … Cecil, S. A. (1) Chairman of Highway Board (1) …
- … (2) Librarian, Royal Geographical Society (1) …
- … Office (1) Royal Geographical Society (8) …
- … Seare, Thomas (1) Secretary of the Royal Commission on vivisection …
- … Society (1) secretary of R. Geographical Soc. (2) …
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 …
- … information more widely available. A previous transcript of the reading notebooks (Vorzimmer 1977) …
- … trees in N. America [Coxe 1817].— in Library of Hort. Soc. [DAR *119:5v.] M c …
- … Thunberg Flora Japonica [Thunberg 1784] in Geograph. Soc. M r Winch catalogue of plants of …
- … of species There is Horticultural & Agricultural Soc in Bengal— Have they published? [ …
- … Horticultural Society of India ] read Natural Hist Soc of Mauritius. published? [ Procés …
- … Birds [Sykes 1834]. Zoolog. Proceedings & Journal of Asiatic Soc. Vol. II & Vol. III …
- … (Suite a Buffon) [A. de Candolle 1835] has many Geographical aphorisms & laws consult. …
- … [Fellows 1839] Catherine 48 Life of Collins R.A. [Collins 1848] Phases of Faith …
- … London ]: up to parts published March 1838 Whole of Geographical Journal [ Journal of the …
- … diseases of cattle [Dun 1854].— important 92 The Geographical Distrib. of Plants & …
- … in 1844. 39 John Lindley served as assistant secretary to the Horticultural Society …
- … 32–7. *128: 167 Anon. 1835. Thoughts on the geographical distribution of insects. …
- … *119: 8v. Brown, Robert. 1814. General remarks, geographical and systematical, on the …
- … 20a ——. 1818. Observations, systematical and geographical, on Professor Christian Smith’s …
- … 1848. Memoirs of the life of William Collins, Esq., R.A. 2 vols. London. *119: 23; 119: …
- … [Other eds.] 119: 8a Darby, William. 1816. A geographical description of the state …
- … by Richard Owen. Vol. 4 of The works of John Hunter, F.R.S. with notes . Edited by James F. …
- … Robert. 1843. Memoirs of the life of John Constable, R.A., composed chiefly of his letters. …
- … Peacock, George. 1855. Life of Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S. London. *128: 172; 128: 21 …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation …
- … son Bernard, occasionally comparing the mental faculties of the two-year-old with those of a monkey. …
- … ‘must be left the extending & fortifying the principles of Evolution’. After completing his two …
- … against heat loss. ‘I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves …
- … us great labour, as it has been a problem since the time of Linnaus. But we have killed or badly …
- … Thomas Meehan, implying that he had ignored the effect of geographical conditions on the fertility …
- … sign and help distribute a letter of protest to the foreign secretary, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne …
