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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. …
  • … James (1) Anderson, James (c) (3) …
  • … Vienna (1) Appleton, C. E. C. B. (2) …
  • … Athenæum (11) Atkin, J. R. (1) …
  • … Austin, A. D. (2) Austin, C. F. (1) …
  • … Baker, A. F. (1) Bakewell, R. H. (1) …
  • … K. S. (1) Barr, J. G. R. (1) …
  • … Edward (6) Bartlett, R. S. (1) …
  • … A. A. van (2) Bence Jones, Henry (8) …
  • … (1) Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte …
  • … E. M. (6) Bonham-Carter, Henry (1) …
  • … Charles (2) Bradshaw, Henry (1) …
  • … Cattell, John (3) Cecil, Henry (2) …
  • … A. A. L. P. (2) Coe, Henry (6) …
  • … Cohn, F. J. (22) Colburn, Henry (3) …
  • … Dareste, Camille (9) Darwin family (1) …
  • … Denison, C. L. (3) Denny, Henry (13) …

Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution

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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’.  Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…

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  • The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The
  • in relation to Sex’. Always precise in his accounting, Darwin reckoned that he had started writing
  • gathered on each of these topics was far more extensive than Darwin had anticipated. As a result,  …
  • and St George Jackson Mivart, and heated debates sparked by Darwins proposed election to the French
  • machine’  ( letter to Charles Lyell, 25 December [1870] ). Finishing Descent; …
  • to me for some weeks’  ( letter to Albert Günther, 13 January [1870] ). Darwin was still working
  • style, the more grateful I shall be’  ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). She had
  • … , the latter when she was just eighteen years of age. Darwin clearly expected her to make a
  • have thought that I shd. turn parson?’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). Henrietta
  • of man!’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [after 8 February 1870] ). Darwin was also encouraged
  • sense of mankind’ ( letter to F. P. Cobbe, 23 March [1870?] ). Cobbe accused Darwin of smiling in
  • great philosophy?’ ( letter from F. P. Cobbe, 28 March [1870?] ). Humans as animals: ears
  • who sent a sketch of a babys brows ( letter from L. C. Wedgwood, [5 May 1870] ). He also wrote to
  • … (in retrograde direction) naturalist’ (letter to A. R.Wallace, 26 January [1870]). …
  • were concerned about the consequences of Wallaces book. Henry Walter Bates urged Darwin to respond
  • zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. A protégé of Thomas Henry Huxley, Mivart had established a
  • Darwin commented on Mivarts essay in a letter to William Henry Flower: ‘I am glad you noticed the
  • Dalton Hooker, Darwin discussed the recent experiments of Henry Charlton Bastian, which Bastian
  • were injurious to offspring. He wrote initially probably to Henry Hussey Vivian, an MP and fellow of
  • May 1870?] ). Vivian contacted the home secretary, Henry Austin Bruce, about the possibility
  • Darwins health was generally good. He did consult Henry Bence Jones, his physician since 1865, …