72 Items
To Michael Foster 29 [June 1871]
Summary
Thanks him for curare.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Michael Foster |
| Date: | 29 [June 1871] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.401) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7837 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael …
- … To Michael Foster 29 [June 1871] …
- … Robert Darwin London Queen Anne St, 6 Down letterhead 29 [June 1871] Michael Foster …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Michael Foster, [26 June 1871] . …
- … See letter from Michael Foster, [26 June 1871] . See letter to Michael …
- … Foster, 26 June [1871] and n. 4, and letter from Michael Foster, [26 June 1871] . CD …
From Michael Foster 18 January 1882
Summary
Responds to CD’s query about the sensitivity of plants in light and darkness and Julius Wiesner’s assumptions [in Das Bewegungsvermögen der Pflanzen (1881)].
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: D20–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13623 |
To Michael Foster 9 May [1874]
Summary
CD is rather disappointed by the money raised for Dohrn. Had hoped for £700–800.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Michael Foster |
| Date: | 9 May [1874] |
| Classmark: | Michael Silverman (dealer) (January 2001) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9452 |
To Michael Foster 6 June [1871]
Summary
Comments on MF’s "little essay" [see 7800].
Invites him to visit.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Michael Foster |
| Date: | 6 June [1871] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.419) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7803 |
From Michael Foster 25 June 1871
Summary
Regrets he cannot get to Queen Anne Street, but intends to come to Down.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 June 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 163 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7831 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Foster, Michael Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Michael Foster 25 June 1871 …
- … DAR 164: 163 Michael Foster Blackheath 25 June 1871 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Elizabeth Foster . See letter from Michael Foster, 4 June [1871] . Bickley is about four …
- … See letter to Michael Foster, 6 June [1871] . Foster may refer to the New Oxford and …
From Michael Foster 20 September 1871
Summary
Offers his services for the future.
Working hard at establishing physiology at Cambridge.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Sept 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 164 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7957 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Foster, Michael Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Michael Foster 20 September 1871 …
- … DAR 164: 164 Michael Foster Huntingdon 20 Sept 1871 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … CD’s letter has not been found, but see the letter to Michael Foster, 29 [June 1871] . …
- … Michael Foster, 26 June [1871] and n. 4. Foster was praelector in physiology at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1870. He established practical courses in biology and physiology, and became the first university professor of physiology in 1883 ( ODNB ). See letter to Michael …
From Michael Foster [before 9 May 1874]
Summary
Encloses a report on state of appeal for Naples Zoological Station.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 9 May 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 167 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9448 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Foster, Michael Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Michael Foster [before 9 May 1874] …
- … DAR 164: 167 Michael Foster unstated [before 9 May 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letter to Michael Foster, 9 May [1874] . Foster’s letter is …
- … Foster had prepared a printed appeal to assist Anton Dohrn in the completion of the zoological station at Naples (see Circular to various scientific men, [7 April 1874], and letter to Michael Foster, …
From Michael Foster [26 June 1871]
Summary
Has arranged to send CD a bottle of urari [curare]. Describes its effect with strychnine.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26 June 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 141–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7834 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Foster, Michael Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Michael Foster [26 June 1871] …
- … DAR 58.1: 141–2 Michael Foster Blackheath [26 June 1871] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … this letter and the letters to Michael Foster , 26 June [1871] and 29 [June 1871] . In …
- … one (Roman numeral). See letter to Michael Foster, 26 June [1871] and n. 4. ‘Strychnia’ …
To Michael Foster 26 June [1871]
Summary
Invites MF to visit.
Asks where he can obtain curare for plant experiment.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Michael Foster |
| Date: | 26 June [1871] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.400) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7832 |
From Michael Foster 30 January 1875
Summary
Account of the fund to help Anton Dohrn’s zoological station at Naples.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 215/1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9835F |
To Michael Foster 16 April 1871
Summary
Encloses two questions he hopes MF can answer: the mechanism of transmission by nerves; and the mechanism by which contemplating part of our body, we become conscious of its existence
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Michael Foster |
| Date: | 16 Apr 1871 |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/16); DAR 195.1: 11–13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7689G |
To Michael Foster 25 April [1874]
Summary
Has received circulars, and contributions from Lyell and George Busk [for Naples biological station].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Michael Foster |
| Date: | 25 Apr [1874] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 4: 71) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9427 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael …
- … To Michael Foster 25 April [1874] …
- … Huxley 4: 71) Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 25 Apr [1874] Michael Foster …
- … Foster had prepared a printed appeal for the Zoological Station at Naples for circulation to prospective subscribers (see letter to Michael Foster, …
To Michael Foster 23 April [1874]
Summary
Approves of proof [of subscription appeal for Dohrn’s Naples station]. Suggests names.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Michael Foster |
| Date: | 23 Apr [1874] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 4: 69) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9425 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael …
- … To Michael Foster 23 April [1874] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 Down letterhead 23 Apr [1874] Michael Foster …
- … Foster had arranged to have copies of an appeal for the Zoological Station at Naples printed for distribution to prospective subscribers (see circular to various scientific men, [7 April 1874], and letter from Michael Foster, …
From Michael Foster 7 April [1874]
Summary
Is organising an appeal for the Naples Zoological Station.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Apr [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 165 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9396 |
From Michael Foster 4 June [1871]
Summary
Sends answers to CD’s queries on expression.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 June [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 162, DAR 195.1: 51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7800 |
From Michael Foster 17 June [1874]
Summary
Encloses a report on current status of the appeal for Naples Zoological Station.
Shark embryology.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 June [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 166 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9498 |
To Francis Darwin 6 June [1871]
Summary
Thanks for FD’s help. CD cannot conceive what Mivart means by "the identity between eyes of Cephalopods and Vertebrata".
Has invited Michael Foster to Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 6 June [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7806 |
From F. M. Balfour 11 December 1876
Summary
Asks CD to renew his former offer to propose him for the Royal Society, as Michael Foster, now on the Council, is unable to do so.
| Author: | Francis Maitland Balfour |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10711 |
From Herbert Spencer 26 April 1873
Summary
Wants to use CD’s support to put pressure on Michael Foster to enable Huxley to take an immediate holiday.
| Author: | Herbert Spencer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Apr 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 232 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8883 |
To John Lubbock, P. L. Sclater, Charles Lyell, W. B. Carpenter, and Michael Foster [7 April 1874]
Summary
Circular requesting recipients to sign an enclosed [missing] statement [relating to appeal for Naples Zoological Station] if they approve of it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury; Philip Lutley Sclater; Charles Lyell, 1st baronet; William Benjamin Carpenter; Michael Foster |
| Date: | [7 Apr 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C52–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9384 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John Sclater, P. L. Lyell, Charles Carpenter, W. B. Foster, Michael …
- … P. L. Sclater, Charles Lyell, W. B. Carpenter, and Michael Foster [7 April 1874] …
- … Philip Lutley Sclater Charles Lyell, 1st baronet William Benjamin Carpenter Michael Foster …
- … F.R.S. — 56 R. P. Road N.W. D r Michael Foster FRS Gt Shelford Cambridge Will you be so …
- … between this letter, the letter from Michael Foster, 7 April [1874] , and the letter to …
- … some will be thus saved. D r . Michael Foster after receiving a certain number of …
Document type
| letter | (72) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (35) |
| Foster, Michael | (9) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (6) |
| Balfour, F. M. | (5) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (4) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (37) |
| Foster, Michael | (8) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (3) |
| Baxter, W. W. | (2) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Foster, Michael | (17) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (8) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (7) |
| Balfour, F. M. | (6) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (6) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Dohrn, Anton | (3) |
| Baxter, W. W. | (2) |
| Dew-Smith, A. G. | (2) |
| Lubbock, John | (2) |
| Lyell, Charles | (2) |
| Tait, Lawson | (2) |
| Tyndall, John | (2) |
| Carpenter, W. B. | (1) |
| Crookes, William | (1) |
| Gilbert, J. H. | (1) |
| Gulick, J. T. | (1) |
| Pye-Smith, P. H. | (1) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (1) |
| Sclater, P. L. | (1) |
| Spencer, Herbert | (1) |
| Stanley, E. H. | (1) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (1) |
| Willett, Henry | (1) |
