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Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend of Darwin’s and …
- … and discussed them in their letters. The death of Hugh Falconer Darwin’s first letter …
- … tone was enthusiastic and energetic. However, on 31 January, Hugh Falconer died after a sudden …
- … person (see Correspondence vol. 12). In early January Falconer had written to Darwin’s brother, …
- … to include among the grounds of the award ( see letter from Hugh Falconer to Erasmus Alvey Darwin, …
- … content that I have not laboured in vain’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 6 January [1865] ). …
- … a bout of influenza, wrote to Darwin at some length about Falconer’s life and death, concluding …
- … ). Darwin, now ‘haunted’ by Hooker’s account of Falconer’s last sufferings, responded with an …
- … been sent the proof-sheets before publication. Letters after 1859 throw light on Darwin’s continuing …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … (p. 488). Since the publication of Origin in 1859, new evidence that early humans had coexisted …
- … ’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 February 1863] ). Hugh Falconer was also preparing a …
- … ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 February 1863] ). Falconer published his criticisms in a letter in …
- … Darwin and Hooker repeatedly exchanged regrets about Falconer’s action towards Lyell, with Darwin …
- … ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1863] ). Falconer and Owen were already engaged in a …
- … discovered fossil elephant should have priority. When Falconer’s account of the elephant appeared in …
- … Owen following his 1860 review of Origin , wrote to Falconer: ‘You would laugh, if you could have …
- … and I shall watch for a fitting opportunity’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January [1863] ) …
- … essential elements of the Jurassic fossil. When informed by Falconer of Owen’s ‘slip-shod and hasty …
- … Owen, as a punishment for his crimes… ?’ ( letter from Hugh Falconer, 3 January [1863] , and …
- … transitional form between reptiles and birds ( letter from Hugh Falconer, 3 January [1863] ). …
- … gap had been filled in the fossil record ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January [1863] ). …
- … criticisms from supporters or near-supporters of his theory. Hugh Falconer suggested that a ‘law of …
- … ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 May [1863] , and letter to Hugh Falconer, [25–6 August 1863] ). …
The "wicked book": Origin at 157
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Origin is 157 years old. (Probably) the most famous book in science was published on 24 November 1859. To celebrate we have uploaded hundreds of new images of letters, bringing the total number you can look at here to over 9000 representing more than…
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … but his views were generally derided. 1 In 1859, Lyell visited several sites in …
- … that these were indeed implements of early humans (C. Lyell 1859). In September 1860 he visited …
- … in French, earlier reports written in Danish (Morlot 1859, Forchhammer et al. 1851–5); Lubbock …
- … 4 One area of controversy centred around claims by Hugh Falconer that Lyell had failed to credit …
- … when he expressed support for Lyell’s recent response to Falconer’s accusation, which had just …
- … this initial period of controversy, Lubbock also urged Falconer to tone down his attack on Lyell and …
- … originally argued that Lyell had done ‘an injustice’ to Falconer and Prestwich. 11 In the …
- … 213). In May 1864, Lubbock received a letter from Falconer, who reiterated his version of …
- … its appearance in print; first in French, dated Berne, Sept. 1859, in the ‘Mémoires de la Société …
- … zoologist M. Claparède had also conversed with me in 1859 on the researches of the best Danish …
- … gave me an abstract for my use, in a letter dated December 1859. He referred me chiefly to ‘Oversigt …
- … , see Grayson 1985. 5. For two interpretations of Hugh Falconer’s attack on Charles Lyell …
- … that though Lyell had failed to give ‘due prominence’ to Falconer and Prestwich, his omission was …
- … Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.: Falconer, Hugh. 1863. Letter. Athenaeum , …
- … and Edinburgh: Williams & Norgate. Lyell, Charles. 1859. On the occurrence of works of …
- … vols. London: John Murray. Morlot, Charles Adolphe. 1859. Etudes géologico-archéologiques en …
- … struggle for life . By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Owen, Richard. 1863. Ape …
- … Lyell’s … the Antiquity of man : the roots of Hugh Falconer’s attack on Lyell. Archives of …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … [1862] ). However, his confidence was ill-founded. He told Hugh Falconer, who wondered when he …
- … trembling; that I dread coming up to London’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 14 November [1862] ). …
- … was the paper sent to Darwin by one of Owen’s adversaries, Hugh Falconer, concerning the fossil and …
- … blackguard friend of yours and mine’ ( see letter from Hugh Falconer, 24–7 September [1862] ). …
- … rubbish’, the ‘frame-work’ would stand ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 1 October [1862] ). As he put it …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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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- … Falconers remark on the influence of climate [W. Falconer 1781] [DAR *119: 2v.] …
- … on Sewalik Fossils in 1842 [Cautley 1840 and Cautley and Falconer 1840] The Haras. Vet. Journ …
- … 1840] Proceedings of Agricult. Soc of India. 1838. Falconer says Royle will probably have it …
- … Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] (Innes) Hairy …
- … The Dog in health & Disease by Stonehenge—Longman 1859 [Stonehenge 1859].— on Toy–Dogs …
- … [Combe 1828] Macclintocks Arctic Voyage [Macclintock 1859] [DAR *128: 153] …
- … [G. Bennett 1860] Read 114 Village Bells [Manning] 1859] } Fanny The Woman in White …
- … 9. 10. 11. 12. (1843). not much except Blyth. Aug 11. Falconer on Tenasserim Forests [H. …
- … [Lamb 1837] July 18 th Schools & Schoolmasters by Hugh Miller [H. Miller 1854] …
- … Republic [Motley 1855] [DAR 128: 24] 1859 Pagets Lectures on Pathology …
- … 1803] (nothing) [DAR 128: 25] 1859 Feb. 28 Olmstead S. States [Olmsted …
- … Mast [R. H. Dana [1840] (good) Bertrams [Trollope 1859] & Adam Bede [Eliot 1859] …
- … (many novels) Dec: Dana to Cuba & back [R. H. Dana 1859] —— Cruize in Japanese …
- … on Maladies of Silk-worm [Quatrefages de Bréau 1859] Owen Lecture on Classification [R. Owen …
- … arranged to borrow copies of this rare journal from Royle. Hugh Falconer was in London at this time. …
- … this entry with ‘O’ in pencil. 103 Hugh Cuming. John Gould Anthony published …
- … 292–304. *119: 16v. Cautley, Proby T. and Falconer, Hugh. 1840. Notice on the remains of …
- … . Padua. [Other eds.] *119: 12v. Falconer, Hugh. 1852. Report on the teak forests of …
- … 1859. On liberty . London. 128: 25 Miller, Hugh. 1841. The Old Red Sandstone; or, …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
Before Origin: the ‘big book’
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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…
