From J. D. Hooker [19 November 1845]
Summary
Answers CD’s queries arising from Flora Antarctica.
Would like CD to come to town and go over Galapagos plants with him.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [19 Nov 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 57–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-928 |
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- … in London January K.G. Land. Lond. 1820 1821 1822 Max. Month var 17 —34, —28, 20 Max. …
- … London. diag Sept V D L. March London 1820 1821 1822 Max. Monthly var. 31 36. 26 33 Max …
- … diff. of daily Max & Min & London. 1822 —1821 —1820 Max Monthly var —28 —20 —18 —26 Max. …
- … 1. —2. V D L. October 1840 London 1820 1821 1822 Max. var in Month 36 —38 —40 —33 Max. …
- … begin. 1840 London May (whole Month) 1820 —1821 —1822 Max Month var —30 —37 —30 —27 Max …
To J. D. Hooker 15 [May 1860]
Summary
Lyell, de facto, first to stress importance of geological changes for geographical distribution.
Asa Gray has given CD too much credit for theories of geographical distribution.
Reaction to hostile criticism
and debt to Lyell, Huxley, JDH, and W. B. Carpenter.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 15 [May 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 56 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2802 |
To J. D. Hooker 7 March [1862]
Summary
CD wishes he could sympathise with Asa Gray’s politics.
Orchids to appear soon.
Pre-glacial Arctic distribution.
Work on floral dimorphism.
High opinion of Buckle as a writer.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 7 Mar [1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 185 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3468 |
From J. D. Hooker 27 February 1862
Summary
Pleased at CD’s opinion of his Arctic plants paper. CD has caught great blunder.
Lack of Arctic–Asiatic species in mountains of tropical Asia does not trouble him. Species seem to indicate some "current of migration" from Europe and W. Asia southeastward to Ceylon – an awful staggerer to bridge migrations.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Feb 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 15–16 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3461 |
To J. D. Hooker 25 February [1862]
Summary
Admires JDH’s paper on Arctic plants ["Distribution of Arctic plants", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 23 (1862): 251–348]. Such papers compel people to reflect on modification of species;
JDH will be driven to a cooled globe.
Serious erratum in paper.
New and original evidence in case of Greenland. Its flora requires accidental means of transport by ice and currents.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 25 Feb [1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 144 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3458 |
From J. D. Hooker 30 September 1849
Summary
CD partly right. JDH was calling "stratification" what CD calls "foliation". Answers CD’s question on cleavage foliation in Himalayas. Glacial action.
Charmed by CD’s Admiralty instructions on geology [in Manual of scientific enquiry (1849), Collected papers 1: 227–50], but complains he does not give prices of books and instruments he recommends.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 Sept 1849 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (India letters 1847–51: 217–18 JDH/1/10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1257 |
From J. D. Hooker 23 June 1864
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 June 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 229 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4543 |
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- … 1: 537). The reference is to John Smith (1821–88). On the recent difficulties at the Royal …
From J. D. Hooker [26 or 27 April 1864]
Summary
JDH on John Scott.
Curious about the rationale of pollen prepotence.
Working on variation in New Zealand flora.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [26 or 27] Apr 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 214–17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4472 |
From J. D. Hooker 16 June 1868
Summary
Will get name of grass [see 6243] from Gen. William Munro.
Has heard from Charles Wheatstone that CD has Prussian Order of Merit. Rejoices because it is the only distinction worth a fig.
Went to Handel festival; heard Messiah.
Went to poor old N. B. Ward’s funeral.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 June 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 216–17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6247 |
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- … of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. Edited by …
From J. D. Hooker 26 August 1864
Summary
Hookers and Lyells will visit Lubbocks so he cannot see CD in London.
Will CD sit for Woolner?
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Aug 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 234–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4600 |
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- … of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. Edited by …
From J. D. Hooker [after 17 June 1865]
Summary
Recommends J. W. Kayes’ book [History of the Sepoy War, vol. 1 (1864)].
Wife improving.
Glad CD liked Huxley’s letter.
Not an admirer of Kingsley.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 17 June 1865] |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 29 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4859 |
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- … of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. Edited by …
From J. D. Hooker [26 May 1865]
Summary
All overworked at Kew.
Burchell collections enormous.
Lyell has sent MS of Principles p. 111 on changes of temperature. JDH thinks Lyell blunders and is out of his depth.
Charmed with E. B. Tylor’s book on man [Early history of mankind (1865)],
disappointed in Lubbock’s [Prehistoric times (1865)].
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [26 May 1865] |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 22–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4836 |
To J. D. Hooker 31 [May 1864]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 31 [May 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 235 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4516 |
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- … of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. Edited by …
From J. D. Hooker [18 October 1862]
Summary
Does CD want Masdevallia?
Sends addresses of persons in S. America who would send Melastomataceae seeds.
Has ordered Matthieu Bonafous on maize [Histoire naturelle du maïs (1836)].
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [18 Oct 1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 63 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3774 |
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- … of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. Edited by …
From J. D. Hooker 18 August 1866
Summary
Returns two volumes of Felix Holt [George Eliot (1866)]
and the Coddington [lens].
John Smith will send Drosera.
Nation reports that Louis Agassiz holds that the Amazon Valley was formed since the glacial epoch.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Aug 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 104–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5192 |
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- … and n. 3). Hooker refers to John Smith (1821–88). Drosera binata (syn. D. dichotoma ) is …
From J. D. Hooker 4 August 1881
Summary
Outlines address to York BAAS meeting on history of geographical distribution. Organising theme: advancement in this science based on ideas enunciated by scientific voyagers. Asks CD’s advice.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Aug 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 154–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13272 |
From J. D. Hooker 13 October 1876
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Oct 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 66–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10642 |
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- … John Smith (1821–88) was curator at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. George King was …
To J. D. Hooker 14 May [1861]
Summary
Henslow’s long suffering.
Donald Beaton’s articles in Cottage Gardener clever but not to be trusted.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 14 May [1861] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 99 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3149 |
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- … of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. Edited by …
From J. D. Hooker 29 October 1876
Summary
JDH looking for Hoya for CD.
Hookers tried to visit Down on foot, but weather was too inclement.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Oct 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 68 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10658 |
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- … nn. 2 and 3. Hooker refers to John Smith (1821–88) and Gardeners’ Chronicle . Combe Bank …
From J. D. Hooker [mid-July 1845]
Summary
The translation of Humboldt’s Kosmos [Cosmos (1846–58)] is delayed.
Gives instances of peculiar genera with several good species in very small islands. Scarcity of insects on islands.
JDH cannot prove that there is much hybridising, but does not see why there should not be. "Bother variation, development & all such subjects, it is reasoning in a circle I believe after all."
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [mid-July 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 49–50 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-884 |
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- … to the Polar Sea, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822, & 1823. Commanded by lieutenant, now …
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Hooker, J. D. | (37) |
Darwin, C. R. | (17) |
Darwin, Emma | (1) |
Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (37) |
Hooker, J. D. | (18) |
Hooker, J. D. | |
Darwin, C. R. | (54) |
Darwin, Emma | (1) |
Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
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…
Matches: 30 hits
- … 7 read Decandolle Philosophie [A. P. de Candolle 1821] Decandolle on Geograph …
- … has written naturalist travels in Arkansas [Nuttall 1821].— [DAR *119: 11v.] The …
- … Sir Ker Porter’s Travels in Caucasus [R. K. Porter 1821–2] praised by Silliman poor Cyclop. …
- … Encyclop: German d[itt]o; 32 Dict. des Sci: Nat: [Massey 1821 and Duméril 1821] Encyclop …
- … [Weissenborn 1838] Smiths grammar [J. E. Smith 1821] & introduct of Botany [J. E. Smith …
- … Hybrid Yak.— Steudel Botan. Nomenclature [Steudel 1821–4]. Synonym of every plant & …
- … [M. Somerville 1848] Trials Martineau [J. Martineau 1821] (read) Letters of L d . …
- … [Staunton 1797] Kotzebue’s two voyages [Kotzebue 1821 and 1830]— skimmed well Lutke’s …
- … with reference to a paper on the extinct Beavers [Neill 1821] Decemb. Several more of …
- … [Carlyle 1839] Feb 2 d Davys Ceylon [J. Davy 1821]— Skimmed.— 5 th Sonnerats …
- … Skimmed Sir. R. K. Porter’s Travel to Persia [R. K. Porter 1821–2]— poor— 23 d . Bacon’s …
- … Some old Travels in Porter’s Collect. [R. K. Porter 1821–2]— [DAR 119: 11a] 1841 …
- … Lathams History of Birds. vol on Pigeons & Fowls [J. Latham 1821–8]. 8. Owen’s Lectures …
- … memoir read before the Académie des Sciences on 19 February 1821. The memoir was not printed in the …
- … de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, pendant l’année 1821″, p. 167. 83 CD began this …
- … in His Majesty’s Ships Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826. Under the command of Capt. W …
- … Paris. 1816–45. *119: 1v.; 119: 16a ——. 1821. Elements of the philosophy of plants . …
- … Davy. London. [Other eds.] 119: 4a Davy, John. 1821. An account of the interior of …
- … *119: 22v. Duméril, André Marie Constant. 1821. Hybride ou Hibride [Entom.]. In vol. 22, pp …
- … shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 1820, 1821, and 1822 . London. [Other eds.] …
- … in DAR 116.] 119: 10a Kotzebue, Otto von. 1821. Entdeckungs-Reise in die Süd-See …
- … Linnaea 4: 405–34. *119: 4v. Latham, John. 1821–8. A general history of birds. 11 …
- … on a series of annual journeys between … 1811 and 1821 … In six letters to Sir Walter Scott, …
- … . 2 vols. London. 119: 23b Martineau, John. 1821. Remarks on a communication in the …
- … 46: 40–52. 119: facing IFC Massey, —. 1821. Hybride [plante]. In vol. 22, p. 85, of …
- … Encyclopaedia . Edinburgh. *119: 12v. ——. 1821. Account of some fossil remains of the …
- … by W. B. Clarke. London. 128: 9 Nuttall, Thomas. 1821. A journal of travels into the …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 17v. Porter, Robert Ker. 1821–2. Travels in Georgia, Persia, …
- … . London. [Darwin Library.] *119: 14v. ——. 1821. A grammar of botany, illustrative of …
- … vols. London. 119: 21b Steudel, Ernest Gottlieb. 1821–4. Nomenclator botanicus …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
Summary
Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
Summary
List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
Books on the Beagle
Summary
The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
Matches: 7 hits
- … come from that author’s Exposition méthodique (1821). The elimination of these three …
- … Elements of the philosophy of plants . Edinburgh, 1821. (DAR 30.2: 162v.). Colnett, …
- … on the coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico for the years 1820, 1821, 1822. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1824. …
- … Straits . . . Translated by H. E. Lloyd. 3 vols. London, 1821. ( Narrative 2: 523). § …
- … méthodique des genres de l’ordre des polypiers. Paris, 1821. (DAR 30.1: 13v.; letter to J. S. …
- … useful to the arts and sciences . . . 2d ed. Edinburgh, 1821. (DAR 30.1: 30). Darwin Library–CUL. …
- … Transactions of the Geological Society of London 5 (1821): 516–44. (DAR 34.2: 150v.). …
Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage
Summary
Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…
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- … group of curious letters written to his 'Dear Friend' in 1821 (published in …
George Keen
Summary
George Keen (1794–1884) was born in England. He had arrived in Buenos Aires by 1820, making him one of the earliest settlers from Britain. In 1821 he married Mary Yates (1802/3–72), the sister of John, William and Elizabeth Yates, another family of early…
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- … making him one of the earliest settlers from Britain. In 1821 he married Mary Yates (1802/3–72), the …
Edward Lumb
Summary
Edward Lumb was born in Yorkshire. According to the memoirs of his daughter Anne, Lady Macdonell, he travelled to Buenos Aires aged sixteen with his merchant uncle, Charles Poynton, and after some fortunate enterprises set up in business there. In 1833…
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- … who had an estate at Quilmes, just outside Buenos Aires. In 1821 Mrs Lumb’s sister Mary Yates (1802 …
History of the Project
Summary
The Darwin Correspondence Project was founded in 1974 by an American scholar, Frederick Burkhardt, with the help of Sydney Smith, a zoologist in the University of Cambridge (UK), and of Fred's wife, Anne Schlabach Burkhardt. They set out to locate all…
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- … with nearly 2000 correspondents around the world between 1821 and Darwin's death in 1882 have …
John Stevens Henslow
Summary
The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at Cambridge University, were among the most significant of his life. It was a letter from Henslow that brought Darwin the invitation to sail round the world as…
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- … He launched his plant collecting quite suddenly in March 1821, and by the end of the year had …
Interview with Pietro Corsi
Summary
Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
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- … in the early 1820s: ’23, ’24. Napoleon dies in March 1821. In France there is almost no [immediate] …
The death of Anne Elizabeth Darwin
Summary
Charles and Emma Darwin’s eldest daughter, Annie, died at the age of ten in 1851. Emma was heavily pregnant with their fifth son, Horace, at the time and could not go with Charles when he took Annie to Malvern to consult the hydrotherapist, Dr Gully.…
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- … Darwin was six years younger than Anne. 7 Syme 1821, now in the Darwin Library—CUL. …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
Summary
Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
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- … perfectly fertile. Page 276, par. 2, lines 18–21, substitute for ‘again there . . . …