To J. D. Hooker [4 June 1845]
Summary
JDH’s books have arrived safely.
Is sending him corrected MS of first part of Journal of researches [2d ed.].
Lyells have just visited.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [4 June 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-864 |
To J. D. Hooker [May 1845]
Summary
Returns notes on Confervae.
Has had information from Ehrenberg on organic forms in Atlantic dust.
Thanks for sketch of Galapagos flora.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [May 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-863 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to J. D. Hooker, 22 [January 1845] , and letter from J. D. Hooker, [late February …
- … in Edinburgh, see letter from J. D. Hooker, [28 April 1845] . Cape Leeuwin, Journal of …
- … researches , p. 15. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [2–6 April 1845] , in which Miles …
- … 1845 for his final conclusions. Jean François de Galaup La Pérouse was shipwrecked at Vanikoro, New Hebrides, in 1788. Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville commanded the expedition (1826–9) sent out to ascertain the fate of La Pérouse and his crew, and it is to this voyage that CD refers (see Dumont d’Urville 1832–3 , vol. 5, ch. 34). Hooker had offered to lend CD the first parts of Dumont d’Urville’s subsequent voyage in the Astrolabe and Zélée ( Dumont d’Urville [1841–54] ), see letter …
To J. D. Hooker [22 July – 19 August 1845]
Summary
Thanks for facts on solitary islands having several species of peculiar genera; "it knocks on the head some analogies of mine".
Has long been trying to discover in how many flowers crossing is probable, but finds it difficult to show "even a vague probability of this".
Will JDH proof-read Galapagos chapter of Journal of researches?
Gives information on his Galapagos collection; explains why it differs from others.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [22 July – 19 Aug 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-892 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … relationship to the letter from J. D. Hooker, [mid-July 1845] , and the letter to J. D. …
- … Forbes 1845 , since this was available only in abstract form in the Athenæum (see letter …
- … the word ‘not’. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [11–12 July 1845] , in which CD claims he …
- … 1845] . Probably E. Forbes 1843 . Forbes discusses the distribution of marine invertebrates through time on pp. 173–5. See also letter …
- … 1845] , n. 15). C. Lyell 1830–3 , 3: 115–16. In his annotated copy of C. Lyell 1837 , 3: 445, CD has marked the passage and added ‘Capital! ’. Both works are in the Darwin Library–CUL. See Correspondence vol. 2, letter …
From J. D. Hooker [2–6 April 1845]
Summary
A Tasmanian Cyttaria is same species as CD’s Fuegian fungus. Did the species originate on the beeches of Fuegia or of Tasmania?
JDH gives interpretation of Vestiges.
John McCulloch, J. F. Schouw, and Lamarck on the species question.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [2–6 Apr 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 219–20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-850 |
To J. D. Hooker [10 February 1846]
Summary
Thinks JDH’s explanation of polymorphism on volcanic islands is probably correct.
Proposes experimental test to see whether alpine form of a plant is inherited like a true variety.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [10 Feb 1846] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-951 |
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 |
To J. D. Hooker 19 March [1845]
Summary
Would like to borrow the pamphlet on variation [Frédéric Gérard, "De l’espèce dans les corps organisés" (1844), extract from Dictionnaire universel d’histoire naturelle, ed. C. D. d’Orbigny].
Glad to hear Humboldt’s views on migration. CD believes we cannot "put any limit to the possible and even probable migration of plants".
Wants good book on plant morphology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 19 Mar [1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-842 |
To J. D. Hooker [18 September 1845]
Summary
Kosmos [by Alexander von Humboldt] has arrived safely.
CD acknowledges his presumption in speculating on variation without having worked out his due share of species, but "for nine years it has been anyhow the greatest amusement to me".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [18 Sept 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-917 |
To J. D. Hooker [28 August 1863]
Summary
Admits, at last, that New Zealand must have been connected to some continent, but not Australia.
Climbing plants: asks for more plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [28 Aug 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 205 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4280 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … to Charles Lyell, 8 October [1845] , and letter to J. D. …
- … 1845 and was impressed by the large collection of tropical plants (see Correspondence vol. 3, letter …
- … 1845] ). CD refers to Calamus , a genus of climbing palms native to humid forests in the tropics. Few species of palm can be propagated from suckers or by division (Bailey and Bailey 1976 , p. 814). Hooker promised in his letter …
To J. D. Hooker 22 June [1869]
Summary
The house at Barmouth.
His poor health.
Bentham’s interesting Linnean Society Address ["On geographical biology", Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. (1869): lxv–c].
CD particularly wishes to know how botanists agreed with zoologists on distribution.
Still thinks isolation more important in preserving old forms than Bentham is inclined to believe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 22 June [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 134–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6793 |
Matches: 3 hits
To J. D. Hooker [29 August 1845]
Summary
Anxious to hear of JDH’s prospects [at Edinburgh].
Has completed his Journal of researches.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [29 Aug 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-909 |
From J. D. Hooker [28 April 1845]
Summary
First part of "Galapagos flora" ["Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 20 (1851): 163–233] finished but not printed.
Details of distribution of Galapagos flora. Peculiarity of island floras.
Leaves for Edinburgh on Wednesday.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Apr 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-862 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Hooker, [11–12 July 1845] , n. 22, and letter from J. D. Hooker, [after 12 July 1845] , …
- … 11–12 July 1845] ). See Hooker’s annotation on the enclosure with letter to J. D. …
- … D. Hooker 1845a . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [January 1845] . Edward Forbes was to …
- … 1845 . CD’s ‘40225’ was written directly below Hooker’s ‘185’. Thus he could have been adding the number of flowering plants to the cryptogamic plants to get the total number of species. However, it is unclear exactly what Hooker meant, as CD pointed out later (see enclosure with letter …
To J. D. Hooker [11–12 July 1845]
Summary
A son [George Howard Darwin] was born on Wednesday.
Sends queries on Galapagos flora.
Discusses JDH’s comments on [Journal of researches].
CD feels that with his views on descent "really Nat. Hist. becomes a sublimely grand result-giving subject".
"How differently people view the same subject, for I look at insular Floras … as leading to an opposite view to yours."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [11–12 July 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 36, 100: 43–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-889 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin , born 9 July 1845. See enclosure, transcribed following this letter, and Hooker’ …
- … 910, 5 April 1845, p. 337. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 July 1845 , in which he …
- … s reply ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [after 12 July 1845] ). See Athenæum , no. …
- … is referring to the letter from J. D. Hooker, [28 April 1845] . At this point CD added ‘ …
- … his meaning in letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 July – 19 August 1845] . Sprengel 1793 , in …
- … 1845, p. 678. The seat of William Willoughby Cole , 3d Earl of Enniskillen. See letter …
- … 1845 . Bronn 1841–9 . CD possessed a later reprint of the first two volumes (Stuttgart, 1842–3). His copy is in the Darwin Library–CUL. Jean Baptiste Georges Marie Bory de Saint-Vincent , who argued that plants on isolated islands were polymorphic ( Bory de Saint-Vincent 1804 ). See letter …
From J. D. Hooker [4–9 September 1845]
Summary
The most experienced botanists argue for the "validity of species in nature". Against taxonomic "splitters".
CD’s Cape Tres Montes plants.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4–9 Sept 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 208–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-914 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Probably a reference to Humboldt 1845–8 . See letter from J. D. …
- … comes between CD’s letters to J. D. Hooker, [3 September 1845] and [10 September 1845] . …
- … 1845] . Gérard 1844 . Jean François Camille Montagne . The Irish yew is an apparently natural and spontaneous variant that retains its distinctive form in subsequent generations regardless of external conditions. For an account of its origin see letter …
From J. D. Hooker 1 September [1845]
Summary
JDH’s grandfather’s death.
Collecting testimonials for the Edinburgh chair.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Sept [1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 14–15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-910 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 8 . The translation was by Augustin Prichard . E. Forbes 1845 . See letter from J. D. …
- … 30 December 1844 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, [7 January 1845] . Cunningham 1827 . See …
- … letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, OM, GCSI. Based on materials collected and arranged by Lady Hooker. 2 vols. London: John Murray. Schouw, Joakim Frederik. 1845. …
- … letters were eventually printed. John Hutton Balfour stood for election to the professorship as the Town Council nominee. The Town Council retained the right to appoint to the valuable University professorship (the ‘chair’) while the Crown appointed to the less valuable Regius professorship and the curatorship of the botanic garden. On previous occasions both parties had agreed on a single candidate for the positions; however, the Town Council had not been consulted about the Crown’s nomination of Hooker and attempted to block his election. See Huxley, ed. 1918 , 1: 204–5. Humboldt 1845– …
From J. D. Hooker [22–30 January 1845]
Summary
Sends comparison of the floras of Society and Sandwich Islands.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [22–30 Jan 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 247–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-818 |
To J. D. Hooker [10 September 1845]
Summary
Going to Shrewsbury on Monday.
Means to attempt the question of species: "though I shall get more kicks than half-pennies, I will, life serving, attempt my work".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [10 Sept 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-915 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … J. D. Hooker, 14 September 1845 ), but CD’s response here and in the letter to J. D. …
- … Humboldt 1845–8 . Gérard 1844 . Hooker’s criticism of Gérard 1844 (see previous letter) …
- … 1845] , shows his sensitivity on the point. CD subsequently undertook a systematic study of cirripedes and ‘minutely described’ many species (see Correspondence vol. 4), thus establishing his ‘right to examine the question of species’. See letter …
To J. D. Hooker [16 April 1845]
Summary
Thanks for information about books.
Murray is publishing CD’s Journal of researches. Would be grateful for a sentence on Galapagos plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [16 Apr 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-849 |
To J. D. Hooker [5 or 12 November 1845]
Summary
Thanks for Antarctic flora [Flora Antarctica (1844–7)].
Agrees geographical distribution will be "the key which will unlock the mystery of species".
Could JDH look over a rough sketch on species?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [5 or 12] Nov 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-924 |
From J. D. Hooker 5 July 1845
Summary
Raises some points for revision of CD’s Journal of researches.
Southern island floras. "The more I ponder upon Insular Floras the less inclined I am to admit the mutation of species to any very great amount."
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 July 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 51–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-887 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 4). Sprengel 1793 . See letter to J. D. Hooker, [11–12 July 1845] , for CD’s comments on …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, [27 June 1845] , n. 1. CD did not change his previous …
- … 5 th . 1845. My dear Darwin On the arrival of your last welcome letter I did determine to …
- … CD referred to in his letter to J. D. Hooker, [27 June 1845] , or CD’s ‘advice to …
- … 1845 . J. D. Hooker 1844–7 , pp. 219–20, 240. Robert Graham , for whom Hooker was acting as substitute. Thomas Thomson , see letter …
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Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
Summary
Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Species theory In November 1845, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend and confidant Joseph …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
Summary
Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
Summary
The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
Darwin and Fatherhood
Summary
Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten children. It is often assumed that Darwin was an exceptional Victorian father. But how extraordinary was he? The Correspondence Project allows an unusually…
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- … Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten …
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…
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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
John Murray
Summary
Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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- … Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
Summary
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 …
Journal of researches
Summary
Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
Matches: 1 hits
- … The Journal of researches , Darwin’s account of his travels round the world in H.M.S. Beagle …
Living and fossil cirripedia
Summary
Darwin published four volumes on barnacles, the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia, between 1851 and 1854, two on living species and two on fossil species. Written for a specialist audience, they are among the most challenging and least read of Darwin’s works…
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- … Darwin published four volumes on the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia between 1851 and 1854, two on …
Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
Summary
'a humble toadyish follower…': Not all pictures of Darwin during the Beagle voyage are flattering. Published here for the first time is a complete transcript of a satirical account of the Beagle’s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands…
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- … I naturally wished to have a savant at my elbow – in the position of a humble toadyish …
Darwin’s observations on his children
Summary
Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
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- … Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children,[1] began the research that …
Bartholomew James Sulivan
Summary
On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to his old friend, Charles Darwin, commiserating on shared ill-health, glorying in the achievements of their children, offering to collect plant specimens, and…
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- … On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to …
Robert FitzRoy
Summary
Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest proximity, their relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the countries visited during the…
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- … Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
Summary
The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
Summary
[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
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- … [ f.146r Title page ] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle …
