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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,…
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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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- … 1750] (Sometime) Dug. Stewarts works. lives of Reid Smith & giving abstracts of their …
- … on the Dog with illustrations of about 100 varieties [?C. H. Smith 1839–40] 24 Flourens …
- … to be Poor Sir. J. Edwards Botanical Tour [?J. E. Smith 1793] Fabricius (very old) has …
- … of Soul. amongst Ancients [Toland 1704] Adam Smith Moral Sentiments [A. Smith 1759] …
- … on Aurochs [Weissenborn 1838] Smiths grammar [J. E. Smith 1821] & introduct of Botany [J. …
- … ed. 1834] read Vol. (2 d ) on Dogs [C. H. Smith 1839–40] /on Ruminants [Jardine ed. 1835–6] …
- … Hist. of own time [Burnet 1724–34] Sidney Smith Lectures 49 [Plymley 1808] Sleemans …
- … [Murchison 1839].— References at end— —— Smith off Jordan Hill. Pamphlet [J. Smith 1838]. …
- … Anderson & Pallas [Pallas 1794]— d[itt]o —— Smith’s Varieties of Human race [S. S. Smith …
- … 30 th . Naturalists Library— Volume I. Dog. Col. Ham. Smith [C. H. Smith 1839–40]. …
- … 1837] d[itt]o —— Hamilton on the Dog [C. H. Smith 1839–40] 2 d . vol. d[itt]o Nov. …
- … Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement ] Col: Ham: Smith on Horses [C. H. Smith 1841] …
- … Med & Phys. Researches [Harlan 1835] abstracted. Smith Moral Sentiments [A. Smith 1759], …
- … 1794]: Culley on live Stock [Culley 1786] Shrewsbury Smith Varieties of Human Race [S. S. …
- … 1842–6]. —— 15 th . Phillip’s life of W. Smith [J. Phillips 1844]. —— 30 Abridged …
- … 154 ——. 1850. The life and correspondence of Andrew Combe, M.D. Edinburgh. 128: 5 …
- … people . London. [Other eds.] 119: 13a Downing, Andrew Jackson. 1845. The fruits and …
- … 4th ed. London. *119: 13v. Knight, Thomas Andrew. 1797. A treatise on the culture of …
- … Royal and Horticultural Societies by the late Thomas Andrew Knight, to which is prefixed a …
- … DAR 71: 180–91.] *119: 22v.; 119: 22a Murray, Andrew. 1866. The geographical …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 13; 119: 12a Smith, Andrew. 1838–49. Illustrations of the zoology of …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … of subaerial denudation based on recent work of Croll, Andrew Crombie Ramsay, William Whitaker, and …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … suffering from a feverish cold, Darwin’s London consultant Andrew Clark was called out to see Darwin …
- … yet not to make his life too monotonous,’ he explained to Andrew Clark, who travelled to Down to …
- … ... so as to prove his brain sound’ ( letter to Andrew Clark, [late June 1876] ; letter to G. H. …
Who we were
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Many people have contributed to the Darwin Correspondence Project since it was first founded in 1974. Some names are now lost to us, and we would appreciate hearing from anyone who has contributed in the past and is not listed here. The final staff of…
Caroline Kennard
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Kennard’s interest in science stemmed from her social commitments to the women's movement, her interests in nature study as a tool for educational reform, as well as her place in a tightly knit network of the Bostonian elite. Kennard was one of a…
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- … Horatio Appleton Lamb, Mary S. Langley, William Henry Lyon, Andrew Preston Peabody, Samuel Edmund …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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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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- … and living members of the sub-class Cirripedia (see S. Smith 1968). The Beagle specimens …
