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To Chauncey Wright   21 September 1874 and 29 January 1875

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Head movements and their expressive significance. [P.S. explains letter was returned to CD because of a mistake in the address.]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Chauncey Wright
Date:  21 Sept 1874 and 29 Jan 1875
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9650

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  • … eventually received CD’s letter through Asa Gray in February 1875 (see Correspondence …
  • … As I forget whether “Cambridge” is sufficient address, I will send this through Asa Gray. …

From Chauncey Wright   3 September 1874

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Writes at length on the origins and meanings of particular head movements as used to express assent or disagreement, especially the sideways movements of the head as an expression of consideration or contemplation.

Also discusses space and colour perception.

Author:  Chauncey Wright
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Sept 1874
Classmark:  DAR 181: 172, 173 f. 6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9624

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  • Asa Gray . An allusion to Expression . The Scottish philosopher William Hamilton wrote …
  • … on expression during her trip on the Nile with Asa Gray in 1869 (see Correspondence vol.   …
  • … 17, letter from Asa Gray and Jane Loring Gray, 8 and 9 May 1869 ). See Liddell and Scott  …
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Darwin in Conversation exhibition

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Meet Charles Darwin as you have never met him before. Come to our exhibition at Cambridge University Library, running from 9 July to 3 December 2022, and discover a fascinating series of interwoven conversations with Darwin's many hundreds of…

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  • … 9 July – 3 December 2022 Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University …