From F. W. Hope 15 January 1834
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Acknowledges CD’s letter about alpine entomology of Tierra del Fuego; discusses geographical distribution; urges CD to make a chart of vegetable and geological distribution of insects. Advises him on species to collect and assures him of all assistance in describing his captures on his return.
Tells of founding of Entomological Society, and enrolls CD.
News of J. F. Stephens’ lawsuit and continuation of his Illustrations of British entomology [1827–46]. Praises general state of zoological science in England.
| Author: | Frederick William Hope |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Jan 1834 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 127 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-235 |
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- … of his Illustrations of British entomology [1827–46]. Praises general state of zoological …
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Darwin’s student booklist
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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … By the time Charles returned to Shrewsbury in the summer of 1827 he had decided not to continue the …
- … Cuvier: Darwin’s own copy of this is the fifth edition of 1827. Of course he could have borrowed an …
- … is in the Darwin Library–Down. 15 Jameson trans. 1827. There is an annotated copy in the …
- … ). The letter from Sarah Harriet Owen ( 31 [December 1827] ) refers to ‘Scorpions’, a term used in …
- … London: Saunders & Otley. Jameson, Robert, trans. 1827. Essay on the theory of the …
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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- … System [Lindley 1830] Bevan on the Honey Bee [Bevan 1827]. Dutrochet mems. sur les …
- … paper on change of plumage in pheasants. Philos. Trans. 1827 [Yarrell 1827] Paxton on the …
- … Ogleby Temminck. Monographs de Mammalogies [Temminck 1827–41]— Has account of variation in …
- … in 1841.— Lesson Hist Nat des Mammiférs [Lesson 1827] Haller’s Physiology [Haller 1754 …
- … on exact adaptation of plants to soil [?Soulange-Bodin 1827]. He is Horticulturist in France. …
- … [Long 1747] Novum Organum. in Lib. Useful Knowledge [Bacon 1827] Num 41. Ed. Review. Sir. J. …
- … Constitut Hist: Hen VII to Georg II d . death [Hallam 1827] Ranke’s Popes [Ranke 1840].— …
- … [Lyell 1838] Gibbon’s Life of himself [Gibbon 1827] Hume’s life of himself [Hume 1777] …
- … relate to me May 7 th . Bevans Honey Bee [Bevan 1827] skimmed.— 8 th Cox’s …
- … [Borrow 1843]. 22. Hallam Constitu History [Hallam 1827]. —— 1. vol of Chesterfields …
- … —— 21 Hallams Constitutional Hist: [Hallam 1827] unreadibly dull —— Norton Genuiness of the …
- … Stephens Illustration of British Entomology [J. F. Stephens 1827–46] Gmelin Botany of Siberia …
- … 1853] very good. May 11 th Evelyn Diary [Evelyn 1827] 3 vols. July 8. Astoria, good …
- … [Godron 1853].— July 15 Die Hühner & Pfauenzucht. 1827 [Anon. 1827] —— Neumeister …
- … 1837 [Puvis 1837] 3. Die Hühner & Pfauenzucht Ulm. 1827 123 [Anon. 1827]. Oct. …
- … the country 6: 65–73. *119: 15v. Anon. 1827. Die Hühner und Pfauenzucht. Ulm. …
- … *119: 13, 15; 119: 10b; *128: 182 ——. 1827. An account of Lord Bacon’s Novum organon …
- … Edinburgh. [Other eds.] 119: 21b Bevan, Edward. 1827. The honey-bee; its natural history, …
- … London. [Other eds.] 119: 4a, 11a Evelyn, John. 1827. Memoirs of John Evelyn … …
- … . 6 vols. London. [Other eds.] 119: 13b ——. 1827. Memoirs of the life and writings of …
- … Styria . Edinburgh. 119: 13b Hallam, Henry. 1827. The constitutional history of …
- … 91: 22–4.] 119: 4a Lesson, René Primevère. 1827. Manuel de mammalogie, ou histoire …
- … of a residence in Sweden and Norway, in the years 1827–28 . 2 vols. London. [Abstract in DAR 71 …
- … la corvette Le Séniavine, dans les années 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829 . 4 vols. and 2 …
- … Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827–1832. 2 vols. Leipzig. [Abstract in …
- … vols. Paris. 119: 6a Soulange-Bodin, Étienne. 1827. Discours sur l’importance de l …
- … *128: 178; 128: 9 Stephens, James Francis. 1827–46. Illustrations of British …
- … . 2d ed. 4 vols. Paris. *119: 10v. ——. 1827–41. Monographies de mammalogie, ou …
Barnacles
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Darwin and barnacles Darwin’s interest in Cirripedia, a class of marine arthropods, was first piqued by the discovery of an odd burrowing barnacle, which he later named “Mr. Arthrobalanus," while he was…
Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia
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Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…
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- … scientific paper, presented before the Plinian Society in 1827, related his discovery that the so …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … Griffith’s edition of Cuvier’s The animal kingdom (1827–35) without citation of the source. Since …
- … . By Edward Griffith and others. 16 vols. Edinburgh, 1827–35. (DAR 33: 255v.; number of volumes on …
- … A narrative of a nine months’ residence in New Zealand in 1827 . . . London, 1832. (Letter to …
- … account of some geological specimens . . .). 2 vols. London, 1827. (DAR 38.2: 867v.; ‘Geology’, by W …
- … l’Atlas de l’océan Pacifique. 2 vols. St Petersburg, 1827. ( Narrative 2: 506). …
- … Lesson, René-Primevère. Manuel de mammalogie. Paris, 1827. (DAR 31.1: 236, where it is confused …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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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. …
Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
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'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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- … five apprentices), and arrived at Cocos Keeling in February 1827. He claimed to be surprised to find …
- … by Ross, the relations of the two men deteriorated from 1827 until Hare’s departure. Ross died in …
- … but before the latter’s arrival with his family in early 1827. Ross seems have been aware of Hare’s …
- … we have little but Ross’ account of the situation from 1827 to 1831, it seems clear that the two men …
- … of the apprentices Ross brought with him to Cocos-Keeling in 1827. He was from Shetland, and so, as …
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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- … Caroline Augusta Kennard (née Smith) was born in 1827 in New Hampshire. In 1846, she married Martin …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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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.…
John Stevens Henslow
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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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- … the Chair of Botany. He resigned the Chair of Mineralogy in 1827, but remained Professor of Botany …
Darwin and barnacles
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In a letter to Henslow in March 1835 Darwin remarked that he had done ‘very little’ in zoology; the ‘only two novelties’ he added, almost as an afterthought, were a new mollusc and a ‘genus in the family Balanidæ’ – a barnacle – but it was an oddity. Who,…
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- … observe on the beach at Leith. His first paper, in March 1827, concerned his discovery that the ‘ova …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[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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- … is as follows – About 9 years ago i.e. from 1826 or 1827 counting back from 1836 – Mr Hare – a very …
- … of the people took place in the latter days of Dec r 1827 and first days of Jan y 1828. …
- … as Mr Ross returned to the Cocos from England in Feb y 1827 and Mr H left in March 1831 my …
- … very first – after his return from England – in February 1827 – But be that as it may – or might …
