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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,…

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  • … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
  • … James (1) Anderson, James (c) (3) …
  • … Vienna (1) Appleton, C. E. C. B. (2) …
  • … Athenæum (11) Atkin, J. R. (1) …
  • … Austin, A. D. (2) Austin, C. F. (1) …
  • … B. J. Edwards & Co. (1) Babbage, Charles (10) …
  • … Baker, A. F. (1) Bakewell, R. H. (1) …
  • … K. S. (1) Barr, J. G. R. (1) …
  • … Edward (6) Bartlett, R. S. (1) …
  • … Bond, Frederick (2) Boner, Charles (5) …
  • … Edward (1) Bradlaugh, Charles (2) …
  • … Brayley, E. W. (1) Breese, Charles (1) …
  • … Samuel (b) (14) Buxton, Charles (2) …
  • … Chapman, John (4) Charles, R. F. (2) …
  • … Crawfurd, John (3) Crawley, Charles (2) …
  • … Dareste, Camille (9) Darwin family (1) …

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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  • The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle  voyage was one
  • of the living species he had collected. By the end of 1843 he had also completed the writing of a
  • a family Busy as he was with scientific activities, Darwin found time to re-establish family
  • whom his work brought him into close contact. In November 1838, two years after his return, Darwin
  • they show for one anothers sensibilities. Early in 1839 the couple set up house in London and at
  • his greatest theoretical achievement, the most important of Darwins activities during the years
  • identifications of his bird and fossil mammal specimens, Darwin arrived at the daring and momentous
  • ideas on a wide range of topics. Then, in September 1838, T. R. Malthus’  An essay on the principle
  • by all the leading geologists of Englandamong them Charles Lyell, Sedgwick, and Buckland (see the
  • Fossil Mammalia , by Richard OwenMammalia , by G. R. WaterhouseBirds , by John Gould;  …
  • publications. The beetles were described by F. W. Hope, G. R. Waterhouse, and C. C. Babington; the
  • lists of Darwins plants (see D. M. Porter 1981). Charles Lyell In the extensive
  • correspondent, both scientifically and personally, was Charles Lyell. The letters Darwin and Lyell
  • material for her  Life, letters and journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart.,  Darwin informs her that
  • to Lyell had called themystery of mysteries’ (see Babbage 1837 and Cannon 1961). In the  …
  • all crosses between all domestic birds & animals dogs, cats &c &c very valuable—' …
  • on literature in this field and on friends like Henslow, T. C. Eyton, and W. D. Fox, who were
  • the practice of systematists. As the correspondence with G. R. Waterhouse during the 1840s shows, …
  • same, though I know what I am looking for' ( Letter to G. R. Waterhouse, [26 July 1843] ).  …
  • In 1840 the illness was different. As he wrote to Charles Lyell, [19 February 1840] , “it is now
  • … [20 February 1840] , ‘as usual has been my enemybut D r . Holland tells me he thinks it is only