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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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- … 765. in Geograph. Soc?? Review of this in Edin. Phil Jour. 1840. June [Anon. 1840]. Report of …
- … 26—Account of Domestic & Foreign Bees [Jardine ed. 1840]: (Athenæum 1840 p. 195) …
- … A. Necker 1823] read Lindleys Horticulture [Lindley 1840]— Chapter on Races improvement of …
- … Admiral Von Wrangel’s Travels [Wrangel 1840].— Sir Ker Porter’s Travels in Caucasus [R. K. …
- … Instinct by D r . Alison [W. P. Alison 1847]. No 19. July. 1840 27 Annales des Sciences …
- … 12v.] Bowerbank’s Book on Fossil Fruit [Bowerbank 1840] must be studied Liebigs …
- … 1834] Royle on Indian Agricult. & Production [Royle 1840] Bennets. Whaling Voyage …
- … 1833]— Prof. Smyth. French Revolution 3 vols [Smyth 1840] Baber’s Biography. translat. …
- … II d . death [Hallam 1827] Ranke’s Popes [Ranke 1840].— Southeys life of Wesley …
- … reproductive system Encyclop of Rural Sports [Blaine 1840] (at Athenæum?) Book II Chapt. 4 on …
- … 1836].— Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict. 1841 [Paxton 1840]— probably good—every plant cultivated in …
- … must study Whewell on Philosophy of Science [Whewell 1840].— Speculates on Instinct.— …
- … A. Alison on Population. 2 vols. Feb. 1842 [A. Alison 1840].— Youatt in Vet. says Blaine on …
- … to be good Papers on Sewalik Fossils in 1842 [Cautley 1840 and Cautley and Falconer 1840] The …
- … Sheep [Blacklock 1838]; good quotation in Royle [Royle 1840] Proceedings of Agricult. Soc …
- … Capt. Parsons quoted by Royle. Prod. Res. p. 170 [Royle 1840] (read) 37 Sweet has …
- … Parrots [Selby 1836]. 26. Honey Bees [Jardine ed. 1840]. Waterhouse has it??? Jacintes …
- … [DAR *119: 21v.] Gosse Canadian naturalist [Gosse 1840] in Entomolog. Soc. Duchesne …
- … Martineau 1821] (read) Letters of L d . Ward? [Ward 1840] [DAR *119: 22v.] …
- … July 8 th M.S. Voyage of Kolff to the Molucca Sea [Kolff 1840] 10 th Surville-Marion …
- … on the Horse [Youatt 1831] Library of Useful K. 1840 Jan 1 st Many numbers of …
- … India [Heyne 1814] d[itt]o [DAR 119: 7a] 1840 D r . Hollands Medical …
- … Transactions of the Royal Society of London ] from 1788 to 1840 —Abstracted— Maer Phil Transact. …
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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- … Agassiz (see Barrett 1973, Rudwick 1974, and L. Agassiz 1840). In another paper, “On the …
- … My stomach as usual has been my enemy In 1840 the illness was different. As he wrote to …
- … life. ‘My stomach’, he wrote to FitzRoy, [20 February 1840] , ‘as usual has been my enemy—but D …
- … reasonable diagnosis (see Colp 1977). The illness of 1840 appears to have been the …
- … descendants, twelve letters from Darwin to Kemp in the years 1840 to 1843 have come to light; they …
Darwin’s observations on his children
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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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- … gives the first notice that he is going to cry. Feb 27. 1840 When nine weeks & three days …
- … vol. 2, letters to T. C. Eyton, [6 January 1840] , and Robert FitzRoy, [20 February 1840] . …
- … preceding sentence and the following text to ‘Feb 27. 1840’ on page 6 is in Emma Darwin’s hand. …
- … stayed with CD and Emma Darwin between 21 March and 2 May 1840 (Emma Darwin’s diary). If Emma Darwin …
- … December, rather than 4, and 28 days, not 29, in February (1840 was a leap year) when calculating …
- … Darwin’s parents Bessy and Josiah Wedgwood II, on 5 June 1840. They remained in Staffordshire and …
- … the role of bees in pollination, made in the summers between 1840 and 1842, are in DAR 46.2 and DAR …
Natural Science and Femininity
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Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
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- … Letter 555 - Darwin to FitzRoy, R., [20 February 1840] Darwin discusses the development …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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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…
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- … vol. 2, letter from J. S. Henslow, 21 November 1840 ). The sexual relations of barnacles seemed …
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. …
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.…
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … remember the prodigious effect this produced about the year 1840(?) on all our minds’ ( letter to …
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…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
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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- … Taylor Fish in order to confirm the view expressed in his 1840 paper ‘Formation of mould’ of the …
