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Darwin and Fatherhood
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Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten children. It is often assumed that Darwin was an exceptional Victorian father. But how extraordinary was he? The Correspondence Project allows an unusually…
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- … and writing from home. Although when he moved to Downe in 1842 he described this part of Kent as …
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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- … bookseller had in obtaining the first edition, published in 1842 ( Correspondence vol. 21, …
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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- … the University of Cambridge. These works, catalogued by H. W. Rutherford ( Catalogue of the library …
- … 4 [Pierquin de Gembloux 1839]. Said to be good by D r L. Lindsay 5 [DAR *119: 1v. …
- … on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol [Prichard 1836–47] Lawrence [W. …
- … Teneriffe. in Pers. Narr. [A. von Humboldt 1814–29] D r Royle on Himmalaya types [Royle …
- … 1822] Falconers remark on the influence of climate [W. Falconer 1781] [DAR *119: 2v. …
- … reference to authors about E. Indian Islands 8 consult D r Horsfield [Horsfield 1824] …
- … sheep [Youatt 1831, 1834, 1837]. Verey Philosophie d’Hist. Nat. [Virey 1835] read …
- … [Dampier 1697] Sportsman’s repository 4 to . [W. H. Scott 1820]— contains much on dogs …
- … Crawford Eastern Archipelago [Crawfurd 1820] Raffeles d[itt]o [T. S. B. Raffles 1817] …
- … [Temminck 1813–15] read Temminck has written Coup d’œil sur la Fauna des iles de la Sonde et …
- … Read M r Bennetts & other Edit. by Hon. & Rev. W. Herbert.— notes to White Nat. Hist of …
- … read 19 : French [? Annales de la Société Impériale d'Horticulture ] or Caledonian …
- … [DAR *119: 8v.] A history of British Birds by W. Macgillivray [W. Macgillivray 1837–52].— I …
- … The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824] at Maer? W. F. …
- … Illustrations of the Domestic animals of Gt. Britain [D. Low 1842].— 23 must be read carefully. …
- … Erasmus—— Lavater. Life & Correspondence [?Heisch 1842] Coleridge. Literary …
- … Cicero [Middleton 1741] W. Meister’s Life [Goethe 1842].— Malcolm’s History of Persia …
- … [DAR *119: 15] Zanoni by Bulwer [Bulwer-Lytton 1842]. Life of D. of Marlborough [A. …
- … organs read A. Alison on Population. 2 vols. Feb. 1842 [A. Alison 1840].— Youatt in …
- … 1836]: worth looking at. Low has probably told all [D. Low 1842] Madras Journal [ Madras …
- … Soc. appears to be good Papers on Sewalik Fossils in 1842 [Cautley 1840 and Cautley and Falconer …
- … Read “Bronn’s Geschicte der Natur.” [Bronn 1842–3] Kingdons translat …
- … Jussieus introduct to Bot. price 6 s [Jussieu 1842] [DAR *119: 20v.] …
- … th Keppells Expedition to Borneo [Keppel 1846] 31. Fox’s Hist of James 2 d . [Fox 1808] …
- … and London. 128: 25 Bunbury, Charles James Fox. 1848. Journal of a residence at the …
- … and use of natural history . London. 119: 14a Fox, Charles James. 1808. A history of …
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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- … their first child, William Erasmus, was born. In September 1842, the family, now increased by a …
- … and explore new avenues of thought, and by the summer of 1842 he felt that his research had …
- … of species was published, but the general outline of 1842 is, to a surprising degree, present in …
- … far from their original locations. The following year, 1842, having heard of evidence of glaciation …
- … variety of publications. The beetles were described by F. W. Hope, G. R. Waterhouse, and C. C. …
- … distribution and classification (see Henslow 1837a and 1838; W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott 1836, …
- … were discovered that contain lists of Darwin’s plants (see D. M. Porter 1981). Charles Lyell …
- … Jenyns, Waterhouse, and his second cousin, William Darwin Fox—knew, as he said to Henslow, he was …
- … with facts It is true that, until he took J. D. Hooker into his confidence in 1844, …
- … convince anyone that he had a sound solution to what J. F. W. Herschel in a letter to Lyell had …
- … clearly under sub-laws.' To his cousin, W. D. Fox, [25 January 1841] , he wrote: & …
- … in this field and on friends like Henslow, T. C. Eyton, and W. D. Fox, who were knowledgeable about …
- … between species and varieties had no basis in reality (W. Herbert 1837, p. 341); species were only …
- … [20 February 1840] , ‘as usual has been my enemy—but D r . Holland tells me he thinks it is only …
- … research required. The trip to North Wales in June 1842 was his last field trip: thereafter his …
- … stays at Shrewsbury and Maer during the summers of 1841 and 1842 show that he was making botanical …
- … so-called ‘science of morphology’, first set forth by J. W. von Goethe. Though widely accepted in …
- … obvious relevance to the theory of descent (Pencil sketch of 1842, in Foundations , p. 74). …
Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin
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The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural existence filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred Russel Wallace…
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- … at the end of 1859, ‘I sometimes fancied that my book w d be successful; but I never even built …
- … very perplexing’, he told his cousin William Darwin Fox, ‘from not knowing what to choose from the …
- … approval of his argument is evident. ‘Though I sh d . not have much cared about throwing away …
- … myself that all was much alike, & if you condemned that you w d . condemn all—my life’s work— …
- … ‘Your words have come true with a vengeance that I sh d . be forestalled’, he lamented to Lyell. …
- … Correspondence vol. 7, Appendix V.) Upon the advice of Fox, the family fled the epidemic and …
- … material would require a ‘small volume’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 October [1858] ). Begun while …
- … appropriated the other’s ideas (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 2 March [1859] , 11 March [1859] …
- … ‘We have been here above 6 week,’ he wrote to Fox, ‘& I feel worse than when I came’ ( letter …
- … the fine points of Darwin’s theory ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 May 1859 ). Among the older …
- … at me & leaves me to their mercies’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 November 1859] ). Late in …
- … required a fresh act of intervention to supply the lacunas w h . he himself had made’ ( letter …
- … got much more larky since we run two horses’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 6 October [1858] ). …
- … of it what they will. ‘You do me injustice’, he wrote to Fox, ‘when you think that I work for fame: …
- … sort of instinct to try to make out truth’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 24 [March 1859] ). Yet he …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
Before Origin: the ‘big book’
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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…
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- … ). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in …
- … of species ’, he told his cousin William Darwin Fox. Experimental work Darwin …
- … to set up to provide crucial evidence for his arguments. Fox, Darwin assumed, would have bred …
- … me at a guess how long an immersion in sea-water you sh d . imagine w d . kill the more …
- … to hear of them, he might easily work them in, & then I sh d . have to quote from a work …
- … hate the idea of writing for priority, yet I certainly sh d . be vexed if any one were to publish …
- … to publish without full details. ’ Writing to his cousin Fox in June 1856, Darwin openly confessed …
- … of this acceleration was revealed, when he told his cousin Fox: ‘ I am working very hard at my Book …
- … interested in the way facts fall into groups ’, he told Fox in February 1857. Trials of …
- … ‘Your words have come true with a vengeance that I sh d . be forestalled’, he told Lyell, ‘ I …
- … far rather burn my whole book than that he or any man sh d . think that I had behaved in a paltry …
Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter
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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…
The writing of "Origin"
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From a quiet rural existence at Down in Kent, filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on the transmutation of species, Darwin was jolted into action in 1858 by the arrival of an unexpected letter (no longer extant) from Alfred Russel Wallace outlining a…
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- … When I was in spirits I sometimes fancied that my book w d be successful; but I never even built …
- … very perplexing’, he told his cousin William Darwin Fox, ‘from not knowing what to choose from the …
- … approval of his argument is evident. ‘Though I sh d . not have much cared about throwing away …
- … myself that all was much alike, & if you condemned that you w d . condemn all—my life’s work— …
- … ‘Your words have come true with a vengeance that I sh d . be forestalled’, he lamented to Lyell. …
- … by his unexpected death on 28 June. Upon the advice of Fox, the family fled the epidemic and stayed …
- … material would require a ‘small volume’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 October [1858] ). Begun while …
- … ‘We have been here above 6 week,’ he wrote to Fox, ‘& I feel worse than when I came’ (letter to …
- … about the fine points of Darwin’s theory (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 May 1859 ). Among the …
- … Priests at me & leaves me to their mercies’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 November 1859] ). …
- … required a fresh act of intervention to supply the lacunas w h . he himself had made’ (letter …
- … of it what they will. ‘You do me injustice’, he wrote to Fox, ‘when you think that I work for fame: …
- … a sort of instinct to try to make out truth’ (letter to W. D. Fox, 24 [March 1859] ). Yet he …
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … Stevens Henslow, and his friend and cousin William Darwin Fox were clergymen naturalists. A …
- … (letter from E. A. Darwin, 18 August [1832] ). Writing to Fox from Lima, Peru, Darwin mused on …
- … sort of scene I never ought to think about—’ (letter to W. D. Fox, [9–12 August] 1835 ). Darwin’s …
- … not that of a clergyman. The parish of Down In 1842, within six years of his return …
- … an excellent Guardian [of the Poor Fund]’ (letter to J. W. Lubbock, 28 March [1854] ). Despite …
- … is an interesting letter from Darwin to the evangelist J. W. C. Fegan. Darwin whole-heartedly …
- … Press in association with Nova Pacifica. Paz, D. G., ed. 1995. Nineteenth-century English …
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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- … Notes ^1^ In his essay of 1842, CD wrote: ‘The natural system being on …
