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Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the …
- … numbers refer to R. B. Freeman’s standard bibliography of Darwin’s works. —Extracts from …
- … for private distribution by the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1 December 1835. [ Shorter …
- … commanded by Capt. FitzRoy, R.N. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 446-9 …
- … in the neighbourhood of the Plata. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 542 …
- … from the study of coral formations. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): …
- … the formation of mould. Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2nd ser., pt. 3, 5 …
- … are elevated. Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2nd ser., pt. 3, 5 (1840): 601-31 …
- … of the Geological Society of London 2nd ser. 6 (1842): 415-31. [ Shorter publications , pp. 147 …
- … to 1836 . By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. [F271.] —Notes on the …
- … by floating ice. Philosophical Magazine 21 (1842): 180-8. [ Shorter publications , pp. 140 …
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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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
- … were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119) …
- … a few odd entries, the record ends. Both notebooks consist of two different sections, headed ‘Books …
- … copy of the catalogue of scientific books in the Royal Society of London (Royal Society of London …
- … Transact 15 [ Transactions of the Horticultural Society ] Mr Coxe “view of the …
- … Transactions [ ?Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural Society ]: Asa Gray & Torrey …
- … [ Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India ; Proceedings of the …
- … Transactions [ Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London ].— [DAR *119: 8v.] …
- … Illustrations of the Domestic animals of Gt. Britain [D. Low 1842].— 23 must be read carefully. …
- … Transact [ Transactions of the Linnean Society of London ] Wernerian d[itt]o [ Memoirs …
- … Erasmus—— Lavater. Life & Correspondence [?Heisch 1842] Coleridge. Literary …
- … Cicero [Middleton 1741] W. Meister’s Life [Goethe 1842].— Malcolm’s History of Persia …
- … of Books at end of Catalogue of Royal Soc. [Royal Society of London 1839]— Meckel’s Anatomy. …
- … [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 …
- … ] Veterinary: Jan & Feb. number 1841. Karkeek on the geological History of the Horse …
- … Man. Bailliere. 1.10 [Prichard 1843] must be studied . London Library read [DAR *119: …
- … [Haldeman 1843–4] already (1844) VI. vols. published Lib. Geological Society (read) Goulds …
- … Expedition to Siberia & Polar Sea [Wrangell 1840] Geological Report. New York 69 Jan. …
- … 16 th Dublin Geolog. Journ. [ Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin ] Vol 1.— …
- … Nov. 12. Mem. of Geolog. Survey [ Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain ] Vol I …
- … entitled “Communication from the governor, relative to the geological survey of the state”. Several …
Darwin & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…
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- … on 26-29 June 2009, led by Martin Rudwick (University of Cambridge) and Adrian Palmer (Royal …
- … their own. Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and …
- … the Scottish Highlands to study the so-called parallel roads of Glen Roy. These ‘roads’ were …
- … geologists in the last two decades had declared them to be of natural origin. Two Scotsmen, John …
- … into the hillsides by standing water, and were the beaches of a former highland lake that had once …
- … at several distinct levels, each corresponding to the level of one of the roads. Darwin’s …
- … similar to the process he believed had lifted the continent of South America. In each case, the …
- … could be gradual and equable (as the upright pillars of the temple at Serapis had famously suggested …
- … Darwin read a paper on the parallel roads to the Royal Society of London. He dismissed the notion …
- … was no satisfactory explanation for the temporary damming of Glen Roy, which must have occurred for …
- … the movements having been interrupted by as many periods of rest as there are shelves.’ The roads …
- … explain why the sea had left no marine fossils on the sides of the glen and why it had not cut …
- … and tides were acting on a coastline of a particular geological composition. Scarcely had …
- … the action of ice sheets elsewhere. On his last ever geological field trip, a return visit to North …
- … [12? March 1841] To William Fitton, [c. 28 June 1842] To Charles Lyell, [5 and …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but …
- … his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species and varieties. In contrast to …
- … and gathering information from an ever-expanding network of correspondents. Down House was altered …
- … stay; and, with his father’s advice, Darwin began a series of judicious financial investments to …
- … Between 1844 and 1846 Darwin himself wrote ten papers, six of which related to the Beagle …
- … should be denied him. After prolonged illnesses in 1841 and 1842, years poorly represented in the …
- … Darwin’s views. South America drew together all the geological and palaeontological results of …
- … (1830–3) and a commitment to Lyell’s idea of gradual geological change taking place overimmensely …
- … University and a period of half-hearted work with the Geological Survey of Great Britain. Like …
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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- … return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in …
- … During these years he published two books—his Journal of researches and The structure and …
- … In addition, he organised and superintended the publication of the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. …
- … and had served as a Secretary and Vice-President of the Geological Society of London. All this was …
- … sensibilities. Early in 1839 the couple set up house in London and at the end of the year their …
- … 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 …
- … 1837, Darwin read the fourth of a series of papers to the Geological Society of London. Three of the …
- … of mould by earthworms. This explanation of a “new Geological Power”, as William Buckland called it …
- … The correspondence and the reviews of his papers for the Geological Society Transactions provide …
- … work, and it too was in geology. In 1838 he set out on a geological tour in Scotland, the major …
- … Scotland. This tour resulted in a major paper for the Royal Society in which he advanced the …
- … far from their original locations. The following year, 1842, having heard of evidence of glaciation …
- … portion of the text, drawing upon his field notes for geological and geographical data and for the …
- … their mutual involvement in the affairs of the Geological Society. During the Beagle voyage …
- … are preserved (187 of them in the American Philosophical Society’s collection) but some are missing, …
- … 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 …
- … obvious relevance to the theory of descent (Pencil sketch of 1842, in Foundations , p. 74). …
Darwin & coral reefs
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The central idea of Darwin's theory of coral reef formation, as it was later formulated, was that the islands were formed by the upward growth of coral as the Pacific Ocean floor gradually subsided. It overturned previous ideas and would in itself…
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- … No other work of mine was begun in so deductive a spirit as this; for the whole theory was thought …
- … been incessantly attending to the effects on the shores of S. America of the intermittent elevation …
- … reef theory. Autobiography , pp. 98-9 No statement of Darwin's theory of coral reef …
- … could observe the Pacific islands. The central idea of his theory, as it was later formulated …
- … who had assisted Darwin in his observations on the elevation of the Chilean coast, makes clear that …
- … expectation that the Pacific islands would furnish evidence of general subsidence: ‘I wish …
- … elevation, and subsidence. The passages deal with general geological speculations involving both …
- … Admiralty orders had specifically recommended surveys and geological descriptions of the channels …
- … Darwin read a paper on his coral theory before the Geological Society in May 1837. His most fully …
- … that led to Darwin’s theory of coral reef formation: A geological friend of Darwin’s in Chile, …
- … his book on coral reefs: letter to Leonard Jenyns [9 May 1842] . Suggestions …
- … Armstrong, Patrick. 2004. Darwin’s other islands . London and New York: Continuum. …
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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- … the event, the ‘little zoology’ turned out to be a study of barnacles that spanned eight years and …
- … the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes …
- … hours at the microscope did not preclude a prodigious amount of other scientific activity. There are …
- … gave to their views reveals a recognition on the part of British naturalists that science was fast …
- … dangerous travels through the mountains. Hooker writes of the complicated geology of the area, of …
- … they had come to regard each other. Geology, and geological controversy Hooker’s …
- … to Charles Lyell, 8 [September 1847] ). The second geological theory Darwin felt the need to …
- … Agassiz’s glaciation theory. A third theme in the geological correspondence is the …
- … work on Cirripedia. Having sent off the proofs of Geological observations on South America , the …
- … the ‘rules of nomenclature’ that had been drawn up in 1842 by a British Association committee on …
- … Down Coal Club and helping to establish the Down Friendly Society for which he also acted as …
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,…
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- … The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. …
- … scientific work, single-mindedly committed to the completion of his cirripede monographs. …
- … Malvern to Emma, who was confined to Down awaiting the birth of their ninth child. After Anne’s …
- … spending so much time on the group. He was surely thinking of these years: the exciting discoveries …
- … when, in 1853, he was awarded a Royal Medal by the Royal Society of London for his contributions to …
- … and plates and settling publication details with the Ray Society for Living Cirripedia (1851) …
- … Fossil Cirripedia (1854), again published by the Ray Society and the Palaeontographical Society. …
- … Darwin that soon developed into a valued friendship. London scientific society As …
- … was extended into the political realm of scientific life in London, as revealed in a series of …
- … Darwin’s decision to take a more active interest in London scientific life was prompted by a general …
- … on 29 [May 1854] : ‘Very far from disagreeing with me, my London visits have just lately taken to …
- … over sea as the alternative to such speculative, large-scale geological changes. As he told Hooker …
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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- … years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural …
- … book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred …
- … compiling corrections for a second and then a third edition of his book; and enthusiastically …
- … (‘ per version’ as he jokingly called it) to his views of close friends like Charles Lyell, Joseph …
- … own way, had hesitated in relinquishing orthodox concepts of creation. ‘When I was in spirits’, he …
- … Bernhard Tegetmeier, founder and president of the Apiarian Society, provided Darwin with information …
- … coincidence. if Wallace had my M.S. sketch written out in 1842 he could not have made a better short …
- … and was postmarked ‘Singapore Apr 21 58’ and ‘London Ju 3 58’. Brooks maintains that Darwin …
- … letter aboard the 9 March steamer could have arrived at the London General Post Office on 14 May via …
- … 1984 show that another mail from the East Indies arrived in London on 17 June, a delivery date that …
- … to the reading of the Darwin–Wallace papers at the Linnean Society on 1 July 1858, including a …
- … public and that he did not attend the meeting of the Linnean Society on 1 July 1858. The …
- … appear in one or more papers in the Journal of the Linnean Society. But once he had commenced …
- … acted as referee for several papers submitted to the Royal Society and served on the society’s …
- … with Darwin receiving the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society, considered to be the highest …
- … Cirripedia (1851 and 1854) ( Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 15 (1859): xxv). …
- … require revision since the recent publication by the Linnean Society of the ingenious and original …
- … Darwin, 6 October [1858] ). Visitors to Down and trips to London regularly punctuate the …
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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- … 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles ( Darwin's Journal ). …
- … do before presenting his views publicly, he was so convinced of their merit that he made plans for …
- … had been ‘steadily reading & collecting facts on variation of domestic animals & plants & …
- … convinced Darwin that further evidence for the fact of evolution had to be gathered and presented …
- … unflattered ’ when some readers attributed the authorship of Vestiges to him. It took another …
- … had worried that the process would reveal the untenability of his views. ‘ How awfully flat I shall …
- … When Darwin had read the introduction to Hooker’s Flora of New Zealand in October 1853, he …
- … by March 1855, he was immersed in the preparatory stages of his own book, fully taking on board the …
- … which I can collect, for & versus the immutability of species ’, he told his cousin William …
- … in April 1855 did not look ‘ very ugly ’, the breeding of fancy pigeons proved enjoyable and …
- … as I can find made out,—in geograph. distribution, geological history—affinities &c &c & …
- … coincidence. if Wallace had my M.S. sketch written out in 1842 he could not have made a better short …
- … from Darwin’s writing as a joint paper to the Linnean Society of London. The aim was to establish …
- … reported that presentation of the joint paper at the Linnean Society had ‘ gone on prosperously ’. …
- … so highly of it that they had it read before the Linnean Society. This insures me the acquaintance …
- … heard about the presentation of his work at the Linnean Society, Darwin was well into the …
- … Essay by Darwin in 1858, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105: 249-52 Wallace, …
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 …
- … dispute over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second …
- … admired in his youth: ‘I have always looked on him as one of the greatest men the world has ever …
- … to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, Albert Way, caused …
- … university days together, and the long-abandoned pleasures of shooting and collecting beetles ( …
- … The year started for Darwin with a week’s visit to London, staying at his brother Erasmus’s house. …
- … and sceptics Darwin excused himself for reasons of health from various social activities, …
- … in the month, another Williams séance was held at the home of Darwin’s cousin Hensleigh Wedgwood. …
- … was that Williams managed to get the two men on each side of him to hold each other’s hands, instead …
- … January [1874] ). This did not stop word getting to America of the ‘strange news’ that Darwin had …
- … bookseller had in obtaining the first edition, published in 1842 ( Correspondence vol. 21, …
- … suggested having him removed as secretary of the Linnean Society ( letter From J. D. Hooker, 29 …
- … by botanists from Kew and around the country, and by London chemists and animal physiologists. …
- … physiologists at the Brown Animal Sanatory Institution in London, who performed comparative animal …
- … Darwin offered to try to get it exhibited at a Royal Society of London soirée (see letter from …
- … time in China, in his candidacy for election to the Royal Society of London ( see letter to H. B. …
- … the colour of their surroundings to the Entomological Society of London ( letter from H. W. Bates, …
- … of Charles Lyell’s plan to leave a bequest to the Geological Society of London and an annual medal ( …
- … under John Scott Burdon Sanderson at University College London, and developed an interest in the …
- … February 1874 ), and honorary member of the Entomological Society of France ( letter to Eugène …
Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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- … The Journal of researches , Darwin’s account of his travels round the world in H.M.S. Beagle , …
- … to custom in the Navy, had the right to decide the use of the materials produced by those on board …
- … for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the …
- … he had kept during the voyage, which would form the basis of his publication. After Henry Holland, …
- … be published alone, Darwin ‘ rather inclined to the plan of mixing up long passages with Capt …
- … it held their interest. ‘I am not in general a good reader of travels’, Hensleigh confessed, ‘ but …
- … ‘ quite difficult to stop to criticize ’. By the end of 1836, the matter of whether Darwin’s …
- … Composition As Darwin set about preparing his volume of the Narrative , his sisters …
- … early 1838, not least to William Whewell, president of the Geological Society of London, who praised …
- … a mouthful of flattery ’. Later editions By 1842, the number of copies of Journal …
