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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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  • results of the  Beagle  voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but throughout these
  • Down House was altered and extended to accommodate Darwins growing family and the many relatives
  • published two books on geologyVolcanic islands  (1844) and  Geological observations on South
  • edition in 1845, having already provided corrections in 1844 for a German translation of the first
  • Society of London, acting as one of four vice-presidents in 1844 and remaining on the council from
  • and refereed papers for all these organisations. Between 1844 and 1846 Darwin himself wrote ten
  • for publication in  The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle  (183843) but were deferred when
  • to A. Y. Spearman, 9 October 1843, n. 1). Darwin's inner circle: first discussions of
  • is like confessing a murder) immutable Darwins earlier scientific friendships were not
  • with Charles Lyell, George Robert Waterhouse, John Stevens Henslow, Leonard Horner, Leonard Jenyns, …
  • others. Only two months after their first exchange, early in 1844, Darwin told Hooker that he was
  • … (it is like confessing a murder) immutable’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [11 January 1844] ). Nine
  • that his close friends were not outraged by Darwins heterodox opinions and later in the year both
  • … , pp. 57255), an expanded version, completed on 5 July 1844, of a pencil sketch he had drawn up
  • of 1847 that Hooker was given a fair copy of the essay of 1844 to read (see  Correspondence  vol. …
  • the natural history of creation , published anonymously in 1844. His old friend Adam Sedgwick
  • Perhaps the most interesting letter relating to Darwins species theory, which also bears on his
  • possible editors: at first he proposed any one of Lyell, Henslow, Edward Forbes, William Lonsdale, …
  • work. But the list was subsequently altered after Darwins second, and possibly third, thoughts on
  • by Darwin, even though he had collected plants extensively. Henslow, who had undertaken to describe
  • laws of creation, Geographical Distribution’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 February 1845] ) and

Scientific Networks

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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…

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  • for building and maintaining such connections. Darwin's networks extended from his family
  • The first is between Darwin and his friend Kew botanist J. D. Hooker. The second is between Darwin
  • Hooker Letter 714Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., [13 or 20 Nov 1843] Darwin
  • Letter 736Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 23 Feb [1844] Darwin begins with a charming
  • flora of the USA. He sends a list of plants from Grays Manual of botany [1848] and asks him to
  • recalled meeting Darwin three years earlier at Hookers. Gray has filled up Darwins paper [see
  • Letter 1202Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 6 Oct [1848] Darwin catches up on personal
  • reform, Darwin opposes appending first describers name to specific name. Letter 1220 — …
  • Letter 1260Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 12 Oct 1849 Darwin opens by discussing their
  • lamination of gneiss. Letter 1319Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., 6 & 7 Apr 1850
  • Mentors Darwin's close relationship with John Stevens Henslow, the professor of botany
  • Mentors This collection of letters documents Henslows mentoring while Darwin was on the
  • mail to Montevideo. He talks of being a sort of Protégé of Henslows and it is Henslowsbounden
  • of his notes on the specimens. Letter 249Henslow, J. S. to Darwin, C. R., 22 July

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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  • … [A. von Humboldt 1811] Richardsons Fauna Borealis [J. Richardson 182937] …
  • Paper on consciousness in brutes Blackwood June 1838 [J. F. Ferrie 1838]. H. C. Watson on
  • worth studying in a metaphys. point of view Henslow has list of plants of Mauritius with
  • to White Nat. Hist of Selbourne [E. T. Bennett ed. 1837 and [J. Rennie] ed. 1833] read 19  : …
  • what have they written.? “Hunt” [J. Hunt 1806] p. 290
  • chiefly on distribution of forms said to be Poor Sir. J. Edwards Botanical Tour [?J. E. Smith
  • Butler. 3. first sermons [Butler 1834] recommended by Sir. J. Mackintosh J. Long Moral Nature
  • 1841].— L d . Dudleys Correspondence [Dudley 1844]. Hallam Constitut Hist: Hen VII
  • Halls voyage in the Nemesis to China [Bernard 1844]. The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] …
  • … [Gaertner 178891] (Plates on all seeds) R. Soc Henslow says there is a grand book with
  • Von. J. Metzger. Heidelberg 1841 [Metzger 1841] Read Henslow in Botanist 36  has written on
  • Observ. on Instinct [Etherington 18413]. Whittaker 1844. in Parts. cheap. 1.6 a part. 38
  • Jesses new Book. (April 44) on Nat. Hist [Jesse 1844] must be studied. J. JarvesScenes in
  • Traite Elementair  Palæontologie M. Pictet [Pictet 18445]— Forbes?? Waterhouse has it1844read
  • Hooker recommends order [Backhouse 1844] at Library
  • 1834]— d[itt]o d[itt]o d[itt]o. d[itt]o. 15 th  Henslows Botany [Henslow 1837].— d[itt]o d
  • … ] 4. Vol. references at End Feb. 23 rd . Henslow Pamph. on Wheat [Henslow 1841]— fact about
  • or Review in a Medical Journal which Hooker has & lent to Henslow Huxley [DAR *128: 178
  • years 18381842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York. [Abstract in DAR 71: 512.]  …
  • years 18381842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Philadelphia. [Abstract in DAR 205.3: …
  • ou, iconographie de toutes les espèces et   variétés darbres, fruitiers cultivés dans cet   …
  • sur la distribution géographique des animaux vertébrés, moins les oiseauxJournal de Physique 94
  • Drury, Robert. 1729Madagascar; or, Robert Drurys   journal, during fifteen   years
  • … [Vols. 3 and 4 in Darwin Library.]  119: 3a Dugès, Antoine. 1832Memoir sur la

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
  • the publication of the  Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle , for which he described the
  • touching in the concern they show for one anothers sensibilities. Early in 1839 the couple set up
  • theoretical achievement, the most important of Darwins activities during the years 183743 was
  • a result of thinking about the significance of John Goulds and Richard Owens identifications of
  • daring and momentous conviction that species were mutable (S. Herbert 1980, p. 12; Sulloway 1982b). …
  • in the version of 1859. Young author Darwins investigation of the species question
  • of Darwins findings had been spread by the publication by J. S. Henslow and Adam Sedgwick of
  • results of the  Beagle  voyage. With the help of J. S. Henslow, William Whewell, and other
  • during the autumn of 1843, and  Planariae, described in 1844. Another important specimen was the
  • by Adam White; infusoria by C. G. Ehrenberg; fungi by M. J. Berkeley; and corals by William Lonsdale
  • were neglected. During the voyage Darwin had expected that J. S. Henslow would describe his
  • the other on the Keeling Island flora. Darwins letters to Henslow show a gradual realisation that
  • knowledge of plant distribution and classification (see Henslow 1837a and 1838; W. J. Hooker and G. …
  • The letters show that at least five of his friendsLyell, Henslow, Jenyns, Waterhouse, and his
  • filled, with facts It is true that, until he took J. D. Hooker into his confidence in
  • to convince anyone that he had a sound solution to what J. F. W. Herschel in a letter to Lyell had
  • for Kemp, based on Kemps letters, and published in 1844 almost entirely as Darwin wrote it (see

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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  • … refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s cumulative bibliography.  Where appropriate, …
  • … the coast of Chili, made during the survey of His Majesty’s Ship Beagle, commanded by Capt. FitzRoy, …
  • … to 1836.  By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1844.  [F272.] —What is the …
  • … Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , 14 September 1844, pp. 628-9.  [ Shorter publications , pp.  …
  • … Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh  2 (1844-50): 17-18.  [ Shorter publications , pp.  …
  • … of scientific enquiry; prepared for the use of Her Majesty’s Navy: and adapted for travellers in …
  • … Suggestions for further reading… On Darwin’s work in geology: Herbert, Sandra. …

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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  • … Light is shed on the close relationship between Darwin’s systematic descriptive work and the species …
  • … it is evident from his correspondence that Darwin’s two hours at the microscope did not preclude a …
  • … and Daniel Sharpe, demonstrating the extent of Darwin’s continued involvement in contemporary …
  • … the midst of all this activity, Hooker responds to Darwin’s particular queries and sends information …
  • … Geology, and geological controversy Hooker’s letters illuminate the role of the British …
  • … ( see letter to Richard Owen, [26 March 1848] ). Darwin’s chapter plainly calls on his  Beagle …
  • … blocked the valley. Darwin was much shaken by Milne’s evidence, especially as he realised that it …
  • … asked for it to be destroyed. Only the draft of Darwin’s letter remains ( letter to the  Scotsman …
  • … found far from their native rock formations. Darwin’s explanation, originally suggested by Lyell, …
  • … a great rush of water could carry them up hills. Darwin’s response was to explain such cases as a …
  • … his Glen Roy argument—was later superseded by Agassiz’s glaciation theory. A third theme in …
  • … Studer to visit him at Down and recommended Studer’s papers to others interested in the subject. …
  • … elementary geology . In addition, Lyell asked for Darwin’s view of his major new theory of ‘craters …
  • … islands that some craters could not be explained by Lyell’s view. Apparently convinced by Lyell’s …
  • … in these years were written in connection with Darwin’s work on Cirripedia. Having sent off the …
  • … intended that invertebrates be included in Zoology, but by 1844 it had become clear that the …
  • … by his own widening interest and by Louis Agassiz’s opinion that such a monograph was a ‘desideratum …
  • … of materials. Even further afield, Syms Covington, Darwin’s servant during the  Beagle  voyage, …
  • … to show how the five valves or plates of the cirripede’s external covering were fundamentally …