To John Lubbock 12 [June 1856]
Summary
Smallpox in the village. Death of Joseph Parslow’s son.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 12 [June 1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 3 (EH 88206450) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1900 |
To S. P. Woodward 3 June [1856]
Summary
Comments on SPW’s book [Manual of Mollusca (1851–6)].
Mentions questions he has for SPW [see 1890].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Samuel Pickworth Woodward |
| Date: | 3 June [1856] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.129) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1886 |
To T. H. Huxley 1 July [1856]
Summary
Asks for information on geographical distribution of ascidians; are any closely allied species or genera found in north and south temperate zones that do not have representatives in the tropics?
Answers some questions on [cirripede] antennae.
If THH ever sees a tree washed ashore, will he observe whether any earth is embedded between roots?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 1 July [1856] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 175, 37–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1914 |
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- … 21 June 1856 and covering the Actinia, Huxley founded his discussion of the coral-forming actinians on CD’s Coral reefs , warmly praising the work ‘as a striking example of the manner in which Geology and Natural History may be made to elucidate one another. ’ ( T. H. Huxley 1856–7 , 12: 623). See letters …
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Addressee
| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
| Lubbock, John | (1) |
| Woodward, S. P. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
| Lubbock, John | (1) |
| Woodward, S. P. | (1) |
