To W. E. Darwin 15 [October 1858]
Summary
Writes to WED about his living arrangements at Christ’s College; reminisces about his own Cambridge days.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 15 [Oct 1858] |
| Classmark: | Provenance unknown |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2341 |
To George Bentham 15 October [1858]
Summary
At Hooker’s request, sends his copy of Gärtner [Bastarderzeugung (1849)], "shamefully scribbled over".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 15 Oct [1858] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 686) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2342 |
To Hugh Falconer 15 October [1858]
Summary
Cannot come to London until Tuesday. Arriving about 11: 15.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
| Date: | 15 Oct [1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4636 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
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| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Falconer, Hugh | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Falconer, Hugh | (1) |
Barnacles
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Darwin and barnacles Darwin’s interest in Cirripedia, a class of marine arthropods, was first piqued by the discovery of an odd burrowing barnacle, which he later named “Mr. Arthrobalanus," while he was…
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Living and fossil cirripedia
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Darwin published four volumes on barnacles, the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia, between 1851 and 1854, two on living species and two on fossil species. Written for a specialist audience, they are among the most challenging and least read of Darwin’s works…
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- … Darwin published four volumes on the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia between 1851 and 1854, two on …
