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Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of …
- … the book was on sale even in railway stations ( letter to Charles Lyell, 14 January [1860] ). By …
- … be nice easy reading.’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] ). Origin : reactions and …
- … his main argument ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1860] ). Darwin’s magnanimous …
- … utterly smashed’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 3 July [1860] ). (A chronological list of all the …
- … the only track that leads to physical truth’ (Sedgwick 1860) that most wounded Darwin. Having spent …
- … investigation.—’ ( letter to J. S. Henslow, 8 May [1860] ). Above all else Darwin prided …
- … ample lot of facts.’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 18 February [1860] ). To those who objected that his …
- … as real.’ ( letter to C. J. F. Bunbury, 9 February [1860] ). This helps to explain why Darwin was …
- … current knowledge could not illuminate this ‘mystery’. Charles Lyell worried, among other things, …
- … did not necessarily lead to progression ( letter to Charles Lyell, 18 [and 19 February 1860] ). To …
- … of reasoning about global change. Darwin also knew that Lyell was a powerful potential ally. Indeed, …
- … plant species and varieties than from animal breeding. With Lyell also questioning how interbreeding …
- … than a success ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 February [1860] ). I think geologists …
- … perfected structure as the eye. As Darwin admitted to Lyell, Gray, and others, imagining how …
- … Certainly this was a major difficulty standing in the way of Lyell’s acceptance of the theory, as …
- … is in same predicament with other animals’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] )— he and …
- … of the scientifically literate clergymen Baden Powell and Charles Kingsley attested. Moreover, …
- … (like Lyell) to retract their support altogether (letters to Charles Lyell, 1 June [1860] and …
- … different opposers view the subject’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 15 February [1860] ); later he …
- … better fun observing is than writing.—’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 12 September [1860] ). Despite …
- … & not amuse myself with interludes.—’ (letters to Charles Lyell, 24 November [1860] , and to …
- … daughter Anne’s fatal illness never far from their minds, Charles and Emma did whatever they could …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
- … some of whom took immediate action to mediate a solution. Charles Darwin had close ties with both …
- … his views were generally derided. 1 In 1859, Lyell visited several sites in France …
- … belief that these were indeed implements of early humans (C. Lyell 1859). In September 1860 he …
- … such as the mammoth ( Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 4 May [1860] and n. 3; …
- … regarding the age of the human species. The visits by both Lyell and Lubbock reflected the growing …
- … Lubbock reviewed the literature on the topic and noted that Charles Adolphe Morlot had summarised, …
- … book, Prehistoric times (Lubbock 1865). By 1860, Lyell had begun work on a sixth edition …
- … completed and set in type for Elements of geology in 1860 and then re-set in 1861 for …
- … his celebrated work on the ‘ Antiquity of man ,’ Sir Charles Lyell has made much use of my earlier …
- … me from any such inference. The statement made by Sir Charles Lyell, in a note to page 11 of his …
- … it therefore did not ‘justify so severe an attack on Sir Charles Lyell’. 32 Darwin’s …
- … well as the Swiss lake-dwellings, was originally written in 1860 for the sixth edition of the ‘ …
- … discoveries and conclusions which had been made before 1860; but I gladly took advantage of the …
- … to them, or to any authors of later date than the summer of 1860, I must have expanded the plan of …
- … Stocking 1987, and Van Riper 1993. 2. Letter from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, 20 …
- … 5. For two interpretations of Hugh Falconer’s attack on Charles Lyell, see Bynum 1984 and L. G. …
- … 8. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] and n. 7. …
- … expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1860 15 (1861): 284–343. Translated by …
British Association meeting 1860
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Several letters refer to events at the British Association for the Advancement of Science held in Oxford, 26 June – 3 July 1860. Darwin had planned to attend the meeting but in the end was unable to. The most famous incident of the meeting was the verbal…
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- … the Advancement of Science meeting in Oxford, June–July 1860 Several letters in the year 1860 …
- … Advancement of Science held in Oxford, 26 June – 3 July 1860. Darwin had planned to attend the …
- … for a stomach that had “utterly broken down” (letter to Charles Lyell, 25 [June 1860] ). …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker (L. Huxley 1918, 1: 521–4); Charles Lyell (K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 335–6); …
- … are less well known. The following account of the 1860 meeting of the British Association in …
- … by their precise attribution. Athenæum , 7 July 1860, p. 19: Introduction to the reports …
- … lively during the week. Athenæum , 7 July 1860, pp. 25–6: Thursday session of Section D. …
- … monkey was the gift of speech. Athenæum , 14 July 1860, pp. 64–5: Saturday session, …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
- … by the publication in February of books by his friends Charles Lyell, the respected geologist, and …
- … Britain’s scientific circles following the publication of Lyell’s and Huxley’s books. Three …
- … Origin had (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). In the …
- … with animals now extinct had been rapidly accumulating. Lyell’s argument for a greater human …
- … as well as on evidence collected earlier in the century. Lyell’s Antiquity of man and Huxley’s …
- … arguments for species change. In this context, Lyell’s discussion of the origin of species …
- … that of inferior animals made him ‘groan’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). Darwin …
- … out that species were not separately created’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 17 March [1863] ). Public …
- … worried Darwin; he told Hooker that he had once thought Lyell ‘could do more to convert the Public …
- … you, as my old honoured guide & master’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). …
- … stronger statements regarding species change ( letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 ). The …
- … who was already ill-disposed towards Owen following his 1860 review of Origin , wrote to Falconer …
- … letter to J. D. Dana, 20 February [1863] , and letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). …
- … book’ from which he had ‘gained nothing’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] ). …
- … that the Public shall see how far you go’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 18 April [1863] ). …
- … international interest in his theory ( see letter to Charles Lyell, 17 March [1863] ). In January …
- … from Hooker that the French botanists Joseph Decaisne and Charles Naudin thought little of his …
- … exercise Darwin was Huxley’s assertion, first made in his 1860 review of Origin , that in order …
- … and Viola species, had interested Darwin since 1860; it continued to capture his attention ( …
- … from T. H. Huxley, 25 February 1863 , and letter to Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] ). …
Natural Selection: the trouble with terminology Part I
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Darwin encountered problems with the term ‘natural selection’ even before Origin appeared. Everyone from the Harvard botanist Asa Gray to his own publisher came up with objections. Broadly these divided into concerns either that its meaning simply wasn’t…
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- … I think, would make confusion worse confounded ( Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell 6 …
- … he had expected. ‘I am, also, sorry’ Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell, who had approached the …
- … I must be a very bad explainer. ( Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 6 June [1860]) …
- … regret lingered, and he wrote in a later letter to Lyell: ' Talking of “Natural Selection”, if …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … 1 Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by …
- … from the correspondence or published writings of Asa Gray, Charles Darwin, Joseph Dalton Hooker, …
- … following: Actor 1 – Asa Gray Actor 2 – Charles Darwin Actor 3 – In the dress …
- … the botanist, Joseph D Hooker GRAY: 3 Charles Darwin… made his home on the border …
- … the year 1839, and copied and communicated to Messrs Lyell and Hooker in 1844, being a …
- … at the expense of Agassiz. DARWIN: 20 Lyell told me, that Agassiz, having a …
- … – to be false… Yours most sincerely and gratefully Charles Darwin. CREED AND FEVER: 1858 …
- … should not be in conflict. A TREMENDOUS FURORE: 1859-1860 In which Darwin distributes …
- … in the long run prevail. CERTAIN BENEFICIAL LINES: 1860 Asa Gray presents his argument …
- … forgetfuless of your darling. BOOKS BY THE LATE CHARLES DARWIN: 1863-1865 In which …
- … and officially die. And then publish books ‘by the late Charles Darwin’. Darwin takes up …
- … 173 Ever yours cordially (though an Englishman) Charles Darwin. GRAY: 174 …
- … at an unexpected and probably transient notoriety… Charles Darwin died on the 19th April …
- … 1859 70 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 5 JANUARY 1860 71L AGASSIZ, JULY 1860 …
- … GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 18 FEBRUARY 1861 115 A GRAY TO CHARLES WRIGHT, 17 APRIL 1862 …
- … TO ASA GRAY 20 APRIL 1863 174 FROM A GRAY TO CHARLES DARWIN, 24 JULY 1865 …
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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- … as he jokingly called it) to his views of close friends like Charles Lyell, Joseph Dalton Hooker, …
- … concepts of creation. ‘When I was in spirits’, he told Lyell at the end of 1859, ‘I sometimes …
- … infinitely exceeded my wildest hopes.—’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 25 [November 1859] ). This …
- … book’ on species. Begun in May 1856 at the urging of Lyell, the manuscript was already more than …
- … his reason or his own opinion. Hewett Cottrell Watson and Charles Cardale Babington thought that in …
- … and dismay is evident in the letter he subsequently wrote to Charles Lyell, as Wallace had requested …
- … his terms now stand as Heads of my Chapters.’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 18 [June 1858] ). …
- … Following Francis Darwin ( LL 2: 116–17) and relying on Charles Lyell’s endorsement, the editors …
- … Then, on 18 June he forwarded Wallace’s paper to Lyell (Brooks 1984, pp. 262–3). It is of some …
- … who is distressed, as Darwin clearly was in his letter to Lyell, at the prospect of losing priority …
- … Gray in September 1857. The correspondence between Darwin, Lyell, and Hooker contains all of the …
- … including a letter from Wallace to Hooker thanking him and Lyell for ‘their kind offices on this …
- … with scarlet fever, currently sweeping through the village. Charles Waring Darwin’s condition …
- … work. Again, he called upon Lyell for advice ( letter to Charles Lyell, 28 March [1859] ). Lyell …
- … from the title of the forthcoming book ( letter to Charles Lyell, 30 March [1859] ). Darwin next …
- … on the origin of species and varieties’ (letters to Charles Lyell, 28 March [1859] , and to …
- … selection the ‘law of higgledy-piggledy’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, [10 December 1859] ). To each …
- … convinced. Darwin was particularly interested in Charles Lyell’s response to his theory. He …
- … Correspondence vol. 8, letters to Asa Gray, 28 January [1860] and [8 or 9 February 1860] ). …
- … on Origin by a ‘celebrated author and divine’ (Charles Kingsley) that ‘it is just as noble a …
- … the lacunas w h . he himself had made’ ( letter from Charles Kingsley, 18 November 1859 ). This …
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
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- … This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and …
- … them to spread. It takes up the story of Darwin’s life in 1860, in the immediate aftermath of the …
- … out to me. No doubt many will be. Darwin to Huxley, 1860. I cannot tell …
- … know you have been miserably uncomfortable. Emma to Charles Darwin, 1861. …
- … think about the derivation of Species … Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1863. …
Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
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- … up each edition to the existing standard of science’ ( to Charles Layton, 24 November [1869] ). …
- … the last proof sheets on 26 December 1859 ; published 1860 1 st US ‘revised and augmented’ …
- … expansion ‘in many places’ . Chief among these was Charles Lyell, instrumental in shaping both …
- … last one was a welcome endorsement from the religious author Charles Kingsley, a chaplain to the …
- … 2 nd to 3 rd editions; US edition By June 1860 Darwin was at least open to the …
- … be needed ‘ soon, ever, or never ’. By November 1860 he had heard that it was , and it was …
- … additions now sent.— In the meantime, in July 1860, a ‘revised and augmented’ American …
- … he had yet to start it on 28 January, but on 2 February 1860 he told Herbert Spencer that it was …
- … Black Pigs in the Everglades delights me If Lyell was Darwin’s key correspondent for …
- … (see letter from Jeffries Wyman, [ c . 15] September 1860 ). Among pigs in a particular …
- … who only began corresponding with Darwin in November 1860, too late for the third edition. …
- … (With a glossary of scientific terms??) by Charles Darwin F.R.S. …
- … many of his old friends and former correspondents, including Lyell ( now approached through his …
- … ed. , pp. 450–61). Despite continuing scepticism from Charles Lyell, who was staying with the …
New material added to the American edition of Origin
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A ‘revised and augmented’ American edition of Origin came on the market in July 1860, and was the only authorised edition available in the US until 1873. It incorporated many of the changes Darwin made to the second English edition, but still contained…
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- … response to Darwin (see letters from Asa Gray, [10 January 1860], [17 January 1860], and 23 January …
- … of stereotyping (see letter from Asa Gray, 23 January [1860] and n. 2). The firm agreed, however, to …
- … of species (two letters to Baden Powell, 18 January 1860), Darwin subsequently changed his mind. On …
- … this off to Gray enclosed in his letter of [8 or 9 February 1860]. He had earlier sent Gray some …
- … given by Hewett Cottrell Watson in his letter of [3? January 1860]) that Darwin wanted inserted at …
- … additional corrections” (letter to Asa Gray, 1 February [1860]). By 1 May 1860, D. Appleton …
- … printings of Origin (see letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] and enclosure) and were preparing to …
- … American edition of Origin was available in July 1860 (see [Gray] 1860b, p. 116). It is …
- … and descent of species. Charles Darwin Down, Bromley, Kent, Feb. …
- … I can, after having read the discussions on this subject by Lyell and by Hooker in regard to plants, …
- … 363–6). See also letter from John Lubbock, [after 28 April 1860?]. 4 Origin , p. 188. …
The whale-bear
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Darwin came to regard ‘bear’ as a ‘word of ill-omen’. In the first edition of Origin he told the story of a black bear seen swimming for hours with its mouth wide open scooping insects from the water ‘like a whale’. He went on to imagine that natural…
Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies
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The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…
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- … of notes on variation at Down House. During the summer of 1860, he had become interested in …
- … . Having learned from his publisher John Murray in November 1860 that a new edition of Origin …
- … notably his faithful ‘barometer’ of scientific opinion, Charles Lyell ( see letter to Charles Lyell …
- … like Cuthbert Collingwood and laymen such as the physician Charles Robert Bree and the Scottish …
- … fourth child, remained desolate over the death in September 1860 of their first-born, Noel, he and …
- … in the voyage of the Beagle is well known. As late as 1860, Henslow had defended Darwin against …
- … and poultry. As he frequently admitted to friends such as Charles Lyell and interested supporters …
- … prominently in the correspondence of 1861. Here, it was Charles Lyell who continued to act as Darwin …
- … subsidence, and glaciation in Europe. Through his letters, Lyell involved Darwin in his …
- … he had published a major paper twenty years earlier. Both Lyell and Darwin encouraged the young …
- … the marine theory proposed by Darwin and since propounded by Lyell. Despite his belief that Jamieson …
- … had been ‘one long gigantic blunder’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 September [1861] ). The …
- … form of typhus fever’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 May 1860 ). This hope was realised. By the end …
- … network in support of his son. On 1 August he wrote to Charles Lyell to ask whether he could suggest …
- … America that threatened peace in Britain in 1861. The end of 1860 and the beginning of 1861 saw …
- … His old and established friends—Hooker, Gray, Huxley, and Lyell—continued to support his doctrines, …
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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- … by all the leading geologists of England—among them Charles Lyell, Sedgwick, and Buckland (see the …
- … of South America”, Darwin continued to defend his and Lyell’s theory that floating ice—rather than …
- … 1836, 1841; J. D. Hooker 1844–7, 1845, 1846, 1853–5, and 1860). In 1980, two notebooks in Henslow’s …
- … correspondent, both scientifically and personally, was Charles Lyell. The letters Darwin and Lyell …
- … had declared himself to be a ‘zealous disciple’ of Lyell, but his theory of coral reef formation, …
- … Their correspondence began in 1836 and from the start Lyell accepted Darwin on equal terms as a …
- … versions in Life and Letters , and from excerpts that Lyell made in his notebooks. Lyell’s …
- … portfolios together with parts of letters he had cut from Lyell’s originals for use in his work. …
- … The letters show that at least five of his friends—Lyell, Henslow, Jenyns, Waterhouse, and his …
- … a sound solution to what J. F. W. Herschel in a letter to Lyell had called the ‘mystery of mysteries …
- … for evidence to support his hypothesis. In a letter to Lyell, [14] September [1838] , he wrote: & …
- … In 1840 the illness was different. As he wrote to Charles Lyell, [19 February 1840] , “it is now …
Controversy
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The best-known controversies over Darwinian theory took place in public or in printed reviews. Many of these were highly polemical, presenting an over-simplified picture of the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely…
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- … Letter 2575 — Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, Charles, [10 Dec 1859] Darwin discusses with King' …
- … Letter 2767 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 25 Apr [1860] Darwin discusses Origin reviews …
- … is annoyed at Owen’s malignity [ Edinburgh Rev. 111 (1860): 487–532]. …
- … Darwin and his close friends, Joseph Dalton Hooker and Charles Lyell, show that Darwin, who had …
- … at the Linnean Society of London, and presided over by Lyell and Hooker, reveals much about the …
- … differences. Letter 2285 — Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, Charles, 18 [June 1858] Darwin …
- … it to journal. Letter 2294 — Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, Charles, [25 June 1858] …
- … wrote to him. Letter 2295 — Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, Charles, 26 [June 1858] Darwin …
- … of case. Letter 2299 — Hooker, J. D. & Lyell, Charles to Linnean Society, 30 June …
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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- … infinitely exceeded my wildest hopes.— (letter to Charles Lyell, 25 [November 1859] ) …
- … book’ on species. Begun in May 1856 at the urging of Lyell, the manuscript was already more than …
- … his reason or his own opinion. Hewett Cottrell Watson and Charles Cardale Babington thought that in …
- … and dismay is evident in the letter he subsequently wrote to Charles Lyell, as Wallace had requested …
- … his terms now stand as Heads of my Chapters.’ (letter to Charles Lyell, 18 [June 1858] ). …
- … Following Francis Darwin (LL2:116–17) and relying on Charles Lyell’s endorsement, the editors have …
- … Then, on 18 June he forwarded Wallace’s paper to Lyell (Brooks 1984, pp. 262–3). It is of some …
- … who is distressed, as Darwin clearly was in his letter to Lyell, at the prospect of losing priority …
- … Gray in September 1857. The correspondence between Darwin, Lyell, and Hooker in this volume contains …
- … unpublished letter from Wallace to Hooker thanking him and Lyell for ‘their kind offices on this …
- … was during the days immediately following his letter to Lyell. On 18 June 1858, his eldest daughter, …
- … with scarlet fever, currently sweeping through the village. Charles Waring Darwin’s condition …
- … to think of a publisher for the work. Again, he called upon Lyell for advice (letter to Charles …
- … from the title of the forthcoming book (letter to Charles Lyell, 30 March [1859] ). Darwin next …
- … essay on the origin of species and varieties’ (letters to Charles Lyell, 28 March [1859] , and to …
- … selection the ‘law of higgledy-piggledy’ (letter to Charles Lyell, [10 December 1859] ). To each …
- … convinced. Darwin was particularly interested in Charles Lyell’s response to his theory. He …
- … Correspondence vol. 8, letters to Asa Gray, 28 January [1860] and [8 or 9 February 1860] ). …
- … on Origin by a ‘celebrated author and divine’ (Charles Kingsley) that ‘it is just as noble a …
- … the lacunas w h . he himself had made’ (letter from Charles Kingsley, 18 November 1859 ). This …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …
- … dispute between two of Darwin’s friends, John Lubbock and Charles Lyell . These events all inspired …
- … claimed, important for his enjoyment of life. He wrote to Charles Lyell on 22 January [1865] , …
- … of illness. Variation , which he had begun in January 1860, and which was intended to explain his …
- … and those of Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, and Charles Bonnet; Darwin wrote back: ‘I do …
- … the Royal Society of Edinburgh criticising Origin . Like Charles Lyell, who wrote to Darwin on …
- … for existence (ibid., pp. 276–81). Darwin responded to Lyell’s account in some detail ( see letter …
- … the correspondence. At the end of May, the dispute between Charles Lyell and John Lubbock over …
- … human antiquity, adding a note to his preface asserting that Lyell in his Antiquity of man , …
- … Natural History Review . He also cited a statement by Lyell in Antiquity of man that the pages …
- … inadvertence’. Though Lubbock had raised the matter with Lyell before publishing, this statement, …
- … sent to Darwin and its enclosures have not been found, so Lyell’s letter to Hooker, which must have …
- … Correspondence vol. 13. Hooker, while acknowledging Lyell’s fault, thought Lubbock’s …
- … of his must also have made the crisis particularly painful. Lyell had been to some extent his mentor …
- … set up to support FitzRoy’s children ( see letter from Charles Shaw, 3 October 1865 ). …
- … are letters commenting on Origin , including two from Charles Lyell, who had been sent the proof …
Darwin and Down
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Charles and Emma Darwin, with their first two children, settled at Down House in the village of Down (later ‘Downe’) in Kent, as a young family in 1842. The house came with eighteen acres of land, and a fifteen acre meadow. The village combined the…
Interview with John Hedley Brooke
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John Hedley Brooke is President of the Science and Religion Forum as well as the author of the influential Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 1991). He has had a long career in the history of science and…
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- … It’s striking, I think, that scientists like Charles Lyell , for example, felt, also, that there …
- … heard of the Wilberforce / Huxley debate in Oxford in 1860, and that has tended to engender …
- … of Canterbury. And it’s clear from that sermon in 1860 ? summer of 1860 ? that Temple was really …
- … were leading Anglican reformers and liberal theologians ? Charles Kingsley was one, …
- … heart, here, of some very sensitive issues between Emma and Charles himself. You ask, were …
- … is the botanist Francis Boott, who writes to Darwin in 1860 , I have a profound reverence for …
- … your own power & usefulness. And then he refers George to Lyell, of whom he says, Lyell is …
Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
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- … Letter 2395 - Darwin to Holland, Miss, [April 1860] Darwin writes to Miss Holland to …
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
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- … The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now …
- … in correspondence throughout the year, as in his remark to Lyell, ‘I quite follow you in thinking …
- … in this volume), drawing Darwin, Hooker, and the botanist Charles James Fox Bunbury into the …
- … [28 February 1866] ). Darwin also ventured to inform Lyell that he did not support Lyell’s theory …
- … , translated by Heinrich Georg Bronn, had been published in 1860 and 1863 by the firm E. …
- … Darwin and the New York publisher D. Appleton and Co. in 1860. Unfortunately, Appleton had produced …
- … fresh opportunity for intense debate. As Darwin remarked to Lyell earlier in the year: ‘a squabble …
- … good, & we have been at it many a long year’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 15 February [1866] ). …
- … to the famous Oxford meeting of the British Association in 1860, where the bishop of Oxford, Samuel …
- … had been a subject of long discussion in previous years with Lyell, Gray, and Hooker. Wallace …
- … loneliness’ ( letter from E. C. Langton to Emma and Charles Darwin, [6 and 7? January 1866] ), and …
