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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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- … arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times , …
- … implements of early humans (C. Lyell 1859). In September 1860 he visited sites in both France and …
- … ( Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 4 May [1860] and n. 3; Hutchinson 1914, 1: 51). …
- … 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 …
- … 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 …
- … and customs of modern savages. London and Edinburgh: Williams & Norgate. Lyell, Charles …
- … expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1860 15 (1861): 284–343. Translated by …
John Lubbock
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John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…
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- … Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and …
- … the two men lived as close neighbours for most of their lives. Lubbock's father, John William …
- … support at the British Association meeting in Oxford in 1860, proposed Darwin for the Royal Society& …
Species and varieties
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection …so begins the title of Darwin’s most famous book, and the reader would rightly assume that such a thing as ‘species’ must therefore exist and be subject to description. But the title continues, …or…
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- … On the origin of species by means of natural selection …so begins the title of Darwin’s most …
- … to look at sterility from a different perspective. In May 1860, he noticed differences in the …
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 …
- … , 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 …
- … to the famous Oxford meeting of the British Association in 1860, where the bishop of Oxford, Samuel …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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 …
- … [Macclintock 1859] [DAR *128: 153] 1860 Owen in Trans. Zoolog. Soc. Vol …
- … of a Naturalist in Australasia. 1. 1. 0 [G. Bennett 1860] Read 114 Village Bells [Manning] …
- … 149] Murray Geograph. Distrib. Price William & Norgate 2” 12” 6 [A. Murray 1866] …
- … Philosophie Positive G Lewes [Lewes 1853] (curious) Williams Missionary in T. del Fuego …
- … to end of VI. vol.— [DAR 128: 26] 1860 Quatrefages on Maladies of Silk …
- … . 1 & 2. 1854 & 1855.— [DAR 128: 27] 1860 Friends in Council [Helps …
- … 2 vols. London. *119: 12v. Bennett, George. 1860. Gatherings of a naturalist in …
- … 2 vols. London. *119: 23; 119: 22b ——. 1860. The woman in white . New York and London …
- … vols. Oxford. [Other eds.] 119: 17b Gunnison, John Williams. 1852. The Mormons, or …
- … 13a Hamilton, James. 1854. A memoir of Richard Williams . Edinburgh. 128: 9 …
- … de Humboldt, and translated into English by Helen Maria Williams . 7 vols. London. [Darwin …
- … 71: 149.] *128: 173; 128: 18 Samuelson, James. 1860. The honey-bee; its natural history …
- … resistance by the Turkish garrison, under General Williams, to the Russian army: together with a …
- … feeding, and medical treatment of swine . London. [2d ed. (1860) in Darwin Library.] *119: 22v. …
- … companion) . London. 1848–61. [Nos. from 1855, 1856, and 1860 in Darwin Library.] *128: 153 …
- … series, 1847–51. Fourth series, 1852–9. New series, 1860–. *128: 151 Scientific Memoirs …
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 …
- … than a month at a hydropathic establishment in Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, where he underwent a …
- … vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). In the same letter he reminded Lyell of …
- … who was already ill-disposed towards Owen following his 1860 review of Origin , wrote to Falconer …
- … 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 ( …
