From Henrietta Grace Powell 11 February 1863
Summary
Invites CD to visit on Sunday afternoon, for a quiet discussion with Huxley, the Bishop of Natal [J. W. Colenso], and herself. Will not trouble him with any eating.
| Author: | Henrietta Grace Smyth; Henrietta Grace Powell |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3977 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to Down on Saturday 14 February (see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II)). …
- … From Henrietta Grace Powell 11 February 1863 …
- … Henrietta Grace Powell London, Hyde Park Gate South, 1 11 Feb 1863 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Truly your’s | Henrietta G Powell. February 11. 1863. Address | M rs . Baden Powell | 1. …
To John Scott 12 April [1863]
Summary
Encourages JS to publish on sterility of orchids and to experiment on Passiflora.
Doubted Hooker’s poppy case.
Describes case of primrose with three pistils: when pulled apart allowed pollen to be placed directly on ovules. This supports JS’s explanation of H. Crüger’s case.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 12 Apr [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: B59, B77–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4084 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … auricula (see letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] ). To investigate the cause of …
- … their expansion (see letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] ). See letter from James …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] . …
- … Letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] . CD wrote a draft of the section of Variation …
- … 191; see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II)). Scott’s observations on self- …
- … 22 September 1862 ( ibid. ). See letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] and n. 13. …
- … See letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] and nn. 16–17. CD subsequently discussed …
- … 1854a ). See letter from John Scott, [1–11] April 1863 and n. 19. See letter to Daniel …
- … April 1863] . See letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] and n. 25. Hermann Crüger …
- … 1863 ). See letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] and n. 30. In Orchids , p. 324 …
- … letter to John Scott, 24 March [1863] , and letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] . …
- … See letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] . In his letter to CD of 23 February …
- … had suggested (see letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] ) that the pollen-tubes …
- … tubes. As he explained in his letter of [1–11] April [1863] , Scott believed that the …
From Frederick Smith 11 February 1863
Summary
Has been unable to find a book [unspecified] wanted by CD.
| Author: | Frederick Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 196 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3978 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Frederick Smith 11 February 1863 …
- … DAR 177: 196 Frederick Smith British Museum 11 Feb 1863 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Brit Museum 11 Feb y . 1863. — My Dear Sir Up to this time the work referred to has not …
- … 1863] , and ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II)). Smith, an entomologist, …
To John Scott 8 January [1863]
Summary
CD’s respect for JS’s indomitable work and interesting experiments increases steadily.
His gratitude for the primulas and the astonishing Gongora specimen.
Asks JS’s opinion about crossing a primrose with the pollen of a wild cowslip and of a cultivated polyanthus.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 8 Jan [1863] |
| Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3908F |
Matches: 11 hits
- … February 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI). CD also refers to his servants …
- … William Brooks and Henry Lettington (see Correspondence vols. 11 and 12). …
- … Scott, 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). For Scott’s discussion of his various …
- … of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). Scott was hoping to move from his position …
- … appointment (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ). He and …
- … vol. 10, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ). In …
- … of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Scott wrote that he was sending CD three …
- … specimens (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and CD …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and letter to J. D. …
- … to examine it (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and CD …
- … 15 November [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ; …
To Asa Gray 11 May [1863]
Summary
CD despairs when men like AG and Lyell consider themselves incapable of judging on change of species by descent.
Is confused over phyllotaxy.
Has been looking at Plantago lanceolata.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 11 May [1863] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (59) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4153 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Asa Gray 11 May [1863] …
- … 59) Charles Robert Darwin Leith Hill Place Down letterhead 11 May [1863] Asa Gray …
- … 6 and 13 May 1863. Letters from Asa Gray , 11 April 1863 , 13 April 1863 , and 20 April …
- … Down Bromley Kent [Leith Hill Place] May 11 th My dear Gray I have to thank you for 2 or …
- … 1863] . See also letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 and n. 2, and Bartholomew …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 20 April 1863 and n. 11. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, [9 …
- … also memorandum from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 May 1863]. These diagrams are in DAR 51: …
- … and memorandum from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 May 1863]). See also letter from Asa Gray, …
From Asa Gray 11 April 1863
Summary
The war is nearly finished, "rebeldom is ""gone up"" ".
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Apr 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 132 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4081 |
Matches: 4 hits
From W. D. Fox [11 February 1863]
Summary
Plans to meet CD in town.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [11 Feb 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 177 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3979 |
To James Paget 11 March [1863]
Summary
Sends a sentence, quoting JP, on inherited peculiarities in eye-brows. Asks whether he may use it in his chapter on inheritance [Variation, ch. 12].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Paget, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 11 Mar [1863] |
| Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5436 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To James Paget 11 March [1863] …
- … of the Burndy Library) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Mar [1863] James Paget, 1st baronet …
- … Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. March 11 th Dear Paget I sh d . be very glad to insert in …
- … 1863 (see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II)); the sentence appears in …
From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 11 November [1863]
Summary
CD’s Copley Medal. The numbers were ten to eight in CD’s favour but the Cambridge men mustered strongly for Sedgwick.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Nov [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B116–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4671 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 11 November [1863] …
- … DAR 105: B116–17 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 11 Nov [1863] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … from E. A. Darwin to M. D. Conway, 11 November 1863 and n. 1. The reference is to …
- … 11 Nov. Dear Emma Thanks for your letter. I thought M r Conway would be better satisfied …
- … Copley medal (see Royal Society Council minutes, 11 June 1863). The reference is to George …
To Daniel Oliver 24–5 March [1863]
Summary
Observation on morphology of Primula ovarium sent for DO’s use.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 24–5 Mar [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 42 (EH 88206025) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4059 |
To John Scott 11 June [1863]
Summary
Hooker is impressed by JS’s MS on closing of stigma.
He will help find him a position. Hooker says if it is known that JS agrees with CD’s views, he will be unpopular in Edinburgh.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 11 June [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: B22–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4212 |
To W. H. Flower 11 July [1863]
Summary
Discusses rudimentary sixth toe of frogs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Flower |
| Date: | 11 July [1863] |
| Classmark: | John Innes Foundation Historical Collections |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4559 |
From Osbert Salvin 12 May 1863
Summary
Has just returned from collecting in Central America and is planning to go to the Galapagos to gather specimens in all branches of natural history.
| Author: | Osbert Salvin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 May 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4155 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 177: 17 Osbert Salvin London, Hanover Terrace, 11 12 May 1863 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 11, Hanover Terrace, Regent’s Park, N.W. 12 th . May 1863 Dear Sir, I was very glad to …
- … See letter to Osbert Salvin, 11 [May 1863] . …
- … See letter to Osbert Salvin, 11 [May 1863] and n. 4. The reference is to Journal of …
From W. E. Darwin 17 and 20 May [1863]
Summary
Alarmed that CD did not see what WED saw in Corydalis lutea. Has found buckbean in the New Forest. Will get seeds of Corydalis claviculata.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 and 20 May 1863 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 16) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4168F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, [10 May 1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11). See …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to W. E. Darwin, [10 May 1863] and n. …
- … what he had observed, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from W. E. Darwin, 8 May [1863] . …
- … CUL was published in Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VIII. Thomas Henry Huxley and …
- … of the higher apes. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 4 [February 1863] …
- … 3 (1863): 497–8 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [7 May 1863] and n. …
To Arthur Rawson 2 April [1863]
Summary
Discusses unusual primula flowers and asks for details of Rawson’s experiments with gladioli. Asks for loan of Cypripedium but admits he will probably mutilate it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Arthur Rawson |
| Date: | 2 Apr [1863] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (10 December 2013); Xiling Yinshe Auction Company (dealers) (Autumn 2017 lot 2184) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4072F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Rawson’ s reply, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Arthur Rawson, [6 April 1863] . …
- … lady’s-slipper); see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Arthur Rawson, 1 April [1863] . …
- … 1 April [1863] (see Correspondence vol. 11). This letter was previously published with an …
- … is now complete. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Arthur Rawson, 1 April [1863] . …
- … See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Daniel Oliver, 24–5 March [1863] . CD published an …
From George Howard Darwin [before 11 May 1863]
Summary
Notes, calculations, and diagrams on phyllotaxy.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 11 May 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 51: 6–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3887 |
To Osbert Salvin 11 [May 1863]
Summary
At the suggestion of J. D. Hooker CD offers his opinion on the value of a proposed collection to be made at the Galápagos. The display would not be attractive or appealing to amateurs in natural history, but the scientific value of good collections of every species would be very great if those of each island are rigorously kept separate.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Osbert Salvin |
| Date: | 11 [May 1863] |
| Classmark: | Sybil Rampen (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4153A |
To Thomas Rivers 11 January [1863]
Summary
Thanks for "rich and valuable" letter [missing].
Has read TR’s paper in Gardeners’ Chronicle ["Seedling fruits – plums", (1863): 27] – "a treasure to me".
Questions about seedling peaches that approach almonds.
Asks whether TR has ever observed varieties of plants growing close to other varieties for several generations without being affected by crossing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Rivers |
| Date: | 11 Jan [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 82 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3910 |
From E. A. Darwin to M. D. Conway 11 November 1863
Summary
Mrs Darwin has written that CD is no better, and visitors have been forbidden.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Moncure Daniel Conway |
| Date: | 11 Nov 1863 |
| Classmark: | Columbia University in the City of New York, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Moncure D. Conway papers) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4338 |
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin 11 November 1863
Summary
Asks whether he ought to write to CD while he is ill.
Wonders if he might use Haast’s notes on introduced animals for a notice he is preparing ["Note on the replacement of species in the colonies and elsewhere", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 4 (1864): 123–7].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Nov 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 171–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4339 |
| letter | (253) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (111) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (31) |
| Scott, John | (17) |
| Rivers, Thomas | (8) |
| Lyell, Charles | (7) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (241) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (47) |
| Scott, John | (29) |
| Gray, Asa | (15) |
| Lyell, Charles | (10) |
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
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…
Matches: 16 hits
- … on the topic. Lyell also added the following note on page 11: *Mr. John Lubbock published …
- … 2 have struck out Galton & Prestwich at p. 11 who will be surprisd [ sic ] to …
- … had done ‘an injustice’ to Falconer and Prestwich. 11 In the same review Lubbock expressed …
- … he took exception to the wording of the note on p. 11 of C. Lyell 1863c, which implied that Lubbock …
- … The statement made by Sir Charles Lyell, in a note to page 11 of his work, that my article on the …
- … of the note in the preface (letter to John Lubbock, 11 June [1865] ). No correspondence with …
- … of the preface of C. Lyell 1863c and reworded the note on p. 11. Unlike the earlier …
- … Lyell revised both the preface and the note on page 11 of the third edition of Antiquity of man …
- … versions of the end of the preface and of the note on page 11 are included below. Preface, C …
- … as well as of the subsequent issues.” Note on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (original version) …
- … made by him in company with Mr. Busk. Note on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (revised version) …
- … in Letters, 1863 , (introduction to Correspondence vol. 11, pp. xv–xvii). For a comparison of …
- … 1984, pp. 154–9. 7. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] …
- … Bartholomew 1973. 8. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March …
- … 18 April [1863 ]. 10. Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March …
- … (rough draft of letter from T. H. Huxley to Charles Lyell, 11 June 1865, Imperial College, Huxley …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
Summary
Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
Matches: 7 hits
- … German edition (see letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ). Since the publication of …
- … & a few of importance’ (see letter to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] ). Darwin had sent Bronn …
- … letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). (No American edition …
- … we shall immediately see)’. Page xiv, n., line 11, delete ‘in the years 1794–5’. …
- … substitute for ‘but then . . . kinds of flowers.’: 11 In just some of …
- … sentence also appears in Origin 4th ed., p. 20. 11. p. 56. This whole paragraph was …
- … in Origin 4th ed., p. 449. 47. p. 409–11. This passage also appears, with slight …
1.1 Ellen Sharples pastel
Summary
< Back to Introduction The earliest surviving portrayal of Darwin, who was born on 12 February 1809, is this pastel or chalk drawing by Ellen Wallace Sharples. He is shown kneeling chivalrously before his sister Catherine (born in 1810), in the kind…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Art Journal , 16:1 (Spring–Summer 1995), pp. 3–11. Julius Bryant (ed.), English Heritage …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
Matches: 8 hits
- … backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel …
- … review me in a hostile spirit’ ( letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 ). Darwin was …
- … Correspondence vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin’s relief, …
- … the moment of being hatched ( letter to Nature , 7 and 11 May [1874] ; Spalding 1872a). …
- … & that must be enough for me’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). Plants that eat . …
- … cartilage, bone & meat &c. &c.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). His research …
- … Correspondence vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin, [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted …
- … the photograph he sent highly ( letter from D. F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] ). At the …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
Summary
1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
Matches: 7 hits
- … gave him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). Darwin was altogether …
- … on Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his experiments in …
- … of Natural History’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). She had had assistance …
- … for a second edition ( letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ), Darwin asked him to use …
- … see letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). Yet Darwin was now …
- … interest. He told Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 September [1862] ): ‘This is a nice, but …
- … from one parent’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). really good …
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
Matches: 8 hits
- … Blair, R.H. 11 July 1871 Worcester College for the …
- … Chaumont, F.S.B.F. de 11 March 1871 Woolston, …
- … 9 Nov 1870 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
- … 1 Feb 1871 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
- … 7 Sept 1872 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
- … 1 Feb. 1871 11 Saint Mary Abbot's Terrace, Kensington. W., London, …
- … Sulivan, B.J. 11 Jan 1867 Bournemouth, England …
- … Wallace, A. R. 11 March [1867] 9 St. Mark’s Crescent …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
Summary
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…
Matches: 11 hits
- … regarding species change ( letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 ). The botanist Asa Gray, …
- … by descent put him ‘into despair’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). In the same letter, he …
- … bottom of seas, lakes, and rivers ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VII). Quarrels at …
- … Academy of Sciences, Berlin (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix III), and of the Société des …
- … unsuccessful ( see letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] ). The council of …
- … [9 May 1863] , and memorandum from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 May 1863]) . As he struggled …
- … to drive the quietest man mad’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). Hooker and Gray agreed …
- … tropical plants than before (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI). He was fascinated with …
- … pistils mature at different times ( see letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). The fertility of …
- … ‘Crossing & Sterility’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II). When Darwin finished, by …
- … animal suffering caused by them (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix IX). Francis Darwin later …
Darwin's 1874 letters go online
Summary
The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
Race, Civilization, and Progress
Summary
Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
Matches: 4 hits
- … man in his most "primitive wildness" ( letter to Henslow, 11 April 1833 ). They …
- … Letter 204 : Darwin to Henslow, J. S., 11 April 1833 "The Fuegians are in a more …
- … 98). Letter 2503 : Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, C., 11 October [1859] "the …
- … Letter 2503 : Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, C., 11 October [1859] I suppose that you do not …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
Summary
'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
Matches: 4 hits
- … St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). A worsening …
- … Mivart not to acknowledge it ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). 'I hate …
- … attacks on Darwin became notorious, had written on 11 May expressing concern that his recently, …
- … well informed: `The die is cast’, he wrote excitedly on 11 May , when the matter was first raised …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
Matches: 6 hits
- … the popularity of his book, writing to Robert Cooke on 11 April , ‘though I believe it is of …
- … for extended periods. In a letter to Thiselton-Dyer of 11 October , Darwin described how the …
- … Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the …
- … visits from distinguished persons. Gladstone came to Down on 11 March. ‘I expected a stern, …
- … not been a difficulty to me,’ he replied to Romanes on 11 June , ‘as I have never believed in a …
- … that they become quite tipsy’ ( letter to W. M. Moorsom, 11 September [1877] ). Moorsom replied …
Charles Harrison Blackley
Summary
You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
Summary
1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
Matches: 5 hits
- … to think of the future’, Darwin confessed to William on 11 September just hours after Amy’s …
- … naturalist Thomas Edward ( letter from F. M. Balfour, 11 December 1876 ; letter to Samuel Smiles …
- … who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 years old at the time of her death, would …
- … you are one of the best of all’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 11 September [1876] ). …
- … do I cannot conceive’, Darwin wrote anxiously to Hooker on 11 September. By the time Darwin …
Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Matches: 10 hits
- … in that little sheet of note-paper! DARWIN: 11 My dear Hooker… What a remarkably …
- … 1 OCTOBER 1846 7 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 11 JANUARY 1844 8 C DARWIN TO A …
- … 10 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 24 AUGUST 1855 11 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, 5 JUNE 1855 …
- … 22 NOVEMBER 1856 29 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 APRIL 1861 30 A GRAY TO C …
- … A GRAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 1858 58 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 11 OCTOBER 1858 59 A GRAY TO …
- … HOOKER, 18 OCTOBER 1859 63 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 NOVEMBER 1859 64 JD …
- … 13 NOVEMBER 1859 66 C DARWIN TO R OWEN, 11 NOVEMBER 1859 67 C DARWIN …
- … 17 FEBRUARY 1861 111 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 DECEMBER 1861 112 C DARWIN …
- … DARWIN TO A GRAY 28 MAY 1864 159 FROM A GRAY 11 JULY 1864 160 C DARWIN …
- … TO A GRAY 28 JANUARY 1876 204 FROM A GRAY 11 DECEMBER 1874 205 TO A …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
Summary
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…
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- … continue his observations indoors ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] …
- … two letters to the Athenæum ( Correspondence vol. 11). Darwin’s anxiety about the matter was …
- … and the question of human origins ( Correspondence vol. 11). Wallace, however, traced a possible …
Thomas Rivers
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Rivers and Darwin exchanged around 30 letters, most in 1863 when Darwin was hard at work on the manuscript of Variation of plants and animals under domestication, the lengthy and detailed sequel to Origin of species. Rivers, an experienced plant breeder…
Darwin and Religion
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When Darwin published On the Origin of Species, was there a clear cut division between those who supported science and those who supported God? Find out how Darwin’s letters reveal a complex reaction from all sides and a desire from Darwin to keep his…
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- … Pupils explore the reaction to Darwin’s findings as evidenced through his letters. Activities …
Henrietta Darwin's diary
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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
Darwin's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
