From John Scott 10 June [1864]
Summary
Sends Passiflora paper [see 4485].
Sends seeds of peloric Antirrhinum crossed by normal form and sends results of his experiments [table of crosses].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 June [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 51: B22; DAR 177: 109 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4526 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … From John Scott 10 June [1864] …
- … DAR 51: B22; DAR 177: 109 John Scott Denholm 10 June [1864] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 897. by pollen of Peloric Anthirrhinum (P. No. 1) 3. Normal Anthirrhinum 10. …
- … 10. 1097. 110. 20. 2194. ” 867. …
- … by pollen of Peloric Anthirrhinum (P. No. 2) 4. Peloric Anthirrhinum 10. …
- … 10. 1334. 133. 20. 2668. ” 1055. ( …
- … P. No. 1) by pollen of Normal Anthirrhinum 5. Peloric Anthirrhinum 10. …
- … 10. 1362. 136. 20. 2724. ” 1077. (P. No. 2) by pollen of Normal Anthirrhinum 6. Peloric …
- … oxlip (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 June [1864] ). Scott and CD often considered the …
- … Denholm June 10 th . Sir. I sent off by yesterday’s mail my papers of experiments on …
- … of seeds unions unions fertilised produced of seeds capsule 1. Normal Anthirrhinum 10. …
- … 10. 1264. 126. 20. …
- … 2528. 1000. ” by own pollen 2. Normal Anthirrhinum 10. 8. 908. 113. 20. 2270. ” …
- … and Tacsonia (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters from John Scott , [20 November – 2 …
To Daniel Oliver [c. 10 June 1864]
Summary
Asks DO to draw diagram of Lythrum on board at Linnean Society for reference during the reading of CD’s paper.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | [c. 10 June 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 61 (EH 88206044) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4532 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Daniel Oliver [ c. 10 June 1864] …
- … DAR 261.10: 61 (EH 88206044) Charles Robert Darwin Down [c. 10 June 1864] Daniel Oliver …
- … 2–3 August 1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). The sketch is in DAR 185: 70. CD enclosed …
- … sketch in his letter to Asa Gray, [3–]4 September [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). …
- … good hand at Diagrams; & I believe in 5 or 10 minutes you could copy a diagram in chalk on …
- … enclosed with the letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 June [1864] . CD’s paper ‘Three forms of …
From Robert Monsey Rolfe 4 October 1864
Author: | Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth of Cranworth |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Oct 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 231 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4626 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Sends £10 for Down charities. …
- … charities in November (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from R. M. Rolfe, 28 November …
- … Holwood | Bromley 4 Oct 1864 My dear M r Darwin I send you a cheque for £10 . …
- … 10 being the sum I have usually contributed to your Down Charities— The payment has not …
- … Archive–Down House. In 1864, CD recorded the receipt of Rolfe’s annual donation of £10 …
- … 10 s. in his Account book–banking account (Down House MS) on 18 November under the …
To J. D. Hooker 10 June [1864]
Summary
CD has proved common oxlip to be a hybrid of cowslip and primrose.
Reviewing literature on climbing plants, CD finds he has much new material.
W. H. Harvey claims evidence of saltation in a dandelion.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 10 June [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 238a–c |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4525 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 10 June [1864] …
- … DAR 115: 238a–c Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 June [1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … letter from John Scott, 8 June 1864 and n. 10. Thomas Thomson . See letter from J. D. …
- … Down House MS) records a gift of £25 to Scott on 10 June 1864. CD enclosed the cheque in a …
- … to Scott that has not been found. See second letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] . …
- … Down June 10 th . My dear old Hooker I cannot help again thanking you most heartily about …
- … Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 10 (1869): 437–54. ‘Three forms of Lythrum …
- … 16 June 1864. See letter to Daniel Oliver , [ c. 10 June 1864]. CD had embarked in 1862 on …
- … the same species (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] and …
To J. D. Hooker [10 and 12 January 1864]
Summary
CD very ill.
Suspects F. Boott’s widow is illegitimate granddaughter of Erasmus Darwin.
CD, like JDH, has speculated that agrarian weeds have become adapted to cultivated ground. Suggests comparison with country of origin.
Wallace’s praise of Herbert Spencer’s Social statics baffles CD.
[Letter completed by E. A. Darwin.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 10 and 12 Jan 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 216 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4389 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [10 and 12 January 1864] …
- … DAR 115: 216 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Jan 1864 12 Jan 1864 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … 1864] , and nn. 12 and 13, below). In 1864, 10 January was a Sunday. On CD’s health, see, …
- … n. 4. Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) for 10 January 1864 recorded ‘copious sickness’ at 9: …
- … 234–7, and King-Hele ed. 1981 , pp. 78, 209–10). The reason for CD’s suspicion that Lucy …
- … J. D. Hooker, 24 January 1864 and nn. 10 and 11, and [23 November 1864] and n. 13, and …
- … the end of 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] ). CD …
- … this letter to Hooker with his letter of 10 [November 1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11); …
- … DAR 242) recorded sickness at 8:30 (‘slight’), 10:30 (‘bad sick & distress’), 2:30 (‘many …
From John Scott 10 June [1864]
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 June [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 110 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4527 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From John Scott 10 June [1864] …
- … DAR 177: 110 John Scott Denholm 10 June [1864] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … as the frontispiece to this volume. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 June [1864] . …
- … Denholm June 10 th . Sir. I have just received your letter of yesterday’s date enclosing …
- … Down House MS) records a gift of £25 to Scott on 10 June 1864. CD had offered to assist in …
From Henry Trimen 10 May 1864
Summary
Cannot give information about the box of Oxalis bulbs that his brother [Roland Trimen] has forwarded to CD.
Author: | Henry Trimen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 May 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 183 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4491 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Henry Trimen 10 May 1864 …
- … DAR 178: 183 Henry Trimen London, Guildford St, 71 10 May 1864 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 71, Guildford Street, W.C. May. 10 th /64 Dear Sir In answer to your note of May 3 rd . , …
- … May [1863] , and letter from Roland Trimen, 10, 13, and 18 October 1863 ). See also Forms …
From John Scott 2 August 1864
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Aug 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 113 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4582 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Thanks CD for loan of £10. …
- … of the 31 st . containing cheque for £10. I do feel ashamed that I should have occasion …
- … account (Down House MS) records a gift of £10 to Scott on 31 July 1864. CD had previously …
- … India (see second letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] ). He gave Scott an additional £ …
From Joseph Beete Jukes 10 August 1864
Summary
CD’s support in JBJ’s controversy with Hugh Falconer is welcome. R. I. Murchison supports Falconer, and Lyell does not support their side strongly enough. Falconer and Jukes remain friends in private.
Author: | Joseph Beete Jukes |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Aug 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 93 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4587 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Joseph Beete Jukes 10 August 1864 …
- … 168: 93 Joseph Beete Jukes Geol. Surv. Ireland, Dublin 10 Aug 1864 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 14 October [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10; however, see also letter to J. D. Hooker, …
- … Office, 51, Stephen’s Green, Dublin, Augt 10 th 18 64 My dear Darwin I am delighted to …
From Andrew Crombie Ramsay 10 July 1864
Summary
Sends 2d ed. of his Physical geology [1864]; hopes that he will burn the 1st because of its errors.
ACR is convinced he is right about denudation of the Weald.
Author: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 July 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4557 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Andrew Crombie Ramsay 10 July 1864 …
- … DAR 176: 12 Andrew Crombie Ramsay Beaumaris 10 July 1864 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to Asa Gray, 3 April [1860] and nn. 9 and 10). Ramsay was the director of the Geological …
- … 7 Victoria Terrace | Beaumaris, 10 July 1864 Dear Sir I asked Stanford to send you the 2 …
From John Scott 10 March 1864
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 101 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4423 |
To A. R. Wallace [c. 10 April 1864]
Summary
Has seen that ARW has read a paper to the Linnean Society.
Thinks that Herbert Spencer’s Social Statics (Spencer 1851) would be too deep for him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | [c. 10 Apr 1864] |
Classmark: | The Argyll Papers, Inveraray Castle (NRAS 1209/856) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4378F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace [ c. 10 April 1864] …
- … Castle (NRAS 1209/856) Charles Robert Darwin [c. 10 Apr 1864] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12), in which …
- … 1864 ( A. R. Wallace 1864b ). In his letter of 10 May 1864 , Wallace mentioned that he was …
To J. D. Hooker 10 December [1864]
Summary
Has found incipient stages of adhesive discs in Hanburia tendrils.
Huxley was probably right to have challenged Sabine, but the poor old man is sick.
CD remembers the old Disraeli novel [Tancred (1847)] that sneers at transmutation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 10 Dec [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 256 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4712 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 10 December [1864] …
- … DAR 115: 256 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Dec [1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Down Dec. 10 th My dear Hooker Pray thank M rs . Hooker much for her beautifully written …
- … Sabine, 7 December [1864] . See letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 December 1864] and n. 10. …
- … The Reader , 10 December 1864, p. 741, printed the responses of John Ruskin , Joseph …
- … D. Hooker, 15 June 1864 ). In a note dated 10 December 1864, CD described the appearance …
From Hugh Falconer 10 November [1864]
Author: | Hugh Falconer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Nov [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 21 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4669 |
To A. C. Ramsay 12 July [1864]
Summary
Thanks for his book [Physical geology and geography of Great Britain, 2d. ed. (1864)].
Pleased that ACR’s glacial lake theory is progressing. New Zealand lakes support the view. Suggests he write to Charles Gould in Tasmania, calling his attention to glacial action.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
Date: | 12 July [1864] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Ramsay 306: 8) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4560 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … between this letter and the letter from A. C. Ramsay, 10 July 1864 . Letter from A. …
- … C. Ramsay, 10 July 1864 . See letter from A. …
- … C. Ramsay, 10 July 1864 and n. 2. Ramsay sent CD the second edition of The physical …
- … 1863 ). See letter from A. C. Ramsay, 10 July 1864 and n. 3. Ramsay proposed a theory …
- … Charles Lyell (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to A. C. Ramsay, 5 September [1862] , …
- … 6 August 1863 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 [November 1863] ). This map has not been …
- … see also letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 June 1864 and n. 10. In his letter to Ramsay …
- … of 5 September [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD noted that the great depth of Italian …
- … of northern Italy (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from A. C. Ramsay, 17 February …
To J. D. Hooker 22 [May 1864]
Summary
CD’s pleasure at JDH’s willingness to help Scott find a position in India.
Naudin underrates contamination of his experiments by insects. Thus CD doubts Naudin’s results on rapidity and universality of reversion in hybrids.
Wallace’s paper on man [see 4494] reflects his genius, although CD does not fully agree with it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 22 [May 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 236 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4506 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … recess. CD had sent the paper to the Linnean Society by 10 June 1864 (see letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 10 June [1864] ). …
- … 1864b . See letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 …
- … Friedrich von. 1827. Correspondenz. Flora 10: 74–80. Gärtner, Karl Friedrich von. 1849. …
- … found this so general & G. reared 8 or 10 successive generations of Hybrid Dianthus & …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 19 May 1864 and nn. 10 and 11. CD is referring to Naudin 1863 , and …
- … 1856, and 1858, see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from C. V. Naudin, 26 June 1862 and …
- … of 1 July [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD also expressed his suspicion that Naudin …
- … the parent type (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 [June 1862] and …
From James Buckman 10 October 1864
Author: | James Buckman |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Oct 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 271.6a: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4631F |
To A. R. Wallace 28 [May 1864]
Summary
Response to ARW’s papers on Papilionidae ["On the phenomena of variation and geographical distribution", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 25 (1866): 1–71; abstract in Reader 3 (1864): 491–3],
and man ["The origin of human races", J. Anthropol. Soc. Lond. 2 (1864): clviii–clxxxvi].
The former is "really admirable" and will be influential.
The idea of the man paper is striking and new. Minor points of difference. Conjectures regarding racial differences; the possible correlation between complexion and constitution. His Query to Army surgeons to determine this point. Offers ARW his notes on man, which CD doubts he will be able to use.
On sexual selection in "our aristocracy"; primogeniture is a scheme for destroying natural selection.
[Letter incorrectly dated March by CD.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | 28 [May 1864] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add. MS 46434: 39) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4510 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … 25 July 1845 , and Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 [and 26] January [ …
- … letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 . CD refers to the manuscript of ‘ …
- … Wallace sent Wallace 1864b with his letter of 10 May 1864 . CD refers to the abstract in …
- … 1864a (see letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 and n. 8). Wallace 1864a applied the …
- … n. 12). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 and n. 6. CD summarised Wallace’s …
- … evolutionist. Journal of the History of Biology 10: 1–27. Grey, George. 1841. Journals of …
- … Part II. Journal of the History of Biology 10: 155–227. Journal of researches : Journal of …
- … Wallace 1864b , pp. clxvii–clxviii; pp. 10–11 in CD’s offprint). Since 11 May 1864, when …
- … 1: 242; see also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. B. Gibson, [after 29 June …
- … tropical countries (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from E. A. Parkes, 29 June …
- … April 1856] , letter to W. B. D. Mantell, 10 April [1856] and n. 5, and Correspondence …
From John Lubbock 10 January 1864
Summary
JL’s article on Huxley’s "Lectures [to working men]".
Planning a volume of essays [Prehistoric times (1865)].
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Jan 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 44 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4384 |
From George Bentham 10 July 1864
Summary
Sends specimens of two species of Aegiphila [see Forms of flowers, p. 123]. Discusses similar forms in other plants.
Author: | George Bentham |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 July 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 110: B107–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4556 |
letter | (208) |
Darwin, C. R. | (81) |
Hooker, J. D. | (28) |
Scott, John | (16) |
Darwin, W. E. | (7) |
Oliver, Daniel | (5) |
Darwin, C. R. | (117) |
Hooker, J. D. | (33) |
Oliver, Daniel | (8) |
Darwin, W. E. | (5) |
Gray, Asa | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (198) |
Hooker, J. D. | (61) |
Scott, John | (20) |
Oliver, Daniel | (13) |
Darwin, W. E. | (12) |
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Reading my roommate’s illustrious ancestor: To T. H. Huxley, 10 June 1868
Summary
My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter. Tom’s full name is Thomas Henle Baum, his middle name a reference to a German physician ancestor for whom the ‘Loop of Henle’ in the kidney had been named. Other than this iconic…
Matches: 1 hits
- … catch my interest. And as I did so, my eyes fell on a 10 June 1868 Darwin letter to Huxley in which …
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Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
Summary
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…
Matches: 8 hits
- … given it up by early July ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865] ). In July, he …
- … finished hearing it read aloud ( letter to Fritz Müller, 10 August [1865] ). Over the next few …
- … ( see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] ; since it is impossible …
- … similarly coloured varieties (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November …
- … ‘industry & ability’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [10 March 1865] ). Scott took these …
- … of transmutation to humans (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. H. Balfour, 14 January …
- … ( Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 10 June 1863 ). However, probably …
- … Cresy, 7 September [1865] , and letter from Edward Cresy, 10 September 1865 ). Francis and …
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Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
Matches: 6 hits
- … self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a …
- … of the young plants is highly remarkable’ ( To Asa Gray, 10 September [1866] ). By early December, …
- … great measure my further working’ ( From Hermann Müller, 10 June 1873 ). Darwin, in turn, had …
- … had ‘begun to prepare for press observations continued for 10 years on the effects of crossing …
- … 12 November 1876 ). The book was published on 10 November 1876. Within days, Darwin received …
- … of rye and wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of …
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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…
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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…
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Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
Summary
In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
Matches: 5 hits
- … within the family, Henrietta explained to Stephen on 10 January , hoping that he did not think …
- … investigate aggregation. He explained to Fritz Müller on 10 September why he had embarked on …
- … to the general stock of knowledge’ ( letter to E. W. Bok, 10 May 1881 ). Josef Popper, an expert …
- … to R. F. Cooke, 5 October 1881 ). The publication date was 10 October, but by 7 October Darwin …
- … of soil, while his brother James Geikie told Darwin on 10 October that no one would ‘any longer …
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Schools Gallery: Using Darwin’s letters in the classroom
Summary
English| History| Science English Pupils in Cumbria lead the way Year 9 English pupils at Ulverston Victoria High School spent several weeks studying Darwin’s letters, including comparing sections from Darwin’s ‘Voyage of the Beagle’ to letters…
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Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
Summary
On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
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Henrietta Darwin's diary
Summary
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…
Matches: 4 hits
- … now in the balance & I can laugh & talk & settle Bradshaw 10 etc etc just as …
- … me so. If I cannot be a good wife I have indeed neglected my 10 talents. 11 July 5th. …
- … all the world to me to see him smile to hear his voice 10 years on how will it be when we are 50 …
- … . 9 Richard Buckley Litchfield . 10 Bradshaw’s railway guide . …
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Was Darwin an ecologist?
Summary
One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the experiments he performed at his home in Down, in the English county of Kent, seem to prefigure modern scientific work in ecology.
Matches: 1 hits
- … to me.— Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] . The ‘hard …
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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
- … however, continued to be raised in various ways. On 10 January, Charles O’Shaughnessy , an Irish …
- … them to such extent?’ enthused Hermann Hoffmann on 10 January , while on 23 June, Auguste Forel …
- … of plant digestion further, had already reported on 10 January that he had confirmed the ‘more …
- … Caroline home, they had experienced a further calamity. On 10 May, William suffered serious …
- … mentioned his oldest daughter Annie, who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 …
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Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
Summary
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…
Matches: 5 hits
- … of coffee to two cups a day, since coffee, with the ‘10 drops of Muriatic acid twice a day (with …
- … the chemistry go on better’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). Darwin began …
- … you are in for it’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c . 10 May 1866] ). Henrietta’s letter …
- … know how to begin’ ( letter to Fritz Müller, [before 10 December 1866] ). The intrusion of …
- … other German states and Austria in June and July. Writing on 10 May from Württemberg, one of the …
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Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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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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- … (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). In the same letter …
- … had been published in 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10). He sent a copy to Asa Gray to review in …
- … of species, when crossed’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] ). He reminded Huxley again …
- … Verbascum and Zea (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). However, when Evidence as …
- … other acquired differences’ (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). In addition to crossing …
- … orchid genus Acropera (see Correspondence vol. 10). Their 1863 letters reveal Darwin’s …
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Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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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- … you sent me as well as I could. DARWIN: 10 My dear Dr Gray. I really hardly know …
- … Hooker is younger than Darwin and Gray by about 10 years. Like Gray, he is a professional botanist …
- … right when he said the whole subject would be forgotten in 10 years. But now that I hear you will …
- … a lesser degree ‘Blood’s One Penny Envelope, 1, 3, and 10 cents’. If you will make him this present, …
- … HOOKER: 208 We had a horrid scare 10 days ago, in the form of a Telegram from ‘Nature’ to …
- … XVII, 1882 4 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 10 MAY 1848 5 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER …
- … 9 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 22 MAY 1855 10 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 24 AUGUST 1855 …
- … JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 72 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 10 JANUARY 1860 73 C DARWIN TO …
- … A GRAY, 21 JULY 1861 120 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 10 JUNE 1861 121 A GRAY TO C …
- … 18 FEBRUARY 1862 129 JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, 10 MARCH 1862 130 C DARWIN …
- … 23 NOVEMBER 1862 136 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 10–20 JUNE 1862 137 A GRAY TO …
- … AND 26 JANUARY 1862 142 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 10 NOVEMBER 1862 143 A …
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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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- … form’, namely those of embryology ( letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] ). Only his theory, he …
- … with other animals’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] )— he and others were well aware …
- … views.—’ ( letter from J. S. Henslow to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1860 ). What worried Darwin most …
- … serve a purpose in Britain. He immediately wrote to Gray on 10 September after studying the first …
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Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … interesting to the public’ ( letter to Reginald Darwin, 10 April [1879] ). However, even members …
- … he disagreed with Henrietta, or that Krause had written on 10 July to say that he had derived …
- … & experiment’ ( letter from J. F. Moulton, 10 December 1879 ). In reply to Darwin’s response …
- … Leopold Würtenberger fared better. When he wrote on 10 January to ask whether Darwin could find him …
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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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- … Marcel de Serres Cavernes d’Ossements 7 th Ed. 10 8 vo . [Serres 1838] good to trace Europ. …
- … on wheat [Le Couteur 1836] Bechstein on Caged Birds. 10 s 6 d . translated by Rennie …
- … Soc read Prichards. Nat: History of Man. Bailliere. 1.10 [Prichard 1843] must be studied . …
- … Des ). De leur Anatomie, Reproduction et Culture. 4to. Avec 10 planches. Amsterdam, 1768. 12 s . …
- … G. Browne 1799]— well skimmed 1839 Jan 10 All life of W. Scott [Lockhart 1837–8] …
- … Voyage of Kolff to the Molucca Sea [Kolff 1840] 10 th Surville-Marion [Crozet 1783]. …
- … 1839]. References at end. chiefly on instincts 10 th . Blackwalls Researches in Zoology …
- … 1839–40]. references at end.— Maer (June 10 to Nov. 14. 1840) Smellies Buffon 3 d …
- … Hilaire: [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1841] d[itt]o: 10 th Journal de Phys. [ Observations …
- … [Lyman 1781] [DAR 119: 10b] Dec. 10 th The Hour & Man. H. Martineau [H. …
- … Dog [C. H. Smith 1839–40] 2 d . vol. d[itt]o Nov. 10 th Sprengel. Endeckte Geheimniss. …
- … Nat. Lib. vol 14 [Waterhouse 1841] Marked—— 10 th Veterinary [ Veterinarian ] 1828 Vol 1 …
- … & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— 1842 Jan 10 M rs Hamilton Grays Etruria [E …
- … Royle Prod. Resources of India [Royle 1840] abst June 10 th Miller’s old Red Sandstone [H. …
- … Clarendons History [Hyde 1704]. 1843 Jan 10. Last Vol of Clarendons History [Hyde …
- … 26 Hinds Regions of Vegetation [Hinds 1843]. June 10 th . Linnæan Trans. [ Transactions of …
- … 3. vols. [Bradley 1724] (nothing) scarcely —— 10 Johnson’s Field Sports of India [D. Johnson …
- … or Geograph. Distrib:” [Gérard 1844–5] Dec. 10 Ray. Society. Vol I. Reports [Ray Society 1845 …
- … French in Algiers [Lamping 1845] 1846 Jan 10 th Mackintosh life of More …
- … St. Lecons de Morph. Bot. [Saint-Hilaire 1841] April 10 Wagners Anatomy by Tulk [Wagner 1845] …
- … of Ægyptians [J. G. Wilkinson 1837–41].— April 10 3 d vol of d[itt]o W. Scotts Life …
- … May 5. Ray’s Memorials of [Ray 1846] —— 10 th The Falcon Family [Savage] 1845] 27 …
- … Misc. Works. 3 vols: [Mackintosh 1846] Aug 10. Appendix to Carlyle’s Cromwell [Carlyle 1845]. …
- … Travels in Brazil [Gardner 1846]. —— 10 th D r . Joseph Adams. Philosoph. Treatise on …
- … Miller First Impressions of England [H. Miller 1847]. Nov. 10 Prichard Physical Researches. Hist. of …
- … et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève ]. Tom I to 10. —— Annales du Museum [ Annales …
- … W. Tone Autobiography [Tone 1826] very amusing March 10 John Galt Autobiography [Galt 1833] …
- … Chancellors [J. Campbell 1845–7] —— 10 Neander’s Life of St Bernard [Neander 1843] …
- … Miller Footsteps of the Creator [H. Miller 1849] Dec. 10. Dana’s Geology. U.S. Expedition [J. …
- … to 1837. & thence I have read in Journals June 10 th Goulds Birds of Australia [Gould …
- … . Feb. 1. Emigrants Manual [Burton 1851] March 10 th Hind’s Solar System [Hind 1852 …
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The evolution of honeycomb
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Honeycombs are natural engineering marvels, using the least possible amount of wax to provide the greatest amount of storage space, with the greatest possible structural stability. Darwin recognised that explaining the evolution of the honey-bee’s comb…