From John Scott 7 January [1864]
Summary
Has finished correcting Primula paper [see 4332].
Has presented paper on monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Jan [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 98, 99 f.3; Edinburgh Courant, 19 December 1863, p. 8. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4382 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] , and …
- … in December 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] ). …
- … pp. 128–33, and Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [October 1862] and …
- … see n. 4, above, Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] , and …
- … with Scott (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 19 November [1862] and …
- … 10 above, and Scott 1864a , p. 126). CD marked the last two sentences of the summary in his copy of the paper (Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL); when recommending Scott’s letter …
- … letter in which Scott mentioned the variable cowslip umbel has not been found; however, see n. 7, below. Scott discussed and illustrated the variable umbel in Scott 1864a , pp. 108–10. …
- … 10). When CD reviewed Scott’s first draft of Scott 1864a , he asked him to conjecture in the summary what the ‘typical or parental form i.e. equal long or short-styled’ of Primula had been (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] ). See also n. 3, above. CD later developed this notion of reversion in ‘Illegitimate offspring of dimorphic and trimorphic plants’ , pp. 434–5, and Forms of flowers , pp. 272–5. For CD’s experimental notes on reversion, see DAR 108: 31 and 43. Scott read ‘Remarks on the sexual changes in the inflorescence of Zea Mays ’ to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh on 10 …
To J. D. Hooker [1 April 1864]
Summary
Proposes to support John Scott in research on relative fertility and self-incompatibility of plants. CD would pay him for a year or two but wants JDH to give him research facilities at Kew.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [1 Apr 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 226a–b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4444 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … pollination (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 ); …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 December [1862] , and …
- … CD’s suggestion (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 December [1862] ). …
- … Scott, 19 March 1864 , and first letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] ; see also letter …
- … 10–11, and R. Desmond 1995 , p. 221. All the gardeners at Kew were paid, but salaries were small (see letter …
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: 8 hits
- … 25 July 1845 , and Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 [and 26] January [ …
- … 1: 242; see also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. B. Gibson, [after 29 June …
- … countries (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from E. A. Parkes, 29 June 1862 ). No …
- … Wallace sent Wallace 1864b with his letter of 10 May 1864 . CD refers to the abstract in …
- … between this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 . CD refers to the …
- … 3, of Wallace 1864a (see letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 and n. 8). Wallace …
- … 22 [May 1864] and n. 12). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 and n. 6. CD …
- … B. D. Mantell, 10 April [1856] and n. 5, and Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Thomas …
From John Scott 19 March 1864
Summary
On fertilisation of Gongora.
His work on peloric Antirrhinum, Passiflora, and Verbascum, done at CD’s suggestion, is at CD’s disposal.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Mar 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4432 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Orchids , pp. 203–6, Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , …
- … other orchids (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and …
- … 1862 and 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ; see …
- … the Linnean Society by CD (see letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] , and Scott 1864d ). …
- … the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (see letter from John Scott, 10 March 1864 ). CD had …
- … address, included in the letter from John Scott of 10 March 1864 , to Richard Kippist , …
- … Correspondence vol. 10); see also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 18 …
- … 10 March 1864. See Scott 1864c , pp. 199–200, for his statement that ‘the pollen is more susceptible to the sterilising action than the ovules’ and his exception (given in a note) to that statement. In Orchids , pp. 242–4, CD discussed the rudimentary anthers of Monachanthus , which he argued was the female form of Catasetum ; he described the more fully developed ovary of Monachanthus on p. 41. CD’s reply to this letter …
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: 7 hits
- … Charles Lyell (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to A. C. Ramsay, 5 September [1862] , …
- … of northern Italy (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from A. C. Ramsay, 17 February …
- … 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 …
- … J. D. Hooker, 15 June 1864 and n. 10. In his letter to Ramsay of 5 September [1862] ( …
- … edition ( Ramsay 1863 ). See letter from A. C. Ramsay, 10 July 1864 and n. 3. Ramsay …
- … von Haast, 6 August 1863 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 [November 1863] ). This map has …
From Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [17 May 1864]
Summary
CD says Meneanthes is now in flower.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [17 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 219.1: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4498F |
Matches: 3 hits
- … germinated (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 [April 1862] and n. …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letter from R. M. Rolfe, 28 November 1862) . …
- … 10 August 1864 for their tour. James Mackintosh Wedgwood, Emma’s nephew, was suffering from incurable cancer (see letter …
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: 6 hits
- … 1856, and 1858, see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from C. V. Naudin, 26 June 1862 and …
- … the parent type (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 [June 1862] and …
- … the paper to the Linnean Society by 10 June 1864 (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 June [ …
- … See letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 May …
- … generation. In his letter to Asa Gray of 1 July [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD also …
- … 1864] and n. 5. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 May 1864 and nn. 10 and 11. CD is …
From John Scott 28 March 1864
Summary
Surprised at CD’s account of Bryanthus.
H. Crüger’s approach to Gongora fertilisation is beset with difficulties.
Reports his work on self-sterility of Oncidium.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Mar 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4438 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … and n. 9. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] , and …
- … 5 and 6; see also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 [November 1862] . …
- … example, Correspondence vol. 10, first enclosure to letter to John Scott, 19 December [ …
- … see letter from John Scott, 10 March 1864 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [ …
- … CD on 9 June 1864 (see the first letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] ). The results of …
- … and nn. 2–6 and 10). Some of this damaged portion of the letter has been reconstructed …
To W. E. Darwin 3 May [1864]
Summary
Thanks WED for measuring cowslip pollen. Sends dimorphic flowers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 3 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: A8, A10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4480 |
From G. C. Oxenden 1 August 1864
Summary
Spent two days watching Epipactis palustris in a bog. Never saw a moth.
Thinks "Suddenism" and not "Graduality" is the great Law of Nature.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Aug 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 62, 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4581 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … spider-orchid; see Correspondence vol. 10, letters from G. C. Oxenden, [before 30 May …
- … lizard orchid; see Correspondence vol. 10, letters from G. C. Oxenden, 30 May [1862] …
- … 2). In his second letter of 8 July 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), Oxenden reported that …
- … longifolia )in his letter of 4 June [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). The postscript, …
From Robert Monsey Rolfe 4 October 1864
Summary
Sends £10 for Down charities.
| 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: 2 hits
- … in November (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from R. M. Rolfe, 28 November 1862 , …
- … letter to John Lubbock, 14 December [1859] ). The Down Friendly Club was a local savings and insurance society, while the Coal and Clothing Club existed to supply working-class parishioners with cheap coal and clothing in exchange for regular savings; the account books, kept by CD, are in the Darwin Archive–Down House. In 1864, CD recorded the receipt of Rolfe’s annual donation of £10 …
To Editor of the Natural History Review [December? 1864]
Summary
Forwards a communication from A. Fonblanque for possible publication in Natural History Review. [See "Notice of mule breeding", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 5 (1865): 147–8.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Natural History Review |
| Date: | [Dec? 1864] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.286a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4686 |
From John Brodie Innes to Emma Darwin 16 January [1864]
Summary
Urges Emma to bring CD to hydropathic establishment at Forres.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Jan [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4387 |
From C. V. Naudin 6 December 1864
Summary
Congratulates CD on the Copley Medal.
Directs CD to his short memoir on crossing ["De l’hybridité", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 59 (1864): 837–45].
| Author: | Charles Victor Naudin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4703 |
From William Bernhard Tegetmeier 1 February 1864
Summary
Would like his fowl skulls back.
Breeding experiments seem to show mongrels are just as fertile as pure breeds.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4761 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … regard to animals (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December …
- … were sterile (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December …
- … letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 13 March 1865 . Tegetmeier mentioned his results in Tegetmeier 1867 , p. 224. There is an unbound, annotated copy of Tegetmeier 1867 , published in ten parts during 1866 and 1867, in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 800–3); part 10, …
- … letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 6 January [1867] , and 5 March [1867] ( Calendar nos. 5347 and 5431), and Variation 1: 265). The Gordon Hotel, 3 Piazzas, Covent Garden ( Post Office London directory 1865) was probably a collection address. On 1 December 1862, the council of the Royal Society of London resolved to grant Tegetmeier £10 …
To John Lubbock [1 January 1864]
Summary
JL’s review of Huxley ["Lectures to working men", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 4 (1864)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | [1 Jan 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 61 (EH 88206505) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4375 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … For CD’s reaction to T. H. Huxley 1862 , see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to T. H. …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Lubbock, 10 January 1864 . …
- … and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] . Lubbock 1865b . …
- … 10 January fell on 1 and 8 January; CD felt well only on 1 January (see n. 2, below, and letter …
From Richard Trevor Clarke 25 November [1864]
Summary
Observations on Gossypium varieties.
| Author: | Richard Trevor Clarke |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Nov [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 165 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4681 |
From John Scott [13 January 1864]
Summary
Glad CD is sending his Primula paper to Linnean Society.
Sends promised Linum seeds.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Jan 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4385 |
From John Scott 20 June [1864]
Summary
Preparations for trip to India. Thanks for testimonial.
Surprised by the self-fertility of CD’s peloric Antirrhinum.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4541 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … In his first letter of 10 June [1864] , Scott had given the results of his experiments on …
- … between this letter and the letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 . CD had sent Scott …
- … his journey to India (see second letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] ). Scott’s friend …
- … from J. D. Hooker, [11 June 1864] and n. 8). See letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 . …
- … of Antirrhinum , see the first letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] , n. 3. CD reported …
To J. D. Hooker 5 April [1864]
Summary
Sees difficulty of placing Scott at Kew. Suspects Balfour is prejudiced because Scott is a Darwinian.
CD’s former letter on Clematis [4403] blundered; work now being revised.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 5 Apr [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 227a–c |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4450 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … glacial epoch, see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to A. C. Ramsay, 5 September [1862] . …
- … CD’s views was noted by Hooker in his letter of 10 June 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), …
- … 27 November 1863 and nn. 6–8, and 10. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 April 1864] and …
- … Society of Edinburgh on 10 March 1864 ( Scott 1864c ; see letters from John Scott, 12 [ …
- … 1864] and nn. 10 and 11, and 19 March 1864 and n. 9). See letter from J. D. Hooker, [ …
- … nn. 7 and 8. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 April 1864] and nn. 10–18. CD and Hooker …
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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
- … My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter. Tom’s full name is …
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: 1 hits
- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …
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: 1 hits
- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
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: 1 hits
- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
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: 1 hits
- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
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: 1 hits
- … In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began …
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: 1 hits
- … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …
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: 1 hits
- … I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
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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- … English | History | Science English Pupils in Cumbria lead …
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…
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- … The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was …
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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- … On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
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: 1 hits
- … Charles Darwin’s daughter Henrietta wrote the following journal entries in March and July 1871 in …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
Summary
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 species , …
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.
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- … I gave two seeds to a confounded old cock, but his gizzard ground them up; at least I cd. not …
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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- … On 14 May 1856, Charles Darwin recorded in his journal that he ‘Began by Lyell’s advice writing …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'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…
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- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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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…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
