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Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The …
- … However, several smaller projects came to fruition in 1865, including the publication of his long …
- … of Hugh Falconer Darwin’s first letter to Hooker of 1865 suggests that the family had had a …
- … the house jolly’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). Darwin was ready to submit his …
- … letter from Hugh Falconer to Erasmus Alvey Darwin, 3 January 1865 ). Erasmus forwarded his letters …
- … laboured in vain’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 6 January [1865] ). Sic transit gloria …
- … the world goes.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 February [1865] ). However, Hooker, at the time …
- … are unalloyed’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 February 1865 ). Darwin, now ‘haunted’ by …
- … with a vengeance’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1865] ). Continuing ill-health …
- … to try anyone’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). He particularly hated being ill …
- … of life. He wrote to Charles Lyell on 22 January [1865] , ‘unfortunately reading makes my head …
- … it up by early July ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865] ). In July, he consulted …
- … bread & meat’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 August [1865] ). By October, Darwin thought he might be …
- … the improvement to Jones’s diet ( see letter to T. H. Huxley, 4 October [1865] ). It was not until …
- … hour on most days’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 December [1865] ). Delays and …
- … last & concluding one’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 March [1865] ). In April he authorised …
- … press in the autumn’ ( letter to John Murray, 4 April [1865] ). In early June, he wrote to Murray …
- … when I can do anything’ ( letter to John Murray, 2 June [1865] ). It was not until 25 December …
- … of the woodcuts ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). After sending the manuscript to the …
- … like tartar emetic’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 January [1865] ). An abstract of the paper …
- … for it is your child’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 19 April 1865 ; Darwin noted at the beginning of …
- … the Linnean Society ( letter to [Richard Kippist], 4 June [1865] ). The paper was published in a …
- … German, he had it translated, and wrote to Müller in August 1865 that he had just finished hearing …
- … hang on it a good many groups of facts.’ ( Letter to T. H. Huxley, 27 May [1865] .) The …
- … a trying year. In January he had influenza ( letter from F. H. Hooker, [27 January 1865] ); before …
Race, Civilization, and Progress
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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,…
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…
Women’s scientific participation
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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…
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- … in inheritance. Letter 3787 - Darwin, H. E. to Darwin, [29 October 1862] …
- … birds. Letter 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H., [30 January 1868] Darwin …
- … Letter 6535 - Vaughan Williams , M. S. to Darwin, H. E., [after 14 October 1869] …
- … niece’s ears. Letter 8701 - Lubbock, E. F . to Darwin, [1873] Ellen …
- … patience”. Letter 4242 - Hildebrand, F. H. G. to Darwin, [16 July 1863] …
- … and orangs. Letter 5705 - Haast, J. F. J. von to Darwin, [4 December 1867] …
- … Women: Letter 1701 - Morris, M. H. to Prior, R. C. A., [17 June 1855] …
- … Letter 4823 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, H. E., [May 1865] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, …
- … Leith Hill Place. Letter 6139 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [22 April 1868] …
- … Letter 8168 - Ruck, A. R . to Darwin, H., [20 January 1872] Amy Ruck reports the …
- … to look for more samples. Letter 4928 - Henslow, G. to Darwin, [11 November 1865] …
- … in Margate. Letter 7433 - Wedgwood, F. to Darwin, [9 January 1871] …
- … “eyebrows”. Letter 1701 - Morris, M. H. to Prior, R. C. A., [17 June 1855] …
- … Letter 2055 - Langton, E. to Darwin, F., [21 February 1857] Darwin’s nephew, …
- … with minnows. Letter 2781 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [3 May 1860] …
- … suggestion. Letter 5254 - Hildebrand, F. H. G. to Darwin, [23 October 1866] …
- … those at Kew. Letter 6139 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [22 April 1868] …
- … home. Letter 10517 - Darwin to Francis, F., [29 May 1876] Darwin gives his …
- … it. Letter 3896 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H, [before 25 February 1863] Darwin …
- … Henrietta. Letter 4010 - Huxley, T. H. to Darwin, [25 February 1863] …
- … critic”. Letter 5585 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [26 July 1867] Darwin …
- … . Letter 7124 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [8 February 1870] Darwin seeks …
- … style. Letter 7123 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [March 1870] Darwin …
- … Letter 7605 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [20 March 1871] Darwin reports to …
- … Men: Letter 378 - Darwin to Henslow, J. S., [20 September 1837] Darwin …
- … Letter 3316 - Darwin to Nevill, D. F., [12 November 1861] Darwin requests the …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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- … Letter 4895 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J. F. T., 20 Sept [1865] Darwin thanks Müller for …
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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- … to have known’ ( letter to Charles Kingsley, 2 June [1865] ). In the years following …
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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- … worth studying in a metaphys. point of view Henslow has list of plants of Mauritius with …
- … [Gaertner 1788–91] (Plates on all seeds) R. Soc Henslow says there is a grand book with …
- … Von. J. Metzger. Heidelberg 1841 [Metzger 1841] Read Henslow in Botanist 36 has written on …
- … 1834]— d[itt]o d[itt]o d[itt]o. d[itt]o. 15 th Henslow’s Botany [Henslow 1837].— d[itt]o d …
- … ] 4. Vol. references at End Feb. 23 rd . Henslow Pamph. on Wheat [Henslow 1841]— fact about …
- … or Review in a Medical Journal which Hooker has & lent to Henslow Huxley [DAR *128: 178 …
- … Wollaston Coleoptera Atlantidum 1. 1. 0 [Wollaston 1865] Books Read, 1852–60 [DAR …
- … 8] 1854 Jan 15. Seeman’s Narrative of H.M.S. Herald [Seeman 1853]. Feb 6. …
- … Botanist , 5 vols. (1837–41), edited by John Stevens Henslow and B. Maund. 37 See …
- … Belcher, Edward. 1848. Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang during the years 1843–46; …
- … conditions and causes. London. *128: 182 Henslow, John Stevens. 1837. The …
- … Narrative of a voyage round the world, performed in H.M.S. Sulphur, 1836–42 . 2 vols. …
- … . Pt 1 of The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in …
- … by Richard Owen. Vol. 4 of The works of John Hunter, F.R.S. with notes . Edited by James F. …
- … Beete. 1847. Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly … in the Torres Strait, New …
- … Keppel, Henry. 1846. The expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the suppression of piracy; …
- … ——. 1853. A visit to the Indian Archipelago, in H.M.S. Mæander, with portions of the private …
- … Macgillivray, John. 1852. Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late …
- … … Together with a narrative of the operations of H.M.S. Iris. 2 vols. London. *119: 22 …
- … shores of Africa, Arabia and Madagascar; performed in H.M. Ships Leven and Barracouta . Edited …
- … Peacock, George. 1855. Life of Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S. London. *128: 172; 128: 21 …
- … Berthold Carl. 1853. Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Herald during the years 1845–51, under …
- … London. [Darwin Library.] 128: 18 ——. 1865. Coleoptera Atlantidum; being an …
Cross and self fertilisation
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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…
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- … relationship had lessened the fertility of the offspring (F. Müller 1868b, p. 629). Darwin urged …
- … excess of the crossed over the self-fertilised’ ( To G. H. Darwin, 8 January [1876] ). George …
- … for the moment that all of equal value.’ ( From G. H. Darwin, [after 8 January 1876] ). It was his …
- … the set of all my works, I would suggest 1,500’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 16 September 1876 ). In the …
- … reviews that appeared were also positive, but George Henslow, in his review in Gardeners’ …
- … 1877, the edition was ‘nearly exhausted’ ( From R. F. Cooke, 16 March 1877 ). In November 1877, …
