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Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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- … started in January 1860, and advertised in the press since 1865 with the unwieldy title, …
- … discovery’ to Darwin on 14 March 1867 . Then, in April, Robert Trail wrote from Scotland about a …
- … the eye, which resulted in a mottled hybrid ( letter from Robert Trail, 5 April 1867 ). Darwin …
- … apparently discussing it or showing it to anyone until 1865, when he sent a version of it to Huxley, …
- … survive. One of these has been transcribed in Appendix IV. Robert Swinhoe, the British consul in …
- … a book based on a series of articles that had appeared in 1865. In it he challenged aspects of …
- … vol. 13, letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1865] and n. 4). Darwin’s wife and children also …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … been advertised by the publisher John Murray as early as 1865, the two-volume work appeared in …
- … from Roland Trimen, 20 February 1868 , and letter from Robert MacLachlan, 21 February 1868 ). …
- … from the entomologist and librarian at Cambridge, George Robert Crotch, writing to his mother Emma …
- … very evidently indicated’. The British envoy in China, Robert Swinhoe, remarked on 4 August that …
- … accomodated it with some form of theology. The entomologist Robert McLachlan, who supplied Darwin …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
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…
