To Francis Darwin [after 12 October 1866]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [after 12 Oct 1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13793 |
To Charles Pritchard 12 October [1866]
Summary
Responds to CP’s sermon. Corrects CP’s confusion of what CD said about eyes of the Articulata with human eye,
and questions applicability of CP’s mathematical arguments about length of geological time needed for evolution.
Agrees he was foolish about the Wealden, now struck from later editions [Origin, pp. 285–7].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Pritchard |
Date: | 12 Oct [1866] |
Classmark: | A. Pritchard comp. 1897, p. 93 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5240 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Charles Pritchard 12 October [1866] …
- … A. Pritchard comp. 1897, p. 93 Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Oct [1866] Charles Pritchard …
- … Down, Oct . 12 th . My Dear Mr Pritchard,— I have read with much interest your sermon, …
- … pp. 483–4). See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from A. C. Ramsay, 10 July 1864 …
- … increasing (see letter to Charles Lyell, 12 October [1866] and n. 8). The physicist …
From George Henslow 12 March 1866
Author: | George Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Mar 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 154 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5033 |
To J. D. Hooker 12 August [1866]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 12 Aug [1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 298 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5190 |
To Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli 12 June [1866]
Summary
Comments on CWvN’s Die Entstehung und Begriff [der Naturhistorischen Art (1864)].
Discussion of beauty of flowers in new edition of Origin not based on CWvN’s article.
Comments on CWvN’s argument that flower structures are not due to natural selection.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli |
Date: | 12 June [1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 147: 181 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5119 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli 12 June [1866] …
- … DAR 147: 181 Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 June [1866] Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli …
- … Erasmus Darwin in 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, frontispiece and letter from W. E. …
- … Down Bromley, | Kent S.E. June 12 Dear Sir I hope you will excuse the liberty which I take …
- … vol. 11, letter to Daniel Oliver, [12 April 1863] , and letter from Daniel Oliver, 14 …
From Fritz Müller [2 November 1866]
Summary
Sends his observations on sterility of Eschscholzia,
on Oxalis,
and on recently found dimorphic plants.
Sends specimen of Hedyotis [see Forms of flowers, p. 133].
Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [2 Nov 1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 111: B59, DAR 142: 100, 101, 105, Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 93–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5264 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … Edited by James A. H. Murray, et al. 12 vols. and supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press. …
- … 3 " 1 " 1) 6 " 6 " 10 " 3 " 3 " 6 " 6 " 11 " 3 " 3 " 6 " 6 " 12 " 3 " 20 " …
- … 6 " 6 " 12 " 3–4 " 1 " …
- … 2) 6 " 6 " 12 " 4 " 25 " …
- … 6 " 7 " 12 " 3 " 1 " 6 " 7 " 13 " 4 " 1 " …
- … 6 " 7 " 14 " 3 " 1 " 7 " 7 " 12 " 3 " 1 " …
- … 7 " 7 " 12 " 4 " 1 " 7 " 7 " 14 " 3 " 1 " 7 " 7 " 14 " 3–4 " 1 " 2) 7 " 7 " …
- … 5 " 6 " 10 " 3 " 1 " 1) 6 " 6 " 10 " 3 " 3 " 6 " 6 " 11 " 3 " 3 " 6 " 6 " 12 " 3 " 20 " …
- … 6 " 6 " 12 " 3–4 " 1 " …
- … 2) 6 " 6 " 12 " 4 " 25 " …
- … 6 " 7 " 12 " 3 " 1 " 6 " 7 " 13 " 4 " 1 " …
- … 6 " 7 " 14 " 3 " 1 " 7 " 7 " 12 " 3 " 1 " …
- … 7 " 7 " 12 " 4 " 1 " 7 " 7 " 14 " 3 " 1 " 7 " 7 " 14 " 3–4 " 1 " 2) 7 " 7 " 14 " 4 " 2 " …
From Friedrich Rolle 12 April 1866
Summary
Gustav von Leonhard and Hans Bruno Geinitz’s Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie [1862–79] unfriendly to CD’s theory.
Lists various German publications dealing with CD’s theory.
Author: | Friedrich Rolle |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Apr 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 203 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5055 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Friedrich Rolle 12 April 1866 …
- … DAR 176: 203 Friedrich Rolle Bad Homburg 12 Apr 1866 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … vor der Hoehe | bei Frankfurt am Main den 12 April 1866. Geehrtester Herr! Da ich gestern …
- … Homburg vor der Hoehe | bei Frankfurt am Main 12 April 1866 Most esteemed Sir! Yesterday I …
- … Friedrich Rolle, 28 January 1866 and n. 12. In his letter of 28 January 1866 , Rolle had …
To George Henslow 12 June [1866]
Summary
Returns proofs of GH’s paper ["On hybridization among plants", Pop. Sci. Rev. 5 (1866): 304–13] with his criticisms. Prefers that GH not state that CD has read the proofs.
Does C. V. Naudin really say that ovules (not seed) of hybrid Luffa and Cucumis are imperfect?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Henslow |
Date: | 12 June [1866] |
Classmark: | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (GEN/D/DARWIN (C)/9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5118 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier 12 September 1866
Summary
Has had the blocks cut as requested and forwards the proofs.
Encloses article on habits of jungle fowl.
Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Sept 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 75 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5211 |
To E. F. Lubbock [1 October 1866]
Summary
"… Mr Herbert Spencer. I will call tomorrow about half past 12".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ellen Frances Hordern; Ellen Frances Lubbock |
Date: | [1 Oct 1866] |
Classmark: | Henry Bristow (dealer) (Catalogue 265) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13863 |
From J. D. Hooker [12 December 1866]
Summary
Plants arrived.
Delightful dinner at Lyell’s.
Will be interested in seeds passed through a fowl.
Wedgwood medallions were bought by a Miss W. [Sophy Wedgwood] of Leith Hill.
Lubbock’s account of a new centipede at Linnean Society gave rise to lively discussion by Busk and Huxley.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [12 Dec 1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 118–19 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5302 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 14 September [1866]
Summary
Blocks for Variation are much improved. WBT deserves membership in Zoological Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 14 Sept [1866] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5212 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … sonneratii (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 12 September 1866 and nn. 5 and 6). …
- … sincerely | Ch. Darwin Your note is dated 12 th . but I only got this morning & I am very …
- … letter and the letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 12 September 1866 . Tegetmeier had asked CD …
- … of London (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 12 September 1866 ). See letter from W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 12 September 1866 and n. 1. CD’s letter to his publisher, John Murray , …
To Charles Lyell 12 October [1866]
Summary
More comments on proofs [of CL’s Principles of geology, 10th ed.]. Discusses permanence of continents and other points.
Refers to passage describing evaporation of snow in Journal [of researches, pp. 277–8].
Cites astronomers’ views on increasing length of day.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 12 Oct [1866] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.321) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5239 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Charles Lyell 12 October [1866] …
- … Mss.B.D25.321) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Oct [1866] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … Down Oct 12 My dear Lyell I have read all the sheets (returned by this post) with nothing …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 October [1864] and …
From Clair James Grece 12 November 1866
Summary
Sends clipping about a pig that has cast its outer skin.
Identifies himself as having a year or two ago pointed out a passage from Aristotle showing that natural selection was known to the ancients.
Author: | Clair James Grece |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Nov 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 220 and 220a |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5276 |
From Charles Kingsley 12 July 1866
Author: | Charles Kingsley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 July 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 34 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5154 |
To J. D. Hooker [12 May 1866]
Summary
Caspary wants to visit Down. CD would like to see him but dreads the exertion.
Pleased that JDH will get D.C.L. at Oxford.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [12 May 1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 288 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5088 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 12 December [1866]
Summary
Gives his opinion on the ancestry of domestic ducks, geese, and guinea-fowl.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 12 Dec [1866] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5301 |
From George Henslow 17 March [1866]
Author: | George Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Mar [1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 155 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5036 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from George Henslow, 12 March 1866 . …
- … Henslow refers to his letter of 12 March 1866 and his summary of ‘Climbing plants’ ( …
- … letter that has not been found. See letter from George Henslow, 12 March 1866 and n. 2. …
- … See letter from George Henslow, 12 March 1866 and n. 3. …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 15 December [1866]
Summary
Thanks for information. Sclater was source of statement about Numida ptiloryncha [as origin of guinea-fowl] in The poultry book [pt 12 (Dec 1866): 288].
Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Dec [1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 78 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5309 |
From George Henslow [13 or 14 June 1866]
Summary
Thanks for criticism of proofs of his paper [see 5117].
Not sure whether CD believes in reversion and would like a positive statement as this is the one point C. V. Naudin especially observed. Naudin offers his remarks on ovules as a matter to be proved ["Nouvelles recherches sur l’hybridité", Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1 (1865): 25–176].
Author: | George Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [13 or 14] June 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 158 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5120 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … this letter and the letters to George Henslow , 12 June [1866] and 15 [June 1866] . CD had …
- … Henslow 1866b ; see letter to George Henslow, 12 June [1866] . In a brief discussion of …
- … pp. 1–9 (see Henslow 1866b , pp. 310–11). See letter to George Henslow, 12 June [1866] . …
- … See letter to George Henslow, 12 June [1866] , and n. 4. …
- … 1862] and n. 11, and Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [May 1864] ), …
Darwin, C. R. | (60) |
Hooker, J. D. | (17) |
Henslow, George | (9) |
Caspary, Robert | (4) |
Darwin, W. E. | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (84) |
Hooker, J. D. | (13) |
Lyell, Charles | (6) |
Müller, Fritz | (4) |
Carus, J. V. | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (144) |
Hooker, J. D. | (30) |
Henslow, George | (10) |
Lyell, Charles | (8) |
Müller, Fritz | (8) |
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Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
Summary
You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
Matches: 1 hits
- … barely understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the …
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Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
Matches: 9 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). Initially, …
- … Stove [that is, cool hothouse]’ ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March …
- … of different temperatures’ (letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March [1869] , Calendar no. 6661) …
- … 100 yards’ to the greenhouses ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [25 January …
- … in mid-February (see letter from L. C. Treviranus, 12 February 1863 ). The second list is …
- … Anoectochilus argenteus 12 5 s . …
- … punctatum. 11. Mormodes aurantiaca 12. ‘Anoectochilus argenteus 5 s .’ deleted in …
- … Bolbophyllum barbigerum 12 major …
- … Ampelidae. 11. Alloplectus chrysanthus. 12. Bulbophyllum barbigerum. 13. …
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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: 12 hits
- … Seventy years old Darwin’s seventieth birthday on 12 February was a cause for international …
- … and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ). The masters of …
- … ). The botanist and schoolteacher Hermann Müller wrote on 12 February to wish Darwin a ‘long and …
- … well, and with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and letter from Leonard …
- … ever about life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). It was little …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 , and letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 ). Darwin’s final task …
- … inn ‘ very comfortable’, but told Leonard Darwin on 12 August that there were ‘too many human …
- … not to have come up when the Darwins lunched with him on 12 August (Darwin’s ‘Journal’). Nor did …
- … the world. At the end of the year he was awarded a prize of 12,000 francs by the Turin Academy of …
- … which greatly pleased Darwin ( letter from Grant Allen, 12 February 1879 ). One of Allen’s targets …
- … engagement being made public ( letter from T. H. Farrer, 12 October 1879 ). Darwin’s response not …
- … accurate in its treatment’ ( letter from Francis Galton, 12 November 1879 ). The comment that …
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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: 11 hits
- … (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material was …
- … the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 …
- … was published in November 1874 ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Though containing …
- … print runs would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's …
- … Review & in the same type’ ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). George’s letter …
- … he finally wrote a polite, very formal letter to Mivart on 12 January 1875 , refusing to hold any …
- … & snugness’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ). More …
- … vicar of Deptford ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ), but to her …
- … mechanism that Darwin agreed with ( letter to F. J. Cohn, 12 October 1874 ). Darwin’s American …
- … bank with enormous tips to his ears ( letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 ). The Manchester …
- … excellent, & as clear as light’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 12 August [1874] ). Hooker …
1.2 George Richmond, marriage portrait
Summary
< Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more may once have existed. In a letter of 1873 an old Shrewsbury friend, Arthur Mostyn Owen, offered to send Darwin a watercolour sketch of him, painted many years…
Matches: 1 hits
- … < Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more …
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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: 6 hits
- … made a small omission ’. Stephen’s reply on 12 January was flattering, reassuring, and …
- … books being ‘a game of chance’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 April 1881 ). On 18 May he described …
- … Darwin had difficulty in obtaining mature plants. On 12 April, he reported to Müller , ‘I have …
- … to make me happy & contented,’ he told Wallace on 12 July , ‘but life has become very …
- … fight’ (letters to J. D. Hooker, 6 August 1881 and 12 August 1881 ). Darwin may have …
- … else’s judgment on the subject ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1881 ). However, some requests …
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Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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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: 6 hits
- … Hooker: ‘he is no common man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ). Two sexual …
- … of the year, he wrote to Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ): ‘my notions on …
- … least 3 classes of dimorphism’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ), and experimenting to …
- … passed so miserable a nine months’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 12 September [1862] ). A family …
- … ‘Botany is a new subject to me’ ( letter to John Scott, 12 November [1862] ), but, impressed by …
- … into Tyndall’s ears’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10–12 November [1862] ). Another of Darwin’s …
German and Dutch photograph albums
Summary
Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
Matches: 1 hits
- … their generous sympathy. ( Letter to A. A. van Bemmelen, 12 February 1877 ) View the …
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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…
Matches: 5 hits
- … than insectivorous plants. As he confessed to Hooker on 12 December , ‘I have not felt so angry …
- … from his family, he sent a curt note to Mivart on 12 January , breaking off all future …
- … of a bill that was presented to the House of Commons on 12 May, one week after a rival bill based on …
- … The author, Fritz Schultze, contacted Darwin himself on 12 June , describing the aims of his book …
- … scientific Socy. has done in my time,’ he told Hooker on 12 December . ‘I wish that I knew what …
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Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … Rubiaceae with enclosures containing bud samples, 12 May 1878 G. H. Darwin's …
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Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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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
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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, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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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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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…
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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 & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…