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List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
- … (2) Appleton, T. G. (6) Arnold, F. S. …
- … (15) Bartlett, Edward (6) Bartlett, R. S. …
- … (1) Boardman, A. F. (6) Boccardo, Gerolamo …
- … (2) Bonham-Carter, E. M. (6) Bonham-Carter, …
- … (1) Browne, Walter (6) Brownen, George …
- … (17) Buckland, William (6) Buckler, William …
- … (2) Child, G. W. (6) Children, J. G. …
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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- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, …
- … letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 [May 1864] ). Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to …
- … Index-maker’, Darwin wrote to Joseph Dalton Hooker on 6 January . Darwin had sent the manuscript …
- … had expected to complete it in a fortnight. But at Darwin’s request, he modified his original plan, …
- … though it would be a great loss to the Book’. But Darwin’s angry letter to Murray crossed one from …
- … Generally favourable accounts appeared in some of London’s leading weeklies such as the Saturday …
- … Gazette , was by George Henry Lewes, well-known in London’s literary circles and an author of …
- … Darwin for comments. Darwin was clearly impressed by Lewes’s reviews. On 7 August 1868 , he wrote …
- … by Owen’. John Edward Gray, a colleague of Richard Owen’s in the British Museum, agreed about the …
- … Science, Robertson published a rejoinder, arousing Darwin’s ire still further: ‘he is a scamp & …
- … but never fulfilled. He was sent a news clipping on 6 July from the Maryport Weekly Advertiser …
- … House of Commons than any assembly in the world’ (from ?, 6 April 1868). On 21 May , Darwin …
- … of details and untoward examples even from Darwin’s inner circle of expert naturalists. The Swiss …
- … is too short for so long a discussion’, he wrote on 6 April . Yet Wallace continued to press him, …
- … of Hooker’s distributed it in Japan ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 September 1868 ); Edward Wilson, …
- … you as their leader’ ( letter from Gaston de Saporta, 6 September 1868 ). The support …
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It …
- … into this complicated relationship throughout Darwin’s life, as it reveals his personal and …
- … (and doubt) than many non-conformist denominations. Darwin’s parents attended a Unitarian chapel …
- … A nominal adherence to the Anglican Church’s teachings was still essential for admittance to many of …
- … necessary studies to be a clergyman. During Darwin’s lifetime, the vast majority of the …
- … with the pursuit of scientific interests. Indeed, Darwin’s Cambridge mentor, John Stevens Henslow, …
- … clergymen naturalists. A nostalgic piece in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine described the early …
- … on every side his own snug ivy-covered house’ (Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (1887): 321). …
- … a grove of Palms.—’ (letter to Caroline Darwin, 25–6 April [1832] ). Darwin’s sisters were …
- … (letter to W. D. Fox, [9–12 August] 1835 ). Darwin’s doubts about orthodox belief, and his …
- … went dutifully to the local Anglican church of St Mary’s each Sunday. All the children were baptised …
- … their children Mary and Charles were buried; later Darwin’s brother Erasmus, Emma’s sister Sarah, …
- … to have made off with the church’s organ fund (letter to J. B. Innes, 15 June [1868] ). So …
