To Louis Rérolle 2 August [1869]
Summary
Gives the definition of ‘distal’ and explains what ‘thrips’ are. Suggests that LR uses his descretion in his translation of Orchids about certain descriptive phrases such as ‘saddle-formed’, but suggests he use them each at least once.
Declines offer to look over LR’s translation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Louis Rérolle |
| Date: | 2 Aug [1869] |
| Classmark: | Aguttes (dealers) (20 February 2020, lot 240) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6848F |
From James Orton 4 January 1869
Summary
Describes the novelties found on his recent expedition to South America sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution.
Wants to dedicate to CD book [The Andes and the Amazon (1870)] which is modelled on Journal of researches.
| Author: | James Orton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6542 |
From Fritz Müller 12 January 1869
Summary
Gives details of some crossing experiments with Eschscholzia.
Describes the grass Streptochaeta, which FM believes to be a primitive grass.
Relates some observations on maize that are well explained by Pangenesis.
| Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 76: B34–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6549 |
From J. D. Hooker 5 August 1869
Summary
Huxley has shown him the jaws of an Anoplotherium brought from the Gallegos by R. O. Cunningham.
Saw Hallett’s wheat crops at Brighton; results of his selection very striking.
Huxley is assembling his Darwiniana papers for republication.
Has written a crushing reply to Richard Congreve ["The scientific aspects of positivism", Fortn. Rev. n.s. 5 (1869): 653–70] and JDH feels "infantine" beside him.
Comments on Sabine’s being offered and accepting K.C.B.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Aug 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 25–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6853 |
To Charles Lyell 20 May 1869
Summary
Cites article by David Forbes dealing with the geology of the S. American Cordillera ["Geology of Bolivia and South Peru", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 17 (1861): 7–62].
Discusses the flexures of the Cordillera, the age of the mountains, and basaltic dikes in granite areas.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 20 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.370) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6751 |
To Charles Lyell [3 November 1869]
Summary
Takes "much to heart" solar evidence for short age of the earth. Cites evidence for "long endurance of our existing continents". Comments on process of denudation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [3 Nov 1869] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.346) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5974 |
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- … Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & …
From P. G. King 25 February 1869
Summary
CD’s queries on expression of aborigines were difficult to answer because he encounters mainly those touched by civilisation. Hopes CD did get answers.
| Author: | Philip Gidley King |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Feb 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6635 |
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- … King was a midshipman on HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836 ( Aust. dict. biog. ). …
From John Murray 3 February [1869]
Summary
Gives consent, which is unnecessary because term of protection has expired, for French translation of Journal of researches.
Is at a loss to know how many copies of F. Müller’s Facts and arguments for Darwin to print.
The printer is ready for copy for a new "edition" of Variation. [Presumably another issue. 2d edition did not appear until 1875.]
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 363 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6597 |
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- … of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
To Fritz Müller 8 September [1869]
Summary
Wants observations on a Papilio to see whether ticking noise is confined to one sex.
Experiments on self-sterility.
Will send copy of his orchid paper ["Fertilisation of orchids", Collected papers 2: 138–56].
Eschscholzia when self-fertilised, produced pods.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 8 Sept [1869] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6881 |
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- … of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
From Alfred Russel Wallace 20 January 1869
Summary
Dedication of Malay Archipelago to CD.
Comments on scientific papers.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B73–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6561 |
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- … Notebooks : Charles Darwin’ s notebooks, 1836–1844. Geology, transmutation of species, …
To William Thierry Preyer [before 21 March 1869]
Summary
Replies to inquiries about his life and career.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Thierry (William) Preyer |
| Date: | [before 21 Mar 1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 262–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6540 |
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- … round the World, Dec. 27. 1831–Oct. 2. 1836 Published 1839 How he came to be naturalist …
From Adolf Bernhard Meyer 16 November 1869
Summary
Sends his translation of Wallace’s Malay Archipelago.
Wishes to translate 1858 essays by CD and Wallace from Linnean Society Proceedings [Collected papers 2: 3–19].
Plans journey to tropics.
Hopes to meet CD.
| Author: | Adolf Bernhard Meyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Nov 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 166 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6990 |
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- … FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. 5 …
From Charles Phipps Haussoullier 31 January 1869
Summary
Requests authorisation to translate Journal of researches into French.
| Author: | Charles Phipps Haussoullier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 362 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6586 |
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- … of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
From John Murray 28 April [1869]
Summary
Has sold 400 copies of Facts and arguments for Darwin. It is a poor time for bookselling.
Last Quarterly Review has best exposition of Darwinism he has met with [A. R. Wallace, "Geological climates, and origin of species", Q. Rev. 126 (1869): 359–94].
Proposes to print 2000 copies of a new [5th] edition of Origin.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Apr [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 368 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6715 |
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- … of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
To J. N. Hegt 27 April [1869]
Summary
Arranges to send a copy of Journal of researches.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | J. Noordhoek Hegt |
| Date: | 27 Apr [1869] |
| Classmark: | Stadsarchief, Amsterdam (395: 614) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6714F |
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- … of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
To G. R. Gray 12 July 1869
Summary
Would be glad to send GRG a testimonial of his abilities as a naturalist, but is not qualified to express opinion on his works in ornithology or entomology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Robert Gray |
| Date: | 12 July 1869 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Egerton MS 2348: 232–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6827 |
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- … FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. 5 …
To J. Noordhoek Hegt 19 April 1869
Summary
Enquires about spurs in the last year’s birds of Pavo Spicifer and cristatus.
Enquires about sexual differences in mandrills.
Asks the correct spelling of JNH’s surname and offers to send a copy of Journal of Researches.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | J. Noordhoek Hegt |
| Date: | 19 Apr 1869 |
| Classmark: | Stadsarchief Amsterdam (395: 614) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6705F |
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- … of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
To John Murray [1–3 February 1869]
Summary
Asks JM to grant permission for a French translation of his "Naturalist’s voyage" [Journal of researches].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | [1–3 Feb 1869] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 192–193) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6596 |
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- … of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
To J. D. Hooker 8 March [1869]
Summary
Transmits letter [from Fritz Müller].
Has been asked to permit a French translation of Orchids and Journal of researches.
At work on sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 8 Mar [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 116-17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6647 |
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- … of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
| letter | (19) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
| Murray, John (b) | (2) |
| Haussoullier, C. P. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| King, P. G. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (9) |
| Hegt, J. N. | (2) |
| Lyell, Charles | (2) |
| Gray, G. R. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
| Murray, John (b) | (3) |
| Hegt, J. N. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Lyell, Charles | (2) |
Syms Covington
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When Charles Darwin embarked on the Beagle voyage in 1831, Syms Covington was ‘fiddler & boy to Poop-cabin’. Covington kept an illustrated journal of his observations and experiences on the voyage, noting wildlife, landscapes, buildings and people and,…
Darwin & coral reefs
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The central idea of Darwin's theory of coral reef formation, as it was later formulated, was that the islands were formed by the upward growth of coral as the Pacific Ocean floor gradually subsided. It overturned previous ideas and would in itself…
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … Beagle letters (e.g. letter to Caroline Darwin, 29 April 1836 ) to the more considered and …
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…
John Maurice Herbert
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John Maurice Herbert was a close friend of Darwin’s at Cambridge University. He was affectionately called ‘Cherbury’ by Darwin, a reference to the seventeenth-century philosopher Edward Herbert, Baron Cherbury, who, like John Herbert, hailed from…
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- … no effect. ’ Darwin and Herbert spent Christmas 1836 together in Cambridge , indulging their …
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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- … Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol [Prichard 1836–47] Lawrence [W. Lawrence 1819] …
- … 1829] Prostitution of Paris [Parent-Duchâtelet 1836]. about licentiousness destroying their …
- … has pub. in 1 st vol of Annals of Vienna [Endlicher 1836]. sketch of S. sea Botany R. …
- … Col. le Couteur has written on wheat [Le Couteur 1836] Bechstein on Caged Birds. 10 s 6 d …
- … [?Heisch 1842] Coleridge. Literary Remains [Coleridge 1836–9] Inconsistency of Human …
- … and Duméril 1821] Encyclop of Anat & Phys [Todd ed. 1836–59] [DAR *119: 14] …
- … 36s.— Wiegmann. Archif fur Naturgeschicte. 33 1836. Meyen on distrib of plants in …
- … race-horse during past & present century. Hookham” [Anon. 1836]: worth looking at. Low has …
- … Königlichen Akad: der Wissen: Aus dem Jahre 1834.— Berlin 1836.— “Vergleich: Anat der Myxinoiden”. …
- … (Read) Buckland Bridgewater Treatise [Buckland 1836] [DAR *119: 19v.] …
- … Cattle, &c.) [Jardine 1835–6] 15. Parrots [Selby 1836]. 26. Honey Bees [Jardine ed …
- … Life of L d . Clive. by Malcolm [Malcolm 1836] H. Dixon Life of Pen [W. H. Dixon 1851].— …
- … Sir J. Sebright’s Pamphlets [Sebright 1809 and 1836]— } not abstracted …
- … [DAR 119: 4a] Lessings Laocoon [Lessing 1836] Whewell inductive History [Whewell …
- … 1835] Mackintosh’s Ethical Philosophy [Mackintosh 1836] Bell on the Hand [C. Bell 1833 …
- … Sept. 25 th . Prichard. Physical Researches [Prichard 1836–47]. Volumes II with references at end …
- … [Bell 1806]. Bucklands Bridgewater Treatise [Buckland 1836] Read half through Swedish …
- … Cyprinidae from the vol 19. Asiatic Researches [McClelland 1836].— References at end.—— …
- … 1823] & first 2 d 71 vol of Wordsworth [Wordsworth 1836–7] 26 th . Carlyle. Hero …
- … prolix —— 3 d vol of Wordsworth [Wordsworth 1836–7]. Giaour [Byron 1813] —— Some …
- … —— Col. le-Couteur on Wheat [Le Couteur 1836]. marked.— 25 Youatt on Sheep [Youatt 1837] d …
- … & Letters [Shelley 1840].— Some Wordsworth [Wordsworth 1836–7]. —— Part of Waltons lives …
- … Mahons Hist. Peace of Utrecht to La Chapelle [Stanhope 1836–54] III Vols. —— 17 th Laing …
- … 1842] —— Finished Wordsworth 6 vols. [Wordsworth 1836–7] [DAR 119: 12a] …
- … [Drury 1729] —— 20 Astoria.— by Irving [Irving 1836] 1844 Jan 7 th …
- … Lay 1839] —— B. Hall’s Schloss Hainfell [Hall 1836]. April 26 th : Martin Chuzzlewit …
- … Yarrell does not compare British with N. American [Yarrell 1836].— March I. G. St. Hilaire …
- … 1844] Jan 5 th . L d . Mahon History [Stanhope 1836–54] IV vol: 14 Thaleba by …
Robert FitzRoy
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Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest proximity, their relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the countries visited during the…
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- … of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest …
- … FitzRoy, who commanded the Beagle from 1828 to 1836 during two surveying voyages to the southern …
- … When the Beagle docked at Falmouth on 2 October 1836, two years later than originally planned, …
- … !!!!!!! ’. He wed his long-term fiancée in December 1836—‘ a most inconvenient time to marry ’, …
- … but adamant in the importance of missionary work. In 1836, Darwin joined with FitzRoy in …
- … Instead, after marrying the pious Mary O’Brien in 1836, and publishing the account of the Beagle …
- … will be his end,’ Darwin wrote about FitzRoy in January 1836, ‘ under many circumstances I am sure, …
- … Anderson, ed., Narrative of the Beagle voyage, 1831-1836 , 4 vols. London: Pickering & Chatto …
Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage
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Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…
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- … and the five years of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle . In 1836, the twenty-seven-year-old traveller …
- … society When Darwin returned to England in October 1836 it was with the firm intention of …
- … in the ornithological notes written during the summer of 1836, when, homeward bound, he was …
- … ‘Ornithological notes’ p. 262). In the winter of 1836 the question of the stability of …
Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
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'a humble toadyish follower…': Not all pictures of Darwin during the Beagle voyage are flattering. Published here for the first time is a complete transcript of a satirical account of the Beagle’s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands…
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- … of a satirical account of the Beagle ’s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands, the …
- … century, the circumnavigation of HMS Beagle in 1831 to 1836. Our other substantial accounts of …
- … the end of that Beagle voyage, over twelve days in April 1836 before the Beagle headed home via …
- … Beagle , titled Proceedings of the Second Expedition 1831-1836 . It was accompanied by an …
- … before replacing Beechey as commander of HMS Sulphur in 1836. In Sulphur , he spent nearly …
- … Leisk was present when the Beagle visited the islands in 1836, and FitzRoy baptized the Leisk …
- … from a British ship that stopped at Cocos- Keeling in early 1836 en route from China to London; …
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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- … letter from Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood, [28 October 1836] , letter from Emma Wedgwood and …
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836 . By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, …
- … the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, …
- … the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … , p. 196). In another field notebook, at Cape Town in May 1836, he lists, probably with the …
- … some of his idiosyncratic spelling during the summer of 1836 (Sulloway 1982b, pp. 331–2, n. 13). …
- … letter to the South African Christian Recorder, 28 June 1836, Collected papers 1: 20). ‡ …
- … ‘Charles Darwin Esq from the Author Dunheved Jan 26 1836’). ‘Philosophical tracts’, Darwin Library …
- … letter to the South African Christian Recorder , 28 June 1836, Collected papers 1: 20). …
- … letter to the South African Christian Recorder , 28 June 1836, Collected papers 1: 28). …
- … letter to the South African Christian Recorder , 28 June 1836, Collected papers 1: 26). …
- … letter to the South African Christian Recorder , 28 June 1836, Collected papers 1: 22–3). …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
Charles Thomas Whitley
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Born in Liverpool in 1808, Charles Thomas Whitley, like Darwin, attended Shrewsbury School and then Cambridge University where they were clearly very close, exchanging letters during the summer holidays. Whitley was a mathematician, a subject that held…
4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing
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< Back to Introduction The paucity of evidence for Darwin’s appearance and general demeanour during the years of the Beagle voyage gives this humorous drawing of shipboard life a special interest. It is convincingly attributed to Augustus Earle, an…
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- … the Royal Academy in 1837, and therefore probably painted in 1836), also represents the Beagle …
George James Stebbing
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George James Stebbing (1803—1860) travelled around the world with Charles Darwin on board HMS Beagle and helped him with measuring temperature on at least one occasion. However, Stebbing barely registers in Darwin’s correspondence. The only mention omits…
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … Letter 297 — Darwin, S. E. to Darwin, C. R., 12 Feb 1836 Darwin’s sister Sarah E. Darwin …
The Beagle voyage ends
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The Beagle anchors in Falmouth
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- … The Beagle anchors in Falmouth …
Natural selection
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How do new species arise? This was the ancient question that Charles Darwin tackled soon after returning to England from the Beagle voyage in October 1836. Darwin realised a crucial (and cruel) fact: far more individuals of each species were born than…
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- … returning to England from the Beagle voyage in October 1836. Some naturalists, such as Jean …
