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List of correspondents
Summary
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,…
Matches: 22 hits
- … (1) Abney, W. de W. (3) Accademia dei Lincei …
- … (1) Ainslie, O. A. (3) Airy, Hubert …
- … (4) Alberts, Maurice (3) Albrecht, R. F. …
- … (1) Ambrose, J. L. (3) American Academy of …
- … (1) Anderson, James (c) (3) Anderson-Henry, …
- … (1) Badger, E. W. (3) Baer, K. E. von …
- … (1) Balch, C. L. (3) Baldwin, J. D. …
- … (5) Ball, Robert (3) Ball, Valentine …
- … (1) Beal, W. J. (3) Beale, L. S. (2) …
- … (1) Beddoe, John (3) Beger, Karl (2) …
- … (66) Bergson, Edouard (3) Bergstedt, C. F. …
- … (4) Blake, C. C. (3) Blanche (2) …
- … (1) Blewitt, Octavian (3) Blomefield, Leonard …
- … (5) Boole, M. E. (3) Boott, Francis …
- … (1) Bornet, Édouard (3) Bosquet, J. A. H. de …
- … (1) Bouton, Louis (3) Bowerbank, J. S. …
- … (1) Bridgman, W. K. (3) Brigg, John …
- … (1) Brown-Séquard, C. É. (3) Browne, H. G. C. …
- … (2) Burgess, Thomas (3) Burn, Robert …
- … (1) Bush, John (3) Busk, George (18) …
- … (2) Butler, Mary (3) Butler, Samuel (b) …
- … (1) Campbell, G. D. (3) Canby, W. M. …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … duck most beautiful’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 3 March 1872 ). I consider that you …
- … because I do it badly’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 3 August [1872] ). Darwin's …
- … , and he complained to the German zoologist Anton Dohrn on 3 February that Mivart’s book had ' …
- … Nature in Wallace’s defence ( letter to Nature , 3 August [1872] ). Although the two …
- … arrangement was the subject of several long letters from Hubert Airy, who also sought Darwin’s …
- … the organiser, Airy’s own father, Sir George ( letter to Hubert Airy, 24 August 1872 ). In …
- … more ‘ she observed ( letter from S. H. Haliburton, 3 November [1872] ). They reminisced about …
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…
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- … against this (Correspondence vol. 23, from J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1875] ), preferring to attack …
- … advantage of the correspondence about phyllotaxy he had with Hubert Airy, the son of the Astronomer …
- … the commission ( Correspondence vol. 20, letter to Hubert Airy, 24 August 1872 ). The passage …
- … a hoax till I came to the woman’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 3 June [1874] ). Response to …
- … head in different cultures ( letter from Chauncey Wright, 3 September 1874 ). The American …
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,…
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … for an hour every afternoon, Darwin finished his account on 3 August with his new research in mind: …
- … ( Correspondence vol. 23). With the voting scheduled for 3 February, Darwin reassured his close …
- … this bill is’, George Darwin declared to his father on 31 May . The physiologist Michael Foster, …
- … hypothesis, first published in 1868 ( Variation 2: 357–404). Others had attempted but failed to …
- … ancestor. Hoping that Romanes would one day convert the ‘airy nothing’ of pangenesis into a …
- … from Johann von Fischer, [before 15 September 1876] ). Hubert Airy’s latest paper on leaf …
- … that in less than a day he could type no more than ‘ 2 or 3 times as slowly as writing ’ (DAR 258: …
- … off his horse. Darwin sought the best medical care. On 30 May, the surgeon James Paget advised …
- … to Henrietta (letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [31 August 1876] (DAR 219.9: 138)). But …
- … Hildebrand, 6 December 1876 , and letter from F. J. Cohn, 31 December 1876 ). To Darwin’s …
- … subject of mere observation’ ( letter from T. H. Farrer, 31 December 1876 ). The Swiss botanist …
- … by the pollen from another form ( Forms of flowers , p. 3). Darwin adopted new terminology if it …
