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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: 27 hits
- … Atkin, J. R. (1) Atkinson, Edward (4) …
- … A. D. (15) Bartlett, Edward (6) …
- … Blyth, E. K. (1) Blyth, Edward (64) …
- … Thomas (2) Bradford, Edward (1) …
- … (1) Caird, James (9) Caldcleugh, Alexander …
- … (3) Canestrini, Giovanni (9) Canfield, C. A. …
- … Carden, Robert (1) Cardwell, Edward (4) …
- … (1) Caton, J. D. (9) Cattell, John …
- … (6) Claus, C. F. (9) Clendon, George, Jr …
- … (1) Conway, M. D. (9) Conybeare, J. C. …
- … Crawte, G. F. (1) Cresy, Edward (1) …
- … (3) Dareste, Camille (9) Darwin family …
- … (1) Darwin, C. M. C. (9) Darwin, C. R. …
- … (1) Darwin, Elizabeth (9) Darwin, Emma …
- … Emery, Woodward (1) Enfield, Edward (1) …
- … (2) Ernst, Adolf (9) Errera, L. A. …
- … Forbes, David (13) Forbes, Edward (10) …
- … Francis, George (1) Frankland, Edward (44) …
- … Fry, C. E. (1) Fry, Edward (1) Fry, …
- … (1) Galton, E. A. (9) Galton, E. S. …
- … Harris, C. (1) Harris, Edward (1) …
- … Hewett, Joseph (1) Hewitt, Edward (4) …
- … Charles (1) Hitchcock, Edward (1) …
- … Holder, J. B. (1) Holland, Edward (2) …
- … William (2) Horsman, Edward (1) …
- … Jones, A. H. (2) Jones, Edward (1) …
- … Ludwig, Rudolph (1) Lumb, Edward (4) …
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…
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- … might influence sex ratios ( Descent 2d ed., p. 258 n. 99). The former bishop of Honolulu, Thomas …
- … discussing works on primitive man by John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. It included an attack on …
- … bad & have done pretty well’ ( letter to Horace Darwin, 9 January [1874] ). Horace came …
- … He received numerous replies from all over the country. Edward Frankland described his pet bullfinch …
- … and had little experience of cowslips or primroses, and Frankland added, ‘The businesslike way in …
- … me that its selective skill is hereditary’ ( letter from Edward Frankland, 26 April 1874 ). Darwin …
- … presses them for, as I supposed, the nectar’ ( letter to Edward Frankland, 28 April [1874] ). …
- … than that possessed by the Kent birds’ ( letter from Edward Frankland, 30 April 1874 ). The …
- … Hampshire, Devonshire, and Ireland. He suggested that Frankland’s experiments showed that the …
- … ( letter from T. L. Brunton, 28 February 1874 ), and Edward Emanuel Klein subjected the bones of …
- … but fed on the decomposed remains. He wrote to the chemist Edward Frankland to find out whether at …
- … of the matter into gasses & salts of ammonia’ ( letter to Edward Frankland, 31 August 1874 ). …
- … 6 April 1874 , and letter to Anton Dohrn, 16 April and 9 August 1874 ). Darwin also helped …
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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Insectivorous plants
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Darwin’s work on insectivorous plants began by accident. While on holiday in the summer of 1860, staying with his wife’s relatives in Hartfield, Sussex, he went for long walks on the heathland and became curious about the large number of insects caught by…
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- … some pure gum.— You have given me a panic. I tried milk on 9 leaves thin Gelatine on 4 White of egg …
- … to nervous matter. ’ Darwin wrote to the surveyor Edward Cresy, who had assisted him with the …
- … stomach . The director of the Royal College of Chemistry Edward Frankland supplied pure chemicals …
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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- … of heredity named perigenesis, which he sent to Darwin on 9 May . Haeckel argued that the …
- … ’, Darwin later told Muller ( letter to Fritz Müller, [9 February 1876] ). Likewise, when Johann …
- … impoverished Scottish shoemaker and ardent naturalist Thomas Edward ( letter from F. M. Balfour, 11 …
- … at the Rothamsted Agricultural Station, and the chemist Edward Frankland on how to produce nutrient …
