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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. …
- … (1) Athenæum (11) Atkin, J. R. (1) …
- … (3) Bosquet, J. A. H. de (11) Bostock, John …
- … (2) Breitenbach, Wilhelm (11) Brent, B. P. …
- … (2) Bunbury, C. J. F. (11) Bunbury, F. J. …
- … (1) Caspary, Robert (11) Cassell Petter & …
- … (40) Crick, W. D. (11) Crier, John …
- … (1) Crocker, C. W. (11) Crocq, Jean …
- … (1) Dobell, H. B. (11) Dobson, G. E. …
- … (7) Farrar, F. W. (11) Farrer, T. H. …
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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- … over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second half of …
- … been the naturalist and traveller Alexander von Humboldt’s 105th birthday, Darwin obliged with a …
- … The death of a Cambridge friend, Albert Way, caused Darwin’s cousin, William Darwin Fox, to …
- … led Darwin to the self-assessment, ‘as for one’s body growing old there is no help for it, & I …
- … backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel …
- … August 1873. Darwin had originally thought that Clark’s dietary treatment would ‘do wonders’, but as …
- … in London, his son George organised a séance at Erasmus’s house. The event was led by the medium …
- … another Williams séance was held at the home of Darwin’s cousin Hensleigh Wedgwood. Those present …
- … to get the two men on each side of him to hold each other’s hands, instead of his, ‘& that he …
- … first three months of the year and, like many of Darwin’s enterprises in the 1870s, were family …
- … review me in a hostile spirit’ ( letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 ). Darwin was …
- … Mivart (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin …
- … the moment of being hatched ( letter to Nature , 7 and 11 May [1874] ; Spalding 1872a). …
- … & that must be enough for me’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). Plants that eat . …
- … cartilage, bone & meat &c. &c.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). His research …
- … Correspondence vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin, [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted …
- … the photograph he sent highly ( letter from D. F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] ). At the …
