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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: 28 hits
- … (1) Agassiz, Alexander (12) Agassiz, Louis …
- … G. S. (1) Anderson, James (1) …
- … Frederic (1) Bateman, James (1) …
- … (1) Berkeley, M. J. (12) Berlin (1) …
- … Buckley, A. B. (21) Buckman, James (2) …
- … Burn, Robert (1) Burningham, James (1) …
- … C., W. S. (1) Caird, James (9) …
- … Carter, R. B. (2) Cartmell, James (1) …
- … H. (1) Crichton-Browne, James (40) …
- … Crocq, Jean (1) Croll, James (16) …
- … Dawson, J. W. (1) Dawson, James (2) …
- … Dickie, George (3) Dickson, James (1) …
- … Dixon, E. S. (2) Dixon, James (2) …
- … Druitt, Thomas (3) Drummond, James (a) (5) …
- … Edwards, [– ?] (1) Egan, James (2) …
- … (1) Gaudry, Albert (12) Geach, F. F. …
- … (3) Geikie, Archibald (12) Geikie, James …
- … (1) Grove, W. R. (12) Groves, Henry …
- … (3) Hooker, F. H. (12) Hooker, Hyacinth …
- … (2) Judd, J. W. (12) Jukes, J. B. (9 …
- … (2) Koch, Eduard (12) Koch, Heinrich …
- … (3) Layton, Charles (12) Le Couteur, John …
- … (1) Mackintosh, Daniel (12) Maclaren, Charles …
- … (1) McLennan, J. F. (12) McNeill, Archibald …
- … (1) Meehan, Thomas (12) Meitzen, August …
- … (9) Rolle, Friedrich (12) Rolleston, George …
- … (1) Whitley, C. T. (12) Whitney, W. D. …
- … (2) Zacharias, Otto (12) Zeuschner, E. L. …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
Summary
At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
Matches: 9 hits
- … ( Correspondence vol. 16, letter to W. D. Fox, 12 December [1868] ). He may have resented the …
- … and letter from A. R. Wallace, 30 January 1869 ). James Croll, ice ages, and the age of …
- … result of correspondence between Darwin and the geologist James Croll. In the previous year, Croll …
- … is strengthened by the facts in distribution’ ( letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] ). Darwin …
- … period before the Cambrian formation’ ( letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] ). Croll …
- … by, but don’t think we have got that yet’ ( letter from James Croll, 4 February 1869 ). …
- … from Asa Gray and J. L. Gray, 8 and 9 May [1869] ). James Crichton-Browne and mental …
- … in medical asylums. Maudsley forwarded Darwin’s queries to James Crichton-Browne, the director of …
- … he had studied in the early 1860s ( letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March 1869 ). This research …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
Summary
The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin lent Duchenne’s album to the asylum director James Crichton-Browne, who had become one of …
- … but it did not confirm Duchenne’s findings ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 15 March 1870 ). …
- … crying badly; but I fear he will not succeed’ ( letter to James Crichton-Browne, 8 June [1870] ). …
- … has a white forefoot’ ( letter from Francis Galton, 12 May 1870 ). But in general the results …
- … solutions of the same kind’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 July [1870] ). Bastian’s results were …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
Matches: 7 hits
- … which I ought to have observed” ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] ). Drosera was the …
- … on it—root leaf & branch!” ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 ). Darwin found …
- … of November 1872 and sold quickly. He wrote to Hooker on 12 January [1873] , “Did I ever boast to …
- … leading contributors to Expression , the psychiatrist James Crichton-Browne, wrote to Darwin …
- … orbital one produces snapping of the jaws” ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 April 1873 ). …
- … that illustrated the physiognomy of the disease ( letter to James Crichton-Browne, 30 December 1873 …
- … ants when Darwin forwarded a letter from the mining engineer James Duncan Hague, who had observed a …
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
Matches: 13 hits
- … children Crichton-Browne, James 20 May …
- … nodding Crichton-Browne, James 19 May 1869 …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 15 March 1870 …
- … blushing Crichton-Browne, James 18 March …
- … blushing Crichton-Browne, James 3 April …
- … June 1872] New University Club, St. James's Street, S.W., London, …
- … Haast, J.F.J. von 12 May - 2 June 1867 Christchurch, …
- … Hagenauer, F.A. [12 Sept 1867] Lake Wellington, …
- … England Paget, James 9 July 1867 …
- … 3 Sept 1870 Conservative Club, St James' St, London, England …
- … Theodore Stack, James West 4 Dec 1867 …
- … Wedgwood, Sarah E to ED [30 March-12 April 1868] …
- … Wilson, Samuel 12 Nov 1867 Longerenong, Wimmera, …
