From Johannes Huber 22 March 1873
Author: | Johannes Nepomuk (Johannes) Huber |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 Mar 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 280 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8820 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … his critique of natural selection [ Die Lehre Darwins kritisch betrachtet (1871)]. …
- … Bibliography Huber, Johannes. 1871. Die Lehre Darwin’s kritisch betrachtet. Munich: J. J. …
- … see p. 135. The reference is to Huber 1871 ; CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library–Down. …
- … The Saturday Review briefly reviewed Huber 1871 in its German literature section in the …
From László Dapsy 1 June 1873
Summary
The Natural Philosophical Society [Academy of Sciences] will publish his translation of Origin in August, before Descent.
A distinguished member of the Hungarian Parliament attacked CD’s theory. LD answered, and a controversy ensued.
LD has noted many signs of public support for CD.
Author: | Laszlo Dapsy |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 June 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 41 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8931 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Mund, Katalin. 2008. The reception of …
- … permission to translate Descent into Hungarian in 1871 (see Correspondence vol. …
- … 19, letter from László Dapsy, 12 June 1871 ). He published a translation …
- … of the last chapter of Descent in the July 1871 issue of the journal Természettudományi …
- … the series had been proposed by Dapsy in 1871. Dapsy never completed the translation of …
From W. W. Keen 26 September 1873
Summary
Sends corrections of Descent and Expression.
Author: | William Williams Keen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Sept 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 89: 24–5, DAR 169: 2, and Expression 2d ed., p. 169 n. 19 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9072 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Cambridge University Press. Thomson, William. 1871. Presidential address. Report of …
- … British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Edinburgh (1871): lxxxiv–cv. …
- … CD’s works; Descent US ed. was published in 1871 and reprinted in 1872, and Expression US …
- … By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Descent US ed. : The descent of man, …
- … Darwin. 2 vols. New York: D. Appleton. 1871. Expression 2d ed. : The expression of the …
- … York: Charles Scribner. Meyer, Ludwig. 1871. Ueber das Darwin’sche Spitzohr. Archiv für …
- … und für klinische Medicin ( Meyer 1871 ), which maintained that the ‘Woolnerian tip’ …
- … nerve. A longer account of the case was published in Keen and Thomson 1871 . There is …
- … paginated offprint of Keen and Thomson 1871 in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. CD …
To T. W. Higginson 27 February [1873]
Summary
Praises TWH’s Army life in a black regiment [1870]. CD always thought well of Negroes, and is delighted to have his impressions confirmed.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Wentworth Higginson |
Date: | 27 Feb [1873] |
Classmark: | LL 3: 176 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8790 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … E. Abbot, 6 June [1871] ). Higginson’s article, ‘The progress and perils of free …
- … and Co. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. 1871. Out-door papers. Boston: James R. Osgood and …
- … Higginson’s Out-door papers ( Higginson 1871 ); CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library–Down. …
- … letter. CD had subscribed to the Index from 1871 ( Correspondence vol. 19, letter to F. …
To J. V. Carus 17 November [1873]
Summary
Informs JVC that he is beginning a second, corrected edition of Descent, in case a new edition is wanted in Germany.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 17 Nov [1873] |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter. Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 108–109) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9147 |
To J. D. Hague 3 April [1873]
Summary
Has sent JDH’s letter to Nature ["Perception in ants", Nature 7 (1873): 443–4].
Sons recall kindness received from JDH and others in America.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Duncan Hague |
Date: | 3 Apr [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 394 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8840 |
From Otto Caspari 12 March 1873
Summary
Sends CD a copy of his book [Die Urgeschichte der Menschheit, 2 vols. (1873)].
In Germany CD’s views have achieved great recognition among naturalists, but in other disciplines there is great controversy. OC’s book seeks to resolve the controversy by showing how state, morals, religion, and church have developed from natural beginnings.
Author: | Gotthold Heinrich Otto (Otto) Caspari |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Mar 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 117 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8808 |
From Ernst Haeckel 23 February 1873
Summary
Thanks CD for comments on Die Kalkschwämme.
Plans trip to Greece, Asia Minor, and Egypt.
Discusses work of a Polish translator, Ludwik Masłowski.
Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 60 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8783 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Haeckel, …
- … Ernst. 1871. Dzieje utworzenia przyrody. (Polish translation of Natürliche …
- … Naturliche Schöpfungsgeschichte ( Haeckel 1871 ). Masłowski later translated Descent into …
- … Krakau, welcher meine Schöpfungsgeschichte 1871 in das Polnische übersetzt hat, er wünsche …
- … my history of creation into Polish in 1871, wrote to me that he wishes to translate your …
To G. H. Darwin 24 November 1873
Summary
Pleased that GHD will help with second edition of Descent. Cautions him not to alter strength of CD’s expression or improve the style too much.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 24 Nov 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 18 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9159 |
To Alphonse de Candolle 18 January [1873]
Summary
The evidence of tameness of Alpine butterflies [see 8672] seems good and the fact is surprising to CD for they can hardly have acquired this in their short life-time.
The question whether butterflies are attracted to bright colours independently of the supposed presence of nectar is still unanswered.
CD has great difficulty in believing that any temporary condition of parents can affect the offspring.
Pangenesis is much reviled, but CD must still look at generation from this point of view, which makes him averse to believing that an emotion has any effect on the offspring.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alphonse de Candolle |
Date: | 18 Jan [1873] |
Classmark: | Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8741 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … it (see Correspondence vols. 18 and 19, and Galton 1871 ). See Expression , pp. 345–7. …
- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Expression : The expression of the emotions in …
- … London: John Murray. 1872. Galton, Francis. 1871. Experiments in pangenesis, by breeding …
- … been largely transfused. [Read 30 March 1871. ] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …
To W. H. Leggett 10 October [1873]
Summary
Has not seen number of Botanical Bulletin with account of Apocynum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Henry Leggett |
Date: | 10 Oct [1873] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9093 |
From S. V. Wood Sr to Charles Lyell 30 September 1873
Summary
Sends proofs of pages on shells with revised species names. Discusses Crag Moll, Sutton and Butley Red Grag, and Scrobicularia beds. Son asks him to thank Lyell for extract from Darwin’s book.
Author: | Searles Valentine Wood |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 30 Sept 1873 |
Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen.117/6422-3) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9077F |
From A. W. Bennett 12 July 1873
Summary
Believes some flowers fail to produce seed because of the access of too great a quantity of pollen. Asks for CD’s opinion and references.
Author: | Alfred William Bennett |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 July 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 141 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8976 |
To Agnes Haeckel [before 3 March 1873]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Agnes Huschke; Agnes Haeckel |
Date: | [before 3 Mar 1873] |
Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A [34831]) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8703F |
From J. D. Hague 26 February 1873
Author: | James Duncan Hague |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 81 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8788 |
From G. S. Ffinden to Emma Darwin 24 December 1873
Summary
Answers Emma Darwin’s request that the school room be used in the winter as a Reading Room. Protests the Darwins approaching the Education Department directly.
Author: | George Sketchley Ffinden |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 24 Dec 1873 |
Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (P/123/25/3/5) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9189F |
From Thomas Meehan 3 March 1873
Summary
Although he believes in evolution, TM feels that natural selection is an inadequate cause;
nor is he satisfied with E. D. Cope’s law of acceleration and retardation.
Discusses some of his work relating to nutrition and sex and colour and sex.
Author: | Thomas Meehan |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Mar 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 109 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8796 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Gould, Stephen Jay. 1977. Ontogeny and …
- … found; Meehan had sent CD a number of his publications in 1871 (see Correspondence vol. …
- … letter from Thomas Meehan, 10 February 1871 and n. 1). In his early work on the origin of …
- … to W. E. Darwin, [after 11 November 1871] , and Correspondence vol. 20, letter to …
From J. L. H. Down 20 December 1873
Summary
Describes an ear from a microcephalous idiot, which does not lend support to Ludwig Mayer’s view [that points on ears are mere variations; see Descent, 2d ed., pp. 15–16].
Is working on involution rather than evolution, with results confirming CD’s teaching.
Author: | John Langdon Haydon Down |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Dec 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 87: 61–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9188 |
From Francis Darwin [30 September 1873]
Summary
He is travelling overnight by train from London to Pantlludw and will wake A. R. Ruck with a morningade on his flute.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [30 Sept 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 27 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8942F |
From T. W. Higginson 30 March 1873
Summary
Pleased CD enjoyed his book [Outdoor papers (1871)].
Rejoices at CD’s kindly feelings toward the coloured race.
The Index is in financial trouble due to F. E. Abbot’s unworldliness.
Agassiz is setting up a summer school for natural history off the Massachusetts coast. His pupils develop more liberal scientific opinions than Agassiz’s.
Encloses some notes on expression.
Author: | Thomas Wentworth Higginson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 Mar 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 198 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8830 |
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Darwin, C. R. | (45) |
Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
Krefft, Gerard | (3) |
Airy, Hubert | (2) |
Down, J. L. H. | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (68) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Wallace, A. R. | (3) |
Crichton-Browne, James | (2) |
Darwin, Emma | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (113) |
Hooker, J. D. | (7) |
Wallace, A. R. | (5) |
Krefft, Gerard | (4) |
Unidentified | (3) |
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
Summary
The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
Matches: 30 hits
- … The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, seeing the …
- … promotes the sale’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 26 March 1871 ). The profits for Darwin were …
- … first two printings, Darwin wrote to Murray on 20 March 1871 , ‘It is quite a grand trade to be a …
- … in memory of the book’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 ). Reaction …
- … to read it ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 19 February 1871 ). The African explorer and …
- … pleasant or not’ (letter from W. W. Reade, 21 February 1871). The geologist William Boyd Dawkins …
- … to buy them’ ( letter from W. B. Dawkins, 23 February 1871 ). Thomas Henry Huxley marvelled that …
- … tide-marks!’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 February 1871 ). Asa Gray remarked, somewhat …
- … and pointed ears” (letter from Asa Gray, 14 April 1871) Like his previous book, …
- … arms and legs ( letter from C. L. Bernays, 25 February 1871 ). Samples of hair arrived from …
- … his head ( letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [before 25 April 1871] )). Hinrich Nitsche, ‘the lucky …
- … orang-utan foetus ( letter from Hinrich Nitsche, 18 April 1871 ). Darwin thought he might use the …
- … poor return’ ( letter to Hinrich Nitsche, 25 April [1871] ). Animal anecdotes appeared in …
- … space each morning ( letter from Arthur Nicols, 7 March 1871 ; letter from B. J. Sulivan, 11 …
- … of beauty ( letter from E. J. Pfeiffer, [before 26 April 1871] ). Roland Trimen, a long-time …
- … in the past ( letter from Roland Trimen, 17 and 18 April 1871 ). Candid disagreement …
- … were raised to a high pitch, as Innes wrote on 26 May 1871 about the darker races arising …
- … as far as this goes’ ( letter to J. B. Innes, 29 May [1871] ). On religion and morality …
- … Creator made it’ ( letter from George Morrish, 18 March 1871 ). Darwin received an anonymous …
- … Descent ( letter from a child of God, [after 24 February 1871] ). Yet some continued to …
- … religious feeling’ ( letter from F. E. Abbot, 20 August 1871 ). The Anglican clergyman and …
- … brethren’ ( letter from George Henslow, 5 December 1871 ). Ernst Haeckel boasted of his month …
- … monkey !’ ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 21 December 1871 ). Descent was extensively …
- … independent of all times and all circumstances’ (8 April 1871, p. 5). Darwin condemned the author of …
- … & classics’ ( letter to John Murray, 13 April [1871] ). But a similar point was made by …
- … the killing of some members of a hive a duty (Cobbe 1871, pp. 174, 188–9). Darwin was particularly …
- … by culture, not biology ( letter from John Morley, 30 March 1871 ). Reaction at home …
- … its master. ( Letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [3–9 March 1871] .) Some of Darwin’s …
- … to me’ ( letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 9 March 1871 ). A widening rift By far the …
- … 1871a), which appeared just prior to Descent in early 1871. ‘I daresay it will tell heavily …
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: 14 hits
- … Blair, R.H. 11 July 1871 Worcester College for the …
- … Brooke, C.A.J. 30 April 1871 Sarawak, Borneo …
- … Chaumont, F.S.B.F. de 11 March 1871 Woolston, …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 3 April 1871 West Riding …
- … Donders, F.C. 28 March 1871 Utrecht, Netherlands …
- … Foster, Michael 4 June [1871] Trinity College, …
- … Gray, Asa 14 April 1871 Cambridge, Massachusetts, …
- … Gray, Asa 10 & 14 March [1871] Cambridge, …
- … Mivart, G.J. 26 Jan 1871 North Bank, London, England …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 1 Feb 1871 11 St Mary Abbot's …
- … Rejlander, O.G. [1871] Victoria Street, London, …
- … Smith, Andrew 1 Feb. 1871 11 Saint Mary Abbot's …
- … Smith, Andrew 17 April 1871 16 Alexander Square, …
- … Swinhoe, Robert 14 March 1871 33 Oakley Square, …
Frank Chance
Summary
The Darwin archive not only contains letters, manuscript material, photographs, books and articles but also all sorts of small, dry specimens, mostly enclosed with letters. Many of these enclosures have become separated from the letters or lost altogether,…
Matches: 6 hits
- … first is undated but we know it was written before 25 April 1871 because Darwin alluded to a case …
- … report by the pigeon-fancier W. B. Tegetmeier, 25 April [1871] . In his letter Chance is …
- … (Letter from Frank Chance, [before 25 April 1871] ) Responding to this meticulous self …
- … were very rare. When we were editing volume 19 (1871), Chance’s enclosure of beard and …
- … : In your work on the ""Descent of Man"" (ed. 1871) ii. 298, 299, in …
- … followed up on a similar case that CD had observed on 13 May 1871. William’s letter of 5 June 1871 …
4.17 'Figaro', unidentifiable 1871
Summary
< Back to Introduction Yet another portrayal of Darwin as a tree-dwelling ape was published in The Figaro in October 1871, and titled ‘A Darwinian hypothesis’. The image survives in a torn page in the Darwin archive, but it has so far proved…
Darwin’s favourite photographer: From O. G. Rejlander, 30 April 1871
Summary
In the 1860s Darwin began collecting photographs of emotional expression. They seemed to capture fleeting movements of the face, and allowed him to observe with more detachment. But the technology was still new. Even under the best conditions, exposure…
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- … In the 1860s Darwin began collecting photographs of emotional expression. They seemed to capture …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
Summary
Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
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Henrietta Emma Darwin
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Henrietta “Etty” Darwin (1843–1927) was the eldest of Charles Darwin’s daughters to reach adulthood. She married Richard Buckley Litchfield in 1871. She was a valued editor to her father as well as companion and correspondent to both of her parents.…
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
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…
Matches: 4 hits
- … of self-fertilisation’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 23 July [1871] ). Darwin also informed Müller of this …
- … in his hothouse ( To Fritz Müller, 2 August [1871] ). By late 1871, Darwin was already …
- … generations’ ( To Federico Delpino, 22 November 1871 ). Delpino replied that he looked forward to …
- … and horticulture ( From Federico Delpino, 5 December 1871 ). When Darwin began writing in February …
Darwin and the Church
Summary
The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
Matches: 5 hits
- … [1850] and n. 6; and letter to J. B. Innes, 29 May [1871] ). Their true friendship does …
- … request favourably—’ (letter from J. B. Innes, 26 May 1871 ). Indeed Innes had such a high …
- … school and organ funds (letter to J. B. Innes, 13 January 1871 ). Down’s next clergyman …
- … very dull sermons’ (letter to J. B. Innes, 18 January [1871] ). Mr Powell was happy to take up …
- … qualifications’ (letter from J. B. Innes, 5 June 1871 ). Particularly in the early days of …
Moral Nature
Summary
In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
Matches: 8 hits
- … Letter 7048 : Darwin, W. E., to Darwin, C. R., [April? 1871] In Descent of man (1: 71 …
- … Letter 7645 : Morley, John to Darwin, 30 March 1871 The politician and man of letters, …
- … of Descent of Man in the Pall Mall Gazette (Morley 1871). Darwin admired the review, and …
- … Letter 7685 : Darwin to Morley, John, 14 April [1871] "When I speak of intellectual …
- … Letter 7691 , Morley, John, to Darwin, 17 April 1871 "I don't think Mr. Mill& …
- … 7470 : Wedgwood, Hensleigh to Darwin, [before 3 March 1871] Darwin exchanged long letters …
- … Letter 7537 : Darwin, C. R. to Wenslow, Hensleigh, 3 March [1871] Using the example of …
- … 3. [ available at Darwinonline ] Cobbe, F. P. 1871. 'Darwinism in morals'. …
Strange things sent to Darwin in the post
Summary
Some of the stranger things Darwin received in the post can tell us a lot about how Darwin worked at home. In 1863, Darwin was very excited when the ornithologist Alfred Newton sent him a diseased, red-legged partridge foot with an enormous ball of clay…
Darwin and vivisection
Summary
Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
Matches: 3 hits
Experimenting with emotions
Summary
Darwin’s interest in emotions can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by the sounds and gestures of the peoples of Tierra del Fuego. On his return, he started recording observations in a set of notebooks, later labelled '…
Henrietta Darwin's diary
Summary
Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
Matches: 8 hits
- … wrote the following journal entries in March and July 1871 in a small lockable, leather-bound …
- … by Henrietta herself. Darwin’s letters in 1870 and 1871 ( Correspondence , vols 18 and 19) …
- … missions due to take place between 26 February and 5 March 1871 in four towns within the deanery of …
- … from Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood, [March 1871?], and letter from F. J. Wedgwood to H. …
- … University Library. Henrietta Darwin | March 1871 1871 March— Sea Grove …
- … away what they have no equivalent for. July 4th 1871. How hard it is to wait—the …
- … I think I am a very happy woman. Sunday July 9 th . 1871 I want to think why I shd …
- … mission leaders in the Hampshire Advertiser , 21 January 1871, p. 7. 4 Probably John …
William Winwood Reade
Summary
On 19 May 1868, an African explorer and unsuccessful novelist, William Winwoode Reade (1838–1875) offered to help Darwin, and started a correspondence and, arguably, a collaboration, that would last until Reade's death. After a first 1861 tour of…
Matches: 1 hits
- … of it" – Winwood Reade to Charles Darwin, 31 January 1871 ) and sought Darwin’s advice on …
Women as a scientific audience
Summary
Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
Matches: 5 hits
- … Letter 7624 - Bathoe, M . B. to Darwin, [25 March 1871] Mary Bathoe responds …
- … Letter 7644 - Barnard, A. to Darwin, [30 March 1871] J. S. Henslow’s daughter, …
- … 7651 - Wedgwood, F. J. to Darwin, H. E., [1 April 1871] Frances Wedgwood offers …
- … 7411 - Pfeiffer, E. J. to Darwin, [before 26 April 1871] The poet Emily Pfeiffer …
- … Letter 8055 - Hennell, S. S. to Darwin, [7 November 1871] Sarah Hennell writes to Darwin …
Francis Galton
Summary
Galton was a naturalist, statistician, and evolutionary theorist. He was a second cousin of Darwin’s, having descended from his grandfather, Erasmus. Born in Birmingham in 1822, Galton studied medicine at King’s College, London, and also read mathematics…
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,…
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- … of sexual differences in viviparous fish, [before 1 June 1871] Fritz Müller's …
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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- … politely worded rebuke to St G. J. Mivart ( 21 April [1871] ) for the inadequacies, as Darwin saw …
Have you read the one about....
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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …