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Joseph Simms
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The American doctor and author of works on physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874, while he was staying in London. He enclosed a copy of his book Nature’s revelations of character (Simms 1873). He hoped it might 'prove…
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- … The American doctor and author of works on physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 …
- … flattered to include the title in any of his published work. Simms also made the strange request of …
- … your height while standing in stockings. (Letter from Joseph Simms, 14 September 1874 ) …
- … While flat feet were indicative of small secretiveness (Simms 1873, p. 154). A ‘broad foot’ …
- … to destroy: the propensity to mar, deface, or destroy' (Simms 1873, p. 166). …
- … According to an American Cyclopedia entry, as a child Simms had been ‘unconsciously drawn to the …
- … a considerable fortune ( New York Times , 13 April 1920). Simms himself, of course, was ‘a man of …
- … as sheep’ (Burrows 2008, p. 11). In 1912, Simms was involved in a minor scandal when he was …
- … at a five year old boy after the boy had picked up rice that Simms and his wife fed to the squirrels …
- … the Mexican war, was never loaded or discharged. When Simms died in 1920, his widow carried …
- … men. He weighed it, concluding only that given ‘Dr. Simms was nearly 87 years old, the weight was …
- … 366) Sources: ‘A biographical sketch of Joseph Simms M.D.’, reprinted from The …
- … emotions in man and animals. London: John Murray. Simms, Joseph. 1873. Nature’s …
- … countenance . London: Printed for the author. Simms, Joseph. 1891. Physiognomy illustrated …
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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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the …
- … intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, …
- … and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such reminiscences led Darwin to …
- … much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel very old & …
- … old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor …
- … on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and …
- … if we have to believe in such rubbish’, he confided to Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. …
- … and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin agreed that it was ‘all …
- … perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874] ). This did not stop word getting …
- … at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). Back over old ground New …
- … his own to the publishers, he applied first to his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker, and finally borrowed …
- … of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). The book came out in June with the …
- … Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did not retract his …
- … dog breeders (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material …
- … Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 ; letters …
- … islanders ( letter from William Dealtry, 16 January 1874 ). One of the most significant …
- … enemy into a jelly’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 14 April 1874 ). The technical nature of Huxley’s …
- … mind where it goes’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 16 April 1874 ). The second edition of …
- … 1874 ). One of the stranger presents was a copy of Joseph Simms’s book on physiognomy (Simms …
- … also requested an outline of Darwin’s foot ( letter from Joseph Simms, 14 September 1874 ). …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
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< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…
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- … < Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a …
- … photographs of c.1871, showing him in three-quarter view. In Simms’s array of physiognomic types, …
- … Darwin is an excellent example of large observation.’ Simms acknowledged that there was a …
- … physiognomic and phrenological works, including Simms’s, reflected a strong belief in determinism, …
- … both played on and gave rise to such beliefs. Simms’s interest in physiognomy was not, …
- … Quarterly Review , 99:198 (Sept. 1856), pp. 452-491. Joseph Simms, Nature’s Revelations of …
- … and to Gray, 17 Sept. [1861] (DCP-LETT-3256]. Simms’s letter to Darwin, 14 Sept. 1874 (DCP-LETT-9637 …
- … and Thought, Compiled from Lavater (London: F. Pitman and Joseph Poole, 1885), p. 20. Francis …
- … Cambridge University Press, 2006), pp. 209-210. Article on Joseph Simms, online at https://www …
