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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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Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … restrict himself to ‘more confined & easy subjects’. A month earlier, on 23 February , he had …
- … of his book on earthworms, published in October, was a boost. His 5-year-old grandson Bernard, who …
- … on 8 December. Krause countered Butler’s accusations in a review of Unconscious memory in …
- … Kosmos article should be translated and also appear in a British journal. Darwin could see that …
- … seasoned journalist and editor Leslie Stephen. There was ‘a hopeless division of opinion’ within the …
- … , hoping that he did not think them ‘all gone mad on such a small matter’. The following day, Darwin …
- … avoid being pained at being publicly called in ones old age a liar, owing to having unintentionally …
- … Lord how he will hate you’, Darwin warned Romanes on 28 January . In the end, not only the …
- … in my life as for its success’, Darwin told Arabella Buckley on 4 January . Buckley had suggested …
- … efforts that secured it (see Correspondence vol. 28, Appendix VI). When Huxley heard on 8 …
- … an opinion of the ‘little scientific work’ he had done. Buckley’s delight was evident when she …
- … January, the publishers decided to print ‘500 more, making 2000’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 …
- … particularly pleased Darwin because, he told Candolle on 24 January , ‘I have often been annoyed …
- … his German translator, liked the work, told Carus on 23 March that it would be ‘the last of any …
- … lived there. Sending the last two chapters to Francis on 27 May , Darwin wrote, ‘Attend to my …
- … especially annuals ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 21 March [1881] ). Darwin thought flowers of …
- … ‘less sulky in a day or two’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 July 1881 ). The degree of Darwin’s …
- … as a body in the same direction. Caroline Kennard wrote on 26 December after having heard a …
- … plant dispersal across mountains, exclaiming to him on 2 January , ‘How lamentable it is that two …
- … & capabilities of the Fuegians’ ( letter to W. P. Snow, 22 November 1881 ). Darwin received …
- … patted one of the Fuegians on the shoulder (l etter from B. J. Sulivan, 18 March 1881 ). …
- … expressing their wish to visit Darwin ( letter from E. B. Aveling, 27 September [1881] ). …
- … Encyclopaedia Britannica , telling the author, Arabella Buckley, on 11 July that he regretted …
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
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- … and observations. Financial support for science was a recurring issue, as Darwin tried to secure a …
- … life and other bits of family history. On 1 January , a distant cousin, Charles Harrison Tindal, …
- … about the eagerness of the two learned divines to see a pig’s body opened is very amusing’, Darwin …
- … to C. H. Tindal, 5 January 1880 ). Darwin had employed a genealogist, Joseph Lemuel Chester, to …
- … away in archives and registry offices, and produced a twenty-page history of the Darwin family …
- … obliged to meet some of the distant relations and conciliate a few whose ancestors had not featured …
- … in to the thick of all these cousins & think I must pay a round of visits.’ One cousin, Reginald …
- … old and new was published). Butler wrote to Darwin on 2 January 1880 for an explanation: …
- … me is to hide the enlarged root, at least at first, beneath 2½ inches of soil as a protection …
Suggested reading
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Contemporary writing Anon., The English matron: A practical manual for young wives, (London, 1846). Anon., The English gentlewoman: A practical manual for young ladies on their entrance to society, (Third edition, London, 1846). Becker, L. E.…
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- … writing Anon., The English matron : A practical manual for young wives , (London, …
Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
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- … Animal intelligence referred to the contributions of 'a young lady, who objects to her name …
- … Letter 1113 - Darwin to Whitby, M. A. T., [2 September 1847] Darwin questions Mrs. …
- … have felt uncomfortable about being acknowledged publicly as a science critic. Letter …
- … asks Charles Lyell for advice on how to reference Arabella Buckley’s observations of pigeons, which …
- … through Sir C. Lyell” or received from “Miss. B”. Letter 7060 - Wedgwood, F. J. …
- … by numerous women of their infants are not referenced in a section of Expression on ‘the …
- … was novelist Elizabeth Gaskell for her description of a crying baby in Mary Barton. …
- … about how best to reference her husband’s contribution to a chapter on music in Expression …
- … Mould and Earthworms but she was identified only as “a lady, on whose accuracy I can implicitly …
- … near his house. Letter 8168 - Ruck, A. R. to Darwin, H., [20 January 1872] …
- … activity undertaken around Machynlleth in Wales. She has dug a number of trenches, measured soil …
- … fields of North Wales. Letter 8193 - Ruck, A. R. to Darwin, H., [1 February …
- … . Letter 8224 - Darwin to Ruck, A. R., [24 February 1872] Darwin asks …
- … Vegetable Mould but she was identified only as “a lady, on whose accuracy I can implicitly …
- … with information on worm-castings and worm activities at a house in St Tibbs Row. Darwin proudly …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye to the crafting of his legacy. …
- … animals in November, the year marked the culmination of a programme of publication that can be …
- … in relation to sex , published in 1871, these books brought a strong if deceptive sense of a job …
- … himself without writing anything more on 'so difficult a subject, as evolution’ ( letter to A. …
- … earthworms in shaping the environment. The former led to a series of books and papers, and the …
- … years before. In his private life also, Darwin was in a nostalgic frame of mind, picking up …
- … June the previous year. He intended the edition to be a popular one that would bring his most …
- … should be affordable: ‘do you not think 6s is too dear for a cheap Edit? Would not 5s be better? . . …
- … translations of both Descent and Origin was a particular frustration: `I naturally desire …
- … at the end of the year ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald, 23 November 1872 ). To persuade his US …
- … letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). A worsening breach The criticisms …
- … in the sixth edition were those made by Mivart himself. In a new chapter on ‘miscellaneous …
- … it is dreadful doing nothing’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 October [1872] ). He was far from idle …
- … by `that clever book’ ( letter to J. M. Herbert, 21 November 1872 ) and invited Butler to dinner …
- … on the origins of music provided by her husband, Richard Buckley Litchfield ( letter to H. E. …
- … I am half-killed myself’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 25 July 1872 ). A battle for the …
- … enclosure to letter from John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone, 20 June 1872 ). Darwin was quietly using …
- … . Lubbock called for discussion in the House of Commons on 21 July, and Derby addressed the Lords …
- … which are daily turning up’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 August [1872] ). Other …
- … of Wallace’s position ( letter from Anton Dohrn, 21 August 1872 ). Dohrn requested for the new …
- … Darwin gladly agreed to donate ( letter to Anton Dohrn, 24 August [1872] ). Exerting …
- … Airy’s own father, Sir George ( letter to Hubert Airy, 24 August 1872 ). In January, Darwin …
- … what we may have to believe’, he wrote to Galton on 29 March . Galton described a séance in …
- … not taken care of ourselves’ ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 20 November 1872 ). A best-seller …
- … responded Darwin, 'feel as old as Methuselah’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 24 January 1872 ), a …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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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.…
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- … of illustrating his book. The year also brought a significant milestone for the family, as …
- … as feelings of hope for her future happiness combined with a sense of loss. Descent of man …
- … [of] the facts, during several past years, has been a great amusement’. Darwin had been working …
- … in the late 1830s. In recent years, Darwin had collected a wealth of material on sexual selection …
- … and the speed at which they appeared. Arrangements for a US edition had been in place since December …
- … for the first two printings, Darwin wrote to Murray on 20 March 1871 , ‘It is quite a grand trade …
- … for part of 1871 . Henrietta’s husband was Richard Buckley Litchfield, a barrister, philanthropist, …
