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Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … conclusion of a long-running dispute with the zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. In April and early …
- … controversy involved a slanderous attack upon Darwin’s son George, in an anonymous review in 1874 …
- … wrote on 6 January , ‘You have also greatly honoured George. You have indeed been a true friend.’ …
- … reviewed in the same Quarterly article that attacked George. Darwin raised the matter at the end …
- … encouraged further research on the effects of grafting by George John Romanes. A scientific …
- … own theory of heredity in a series of articles in 1875 and 1876, based partly on his studies of …
- … He drew attention to this discussion in a letter to George Rolleston, remarking on 2 September : …
- … it absorbs moisture & instantly rotates.’ George continued to suffer from poor …
- … wear away all the sooner for not trying to work too soon.’ George had begun research on tidal …
- … succeeds.’ ‘I’m afraid my letters smell of pitch,’ George replied on 26 October , ‘but I can …
- … In between his physics research and bouts of illness, George still found time to write articles for …
- … Dwight Whitney’s work on language (G. H. Darwin 1874c). George had taken the American scholar’s side …
- … professor of oriental languages, Friedrich Max Müller. George’s article also rehearsed some of …
- … was an ‘impossible barrier’ between humans and animals. George, in turn, quoted Whitney’s favourable …
- … cordially in letters (see Correspondence vol. 21), and George’s review prompted Max Müller to …
- … Max Müller also published an article in response to George’s essay, suggesting that ‘Mr Darwin, jun. …
- … in the periodical press and elsewhere, growing more bitter. George, who was on friendly terms with …
- … when an earlier dispute between Darwin and the local vicar George Sketchley Ffinden resurfaced. In …
- … duke of Teck, a German prince married to a granddaughter of George III. Darwin had hoped to arrange …
- … at almost every one. One day in my house he called [George] Grote’s History “a fetid quagmire, …
- … methods, and Darwin had to break the news to the author in 1876 that his Royal Society ambitions had …
- … had already had a distinguished career, having studied under George Rolleston at Oxford and Huxley …
- … In the event, the election was postponed until February 1876, and Lankester was duly elected. …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … respectively. In January, Darwin corresponded with George John Romanes about new varieties of …
- … This was confirmed by one of his correspondents. A clerk, George Frederick Crawte, recounted a …
- … on human evolution continued to attract interest. His 1876 article ‘Biographical sketch of an infant …
- … transit of Venus on an expedition to Queensland, Australia. George’s recent work had been highly …
- … Robert Stawell Ball that was printed in Nature declared George ‘the discoverer of tidal …
- … the great judges think highly of the work … I believe that George will some day be a great …
- … family and close friends grew worried. Letters were sent to George, who was soon to return from …
- … 3 April 1882 ). He sent a cheque for a memorial to the late George Rolleston ( letter to H. N. …
- … carried him off the next day. Henrietta immediately wrote to George, who had visited Down on 11 …
- … a rare declaration on the origins of life to the chemist George Warington, who was keen to reconcile …
- … to remain each man’s private property’ ( letter to George Warington, 11 October [1867] ). …
- … One of Darwin’s other great loves, dogs, was indulged by George Cupples, a writer and experienced …
- … can assure you, we will all make much of him’ ( letter to George Cupples, 20 September [1870] ). …
- … was used by Darwin against his most aggressive critic, St George Jackson Mivart, who claimed that …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … and popular publications. A lengthy discussion written by George Douglas Campbell, duke of Argyll, …
- … societies and in the popular press. In December 1864, George Douglas Campbell, the duke of Argyll, …
- … visits. William was working as a banker in Southampton. George was at Trinity College, Cambridge; in …
- … from his description, was something of a thriller, and George Eliot’s The mill on the Floss , …
- … met. The last two months of the year also saw letters from George Henslow, the son of Darwin’s …
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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- … Krause’s account and published it in Nature , and George Romanes wrote such a savage review of …
- … with his ‘sort of definition’ of intelligence to George Romanes. ‘I tried to observe what passed in …
- … Times of 18 April, drawing the ire of antivivisectionists George Jesse and Frances Power Cobbe. …
- … When Robert Ball, Royal Astronomer of Ireland, praised George’s work, Darwin was so proud that he …
- … in some cases—recruiting the help of Lord Rayleigh, George Darwin, and Horace Darwin—the task of …
- … him on 18 June of the untimely death of the anatomist George Rolleston, but added, ‘when I look …
- … on 1 September, and his estate was settled by his executors George and William Darwin. For …
- … ‘absurd and wicked prosecution’ under the terms of the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act ( letter to T. L …
