To J. W. Judd [after 1 February 1877]
Summary
Tells of his pleasure and surprise at reading JWJ’s article ["Darwin’s ""Geological observations"" ", Nature 15 (1877): 289–90].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Wesley Judd |
| Date: | [after 1 Feb 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 69 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10828 |
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- … To J. W. Judd [after 1 February 1877] …
- … DAR 202: 69 Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 1 Feb 1877] John Wesley Judd …
- … reading JWJ’s article ["Darwin’s ""Geological observations"" ", Nature 15 (1877): 289–90]. …
- … 2d ed. appeared in Nature , 1 February 1877, pp. 289–90. It praised CD’s ‘scientific …
To Ferdinand von Hochstetter 14 February 1877
Summary
Sends thanks to Anthropological Society for sending birthday greetings.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ferdinand von Hochstetter |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | RR Auction (dealers) (April 2006) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10844A |
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- … To Ferdinand von Hochstetter 14 February 1877 …
- … dealers) (April 2006) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Feb 1877 Ferdinand von Hochstetter …
- … Anthropological Society of Vienna) has not been found. CD was 68 on 12 February 1877. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb. 14 th 1877 Dear Sir I request that you will be so good as …
From C.-F. Reinwald 21 February 1877
Summary
Édouard Heckel of Grenoble is translating Cross and self-fertilisation.
Expression has sold out; wants a new edition.
| Author: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10858 |
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- … From C. -F. Reinwald 21 February 1877 …
- … DAR 176: 105 Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald Paris 21 Feb 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … A second edition, revised and corrected, was published in 1877 (Pozzi and Benoît trans. …
- … 1877). No new English edition of Expression appeared in CD’s lifetime. The second edition …
- … Rue des Saints-Pères | Paris 21 février 1877. To Charles Darwin, Esq. Down, | Beckenham, …
- … letter from C. -F. Reinwald, 15 February 1877 . The French translation of Cross and self …
- … was made by Édouard Heckel (Heckel trans. 1877). Cross and self fertilisation contained …
- … Rue des Saints-Pères | Paris 21 February 1877. To Charles Darwin, Esq. Down, | Beckenham, …
To Francis Galton 11 February [1877]
Summary
Sends enclosure regarding inherited handwriting from Life, letters, and journals of George Ticknor [ed. G. S. Hillard (1876)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | 11 Feb [1877] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/24) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10839 |
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- … To Francis Galton 11 February [1877] …
- … Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/24) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Feb [1877] Francis Galton …
- … this letter, the letter to Julius von Haast , [ c. 11 February 1877], and the letter from …
- … Francis Galton, 22 February 1877 . CD had received an extract from Life, letters, and …
- … Julius von Haast , [ c. 11 February 1877]). CD remarked on the inheritance of handwriting …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 16 February 1877
Summary
Pleased and honoured by WTT-D’s review ["Darwin on fertilisation", Nature 15 (1876–77): 329–32]. Comments on review.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 60–1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10848 |
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- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 16 February 1877 …
- … 1873–81: ff. 60–1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Feb 1877 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … fertilisation appeared in Nature , 15 February 1877, pp. 329–32. For CD’s argument on the …
- … 409–13; for Thiselton-Dyer’s counter-argument, see Nature , 15 February 1877, pp. 330–2. …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Feb. 16 th 1877 Dear Dyer I must tell you how greatly I am …
From Alfred Grugeon 25 February [1877]
Summary
Comments on CD’s Cross and self-fertilisation: its usefulness to florists, and his solution of a long standing puzzle in showing the increase of monstrosities in self-fertilised plants.
| Author: | Alfred Grugeon |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Feb [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 238 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10869 |
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- … From Alfred Grugeon 25 February [1877] …
- … DAR 165: 238 Alfred Grugeon Leyton 25 Feb [1877] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letter from Alfred Grugeon, 14 January [1877] . See …
- … letter from Alfred Grugeon, 14 January [1877] . In Cross and self fertilisation , p. 79, …
- … correspondent to The Times , 15 February 1877, p. 6, described a new cotton plant, known …
- … of the Royal Gardens at Kew during the year 1877 , House of Commons Parliamentary Papers …
From John Gibbs 20 February 1877
Summary
Thanks CD for Orchids. Has written a notice for Chelmsford Chronicle.
Finds some botanical observations on inflorescences.
| Author: | John Gibbs |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10857 |
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- … From John Gibbs 20 February 1877 …
- … DAR 165: 38 John Gibbs Chelmsford 20 Feb 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … in the Chelmsford Chronicle , 16 February 1877, p. 7. CD’s copy of the notice has not been …
- … Writtle Road Chelmsford 20 th February 1877 Dear Sir I took occasion of your kindness in …
To Oswald Heer 28 February 1877
Summary
Thanks for work on Fossil arctic flora.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Oswald Heer |
| Date: | 28 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | Landesarchiv des Kantons Glarus, Switzerland (Bestand Oswald Heer (1809–83) LAGL PA 22.A 1:14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10872F |
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- … To Oswald Heer 28 February 1877 …
- … Heer (1809–83) LAGL PA 22.A 1:14) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Feb 1877 Oswald Heer …
- … arctica ( Heer 1868–83 ), published in 1877; CD’s copies of volumes 3–6 are in the Darwin …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Feb. 28. 1877 Dear Sir, I thank you sincerely for your great …
To Otto Zacharias [24 February 1877]
Summary
Thanks OZ for a "magnificent Album".
On Beagle voyage CD believed in permanence of species. Had occasional vague doubts. In autumn of 1836 saw how many facts indicated common descent of species. In 1837 opened notebook to record facts.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Otto Zacharias |
| Date: | [24 Feb 1877] |
| Classmark: | Zacharias 1882, pp. 76–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10863 |
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- … To Otto Zacharias [24 February 1877] …
- … Zacharias 1882 , pp. 76–7 Charles Robert Darwin Down [24 Feb 1877] Otto Zacharias …
- … letter from Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877 . The title page was illustrated by the …
- … See letter from Otto Zacharias, 23 February 1877 and n. 2. CD refers to his Journal of …
- … Westfalens und das Darwin-Album von 1877. Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für …
From John Gibbs 22 February 1877
Summary
Thanks CD for his advice. No doubt one may be misled by a few experiments in matters on which many forces come into play. Describes his plans to observe the flowering of 23 plants of Lychnis gilhago raised from a single capsule.
| Author: | John Gibbs |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10860 |
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- … From John Gibbs 22 February 1877 …
- … DAR 165: 39 John Gibbs Chelmsford 22 Feb 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … a reply to Gibbs’s letter of 20 February 1877 , has not been found. Gibbs had suggested …
- … See letter from John Gibbs, 20 February 1877 . Like the genus Agrostemma , Dianthus (the …
- … Writtle Road Chelmsford 22 nd February 1877 Dear Sir Allow me to thank you heartily for …
To August Weismann 17 February 1877
Summary
Negotiations for loan of drawings [of Lepidoptera] have failed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leopold Friedrich August (August) Weismann |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 349 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10850 |
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- … To August Weismann 17 February 1877 …
- … 148: 349 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Feb 1877 Leopold Friedrich August (August) Weismann …
- … Down, Beckenham, Kent Feb: 17 th . 1877 My dear Sir I grieve to say that M r . Bates’ …
- … see letter from H. W. Bates, 11 January 1877 ). The enclosure has not been found. Weismann …
- … at this time; these parts were published in 1877. CD’s annotated copy of parts 2, 3, 4, 6, …
To H. W. Bates 6 February [1877]
Summary
Requests return of August Weismann’s letter which refers to eggs.
Curious about the drawing [of the caterpillar? See 10780].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Date: | 6 Feb [1877] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10829 |
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- … To H. W. Bates 6 February [1877] …
- … Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Feb [1877] Henry Walter Bates …
- … eggs in his letter to Weismann of 12 January 1877 . Bates was trying to obtain the loan of …
- … Lepidoptera for Weismann (see letter to August Weismann, 12 January 1877 and n. 8). …
To A. A. van Bemmelen 12 February 1877
Summary
Expresses his gratitude for the gift [a birthday album from a number of Dutch scientists]; he cannot imagine a more honourable testimonial.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Adriaan Anthoni van Bemmelen |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10841 |
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- … To A. A. van Bemmelen 12 February 1877 …
- … DAR 202: 31 Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Feb 1877 Adriaan Anthoni van Bemmelen …
- … Servant | Charles R. Darwin Feb. 12 th 1877 | to the Donors of the Netherlands Album …
- … van Bemmelen and H. T. Veth, 6 February 1877. The photograph album of Dutch admirers of …
To Miss Jacobson 25 February 1877
Summary
Accedes to her [unspecified] request.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Miss Jacobson |
| Date: | 25 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.507) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10865 |
From Otto Zacharias 23 February 1877
Summary
Was CD already convinced of evolution when he published Journal of researches?
Photograph album will be late coming.
Evolutionary magazine to appear in March under title of Kosmos.
| Author: | Otto Zacharias |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 184: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10862 |
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- … From Otto Zacharias 23 February 1877 …
- … DAR 184: 5 Otto Zacharias Geestemünde 23 Feb 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter from Otto Zacharias, 7 January 1877 and n. 5. Krause had published under the …
- … House. The notes are for CD’s reply (see letter to Otto Zacharias, [24 February 1877] ). …
- … and Austrian scientists, see the letter from Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877 . The …
- … first issue of Kosmos appeared in April 1877. On Ernst Haeckel’s support …
From Hugo Schneider 10 February 1877
Summary
Sends birthday greetings. Asks for autographed photograph.
| Author: | Hugo Schneider |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10838 |
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- … From Hugo Schneider 10 February 1877 …
- … DAR 177: 60 Hugo Schneider Berlin 10 Feb 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see Transcript. CD was 68 on 12 February 1877. Schneider was evidently from Brandenburg, …
- … Berlin d 10 februar 1877 Hochverehrter Herr! Wenn ich es wage, Ihnen zum 12 ten Februar …
- … Berlin 10 February 1877 Most esteemed Sir! If I dare send you my sincere felicitations for …
To Albert Günther 25 February [1877]
Summary
His specimen catalogue has not been returned from Cambridge museum. If not lost, will answer query.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Date: | 25 Feb [1877] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (Archives DF ZOO/200/11/114) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10867 |
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- … To Albert Günther 25 February [1877] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Feb [1877] Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther …
- … and the letter to Albert Günther, 3 March 1877 . Günther’s note has not been found; he had …
- … deposited at the British Museum (see letter to Albert Günther, 28 January [1877] and n. 3; …
- … see also letter to Albert Günther, 3 March 1877 ). CD had also deposited specimens at the …
From Franz von Rekowsky 20 February 1877
Summary
Requests CD’s autograph. [Translation of letter made by O. Dill, see 10871.]
| Author: | Franz Friedrich Hugo Wilhelm Michael (Franz) von Wotoch-Rekowsky (Franz von Rekowsky) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 119a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10855 |
From John Colby 27 February 1877
Summary
Reports a bluebell monster.
Response to Cross and self-fertilisation, reviewed in Spectator.
| Author: | John Colby |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 207 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10872 |
To J. B. Innes 25 February [1877]
Summary
CD has harangued the Down Friendly Club. Does not think it will dissolve.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
| Date: | 25 Feb [1877] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10866 |
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- … To J. B. Innes 25 February [1877] …
- … Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Feb [1877] John Brodie Innes …
- … letter to Down Friendly Club, 19 February 1877 . The book and extracts from Innes and his …
- … letter to Down Friendly Club, 19 February 1877 and n. 2. The penalties under the Friendly …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (25) |
| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
| Bemmelen, A. A. van | (1) |
| Carus, J. V. | (1) |
| Dodel-Port, Arnold | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (53) |
| Gray, Asa | (3) |
| Bemmelen, A. A. van | (2) |
| Carus, J. V. | (2) |
| Galton, Francis | (2) |
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … , Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and …
- … from a family that the Darwins had befriended. The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. …
- … of a very heavy shower’, William wrote on 24 August 1877 . ‘The leaves were not at all depressed; …
- … gardeners ( letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 August 1877 ). At Down House, Darwin and …
- … a delicate twig’ ( letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). Research on movement would continue …
- … of some Infusoria’ ( letter from F. J. Cohn, 5 August 1877 ). Francis’s paper eventually appeared …
- … wrote to the editor, George Croom Robertson, on 27 April 1877 , ‘I hope that you will be so good …
- … had written to the editor Ernst Ludwig Krause on 30 June 1877 , ‘I have been much interested by …
- … the German debate (letters to W. E. Gladstone, 2 October 1877 and 25 October [1877] ). …
- … and lively’ ( letter from W. E. Gladstone, 23 October 1877 ). Gifts of German and Dutch …
- … Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the journal ‘an …
- … the director, Adriaan Anthoni van Bemmelen, on 12 February 1877 : ‘I suppose that every worker at …
- … of his 70th year. Darwin was in fact 68 on 12 February 1877. Distinguished guests and …
- … & smooth as butter’ ( letter to C. E. Norton, 16 March 1877 ). Hooker was asked repeatedly by …
- … & me to dejeuner!!!’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 June 1877 ). Darwin was staying in …
- … centuries to come’ ( letter from C. C. Graham, 30 January 1877 ). Graham then gave a lengthy …
- … man and of societies’ ( letter from Marcellin de Bonnal, [1877] ). A similar complaint came from …
- … by a duke!’ ( letter to J. M. Rodwell, 3 June 1877 ). Back home, he learned from his brother that …
- … order of the day’ ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 27 January [1877] ). Carlyle’s remarks were …
- … . In a letter from an unknown correspondent on 13 June 1877 , he was criticised for having quoted …
- … monstrosity ( letter from C. T. E. Siebold, 10 October 1877 ). An American banker, William Burrows …
- … back our civilization’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 17 May 1877 ). Bowles proposed that such …
- … of humanity beneath’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 18 May 1877 ). More transitional human …
- … inflexible tails ( letter from Arthur Mellersh, 1 January 1877 ). The American physician Jesse …
- … (Trollope 1867; letter to G. J. Romanes, [1 and 2 December 1877] ). Dispute and …
- … George and Francis. He wrote to Francis on 24 September 1877 about his forthcoming work, Life …
- … value’, he confessed in a letter of 25 November 1877 that the book had ‘resolved itself into a …
- … physical’ ( letter from W. M. Moorsom, 10 September 1877 ). Darwin was doubtful of the elephant …
1877 letters now online
Summary
Flowers, bloom, a son married . . . and a suspended monkey in Cambridge at Darwin's honorary LLD ceremony. The transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin's life in 1877…
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- … of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin& …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
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The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
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- … album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade …
- … have ever received ( Letter to Ernst Haeckel, 16 February 1877 ) …
- … the start of his 70th year, but Darwin was only 68 in 1877. Despite this oversight, the album …
- … world.— ( Letter from Leonard Blomefield, 12 March 1877 ) Familiar faces Ernst …
- … with the final album. He wrote to Darwin on 9 February 1877 : ‘what will perhaps astonish you is …
- … worth to give you ( Letter from J. V. Carus, 22 March 1877 ) The professor of …
- … scientific work. ( Letter from C. G. Semper, 26 April 1877 ) Carl Kraus, an …
4.25 'Punch' 1877 re. Cambridge doctorate
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< Back to Introduction Punch often ridiculed Darwin by showing him as a monkey or in other animalistic forms, but in 1877, when he at last received an honorary degree from Cambridge University, it paid its tribute to ‘wisdom’. ‘Punch to Dr. Darwin’…
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Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the …
- … lasting pleasure. ( Letter to Pieter Harting, 19 March 1877 ) Harting had also written …
- … it states his ‘69th Birthday’, when in fact he was 68 in 1877. It was arranged in alphabetical order …
- … from A. A. van Bemmelen and H. J. Veth, 6 February 1877 ) Dutch correspondents …
- … ( Letter from C. W. Thomson, 30 June 1877 ) Much earlier, in 1861, Tiberius Cornelis …
German and Dutch photograph albums
Summary
Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
Cross and self fertilisation
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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…
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- … of plants.’ ( From Friedrich Hildebrand, 18 January 1877 ). Hermann Müller enthused that Darwin’s …
- … my book’ ( To Gardeners’ Chronicle , 19 February [1877] ). In contrast, as Hooker told Darwin, …
- … gloats over it' ( From J. D. Hooker, 27 January 1877 ). Darwin was especially pleased with …
- … have quite eviscerated it’ ( To Asa Gray, 18 February [1877] ). By mid-March 1877, the edition was …
- … index a little altered’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 11 December [1877] ). These changes were necessitated by …
- … wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, …
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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- … tiredness of the later years (e.g. letter to E.M. Dicey, [1877] ). Working …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … Letter 11074: Sayce, A. H. to Darwin, C. R., 27 July 1877 Darwin’s study of human nature …
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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- … activity at the site of a Roman villa, 15 November 1877 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer's …
Have you read the one about....
Summary
... 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 …
Charles Harrison Blackley
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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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- … grains by a dilution method. In his letter of 9 March 1877 , Darwin wrote: ‘Your calculation of …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
German poems presented to Darwin
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Experiments in deepest reverence The following poems were enclosed with a photograph album sent as a birthday gift to Charles Darwin by his German and Austrian admirers (see letter from From Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877). The poems were…
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- … (see letter from From Emil Rade , [before 16] February 1877). The poems were composed by …
- … in Rade’s account of the making of the album (Rade 1877, pp. 39–40), but the others were published …
- … Letter from Emil Rade 1 [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. …
- … From Emil Rade [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. February 1877. …
- … this letter and the letter to Emil Rade, 16 February 1877. 3. The gift was a photograph …
- … Appendix VI. A number of other poems were included in Rade 1877. …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … Treat, 5 January 1872 Letter to [E. M. Dicey?], [1877] Letter to C. A. Kennard …
Darwin in public and private
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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
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- … Lydia Becker (1877) Caricature of Lydia Becker from …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
Floral Dimorphism
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…
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- … | Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a …
- … findings on floral dimorphism were eventually published in 1877, but these experiments and …
- … SOURCES Book Darwin, C. R. 1877. The different forms of flowers on plants of the …
- … experiment, the class read chapter 1 of Charles Darwin’s 1877 T he Different Forms of …
- … Flowers on Plants of the Same Species (London: John Murray, 1877), 16. [2] Ibid., 30. …
1.14 William Richmond, oil
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< Back to Introduction William Blake Richmond’s portrait of Darwin, dating from 1879, celebrated his honorary degree of LL.D (Doctor in Laws), awarded by Cambridge University in 1877. Darwin’s return to his alma mater for the presentation ceremony…
