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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,…
Matches: 28 hits
- … (1) Agassiz, Alexander (12) Agassiz, Louis …
- … G. S. (1) Anderson, James (1) …
- … Frederic (1) Bateman, James (1) …
- … (1) Berkeley, M. J. (12) Berlin (1) …
- … Buckley, A. B. (21) Buckman, James (2) …
- … Burn, Robert (1) Burningham, James (1) …
- … C., W. S. (1) Caird, James (9) …
- … Carter, R. B. (2) Cartmell, James (1) …
- … H. (1) Crichton-Browne, James (40) …
- … Crocq, Jean (1) Croll, James (16) …
- … Dawson, J. W. (1) Dawson, James (2) …
- … Dickie, George (3) Dickson, James (1) …
- … Dixon, E. S. (2) Dixon, James (2) …
- … Druitt, Thomas (3) Drummond, James (a) (5) …
- … (1) Gaudry, Albert (12) Geach, F. F. …
- … (3) Geikie, Archibald (12) Geikie, James …
- … (1) Grove, W. R. (12) Groves, Henry …
- … (3) Hooker, F. H. (12) Hooker, Hyacinth …
- … (2) Judd, J. W. (12) Jukes, J. B. (9 …
- … (2) Koch, Eduard (12) Koch, Heinrich …
- … (3) Layton, Charles (12) Le Couteur, John …
- … (1) Mackintosh, Daniel (12) Maclaren, Charles …
- … (1) McLennan, J. F. (12) McNeill, Archibald …
- … (1) Meehan, Thomas (12) Meitzen, August …
- … (9) Rolle, Friedrich (12) Rolleston, George …
- … Topham, John (2) Torbitt, James (96) …
- … (1) Whitley, C. T. (12) Whitney, W. D. …
- … (2) Zacharias, Otto (12) Zeuschner, E. L. …
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…
Matches: 8 hits
- … pension for Alfred Russel Wallace, and continued his aid for James Torbitt and the quest for a …
- … leading journalist was sought. Leslie Stephen’s reply on 12 January [1881] echoed that of Huxley …
- … with diverse backgrounds and interests. In February, a 12-year-old boy asked politely, ‘What causes …
- … Darwin had tried for four years to aid the Irish businessman James Torbitt in his efforts to breed a …
- … subscriptions were raised, with Darwin, Thomas Farrer, and James Caird leading the campaign. In …
- … worth some millions per annum to England’ ( letter from James Torbitt, 5 March 1880 ). Darwin met …
- … men care only about their party quarrels’ ( letter to James Torbitt, 9 May 1880 ). Politicians …
- … flooded with disease-proof new varieties’ ( letter from James Torbitt, 23 December 1880 , …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
Matches: 8 hits
- … silly to deserve an answer’ ( letter from S. B. Herrick, 12 February 1876 ). Others questioned …
- … had been criticised from quite a different angle when James Clerk Maxwell discussed the limits of …
- … an individual would, when received by the Belfast merchant James Torbitt, become a weapon in a …
- … which shall hunt it to the death’ ( letter from James Torbitt, 19 April 1876 ). Darwin beat an …
- … to consider Torbitt an untrustworthy fanatic ( letter to James Torbitt, 21 April 1876 ). …
- … Darwin sought the best medical care. On 30 May, the surgeon James Paget advised complete rest for …
- … for one so poor at figures as I am’, Gray conceded on 12 November , although he could reassure …
- … Darwin’s oldest son William (see Correspondence vol. 12 and the Supplement to vol. 24). By the …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
Matches: 17 hits
- … Seventy years old Darwin’s seventieth birthday on 12 February was a cause for international …
- … and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ). The masters of …
- … ). The botanist and schoolteacher Hermann Müller wrote on 12 February to wish Darwin a ‘long and …
- … well, and with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and letter from Leonard …
- … ever about life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). It was little …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 , and letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 ). Darwin’s final task …
- … to be tempted out of his ‘proper work’ ( letter to James Paget, 14 July 1879 ). At this time, his …
- … inn ‘ very comfortable’, but told Leonard Darwin on 12 August that there were ‘too many human …
- … not to have come up when the Darwins lunched with him on 12 August (Darwin’s ‘Journal’). Nor did …
- … the world. At the end of the year he was awarded a prize of 12,000 francs by the Turin Academy of …
- … which greatly pleased Darwin ( letter from Grant Allen, 12 February 1879 ). One of Allen’s targets …
- … Frederick King, 27 February 1879 ). The Belfast businessman James Torbitt, who wished to carry out …
- … in 1876. By 1878, Darwin was sufficiently impressed by Torbitt’s dedication and experimental method …
- … forthcoming, Darwin had stepped in with funds of his own. Torbitt sent an account of the experiments …
- … a nature’, Darwin wrote in reply on 3 May , but told Torbitt, ‘I have today planted & …
- … engagement being made public ( letter from T. H. Farrer, 12 October 1879 ). Darwin’s response not …
- … accurate in its treatment’ ( letter from Francis Galton, 12 November 1879 ). The comment that …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
Matches: 9 hits
- … on his sixty-ninth birthday ( letter to Ernst Haeckel, 12 February [1878] ), Darwin reflected that …
- … ( letter to Francis Darwin, 17 July [1878] ). On 12 September , Darwin wrote: ‘Bernard is as …
- … The Swiss botanist Arnold Dodel-Port announced on 12 June 1878 the first issue of an atlas with …
- … God looked at through nature’s phenomena’ ( letter from James Grant, 6 March 1878 ). Darwin …
- … may hope for whatever he earnestly desires’ ( letter to James Grant, 11 March 1878 ). The question …
- … February , Darwin was contacted by the Irish businessman, James Torbitt, about an ambitious project …
- … to J. S. Henslow, 28 October [1845] ). He was aware of Torbitt’s ambitions, having corresponded …
- … 1878] ). Further meetings were held with Farrer and James Caird, a member of the Royal Agricultural …
- … your work in this case would soon be known’ ( letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 ). The …
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…
Matches: 9 hits
- … 1880 and in an abusive letter about Darwin in the St James’s Gazette on 8 December. Krause …
- … made a small omission ’. Stephen’s reply on 12 January was flattering, reassuring, and …
- … books being ‘a game of chance’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 April 1881 ). On 18 May he described …
- … Darwin had difficulty in obtaining mature plants. On 12 April, he reported to Müller , ‘I have …
- … to make me happy & contented,’ he told Wallace on 12 July , ‘but life has become very …
- … fight’ (letters to J. D. Hooker, 6 August 1881 and 12 August 1881 ). Darwin may have …
- … else’s judgment on the subject ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1881 ). However, some requests …
- … of wind transport in the growth of soil, while his brother James Geikie told Darwin on 10 October …
- … to raise money for the Belfast potato-blight researcher James Torbitt; Fritz Müller was offered £100 …
