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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. …
- … as Daniel Oliver, Friedrich Hildebrand, Fritz Müller, and John Scott who had provided initial …
- … 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 …
- … the full paper. A disgruntled Darwin reported to George John Romanes on 23 May , ‘the Council …
- … 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 …
- … and ignorance in the name of science: ‘I am not John the baptist from the wilderness of locusts and …
- … 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 …
- … me in a considerate and friendly manner.’ He wrote to John Brodie Innes, the former vicar of Down, …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … that he was ‘unwell & must write briefly’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ), and in a …
- … were himself, Hooker, Huxley, Alfred Russel Wallace, and John Lubbock. Honours abroad …
- … of the Royal Society ( see letter from Edward Sabine to John Phillips, 12 November 1863 ). …
- … year with the Hertfordshire nurseryman Thomas Rivers. John Scott Darwin had found a …
- … of botanical subjects, the crossing experiments that Scott had begun on the primrose family after …
- … correspondence in 1863. Darwin eventually communicated Scott’s Primula work to the Linnean …
- … the results of which were published in 1868 ( see letter to John Scott, 25 and 28 May [1863] ). …
- … hoped would counteract Huxley’s criticism ( letter from John Scott, 23 July [1863] ). Darwin …
- … that your paper will have permanent value’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ). Scott received …
- … the “Origin” is not at all palatable!’ ( letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] ). Darwin’s …
- … a position offered in Darjeeling, India ( see letter from John Scott, 22 May 1863 , and letter …
- … 1860; it continued to capture his attention ( see letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] ). …
- … to Malvern the following week. Three letters in August from John Goodsir, professor of anatomy at …
- … of all such matters as your stomach’ ( see letter from John Goodsir, 21 August [1863] ; letter …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … of dimorphic and trimorphic plants’), and later in his 1877 book, The different forms of flowers on …
- … of a paper by another of his orchid correspondents, John Traherne Moggridge, who in June sent him …
- … in the second edition of Orchids , published in 1877. These publications were partly inspired by …
- … of insect pollinators in 1864 and following years. John Scott again Much of Darwin’s …
- … plight of another of Darwin’s fellow orchid-experimenters, John Scott. Their correspondence had been …
- … of the orchid Acropera . Darwin communicated one of Scott’s papers on the orchid Oncidium to …
- … a number of topics for him to work on. Darwin encouraged Scott to publish his results independently, …
- … by a steady stream of suggestions and support from Darwin, Scott produced a paper on the Primulaceae …
- … are the most troublesome In March, Darwin and Scott’s typically technical and detailed …
- … as foreman of the propagating department for five years. Scott felt that his superiors, James McNab …
- … and no hope of attaining a foreign appointment. Convinced of Scott’s talent and his ‘burning zeal …
- … points’, Darwin asked Hooker about the possibility of Scott’s conducting experiments at Kew on …
- … noted, for example, the jealousies that would be provoked by Scott’s position, suggesting that the …
- … indomitable perseverance, and his knowledge’ ( letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 ). Hooker met …
- … support ‘on the grounds of science’ ( letter to John Scott, 9 April 1864 ), but Scott declined …
- … 1864 ). A notably rambling and long letter arrived from John Beck, a Shrewsbury schoolfellow of …
- … by a merciful deity for the use of humankind ( letter from John Beck, 6 October 1864 ). …
- … his brother Erasmus told him of a subscription fund for John William Colenso, bishop of Natal, South …
- … that a Neanderthal race once extended across Europe. John Lubbock mentioned his forthcoming volume …
- … of the Royal Society, Edward Sabine, to the geologist John Phillips revealed Sabine’s fears that in …
- … ever so little degree the Council’s award’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 21 December [1864] ). In …
Natural Science and Femininity
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Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
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- … published his findings both in Expression and in an 1877 article titled, ‘ A Biographical …
- … discusses the scientific career of botanist and gardener John Scott . Scott is “one of those men …
- … discusses the scientific career of botanist and gardener John Scott . Differentiating between …
- … 6046 - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] John Weir describes experiments he is …
- … Letter 10821 - Graham C. C. to Darwin, [30 January 1877] Psychologist Christopher Graham …
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
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- … insufficient grounds. Letter 3934 - Darwin to Scott, J., [21 January 1863] …
- … worthy of publication. Letter 4185 - Darwin to Scott, J., [25 & 28 May 1863] …
- … Letter 11096 - Darwin to Romanes, G. J., [9 August 1877] Darwin points out a mistake made …
Forms of flowers
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Darwin’s book The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, published in 1877, investigated the structural differences in the sexual organs of flowers of the same species. It drew on and expanded five articles Darwin had published on the…
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- … of flowers on plants of the same species , published in 1877, investigated the structural …
- … results of similar work carried out by correspondents like John Scott . Scott had been studying …
- … his papers on forms of flowers into a book. By January 1877, Darwin informed Hooker, ‘ …I am only …
- … illegitimate offspring of heterostyled plants. By late March 1877 Darwin told Carus that he was …
- … to write Forms of flowers . He contacted his publisher John Murray in early April 1877, …
1.21 window at Christ's College Cambridge
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< Back to Introduction Among the many posthumous commemorations of Darwin is a portrayal of him in stained glass. It is in the oriel window of the Hall at his alma mater, Christ’s College Cambridge – in a bay looking onto the First Court of the…
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- … This dining hall had been remodelled by George Gilbert Scott the younger in the 1870s, but its …
- … tutor, who died in 1881. The historian of the College, John Peile, writing in 1900, noted that ‘In …
- … honorary degree conferred on him by Cambridge University in 1877. He is paired here with William …
- … Cambridge originators of image John Burlison and Thomas John Grylls …
- … available online at https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk . John Peile, Christ’s College (London: F.E …
