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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 …
- … his son’s own work on plant sensitivity and digestion. William, who had contributed to some of the …
- … from a family that the Darwins had befriended. The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. …
- … Darwin corresponded most often with the assistant director, William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, who …
- … as rain, wind, temperature, and light. While staying with William in Southampton he made notes on …
- … ‘I got out within 2 minutes of a very heavy shower’, William wrote on 24 August 1877 . ‘The …
- … 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 …
- … he had begun in 1839 with the birth of his first child, William. He had used some of this material …
- … attracted immediate attention from other researchers. William Preyer requested a copy and shared …
- … had written to the editor Ernst Ludwig Krause on 30 June 1877 , ‘I have been much interested by …
- … and classical scholars, including the eminent politician William Ewart Gladstone. Darwin wrote to …
- … 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 …
- … 14 June 1877 ). Darwin was staying in Southampton with William during the emperor’s visit, and so …
- … , he was criticised for having quoted from an article by William Rathbone Greg on the ‘careless, …
- … C. T. E. Siebold, 10 October 1877 ). An American banker, William Burrows Bowles, having read Ernst …
- … a fossil by a model-maker. The giant’s ‘discoverer’, William Conant, was a colleague of the showman …
- … brought a very happy occasion with the engagement of William to Sara Sedgwick. She was the daughter …
- … Southampton a dull place, but he did his best to recommend William: ‘his temper is beautifully sweet …
- … ‘I enclose my marriage present’, Darwin wrote to William on 3 October , ‘I fear that Sara will …
