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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his …
- … friends, some of whom took immediate action to mediate a solution. Charles Darwin had close ties …
- … species such as the mammoth ( Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 4 May [1860] and n. …
- … 1864 issue of Natural History Review , Lubbock produced a final article on ‘Cave-men’ (Lubbock …
- … These five articles later formed the basis of Lubbock’s book, Prehistoric times (Lubbock 1865). …
- … chapter dealt with Danish kjökkenmöddings and began with a note citing the work of Morlot as the …
- … , 1861, p. 489, in which he has described the results of a recent visit to Denmark, made by him in …
- … anatomy of human and ape brains. 6 Many of Lyell’s supporters were privately critical of …
- … publicly about any controversial aspect. Darwin’s chief complaint about the book was more …
- … 8 Darwin continued to feel aggrieved about Lyell’s failure to support him. In April 1863, in a …
- … 1863b, p. 213). In May 1864, Lubbock received a letter from Falconer, who reiterated his …
- … and went on to say that he intended to make a copy of his letter to show to friends. 18 In …
- … wrote to Darwin to ask what he thought of the affair ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 June 1865] ). …
- … attack on Charles Lyell, see Bynum 1984 and L. G. Wilson 1996. 6. Owen’s complaints about …
- … 49640). Another portion of this letter is quoted in L. G. Wilson 1996. 13. For two …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller, 22 February …
- … Correspondence about Darwin’s Questionnaire (click on the letter dates to see the individual letters …
- … Correspondent Letter date Location …
- … Africa)? ] mentioned in JPM Weale letter, but Bowker's answers not found …
- … Square W London, England enclosed in a letter from Henry Maudsley …
- … South Africa possibly included in letter from Mansel Weale …
- … Egypt] possibly included in letter(s) from Asa Gray Nile …
- … Lake Wellington, Australia letter to F.J.H. von Mueller nodding, …
- … Abbey Place, London, England letter to Emma Darwin baby expression …
- … Penmaenmawr, Conway, Wales letter to Emma Darwin infant daughter …
- … Square W, London, England Enclosed letter from Dr. C. Browne …
- … W., London, England enclosed in letter from W. W. Reade Hottentots …
- … England (about Australia) encloses letter from Austrialian friend, letter not …
- … forwarded by Smyth; Wilson sent letter to Ferdinand von Mueller Victoria Aborigines …
A tale of two bees
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Darwinian evolution theory fundamentally changed the way we understand the environment and even led to the coining of the word 'ecology'. Darwin was fascinated by bees: he devised experiments to study the comb-building technique of honey bees and…
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- … one of the Darwin Correspondence Project editors noticed a rather unusual and attractive bee in the …
- … in Cambridge. With the help of the Natural History Museum’s excellent bumblebee identification guide …
- … Wales (see ‘ Bombus hypnorum (Hymenoptera: Apidae), a new British bumblebee?’ British Journal …
- … consequences are likely to ensue. It is perhaps a sign of the times that the pleasure …
- … John Lubbock seems very much ahead of his time when, in a letter to Darwin in 1867 , he commented …
- … probably destroy some native insect & I wish M r . Wilson would leave the Australian fauna …
- … from each other, and dependent on each other in so complex a manner, have all been produced by laws …
- … of the external conditions of life, and from use and disuse; a Ratio of Increase so high as to lead …
- … neighbours of his at Down, and Darwin encouraged Lubbock’s interest in natural history from the …
- … be recreated. Instead of the comforting representation of a cyclical recurrence of familiar animals …
- … his own property: The routes remain the same for a considerable time and the buzzing …
- … stationed five or six of my children, each close to a buzzing place, and told the one farthest away …
- … the buzzing place where I myself was standing. (letter to Herman Müller, [before 5 May …
- … as an example of acquired knowledge in insects. The letter was in response to one from a disgruntled …
- … ). Darwin came close to the answer when he noticed a leafcutter bee, Megachile willughbiella …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … [G. Montagu 1802–13]— facts about close species. Wilson’s American Ornithology [A. Wilson …
- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … in the Himalayan Provinces by W. Moorcroft. Edited by Wilson 1841 [Moorcroft and Trebeck 1841 …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … History ] Vol. 4: p. 377 to end. June 8 th Wilson Voyage Round Scotland [J. Wilson …
- … letters on Chemistry [Liebig 1851]. Nov. 15 th Wilson Voyage. Scotland [J. Wilson 1842] …
- … farm. 93 Feb. Highland Agricultural Report for J. Wilson origin of Domestic animals. 94 …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
- … ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). 55 The letter was addressed to Nicholas Aylward Vigors …
- … Bernier, François. 1826. Travels in the Mogul Empire A.D. 1656–1668 . Translated by Irving …
- … Bethune, John. 1840. Poems by the late John Bethune; with a sketch of the author’s life by his …
- … eds.] 119: 11a Blacklock, Ambrose. 1838. A treatise on sheep; with the best means …
- … Blaine, Delabere Pritchett. 1824. Canine pathology; or, a full description of the diseases of …
- … ——. 1840. An encyclopædia of rural sports; or, a complete account, historical, practical, …
- … 1844. Algeria, past and present. Containing a description of the country … with a review of …
- … years 1838–1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York. [Abstract in DAR 71: 51–2.] …
- … years 1838–1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Philadelphia. [Abstract in DAR 205.3: …
- … ou, iconographie de toutes les espèces et variétés d’arbres, fruitiers cultivés dans cet …
- … sur la distribution géographique des animaux vertébrés, moins les oiseaux. Journal de Physique 94 …
- … Drury, Robert. 1729. Madagascar; or, Robert Drury’s journal, during fifteen years …
- … [Vols. 3 and 4 in Darwin Library.] 119: 3a Dugès, Antoine. 1832. Memoir sur la …
Moral Nature
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In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
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- … in his private notebooks: Looking at Man, as a Naturalist would at any other Mammiferous …
- … instincts, and perhaps others.... These instincts consist of a feeling of love & sympathy or …
- … regard for others were beneficial to animal communities as a whole, and helped them to survive in …
- … instincts that humans shared with animals. Darwin's moral theory was the most …
- … compassion, guilt, and the pangs of conscience. Darwin's theory was condemned by The Times …
- … save another. Letters Letter 7048 : Darwin, W. E., to Darwin, …
- … the result of association and depending upon intellect to a great extent. It is very extraordinary …
- … allowing the moral faculty to be inheritable, but rather in a muddle on the whole subject" …
- … (Morley 1871). Darwin admired the review, and initiated a correspondence about the power of natural …
- … discussion of the relationship between his theory and Mill's utilitarian ethics. "I …
- … what I should call Social Selection--i.e., the selection by a community, through its current opinion …
- … but 'in the air' from generation to generation." Letter 7685 : Darwin to …
- … think that there is any evidence that man ever existed as a non-social animal." …
- … moral faculty is capable of springing up 'spontaneously' in 'a certain small degree& …
- … for broaching new doctrines as to the moral sense, at a time when Paris is aflame". …
- … apes & savages at the moral sense of mankind." Letter 7149 : Cobbe, F. P. to …
- … metaphysics & physics form one great philosophy?" Letter 7470 : Wedgwood, …
- … in feelings of shame, and the praise or blame from one's fellows. "Shame is the …
- … which look with reverence or respect is shame." Letter 7537 : Darwin, C. R. to …
- … dissatisfied with himself & regret his conduct." Letter 9377 : Darwin, C. R. to …
- … the same so-called instinctive nature as before?" Letter 12610 : Preston, S. T. to …
- … Letter 12615 : Darwin, C. R. to Preston, S. T., 22 May 1880 "My conviction as yet …
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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- … the highlights in chronological order: Adam Sedgwick's report on his geological work in …
- … their geometry, [19 June 1858] . W. E. Darwin's observations on Pulmonaria , 14 …
- … coloration of moths, 26 March 1868 Adolf Reuter's sketches of Robinia rubra and …
- … of Gasteria , 7 December 1873 F. F. Hallett's rough sketch showing his system of …
- … Commelina benghalensis , 30 December 1878 C. A. Lindvall's map of the sandhills in …
- … 1879 Anthony Rich's description of the movement of a caterpillar, 1 July 1879 …
- … discovered in Celebes, 23 October 1879 A. S. Wilson on clubroot fungus of cultivated …
- … of germination in Megarrhiza californica , enclosed in a letter from Asa Gray, 4 April 1880 …
Darwin & coral reefs
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The central idea of Darwin's theory of coral reef formation, as it was later formulated, was that the islands were formed by the upward growth of coral as the Pacific Ocean floor gradually subsided. It overturned previous ideas and would in itself…
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- … No other work of mine was begun in so deductive a spirit as this; for the whole theory was thought …
- … been incessantly attending to the effects on the shores of S. America of the intermittent elevation …
- … Autobiography , pp. 98-9 No statement of Darwin's theory of coral reef formation that …
- … of coral as the Pacific Ocean floor gradually subsided. A letter from Robert Edward Alison, who had …
- … islands in the Pacific, and it will be curious if you find a sinking of the land there, & a …
- … is hypothetical and speculative: As in Pacific a Corall bed. forming as land sunk. would …
- … great Calcareous formations of Europe.– Is there a large proportion of those Coralls …
- … alternations of these two grand classes of rock point out a corresponding opposite & repeated …
- … conglomerates marks an epoch when that part of the ocean’s bottom was near to a continent or shoal …
- … abundant).– [Notebook no. 1.18: 12.] Then, a few pages later, comes the statement: …
- … on global crustal changes strongly suggests that Darwin’s theory of coral reef formation originated …
- … South American continent. Darwin had by that time become a ‘zealous disciple’ of Lyell and, having …
- … elevation of South America. Paradoxically, Darwin’s adoption of the principle of compensatory …
- … who had shown in their Zoologie of Freycinet’s Voyage (1824), that reef-building corals …
- … to grow. Darwin was certainly familiar with Lyell’s chapter and with the observations of …
- … del ] raising upwards the greater part of S. America & as it would appear likewise of N. …
- … first sighting of a coral island is confirmed by a letter to his sister Caroline, written on 29 …
- … the time of the visit of the Beagle to Tahiti. The letter of 29 April was written shortly after …
- … he had a sound theory and one that was worth publishing. The letter continues: ‘I hope to be able to …
- … a ring of coral & finally only a lagoon in the centre.’ (Wilson 1972, p. 449). At Lyell’s …
- … heart’ to have finished writing his book on coral reefs: letter to Leonard Jenyns [9 May 1842] . …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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- … Darwin recorded in his journal that he ‘Began by Lyell’s advice writing species sketch’ ( …
- … this manuscript. Although advised by Lyell to publish only a brief outline—probably more for the …
- … was reluctant to squeeze his expansive material into such a small compass and soon abandoned Lyell’s …
- … quantities of information, pursuing his own experiments in a variety of different areas, analysing …
- … still felt cautious in expressing his views before a large scientific audience and anxious to ensure …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker, who were joined in 1856 by Hooker’s friend the American botanist Asa Gray and …
- … valued the views of Thomas Henry Huxley, at that time a somewhat precariously placed lecturer and …
- … Natural Selection Not all of Darwin’s manuscript on species has been preserved and not all …
- … an illustration of how selection might work in nature ( letter from Charles Lyell, 1–2 May 1856, n. …
- … the real structure of varieties’, he remarked to Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 September [1856 …
- … ‘& I mean to make my Book as perfect as ever I can.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 8 February [1857] …
- … species with their wild congeners. Many of Darwin’s conclusions about the variation of …
- … or lost during the process. Before the publication of Darwin's correspondence from these years, …
- … plants, he asked Asa Gray, vary in the United States ( letter to Asa Gray, 2 May 1856 )? What …
- … plants to be more hairy than their lowland relatives. But a last-minute check with Hooker revealed …
- … plants pretty effectually’ complained Darwin in 1857 ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [2 May 1857] ). …
- … John Lubbock that his method of calculation was wrong ( letter to John Lubbock, 14 July [1857] ). …
- … perseverance is perhaps the key to this period in Darwin’s life. He brought the same quality of …
- … ‘Darwin, an absolute & eternal hermaphrodite’ ( letter to to T. H. Huxley, 1 July [1856] ), …
- … Bentham, and the Belfast botanist George Dickie. Darwin’s theoretical notions also encouraged him to …
- … which the bird had naturally eaten have grown well.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1856] …
- … he wrote to Syms Covington in New South Wales ( letter to Syms Covington, 9 March 1856 ). …
- … his work on species and the preparation of his manuscript ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 1 May 1857 ) …
- … 1855 paper implied some kind of belief in transmutation (see Wilson ed. 1970, pp. 54–5), but Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If any man wants to gain a good opinion of his fellow man, he …
- … or in satisfying female preference in the mating process. In a letter to Alfred Russel Wallace in …
- … of changing the races of man’ (Correspondence vol. 12, letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 [May 1864] ). …
- … was still anticipating that his book would take the form of a ‘short essay’ on man ( letter to …
- … on the subject to the zoologist Albert Günther: ‘a drunkard might as well say, he would drink a …
- … early as 1865, the two-volume work appeared in January 1868. A final delay caused by the indexing …
- … manuscript to the publisher in February 1867, and had spent a good deal of that year reading and …
- … had expected to complete it in a fortnight. But at Darwin’s request, he modified his original plan, …
- … though it would be a great loss to the Book’. But Darwin’s angry letter to Murray crossed one from …
- … of labour to remuneration I shall look rather blank’ ( letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 January 1868 ). …
- … your note’. Darwin enclosed a cheque to Dallas for £55 s ., and recommended to Murray that Dallas …
- … if I try to read a few pages feel fairly nauseated’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 February [1868] ). …
- … Generally favourable accounts appeared in some of London’s leading weeklies such as the Saturday …
- … Gazette , was by George Henry Lewes, well-known in London’s literary circles and an author of …
- … Darwin for comments. Darwin was clearly impressed by Lewes’s reviews. On 7 August 1868 , he wrote …
- … by Owen’. John Edward Gray, a colleague of Richard Owen’s in the British Museum, agreed about the …
- … would strike me in the face, but not behind my back’ ( letter to John Murray, 25 February [1868] ) …
- … ignorant article… . It is a disgrace to the paper’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February [1868] …
- … ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 September 1868 ); Edward Wilson, a neighbour of Darwin’s, used his …
1.3 Thomas Herbert Maguire, lithograph
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< Back to Introduction This striking portrait of Darwin, dating from 1849, belonged to a series of about sixty lithographic portraits of naturalists and other scientists drawn by Thomas Herbert Maguire. They were successively commissioned over a…
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- … science through the exhibits, and also through the museum’s library and lectures or classes held …
- … natural history among the working classes’. The museum’s ethos was strongly religious and supportive …
- … and his friend Revd John Stevens Henslow – Darwin’s Cambridge mentor – as its second (appointed in …
- … prove most ungrateful if it does not second Mr Ransome’s benevolent intentions by speedily carrying …
- … Science, he was instrumental in securing the Association’s decision to hold its July 1851 meeting in …
- … the audience for the BAAS gathering. At this stage Maguire’s series of lithographs, which had, until …
- … for Maguire. The Times report on the Prince’s visit noted that the BAAS, then celebrating its …
- … savans ’, and the same could be said of Maguire’s series of portraits. They were evidently reissued …
- … in the mounts of albums. The quality of Maguire’s portraits, as much as the eminence of the …
- … media; for example, a photographic reproduction of Darwin’s head from the Maguire print appears in …
- … references and bibliography Francis Galton’s album of Darwin/ Galton family portraits, from the …
- … 1849], DCP-LETT-1335, and 25 Oct. [1849], DCP-LETT-1261. Letter from Ransome to Michael Faraday, 6 …
- … Electrical Engineers, 1991–2012), vol. 4, pp. 305–306, letter 2433. Report on ‘British Association …
- … in Christopher Harper-Bill, Carole Rawcliffe and Richard G. Wilson (eds), East Anglia’s History: …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … the whole of the confounded book out of my head’. But a large proportion of Darwin’s time for the …
- … , ‘for as my son Frank says, “you treat man in such a bare-faced manner.”‘ The most lively debate …
- … of illustrating his book. The year also brought a significant milestone for the family, as …
- … as feelings of hope for her future happiness combined with a sense of loss. Descent of man …
- … [of] the facts, during several past years, has been a great amusement’. Darwin had been working …
- … in the late 1830s. In recent years, Darwin had collected a wealth of material on sexual selection …
- … human evolution was comparatively small, reflecting Darwin’s aim of showing kinship with animals at …
- … published on 24 February, and all 2500 copies were sold in a week. ‘Murray says he is “torn to …
- … three more printings, 2000 in March, 2000 in April, and a further 1000 in December. The level of …
- … and the speed at which they appeared. Arrangements for a US edition had been in place since December …
- … Hooker suggested one of the reasons behind the book’s popularity: ‘I hear that Ladies think it …
- … do to talk about it, which no doubt promotes the sale’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 26 March 1871 ) …
- … Darwin wrote to Murray on 20 March 1871 , ‘It is quite a grand trade to be a scientific man.’ …
- … Correspondence vol. 19, Appendix IV). Four of Darwin’s five sons received a copy, and his daughter …
- … to her liking, ‘to keep in memory of the book’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 ). …
- … and had forsaken his lunch and dinner in order to read it ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 19 …
- … they believe to be the truth, whether pleasant or not’ (letter from W. W. Reade, 21 February 1871). …
- … & menstruation coming out of the primary fact that one’s n th . ancestor lived between tide …
- … habits, furnished with a tail and pointed ears” (letter from Asa Gray, 14 April 1871) …
- … ‘will-power’ and the heavy use of their arms and legs ( letter from C. L. Bernays, 25 February 1871 …
- … in order to make it darker than the hair on his head ( letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [before 25 …
- … together with an image of an orang-utan foetus ( letter from Hinrich Nitsche, 18 April 1871 ). …
- … A number of correspondents took issue with Darwin’s evolutionary explanation of the ‘higher’ …
