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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,…
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- … (1) Agassiz, Alexander (12) Agassiz, Louis …
- … Airy, Hubert (27) Aitchison, William (2) …
- … Baird, S. F. (1) Baird, William (1) …
- … Baxter, W. W. (36) Baxter, William (7) …
- … Bennett, A. W. (21) Bennett, William (2) …
- … (1) Berkeley, M. J. (12) Berlin (1) …
- … Blanche (2) Blenkiron, William, Jr (1) …
- … Bowles, W. B. (2) Bowman, William (29) …
- … Frank (17) Buckland, William (6) …
- … Clephan, T. R. (1) Clift, William (1) …
- … Coldstream, John (2) Cole, William (3) …
- … Cooper, W. B. (1) Cooper, William (1) …
- … Croll, James (16) Crookes, William (1) …
- … la Beche, H. T. (3) Dealtry, William (1) …
- … Farr, John (2) Farr, William (7) …
- … Farrer, T. H. (137) Farrer, William (1) …
- … (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 …
- … (1) Whitley, C. T. (12) Whitney, W. D. …
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
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On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
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Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … H. Gilbert, 9 January 1882, and letter to J. H. Gilbert, 12 January 1882 ). In Earthworms , …
- … of an infant’, based on observations of his first child, William, was republished in a collection of …
- … in the success of the proposed Association,’ he wrote to William Jenner, ‘for I am convinced that …
- … foundation cannot be overestimated’ ( letter to William Jenner, 20 March [1882] ; see also …
- … of Cambridge, enclosing a subscription for the portrait of William Cavendish, the duke of Devonshire …
- … found relief in some of Darwin’s letters, remarking to William: ‘I have been reading over his old …
- … & it is a consolation to me to think that the last 10 or 12 years were the happiest (owing to …
- … 1857, Darwin wrote to the secretary of the Royal Society, William Sharpey, with recommendations for …
- … no man ranks in the same class with Lyell’ ( letter to William Sharpey, 22 May [1857] ). …
- … ’ ( Correspondence vol. 17, letter from F. M. Malven, 12 February [1869] ). An extract from …
- … the same class with his’ ( letter to F. M. Malven, [after 12 February 1869] ). Accompanying this …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … The year opened with Darwin, helped by his eldest son William, going over the final proofs for the …
- … price at 7 s. 6 d. ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 February 1872 ). Always closely …
- … anthropologist, and outspoken supporter of Darwinism, William Winwood Reade, Darwin was revising his …
- … in particular Donders and the ophthalmic surgeon William Bowman, both of whom he consulted on the …
- … Darwin and his family went to stay with his eldest son, William, in Southampton, but his peace was …
- … over Ayrton’s head direct to the Liberal prime minster, William Gladstone. May all your …
- … turn into an old honest Tory’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 July [1872] ). Darwin and …
- … Galton, had with some interest been following the career of William Crookes, an investigator of …
- … and other chemicals, ordered from Darwin’s usual chemist, William Baxter, were not in this case for …
- … his cousin and fellow beetle-enthusiast from student days, William Darwin Fox. The two had not met …
Insectivorous plants
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Darwin’s work on insectivorous plants began by accident. While on holiday in the summer of 1860, staying with his wife’s relatives in Hartfield, Sussex, he went for long walks on the heathland and became curious about the large number of insects caught by…
