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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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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
- … (1) Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte …
- … Louis (1) Bertrand, Joseph (2) …
- … Buist, Robert (2) Bullar, Joseph (2) …
- … Dareste, Camille (9) Darwin family (1) …
- … Fawcett, Henry (4) Fayrer, Joseph (15) …
- … Ernst von (3) Hewett, Joseph (1) …
- … Kaufman, K. P. von (2) Kay, Joseph (1) …
- … Lehmann, Emil (1) Leidy, Joseph (1) …
- … Lippert, Julius (1) Lister, Joseph (1) …
- … Playfair, Lyon (8) Plimsoll, Joseph (6) …
- … S. T. (7) Prestwich, Joseph (4) …
- … Simmons, F. W. C. (1) Simms, Joseph (1) …
Yokcushlu (Fuegia Basket)
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Yokcushlu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. She was one of the hostages seized by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, after the small boat used for surveying the narrow inlets of the coast of Tierra del…
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- … even though she appeared to like Orundellico better. Darwin thought Yokcushlu a modest girl of quick …
- … Orundellico had received in England may have heightened Darwin’s shocked reaction to his first …
- … hearing a report of one such encounter with a sealing ship, Darwin expressed his concern. ‘Without a …
- … bears a double interpretation) some days on board’ (Darwin 1845, p. 228 n.). Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … ’. This news about Yokcushlu was also shared with Simms Covington in 1853 . Yokcushlu was …
- … with the Yamana people of Cape Horn, before and after Darwin. Cambridge: Cambridge University …
- … Button. London: Hodder and Stoughton. Darwin, C. R. 1845. Journal of researches into the …
- … Beagle round the world, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. 2d edition. London: John Murray. …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working …
- … dispute over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second …
- … and traveller Alexander von Humboldt’s 105th birthday, Darwin obliged with a reflection on his debt …
- … during prolonged intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a …
- … from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such reminiscences led Darwin to the self-assessment, ‘as for one …
- … I feel very old & helpless The year started for Darwin with a week’s visit to …
- … Andrew Clark, whom he had been consulting since August 1873. Darwin had originally thought that …
- … ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor health so frequently in …
- … 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and sceptics Darwin excused himself for reasons of …
- … by George Henry Lewes and Marian Evans (George Eliot), but Darwin excused himself, finding it too …
- … if we have to believe in such rubbish’, he confided to Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. …
- … the month, another Williams séance was held at the home of Darwin’s cousin Hensleigh Wedgwood. Those …
- … imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin agreed that it was ‘all imposture’ …
- … stop word getting to America of the ‘strange news’ that Darwin had allowed ‘a spirit séance’ at his …
- … his own to the publishers, he applied first to his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker, and finally borrowed …
- … Descent was published in November 1874 ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Though …
- … on subsequent print runs would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). …
- … in a few hours dissolve the hardest cartilage, bone & meat &c. &c.’ ( letter to W. D. …
- … whether at the ‘close of the putrefaction of flesh, skin &c, any substance is produced before …
- … details of an Australian variety of sundew ( letter from T. C. Copland, 23 June 1874 ). …
- … Sharpe for promotion at the British Museum ( letter to R. B. Sharpe, 24 November [1874] ). He …
- … head that M r Spencer’s terms of equilibration &c always bother me & make everything less …
- … 1874 ). One of the stranger presents was a copy of Joseph Simms’s book on physiognomy (Simms …
- … also requested an outline of Darwin’s foot ( letter from Joseph Simms, 14 September 1874 ). …
