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Henrietta Darwin's diary

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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…

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… Charles Darwin’s daughter Henrietta wrote the following journal entries in March and …
… 1871 in a small lockable, leather-bound notebook now in the Darwin Archive of Cambridge University …
… excised within it, presumably by Henrietta herself. Darwin’s letters in 1870 and 1871 ( …
… scepticism; many of her arguments are reminiscent of Darwin’s own discussion of religious belief in …
… and attended by Henrietta’s friend and relative Emily Caroline (Lena) Langton, was advertised in a …
… on a discussion with her cousin, Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood, about religion and free will in …
… one of Descent (see letter from Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood, [March 1871?], and …
… period of their courtship. We are grateful to William Darwin for permission to publish the …
… my telegram & I feared so to find from G. Lushingtons. 12 I think he must care—it can …
… Edmund Langton was Henrietta’s cousin; his wife, Emily Caroline , was nicknamed Lena. …
… 6 Laura May Forster . 7 Frances Julia Wedgwood (Snow) and George Eliot. The …
… parable of the talents see Matt. 25: 14–30. 12 Godfrey Lushington and Beatrice Ann …

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) Agassiz, Alexander (12) Agassiz, Louis …
… (1) Berkeley, M. J. (12) Berlin (1) …
… Dareste, Camille (9) Darwin family (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 …
… William (4) Shuttleworth, Caroline (1) …
… (1) Whitley, C. T. (12) Whitney, W. D. …
… (2) Zacharias, Otto (12) Zeuschner, E. L. …

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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… In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous …
… for scientific colleagues or their widows facing hardship. Darwin had suffered from poor health …
… of his scientific friends quickly organised a campaign for Darwin to have greater public recognition …
… Botanical observation and experiment had long been Darwin’s greatest scientific pleasure. The year …
… to Fritz Müller, 4 January 1882 ). These were topics that Darwin had been investigating for years, …
… working at the effects of Carbonate of Ammonia on roots,’ Darwin wrote, ‘the chief result being that …
… for some hours in a weak solution of C. of Ammonia’. Darwin’s interest in root response and the …
… London on 6 and 16 March, respectively. In January, Darwin corresponded with George John …
… letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 28 December 1881 ). Darwin had a long-running interest in such …
… experiments had been conducted to lend support to Darwin’s theory of pangenesis (see …
… He was eager to write up the results on Brazilian cane, with Darwin providing a detailed outline: ‘I …
… at the Linnean Society on 4 May, but not published. Darwin carried on with botanical work in …
… which are asymmetric, thus facilitating cross-fertilisation. Darwin’s aim, he said, was just to …
… 3 April 1882 ). Earthworms and evolution Darwin’s last book, Earthworms , had been …
… Appendix V). The conservative Quarterly Review , owned by Darwin’s publisher John Murray, carried …
… themselves’ ( Quarterly Review , January 1882, p. 179). Darwin commented at length on the review …
… is a young man & a worker in any branch of Biology,’ Darwin continued, ‘he will assuredly sooner …
… and professor of ecclesiastical history Henry Wace. Darwin was confident that the theory of …
… James Frederick Simpson, a musical composer, had provided Darwin with observations on worm behaviour …
… by the benefits of worms to soil composition. He asked Darwin about the nitrogen content in the …
… H. Gilbert, 9 January 1882, and letter to J. H. Gilbert, 12 January 1882 ). In Earthworms , …
… offers, and this was no exception. Another American, Caroline Kennard, had written on 26 …
… 20 March [1882] ; see also letter from T. L Brunton, 12 February 1882 , and letter to T. L. …
… were not wanting to tell me how you felt for me— Hope [Wedgwood] expresses a feeling that I should …
… & it is a consolation to me to think that the last 10 or 12 years were the happiest (owing to …
… was eagerly awaited by his family, including his cousin Emma Wedgwood. In long letters to her sister …
… ’ ( 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 …

Women as a scientific audience

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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…

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… Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those …
… a broad variety of women had access to, and engaged with, Darwin's published works. A set of …
… women a target audience? Letter 2447 - Darwin to Murray, J., [5 April 1859] …
… that his views are original and will appeal to the public. Darwin asks Murray to forward the …
… and criticisms of style. Letter 2461 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [11 May 1859] …
… typically-male readers. Letter 7124 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [8 February 1870] …
… Letter 10390 - Herrick, S. M. B. to Darwin, [12 February 1876] Sophia Herrick …
… Letter 13547 - Tanner, M. H. to Darwin, [12 December 1881] Mary Tanner tells …
… Kennard, C. A. to Darwin, [28 January 1882] Caroline Kennard responds critically to Darwin …

Darwin's health

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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…

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… March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker …
… Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to …
… See the letter At various periods in his life Darwin suffered from gastrointestinal …
… fatigue, trembling, faintness, and dizziness. In 1849, Darwin’s symptoms became so severe that he …
… for three months while he took Dr Gully’s water cure. In Darwin’s letter to Hooker, he described Dr …
… See the letter After returning from Malvern, Darwin continued his hydropathic …
… 1863. In a letter to Hooker in April of 1861, for example, Darwin used his delicate physiology to …
… Edward Wickstead Lane, and at Ilkley with Dr Edmund Smith, Darwin sought advice from his consulting …
… of a fashionable spinal ice treatment. In April 1864, Darwin attributed his improved health to Dr …
… to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] ) Why was Darwin’s so ill? Historians and others have …
… that there were psychological or psychosomatic dimensions to Darwin’s most severe periods of crisis. …
… Rolfe, 10 November [1858] , and Correspondence vol. 12 , letter to F. T. Buckland, 15 …
… 1864, he was sick almost daily (see Correspondence vol. 12 , letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox …
… [20-] 22 February [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12 ), Darwin remarked that his vomiting usually …
… , and Correspondence vol. 2, letter to Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood, [28 August 1837] ). His …
… feel a little alive’. See also Correspondence vol. 12 , letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, …
… (see Correspondence vol. 4, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 October 1849 , and Colp 1977, pp. 43-6 …
… nitrate, mineral acids and alkalies (see Colp 1977, pp. 12 , 22, 37, 45-6, 65, 76, 78-80). Most …
… peltatum (May apple) (see Correspondence vol. 12 ). A book of prescriptions used by the Darwin …
… had checked his chronic vomiting ( Correspondence vol. 12 , letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April …

Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'

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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…

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… The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one …
… a family Busy as he was with scientific activities, Darwin found time to re-establish family …
… close contact. In November 1838, two years after his return, Darwin became engaged to his cousin, …
… daughter, Anne Elizabeth, moved to Down House in Kent, where Darwin was to spend the rest of his …
… his greatest theoretical achievement, the most important of Darwin’s activities during the years …
… identifications of his bird and fossil mammal specimens, Darwin arrived at the daring and momentous …
… in species. With this new theoretical point of departure Darwin continued to make notes and explore …
… present in the version of 1859. Young author Darwin’s investigation of the species …
… the Beagle had returned to England, news of some of Darwin’s findings had been spread by the …
… great excitement. The fuller account of the voyage and Darwin’s discoveries was therefore eagerly …
… suitable categories for individual experts to work upon, Darwin applied himself to the revision of …
… of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle. Darwin’s volume bore the title Journal …
… visited by H.M.S. Beagle . Also in November 1837, Darwin read the fourth of a series of papers to …
… to the Society of 9 March 1838), had been developed by Darwin from a suggestion made by his uncle, …
… Sedgwick, [after 15 May 1838] ). The new research Darwin undertook after 1837 was an …
… time, the parallel terraces, or ‘roads’, of Glen Roy. Darwin had seen similar formations on the …
… roads of Glen Roy’, Collected papers 1: 88–137). Darwin later abandoned this view, calling it a …
… contemporaneous unstratified deposits of South America”, Darwin continued to defend his and Lyell’s …
… 1842, having heard of evidence of glaciation in North Wales, Darwin made a tour there in order to …
… more satisfactorily than any alternative explanation. Darwin eventually relinquished this theory and …
… the Beagle voyage In addition to his work on geology Darwin undertook to provide a …
… The correspondence provides a nearly complete record of Darwin’s arrangements with the Treasury, his …
… , by Thomas Bell—a total of nineteen quarto issues. Darwin contributed a substantial portion of the …
… and habitats of the species. Mr Arthrobalanus Darwin had originally planned to include …
… 1961, p. 53). Marriage Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in January 1839. His hopes and …
… several months (See Correspondence vol. 1, letter to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 , and …

Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life

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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…

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… The year 1876 started out sedately enough with Darwin working on the first draft of his book on the …
… games. ‘I have won, hurrah, hurrah, 2795 games’, Darwin boasted; ‘my wife … poor creature, has won …
… regarding the ailments that were so much a feature of Darwin family life. But the calm was not to …
… four days later. ‘I cannot bear to think of the future’, Darwin confessed to William on 11 …
… once, the labour of checking proofs proved a blessing, as Darwin sought solace for the loss of his …
… and his baby son Bernard now part of the household, and Darwin recasting his work on dimorphic and …
… had involved much time and effort the previous year, and Darwin clearly wanted to focus his …
… When Smith, Elder and Company proposed reissuing two of Darwin’s three volumes of the geology of …
… single-volume edition titled Geological observations , Darwin resisted making any revisions at …
… volume, Coral reefs , already in its second edition. Darwin was nevertheless ‘firmly resolved not …
… meticulous correction of errors in the German editions made Darwin less anxious about correcting the …
… to Carus. ( Letter to J. V. Carus, 24 April 1876. ) Darwin focused instead on the second …
… concentrated on the ‘means of crossing’, was seen by Darwin as the companion to Cross and self …
… return to old work than part of the future work outlined by Darwin in his ‘little Autobiography’ ( …
… holiday after finishing Cross and self fertilisation , Darwin took up the suggestion made by a …
… for his family only. Writing for an hour every afternoon, Darwin finished his account on 3 August …
… dimittis.”’ (‘Recollections’, pp. 418–19). Darwin remained firm in his resolution to …
… ever return to the consideration of man.’ In particular, Darwin seemed eager to avoid issues that …
… wrote with the good news that he could restore Darwin to a religious life. This transformation would …
… silly to deserve an answer’ ( letter from S. B. Herrick, 12 February 1876 ). Others questioned …
… to Down. In the same month, Darwin heard that his sister Caroline Wedgwood continued to languish in …
… the Darwins were organising a special train carriage to get Caroline home, they had experienced a …
… for one so poor at figures as I am’, Gray conceded on 12 November , although he could reassure …
… Darwin’s oldest son William (see Correspondence vol. 12 and the Supplement to vol. 24). By the …

Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms

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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…

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… heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old …
… to adapt to varying conditions. The implications of Darwin’s work for the boundary between animals …
… studies of animal instincts by George John Romanes drew upon Darwin’s early observations of infants, …
… of evolution and creation. Many letters flowed between Darwin and his children, as he took delight …
… Financial support for science was a recurring issue, as Darwin tried to secure a Civil List pension …
… with Samuel Butler, prompted by the publication of Erasmus Darwin the previous year. …
… Charles Harrison Tindal, sent a cache of letters from two of Darwin’s grandfather’s clerical friends …
… divines to see a pig’s body opened is very amusing’, Darwin replied, ‘& that about my …
… registry offices, and produced a twenty-page history of the Darwin family reaching back to the …
… the world’ ( letter from J. L. Chester, 3 March 1880 ). Darwin’s sons George and Leonard also …
… and conciliate a few whose ancestors had not featured in Darwin’s Life . ‘In an endeavour to …
… think I must pay a round of visits.’ One cousin, Reginald Darwin, warmed to George: ‘he had been …
… an ordinary mortal who could laugh’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin, 22 July …
… whose essay on Erasmus’s scientific work complemented Darwin’s biographical piece. Krause’s essay …
… Kosmos in February 1879, an issue produced in honour of Darwin’s birthday. Krause enlarged and …
… superficial and inaccurate piece of work’, although Darwin advised him not to ‘expend much powder …
… in the last sentence. When Butler read Erasmus Darwin , he noted the reference to his work, and …
… leading journalist was sought. Leslie Stephen’s reply on 12 January [1881] echoed that of Huxley …
… Darwin to Emma Darwin, [18 September 1880] ). Darwin’s Wedgwood nieces, Sophy and Lucy, were asked …
… We find that the light frightens them’ ( letter to Sophy Wedgwood, 8 October [1880] ). The …
… with diverse backgrounds and interests. In February, a 12 -year-old boy asked politely, ‘What causes …
… of several close family members. Emma’s brother Josiah Wedgwood III died on 11 March. Like Emma, he …

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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… In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished …
… used these notebooks extensively in dating and annotating Darwin’s letters; the full transcript …
… *128). For clarity, the transcript does not record Darwin’s alterations. The spelling and …
… book had been consulted. Those cases where it appears that Darwin made a genuine deletion have been …
… a few instances, primarily in the ‘Books Read’ sections, Darwin recorded that a work had been …
… of the books listed in the other two notebooks. Sometimes Darwin recorded that an abstract of the …
… own. Soon after beginning his first reading notebook, Darwin began to separate the scientific …
… the second reading notebook. Readers primarily interested in Darwin’s scientific reading, therefore, …
… editors’ identification of the book or article to which Darwin refers. A full list of these works is …
… page number (or numbers, as the case may be) on which Darwin’s entry is to be found. The …
… in the bibliography that other editions were available to Darwin. While it is likely that Darwin …
… read There appears to be good art. on Entozore 12 by Owen in Encyclop. of Anat. & …
… all Vols. Marshall’s Rural Economy of Yorkshire, 12 s [Marshall 1788]—— often quoted by …
… Palaces. Fourth Edition with Woodcuts. 2 vols. fcap. 8vo., 12 s . 30 [Jesse 1838] …
… Animals (Deer, Antelopes, &c.) [Jardine 1835–6] 12 . Ruminating Animals (Goats, Sheep, …
… et Culture. 4to. Avec 10 planches. Amsterdam, 1768. 12 s . 41 Bailliére [Saint-Simon] 1768] …
… of Vertebrate animals 54 folio Plates. Maclise 2”12 .6. [Maclise 1847] good for woodcuts. (Roy. …
… Malthus on Population [Malthus 1826] Oct 12 th W. Earle’s 60 Eastern Seas [Earl 1837]. …
… vol. 19 Mungo Parks travels [Park 1799] Feb 12 Sir H. Davy consolations in travel [H. …
… [G. Dixon ed. 1789]. Voyages skimmed. Coral Theory 12 th Dampier [Dampier 1697]. 1 st …
… references at end of Hallam [Hallam 1837–9]) Feb. 12 th Charlsworths Journal [ Magazine …
… Hour & Man. H. Martineau [H. Martineau 1841] —— 12 Sir S. Romilly’s Memoirs [Romilly 1840 …
… Natur-gesichte [Bechstein 1789–95]. d[itt]o March 12 th Gardener’s Magaz. [ Gardener&#039 …
… and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement ] 12 Backhouse Narr: of Visit to …
… Dict. des Sci. Nat. [A. P. de Candolle 1820] marked 12 . Watertons Essays in Nat. Hist. 2 nd …
… (Liebig 1851). 50 Probably Elizabeth Wedgwood. 51 This note is a …
… London. [Other eds.] 119: 22b Gray, Elizabeth Caroline . 1840. Tour to the sepulchres of …

Darwin’s observations on his children

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Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…

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… Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children,[1] began the …
… is available below . As with much of his other work, Darwin gathered additional information on the …
… lunatics, the blind, and animals. And as early as 1839 Darwin had begun to collect information on …
… the expression of emotions. As the following transcript of Darwin’s notes reveals, he closely …
… William Erasmus, the stages of his development suggesting to Darwin those expressions which are …
… The tone of the manuscript reflects an aspect of Darwin’s character clearly perceived by Emma during …
… “What does that prove”.’[6] For in these notes, Darwin’s deep scientific curiosity transcends his …
… that on occasion he refers to William as ‘it’. Darwin possessed the ability to dissociate …
… memories.[8] Yet, though the dissociation was essential for Darwin’s scientific goal, the notes here …
… the record breaks off until January 1852, by which time the Darwin family had increased by five: …
… the onset of frowning, smiling, etc., as was the focus of Darwin’s attention on William and Anne, …
… of logical thought and language. On 20 May 1854, Darwin again took over the notebook and, …
… without a corresponding sensation. D r . Holland[12 ] informs me children do not learn …
… each scream approaches it.— 8 Between 11 & 12 weeks old in smiling. I observe he …
… present when screaming from pain When one day under 12 weeks took hold of Catherines[20] …
… the first time he used his right hand, was observed 12 weeks & one day whilst violently …
… it is easy to see, are those of inspiration.— 12 April 20 th .— Took my finger to his …
… April 4 14wks & 1 day. 11 – 12 May 16 …
… was called.— 29 th . Cried at the sight of Allen Wedgwood[32] Is able to catch hold of a …
… habit he continued for some months Jan 12 th . He observed, & gave cry of recognition …
… Anne, on seeing her often kissed self in glass Jan 12 th — observed image in eye.— …
… Door. the only difference between our door N o 12 and N o 11 is in the slit for the Letter …
… [6] Correspondence vol. 2, letter from Emma Wedgwood, [23 January 1839] . [7] …
… CD’s original pencil text as closely as possible. [12 ] Henry Holland. [13] CD wrote …
… the next paragraph were written by Emma Darwin. [29] Caroline Sarah Wedgwood, Elizabeth …
… Emma Darwin’s diary, stayed at Upper Gower Street between 12 February and 16 March 1842. [43] …

About Darwin

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To many of us, Darwin’s name is synonymous with his theory of evolution by natural selection. But even before the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, he was publicly known through his popular book about the voyage of the Beagle, and he was…

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… To many of us, Darwin’s name is synonymous with his theory of evolution by natural …
… of his career, Origin was the point of departure for Darwin’s important works on variation, …
… culture, and the discussion of religion. Born on 12 February 1809, Charles Darwin was the son …
… renowned physician, poet, and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin. Charles grew up in Shrewsbury …
… to be a devoted family man. He married his cousin Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and they had ten children. …
… by serving as research subjects themselves). The depth of Darwin’s affection for his children is …
… the Cambridge professor of botany, John Stevens Henslow, Darwin was offered the chance to travel …
… to this five-year journey, which began when he was just 22, Darwin wrote, 'The voyage of the …
… my whole career.' While circumnavigating the globe, Darwin remained in constant contact with …
… life at sea. By the time he returned to England in 1836, Darwin had unearthed enormous mammalian …
… and plants that fuelled much of his later work. Darwin’s achievements during the voyage …
… heroes, the geologist Charles Lyell. The six years Darwin lived in London were among the most …
… urged him to publish his views on evolution in 1858, when Darwin learned by letter that Alfred …
… specimens in the Malay Archipelago. At home in Downe, Darwin spent the last two decades of his life …
… of the most renowned names in Victorian Britain. Darwin died in April 1882; he was buried in …

About Darwin

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To many of us, Darwin’s name is synonymous with his theory of evolution by natural selection. But even before the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, he was publicly known through his popular book about the voyage of the Beagle, and he was…

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… To many of us, Darwin’s name is synonymous with his theory of evolution by natural …
… of his career, the Origin was the point of departure for Darwin’s important works on variation, …
… culture, and the discussion of religion. Born on 12 February 1809, Charles Darwin was the son …
… renowned physician, poet, and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin. Charles grew up in Shrewsbury …
… to be a devoted family man. He married his cousin Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and they had ten children. …
… by serving as research subjects themselves). The depth of Darwin’s affection for his children is …
… the Cambridge professor of botany, John Stevens Henslow, Darwin was offered the chance to travel …
… to this five-year journey, which began when he was just 22, Darwin wrote, “The voyage of the Beagle …
… my whole career.” While circumnavigating the globe, Darwin remained in constant contact with …
… life at sea. By the time he returned to England in 1836, Darwin had unearthed enormous mammalian …
… and plants that fuelled much of his later work. Darwin’s achievements during the voyage …
… heroes, the geologist Charles Lyell. The six years Darwin lived in London were among the most …
… urged him to publish his views on evolution in 1858, when Darwin learned by letter that Alfred …
… specimens in the Malay Archipelago. At home in Downe, Darwin spent the last two decades of his life …
… him one of the most renowned names in Victorian Britain. Darwin died in April 1882; he was buried …

Journal of researches

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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…

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… The Journal of researches , Darwin’s account of his travels round the world in H.M.S. Beagle , …
… The circumstances of its publication were not shaped by Darwin, however, but by the Beagle ’s …
… of the globe , with the title Journal and remarks . Darwin’s volume was soon issued separately …
… of the Beagle , although this title was never used in Darwin’s lifetime. Conception …
… form the basis of his publication. After Henry Holland, Darwin’s second cousin, pointed out there …
… confessed, ‘ but I found no part of yours tedious ’. Darwin’s sister Catherine also reported that …
… to criticize ’. By the end of 1836, the matter of whether Darwin’s journal would form a separate …
… the narrative be divided into three volumes with one for Darwin alone, and the ‘ profits if …
… length of the journal kept during the voyage, while another Wedgwood cousin continued to encourage …
… the hodge-podge complete .’ Shortly after this, Darwin outlined the same plan to his …
… information from others. ‘I have been going steadily,’ Darwin told Henslow, ‘and have already made a …
… will much add to the value of the whole .’ By July 1837, Darwin had finished the draft of his book …
… work, cramming up learning to ornament my journal with ’. Darwin’s methods for acquiring …
… of activity had been spurred by assurances in May 1837 that Darwin’s volume would ‘begin to print in …
… ‘ not be published till November 1 st . ’ By 18 May, Darwin was working ‘very steadily’, but …
… at the work’ his progress was slow ’. Nonetheless, Darwin kept to the schedule, even though the …
… Since books were sent to the printer in sections, Darwin still had a few days to complete later …
… with the thistles, which will go a few days afterwards ’. Darwin also warned Henslow that he hoped …
… was something he was ‘ bound to do ’ as he had sent Darwin out on the voyage. If Darwin found …
… attending the renowned Birmingham Music Festival with his Wedgwood cousins. ‘ To write a book, I do …
… Deluge Chapter’, Darwin wrote to his sister Caroline , adding that Charles Lyell ‘ says it beats all …
… ahead with producing Journal of researches as volume 12 of his Colonial and Home Library. This …

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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… On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July …
… … of having grown older’. This portrait, the first of Darwin with his now famous beard, had been …
… 52 hours without vomiting!! In the same month, Darwin began to consult William Jenner, …
… prescribed a variety of antacids and purgatives, and limited Darwin’s fluid intake; this treatment …
… the dimorphic aquatic cut-grass Leersia . In May, Darwin finished his paper on Lythrum …
… he had set aside the previous summer. In October, Darwin let his friends know that on his …
… to the surgeon and naturalist Francis Trevelyan Buckland, Darwin described his symptoms in some …
… November and December were also marked by the award to Darwin of the Royal Society’s Copley Medal; …
… been unsuccessfully nominated the two previous years. As Darwin explained to his cousin William …
… it was conferred, brought a dramatic conclusion to the year. Darwin also wrote to Fox that he was …
… progress’ in Britain. Challenging convention Darwin’s concern about the acceptance of …
… vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] , Darwin wrote to Hooker: ‘The only approach to work …
… produce tendrils However, the queries that Darwin, describing himself as ‘a broken-down …
… tendrils’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1864] ). Darwin’s excitement about his …
… ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 June [1864] ). When Darwin asked Oliver whether the tendrils of …
… for his teacherly tone, explaining that he had felt that Darwin had misunderstood some accepted …
… ( letter from Daniel Oliver, [17 March 1864] ). Though Darwin replied with his typical humility …
… habits of climbing plants’ (‘Climbing plants’), which Darwin submitted to the Linnean Society in …
… was often the case, he was interested in transitional forms. Darwin came to think, for example, that …
… and tendril-bearers. At the end of his paper, Darwin used species from the genus Lathyrus …
… in 1864 he drew up the results (see Correspondence vol. 12 , Appendix III). Darwin sought to show …
… or garden, taking notes by dictation. His niece Lucy Caroline Wedgwood sent observations of …
… the award going to Darwin (see Correspondence vol. 12 Appendix IV). With the help of supporters …
… details of the ensuing debate (see Correspondence vol. 12 , Appendix IV) demonstrate how Darwin’s …

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