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John Stevens Henslow
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The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at Cambridge University, were among the most significant of his life. It was a letter from Henslow that brought Darwin the invitation to sail round the world as…
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- … The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at …
- … most significant of his life. It was a letter from Henslow that brought Darwin the …
- … it had been walks in the Cambridgeshire countryside with Henslow that had fostered Darwin's …
- … is now in Cambridge University Library. It is inscribed: 'J. S. Henslow to his friend C. Darwin …
- … like the remains of an electric explosion ( from Henslow, 15–21 January 1833 ) …
- … took notice of a young traveller called Charles Darwin when Henslow read some of his letters from …
- … on to Joseph Dalton Hooker at Kew. As a schoolboy Henslow had assisted in cataloguing the …
- … of Geology, who introduced him to field studies. In 1819 Henslow carried out a field survey of the …
- … end of the year had collected 263 flowering plants. In 1822, Henslow was appointed Professor of …
- … for the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Despite Henslow's reservations about the …
- … too far' - the two men remained friends to the end of Henslow's life; more than 140 …
- … this earth '. Henslow was curate of Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge, from 1824 to …
The Voyage of the Beagle
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It was a letter from his friend and former teacher, John Stevens Henslow, that brought the 22-year-old Charles Darwin news of the offer of a place on board the Admiralty surveying vessel HMS Beagle on a voyage to chart the coast of South America. During…
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- … not only kept him in touch with family and friends, but with Henslow and others from whom he could …
- … he returned to England. It was even letters sent back to Henslow and published without Darwin' …
- … in Wales with another former teacher, Adam Sedgwick . Henslow had been asked to recommend a …
- … would be a companion for Robert FitzRoy , the Beagle 's captain. Darwin was not the …
- … history, brought him to the top of the list when first Henslow himself, and then Leonard Jenyns , …
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … for building and maintaining such connections. Darwin's networks extended from his family …
- … The first is between Darwin and his friend Kew botanist J. D. Hooker. The second is between Darwin …
- … Hooker Letter 714 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., [13 or 20 Nov 1843] Darwin …
- … Letter 736 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 23 Feb [1844] Darwin begins with a charming …
- … flora of the USA. He sends a list of plants from Gray’s Manual of botany [1848] and asks him to …
- … recalled meeting Darwin three years earlier at Hooker’s. Gray has filled up Darwin’s paper [see …
- … Letter 1202 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 6 Oct [1848] Darwin catches up on personal …
- … reform, Darwin opposes appending first describer’s name to specific name. Letter 1220 — …
- … to Darwin and Lyell for Athenæum . He mentioned Darwin’s work on complemental males in barnacles …
- … Letter 1260 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 12 Oct 1849 Darwin opens by discussing their …
- … lamination of gneiss. Letter 1319 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., 6 & 7 Apr 1850 …
- … Mentors Darwin's close relationship with John Stevens Henslow, the professor of botany …
- … Mentors This collection of letters documents Henslow’s mentoring while Darwin was on the …
- … mail to Montevideo. He talks of being a sort of Protégé of Henslow’s and it is Henslow’s “bounden …
- … of his notes on the specimens. Letter 249 — Henslow, J. S. to Darwin, C. R., 22 July …
Race, Civilization, and Progress
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Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
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- … Letters | Selected Readings Darwin's first reflections on human progress were …
- … the publication of Origin of Species , many of Darwin's supporters continued to believe that …
- … beyond. Letters Darwin’s first observations of the peoples of …
- … native, Christian Gaika. Darwin was impressed by Gaika's knowledge of English and used some of …
- … This remained a point of dispute between many of Darwin’s scientific supporters, including Lyell, …
- … explained by Natural Selection I rather hail Wallace’s suggestion that there may be a Supreme Will …
- … Secondary Adrian Desmond and James Moore, Darwin's Sacred Cause . London: Allen …
Home learning: 7-11 years
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Do try this at home! Support your children’s learning by downloading our free and fun activities for those aged between 7-11 and 11-14 years, using Darwin’s letters.
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- … Do try this at home! Support your children’s learning by downloading our free and fun …
- … Track down clues to find out more about Darwin’s life and work. Explore Darwin’s study to find out …
- … This is the journey that changed Darwin’s life but how did he get to go and what did he discover? …
- … his letters to find out. Download ‘Darwin’s letters home' activity …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species , printing off …
- … But it was the opinion of scientific men that was Darwin’s main concern. He eagerly scrutinised each …
- … did not at all concern his main argument ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1860] ). …
- … principles of scientific investigation.—’ ( letter to J. S. Henslow, 8 May [1860] ). Above …
- … were inexplicable by the theory of creation. Asa Gray’s statement in his March review that natural …
- … it comes in time to be admitted as real.’ ( letter to C. J. F. Bunbury, 9 February [1860] ). This …
- … fellow Henry Fawcett in the December issue of Macmillan’s Magazine . Fawcett asserted that Darwin …
- … Lyell, 18 [and 19 February 1860] ). To this and Lyell’s many other queries he responded carefully …
- … that were seemingly identical to one another. Harvey’s letters reveal aspects of Darwin’s theory …
- … offspring should be infertile, inter se ,’ Darwin’s theory would remain unproven (T. H. Huxley …
- … groups could give rise to new species, Darwin found Huxley’s lecture irritating and ultimately …
- … relatively advanced forms of life. Many singled out Darwin’s own discussion of the absence of …
- … forms to have evolved into the multitude of the earth’s present inhabitants. Darwin agreed, for …
- … two physiologists, and five botanists ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 March [1860] ). Others, like …
- … admitted to Gray: ‘The sight of a feather in a peacock’s tail, whenever I gaze at it, makes me sick! …
- … August 1860 ). But Baer in fact eventually opposed Darwin’s theory on the grounds that it failed to …
- … ‘master of the field after 4 hours battle’ (letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 July 1860). Other …
- … rather than against Darwin’s book per se . Prodded by Henslow’s defence of the integrity of …
- … were already proved) to his own views.—’ ( letter from J. S. Henslow to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1860 …
- … these visits have led to changed structure.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 April [1860] ). Tracing …
- … months later, ‘just as at a game of chess.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 [July 1860] ). With the …
- … substance from non=nitrogenised substances.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 31 [August 1860] ). Relying …
Darwin’s earthquakes
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Darwin experienced his first earthquake in 1834, but it was a few months later that he was really confronted with their power. Travelling north along the coast of Chile, Darwin and Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, were confronted with a series of…
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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. …
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 …
- … the publication of the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle , for which he described the …
- … touching in the concern they show for one another’s sensibilities. Early in 1839 the couple set up …
- … theoretical achievement, the most important of Darwin’s activities during the years 1837–43 was …
- … a result of thinking about the significance of John Gould’s and Richard Owen’s identifications of …
- … daring and momentous conviction that species were mutable (S. Herbert 1980, p. 12; Sulloway 1982b). …
- … in the version of 1859. Young author Darwin’s investigation of the species question …
- … Beagle had returned to England, news of some of Darwin’s findings had been spread by the …
- … results of the Beagle voyage. With the help of J. S. Henslow, William Whewell, and other …
- … by Adam White; infusoria by C. G. Ehrenberg; fungi by M. J. Berkeley; and corals by William Lonsdale …
- … were neglected. During the voyage Darwin had expected that J. S. Henslow would describe his …
- … the other on the Keeling Island flora. Darwin’s letters to Henslow show a gradual realisation that …
- … knowledge of plant distribution and classification (see Henslow 1837a and 1838; W. J. Hooker and G. …
- … The letters show that at least five of his friends—Lyell, Henslow, Jenyns, Waterhouse, and his …
- … filled, with facts It is true that, until he took J. D. Hooker into his confidence in …
- … to convince anyone that he had a sound solution to what J. F. W. Herschel in a letter to Lyell had …
- … mainly on literature in this field and on friends like Henslow, T. C. Eyton, and W. D. Fox, who were …
- … distributed ( Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix V). As P. J. Vorzimmer has pointed out (Vorzimmer …
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 …
- … as its first president, and his friend Revd John Stevens Henslow – Darwin’s Cambridge mentor – as …
- … embarrassment or difficulty on religious grounds. In return, Henslow persuaded Ransome to give …
- … including Murchison, Yarrell, Gould, and Jardine as well as Henslow and Kirby. According to a report …
- … 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 …
- … celebrations, he too became a patron of the Museum, and Henslow presented him with a bound set of …
- … 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 …
- … photographic prints. Darwin thought that the portrait of Henslow was ‘very like, but I am not quite …
- … self-conscious and awkward in his pose. Darwin told Henslow, ‘My wife says she never saw me with the …
- … references and bibliography Francis Galton’s album of Darwin/ Galton family portraits, from the …
- … of the Ipswich Museum. Published by George Ransome, F.L.S., Honorary Secretary’, Gardeners’ …
- … from Ransome to Michael Faraday, 6 June 1851, in Frank A.J.L. James (ed.), The Correspondence of …
- … Chicago Press, 1998), pp. 240–287 (pp. 257–263). Steven J. Plunkett, ‘Ipswich Museum moralities in …
- … Rawcliffe and Richard G. Wilson (eds), East Anglia’s History: Studies in Honour of Norman Scarfe …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of …
- … coloured wings of male butterflies, the male peacock’s elaborate tail, the large horns or antlers on …
- … increase those features over long periods of time. Darwin’s theory was based partly on the diverse …
- … conquests and expansion abroad. Thus, while Darwin’s views on race differed widely from those …
- … them with equal respect. He actively supported women’s higher education in science and medicine, …
- … Desmond, Adrian and James Moore. 2009. Darwin's sacred cause . London: Allen Lane. …
- … York: The Free Press. Voss, Julia. 2007, Darwin’s pictures: views of evolutionary theory, …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
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Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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- … Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … FitzRoy in the Narrative (2: 18). CD, in his letter to Henslow, 9 [September 1831] , …
- … would need, even if it meant duplicating some of FitzRoy’s own: ‘You are of course welcome to take …
- … . . . were collected in one cabin, under Mr. Stebbing’s charge, and lent to the officers, without …
- … However, from the Beagle correspondence, CD’s diary, field notebooks, and the extensive …
- … are almost always in ink, usually written with CD’s favourite Brahma pens. References to books in …
- … examples are references to Bernardin de Saint Pierre’s Paul et Virginie and to characters in …
- … to do so. For example, two references to Felix Azara’s works in notes made during 1833 cite …
- … have been found (DAR 42: 73) that are taken from Griffith’s edition of Cuvier’s The animal kingdom …
- … Dictionnaire and could only have come from that author’s Exposition méthodique (1821). …
- … Naturelle 3 (1834): 84–115. (DAR 37.1: 677v.; letter to J. S. Henslow, 12 July 1835). * …
- … naturelle . 17 vols. Paris, 1822–31. (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 15–21 January [1833]). Darwin …
- … 2d meeting . . . Oxford, 1832 . London, 1833. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, March 1834 and letter …
- … d’histoire naturelle. See Bory de Saint-Vincent, J. B. G. M., ed. Dictionnaire des …
- … § Euclid. Elements of geometry. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 30 October 1831). ‡ Falkner, …
- … 1826. (DAR 36.1: 469v.). Darwin Library–Down. ‡ Henslow, John Stevens. Geological description …
- … (Vols. 1 and 2, in one, 3d edition, inscribed from J. S. Henslow to CD ‘on his departure’, September …
- … des polypiers. Paris, 1821. (DAR 30.1: 13v.; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 November 1834). …
- … r . 1832’; vol. 3 (1833): ‘C. Darwin’; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 November 1834). Darwin …
- … Paradise lost. ( ’Beagle’ diary , p. 107; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 November 1832). * …
What is an experiment?
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Darwin is not usually regarded as an experimenter, but rather as an astute observer and a grand theorist. His early career seems to confirm this. He began with detailed note-taking, collecting and cataloguing on the Beagle, and edited a descriptive zoology…
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- … affinity. The two-fold division of Darwin’s science between observation and theory also seems …
- … on the wane, and it was gradually eclipsed in Darwin’s own lifetime by the more specialized, …
- … controlled space with specialized equipment. In Darwin’s day this was by no means the case. The …
- … (small plots of land). Experimentation in Darwin’s day was not the monopoly of elite, highly …
- … Foster. A final feature to note about Darwin’s experimental life is the pleasure that it …
- … detailed observation and experimental work became Darwin’s driving passion, his greatest balm at …
Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies
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The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…
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- … 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. By then, he had weathered the …
- … an unusually detailed and intimate understanding of Darwin’s problem-solving method of work and …
- … friend Asa Gray to reprint and distribute in Britain Gray’s series of review-essays on this topic …
- … III). However, Darwin himself remained unconvinced by Gray’s suggestion that providence may have …
- … decline later in the year, scientific interest in Darwin’s views continued unabated and indeed …
- … by George Maw, for example, singled out Darwin’s explanation of the numerous instances of the …
- … to Charles Lyell, 20 July [1861] ). One reason for Darwin’s interest in this piece may have been …
- … disappointed to learn of John Frederick William Herschel’s initial cool response to his argument; he …
- … and convert to his theory, Darwin learned of Mill’s view that the reasoning throughout Origin …
- … with the strict principles of Logic’ and that Darwin’s methodology was ‘the only one proper to such …
- … p. 18 n.). Later in the summer Fawcett himself made Darwin’s methodology the subject of a lecture …
- … that ensued wherein there had been criticism of Darwin’s hypothesising. Darwin commented to Fawcett: …
- … Archibald Geikie. Geikie had approved of Darwin’s chapter on the imperfection of the geological …
- … 4 March [1861] ). However, the publication of Leidy’s study of the remains of the most complete …
- … Gilbert Rorison published tracts in opposition to Darwin’s theory. Humans and apes: the …
- … debate, although not directly concerned with Darwin’s theory, was recognised by most as being of …
- … VIII).) For his part, Darwin enjoyed Huxley’s sparring with Owen, though periodically …
- … to T. H. Huxley, 3 January [1861] ). Ever since Owen’s highly critical and, Darwin felt, unfair …
- … level. Early in the year, when Darwin learned that Huxley’s wife Henrietta Anne, recuperating from …
- … him, paternally, in other matters of science. Henslow’s seminal importance in arranging Darwin’s …
- … was able to recall poignantly other aspects of Henslow’s influence and relationship when he was …
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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- … book out of my head’. But a large proportion of Darwin’s time for the rest of the year was devoted …
- … manner.”‘ The most lively debate centred on Darwin’s evolutionary account of the ‘higher’ faculties …
- … brought a significant milestone for the family, as Darwin’s eldest daughter Henrietta was married in …
- … human evolution was comparatively small, reflecting Darwin’s aim of showing kinship with animals at …
- … Hooker suggested one of the reasons behind the book’s popularity: ‘I hear that Ladies think it …
- … Correspondence vol. 19, Appendix IV). Four of Darwin’s five sons received a copy, and his daughter …
- … The geologist William Boyd Dawkins remarked on Darwin’s books’ reception amongst ‘artisans and mill …
- … & menstruation coming out of the primary fact that one’s n th . ancestor lived between tide …
- … A number of correspondents took issue with Darwin’s evolutionary explanation of the ‘higher’ …
- … and beetles to Descent , could not extend Darwin’s evolutionary theory beyond man’s ‘bodily frame …
- … regarding human ancestry was expressed by Darwin’s old friend, the former vicar of Down John Brodie …
- … 1871] ). Yet some continued to find Darwin’s theories consistent with religious belief, …
- … August 1871 ). The Anglican clergyman and naturalist George Henslow reported that he had been …
- … (see Appendix V). Not surprisingly, it was Darwin’s naturalistic theory of the evolution of morals …
- … Frances Power Cobbe, who praised the charm of Darwin’s book, but found highly objectionable his …
- … Wedgwood, [3–9 March 1871] .) Some of Darwin’s correspondence on evolution and ethics was …
- … William offered his assessment of John Stuart Mill’s theory of utilitarianism to assist his father …
- … see I am a traitor in the camp’. Because Darwin’s scientific work was situated in the home, …
- … explain various animal structures and homologies. Mivart’s views were published in expanded form in …
- … respect for the elder naturalist, inquired after Darwin’s health, and expressed his desire to meet …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a …
- … - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [6 June 1864] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, responds to Darwin’s …
- … February 1867] Mary Barber responds to Darwin’s queries about Expression from …
- … him. Letter 6535 - Vaughan Williams , M. S. to Darwin, H. E., [after 14 October …
- … of wormholes. Letter 8611 - Cupples, A. J. to Darwin, E., [8 November1872] …
- … and offers to observe birds, insects or plants on Darwin’s behalf. Letter 8683 - …
- … passes on brief observations of an angry pig and her niece’s ears. Letter 8701 - …
- … wife of naturalist John Lubbock, responds to Darwin’s request that she make observations of her pet …
- … Thereza Story-Maskelyne responds to a letter of Darwin’s which was published in Nature with some …
- … of orchids made by his son, George. He details George’s findings and celebrates his son’s …
- … Letter 4436 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [26-27 March 1864] Darwin thanks Hooker for …
- … and orangs. Letter 5705 - Haast, J. F. J. von to Darwin, [4 December 1867] …
- … in a marble tablet”. Letter 6815 - Scott, J. to Darwin, [2 July 1869] John …
- … Men: Letter 385 - Wedgwood, S. E. & J. to Darwin, [10 November 1837] …
- … Hall, Staffordshire. Letter 1219 - Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, [3 February 1849] …
- … to look for more samples. Letter 4928 - Henslow, G. to Darwin, [11 November 1865] …
- … Men: Letter 1836 - Berkeley, M. J. to Darwin, [7 March 1856] Clergyman and …
- … to feed to them. Letter 2069 - Tenant, J. to Darwin, [31 March 1857] James …
- … University of Bonn. Letter 6046 - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] …
- … garden ”. Letter 6083 - Casparay, J. X. R. to Darwin, [2 April 1868] …
- … Men: Letter 378 - Darwin to Henslow, J. S., [20 September 1837] Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … Light is shed on the close relationship between Darwin’s systematic descriptive work and the species …
- … it is evident from his correspondence that Darwin’s two hours at the microscope did not preclude a …
- … and Daniel Sharpe, demonstrating the extent of Darwin’s continued involvement in contemporary …
- … the midst of all this activity, Hooker responds to Darwin’s particular queries and sends information …
- … Geology, and geological controversy Hooker’s letters illuminate the role of the British …
- … ( see letter to Richard Owen, [26 March 1848] ). Darwin’s chapter plainly calls on his Beagle …
- … blocked the valley. Darwin was much shaken by Milne’s evidence, especially as he realised that it …
- … asked for it to be destroyed. Only the draft of Darwin’s letter remains ( letter to the Scotsman …
- … found far from their native rock formations. Darwin’s explanation, originally suggested by Lyell, …
- … a great rush of water could carry them up hills. Darwin’s response was to explain such cases as a …
- … his Glen Roy argument—was later superseded by Agassiz’s glaciation theory. A third theme in …
- … Studer to visit him at Down and recommended Studer’s papers to others interested in the subject. …
- … elementary geology . In addition, Lyell asked for Darwin’s view of his major new theory of ‘craters …
- … islands that some craters could not be explained by Lyell’s view. Apparently convinced by Lyell’s …
- … in these years were written in connection with Darwin’s work on Cirripedia. Having sent off the …
- … by his own widening interest and by Louis Agassiz’s opinion that such a monograph was a ‘desideratum …
- … of materials. Even further afield, Syms Covington, Darwin’s servant during the Beagle voyage, …
- … to show how the five valves or plates of the cirripede’s external covering were fundamentally …
- … subsequently wrote at great length to him about Hancock’s study of Alcippe , another new and …
Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage
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Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…
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- … Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through …
- … years at Cambridge, and the five years of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle . In 1836, the twenty-seven …
- … in Shrewsbury, and of the role his family played in Darwin’s early life; those from Sarah and Fanny …
- … The letters written to Darwin during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle kept him informed of such …
- … own copy to his son in 1820, and in the early 1820s Darwin’s brother Erasmus made him his assistant …
- … of beetles. Fox also introduced him to John Stevens Henslow and Darwin was a regular presence at the …
- … parties organised by the professor of botany. And it was Henslow who, encouraging Darwin to broaden …
- … fellows your friends at Barmouth must be’ ( see letter to J. M. Herbert, [13 September 1828] ). …
- … a naturalist on a voyage of exploration arose because of Henslow’s recognition of the abilities …
- … had been reasonably answered. During the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Darwin’s letters convey the …
- … enquiry. Coupled with this commitment was Darwin’s growing recognition of his ability to contribute …
- … around his observations and tried out his theories on Henslow in the privacy of their letters. Well …
- … of which were clear to him from his communication with Henslow and his study of Lyell’s …
- … years that testify to the wealth and quality of Darwin’s collections and observations. But more than …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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- … discussion was often the starting point for some of Darwin's most valuable and enduring …
- … of Living Cirripedia is published. He asks Huxley’s advice on presentation copies for …
- … or the climbing habits of plants. One of Darwin's most important correspondents was the German …
- … details of experiments and observations, including Müller’s view on Anelasma which he thinks …
- … Collecting specimens was an indispensable part of Darwin’s scientific method. In this collection of …
- … This one contains a new species of genus which, to Darwin’s knowledge, only one specimen is known to …
- … automatically. He also opposes appending first describer’s name to specific name. Letter …
- … Darwin took up a difficult group like barnacles. Darwin’s theories have progressed but Hooker is not …
