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List of correspondents
Summary
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,…
Matches: 29 hits
- … child of God" (1) Abberley, John (1) …
- … Adams, A. L. (1) Addison, John (1) …
- … Allen, J. A. (b) (1) Allen, John (1) …
- … C. J. (3) Andrews, John (1) Ann. …
- … Edwards & Co. (1) Babbage, Charles (10) …
- … Balfour, J. H. (7) Ball, John (5) …
- … Becher, A. B. (1) Beck, John (2) …
- … Beckhard, Martin (1) Beddoe, John (3) …
- … C. H. (8) Blackwall, John (4) …
- … Bond, Frederick (2) Boner, Charles (5) …
- … J. A. H. de (11) Bostock, John (1) …
- … Edward (1) Bradlaugh, Charles (2) …
- … Brayley, E. W. (1) Breese, Charles (1) …
- … Bridgman, W. K. (3) Brigg, John (1) …
- … Busch, Otto (1) Bush, John (3) Busk, …
- … Samuel (b) (14) Buxton, Charles (2) …
- … Caton, J. D. (9) Cattell, John (3) …
- … Chapman, John (4) Charles, R. F. (2) …
- … Crawfurd, John (3) Crawley, Charles (2) …
- … Virginius (3) Dallas, Charles (1) …
- … Dixie, Florence (3) Dixon, Charles (1) …
- … Ellicott, C. J. (1) Elliot, Adam (1) …
- … Fiske, John (14) Fitch, Adam (3) …
- … Symington (1) Griffin, Charles (1) …
- … Albert (64) Günzbourg, Charles (1) …
- … Lydekker, R. (1) Lyell, Charles (277) …
- … Philippi, R. A. (1) Phillips, John (21) …
- … Seddon, W. Z. (2) Sedgwick, Adam (15) …
- … Whitby, M. A. T. (3) White, Adam (2) …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
Summary
At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
- … that he was ‘unwell & must write briefly’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ), and in a …
- … by the publication in February of books by his friends Charles Lyell, the respected geologist, and …
- … Britain’s scientific circles following the publication of Lyell’s and Huxley’s books. Three …
- … Origin had (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). In the …
- … with animals now extinct had been rapidly accumulating. Lyell’s argument for a greater human …
- … as well as on evidence collected earlier in the century. Lyell’s Antiquity of man and Huxley’s …
- … arguments for species change. In this context, Lyell’s discussion of the origin of species …
- … that of inferior animals made him ‘groan’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). Darwin …
- … out that species were not separately created’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 17 March [1863] ). Public …
- … you, as my old honoured guide & master’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). …
- … stronger statements regarding species change ( letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 ). The …
- … letter to J. D. Dana, 20 February [1863] , and letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). …
- … book’ from which he had ‘gained nothing’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] ). …
- … were himself, Hooker, Huxley, Alfred Russel Wallace, and John Lubbock. Honours abroad …
- … council of the Royal Society voted instead for the geologist Adam Sedgwick; Darwin suspected that …
- … of the Royal Society ( see letter from Edward Sabine to John Phillips, 12 November 1863 ). …
- … year with the Hertfordshire nurseryman Thomas Rivers. John Scott Darwin had found a …
- … of hybridity and sterility at the end of the previous year. John Scott, a gardener at the Royal …
- … the results of which were published in 1868 ( see letter to John Scott, 25 and 28 May [1863] ). …
- … hoped would counteract Huxley’s criticism ( letter from John Scott, 23 July [1863] ). Darwin …
- … Darwin had also encouraged him to write ( see letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] ). In this …
- … that your paper will have permanent value’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ). Scott received …
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…
Matches: 24 hits
- … by H. W. Rutherford ( Catalogue of the library of Charles Darwin now in the Botany School, …
- … immortality of Soul. amongst Ancients [Toland 1704] Adam Smith Moral Sentiments [A. Smith …
- … Louisiana [darby 1816] & Finch Travels [Finch 1833]. (Lyell) Maximilian in Brazil [Wied …
- … of Mexico [W. H. Prescott 1843], strongly recommended by Lyell (read) Berkeleys Works …
- … The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] St. John’s Highlands [C. W. G. Saint John 1846] …
- … 1848] Cuming Lion Hunter [Cumming 1850] Sir C. Phillips Recollections of Curran [C. …
- … B.M. 6. 6. Black Edin. Longman [Ramsay 1848] St. John’s Nat. Hist. of Sutherlanshire, Murray …
- … 1844] L d Cloncurry Memm [Lawless 1849] Lady Lyell Sir J Heads Forest scenes in …
- … Liebigs Lectures on Chemistry [Liebig 1851]. Sir John Davies. China during the War and Peace …
- … round world 1803–6 [Lisyansky 1814]— nothing Lyell’s Elements of Geology [Lyell 1838] …
- … J 57 Browne’s Religio Medici [T. Browne 1643] Lyell’s Book III 5th Edit 58 [Lyell 1837] …
- … Boswell’s life of Johnsons [Boswell 1831] 4 vols 25 Phillips Geology [J. Phillips 1837–9] …
- … & Forsyth on Forest Trees [Boutcher 1775 and Forsyth 1791] Phillips History of cultivated …
- … d . Series. vol 3. p. 1 to 312 30 th Colquhoun (John) The Moor & the Loch [Colquhoun …
- … ] 12. Sedgwicks Discourse on Study of Univers [Sedgwick 1850] 28 Steenstrup on …
- … [R. H. Dana [1840] (good) Bertrams [Trollope 1859] & Adam Bede [Eliot 1859] (excellent) …
- … 1859]. (goodish) 1 The personal library of Charles Stokes from whom CD borrowed books …
- … Erskine. 2 vols. London. *119: 14 Babington, Charles Cardale. 1839. Primitiæ floræ …
- … of Useful Knowledge.) London. *119: 13 Badham, Charles David. 1845. Insect life . …
- … [Abstract in DAR 205.3: 180.] 119: 21a Bell, Charles. 1806. Essays on the anatomy of …
- … Eliot, George, pseud . (Marian Evans Cross). 1859. Adam Bede . 3 vols. Edinburgh. [Other …
- … . London. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection.] 119: 1a Sedgwick, Adam. 1850. A discourse on …
- … and conduct. London. 128: 27 Smith, Adam. 1759. The theory of moral sentiments. …
- … 7 vols. (Vol. 7: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith … Account of the life and …
