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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: 26 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. …
- … Balfour, J. H. (7) Ball, John (5) …
- … Becher, A. B. (1) Beck, John (2) …
- … Beckhard, Martin (1) Beddoe, John (3) …
- … F. M. (1) Biddulph, Michael (1) …
- … C. H. (8) Blackwall, John (4) …
- … J. A. H. de (11) Bostock, John (1) …
- … Bridgman, W. K. (3) Brigg, John (1) …
- … Busch, Otto (1) Bush, John (3) Busk, …
- … Caton, J. D. (9) Cattell, John (3) …
- … the Exchequer (1) Chapman, John (4) …
- … Coe, Henry (6) Coghlan, John (2) …
- … Colburn, Henry (3) Colby, John (3) …
- … Colgate, Robert (1) Collier, John (2) …
- … Craig, J. S. (2) Crawfurd, John (3) …
- … Crick, W. D. (11) Crier, John (1) …
- … Davis, J. E. (1) Davy, John (6) …
- … Denny, Henry (13) Denny, John (6) …
- … Downie, Mr (1) Downing, John (3) …
- … Evans, E. G. (2) Evans, John (b) (3) …
- … Farn, A. B. (1) Farr, John (2) Farr, …
- … Fisher, J. F. (2) Fiske, John (14) …
- … Richard (1) Fordyce, John (2) Forel, …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
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…
Matches: 18 hits
- … Quarterly Review discussing works on primitive man by John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. It …
- … of anonymous reviews. Its proprietor was none other than John Murray, Darwin’s publisher. So …
- … to review me in a hostile spirit’ ( letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 ). Darwin was …
- … number of the Review & in the same type’ ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). George …
- … anonymous reviews. While staying with Hooker over Christmas, John Tyndall, professor at and …
- … as ‘the natural outflow of his character’ ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 ). …
- … to purchase the wooded land, which he had been renting from John Lubbock, led to a straining of …
- … with lawyers over a doubt that it may have been included in Lubbock’s marriage settlements, the sale …
- … for about a week ( letter from E. E. Klein, 14 May 1874 ). John Burdon Sanderson sent the results …
- … of other insect-eating plants. The surgeon and botanist John Ralfs sent Utricularia from …
- … in order to work on its difficult structures ( letter to John Ralfs, 13 July [1874] ). The …
- … Dohrn, 16 April and 9 August 1874 ). Darwin also helped Michael Foster to prepare a printed appeal …
- … from E. A. Darwin, 17 [March 1874] ). He tried to persuade John Murray to publish a second edition …
- … authority on marriage customs in Descent ( see letter John Murray, 9 May [1874] ). He …
- … for Darwin’s last years. The young physiologist George John Romanes wrote a long letter to Herbert …
- … to work in the physiological laboratory established by Michael Foster. He then studied under John …
- … August in Belfast, several papers featured Darwin’s work. John Tyndall asked Darwin to glance over …
- … seems to me excellent, & as clear as light’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 12 August [1874] ). …
Darwin and vivisection
Summary
Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
Matches: 5 hits
- … into close contact with England’s leading physiologists, John Scott Burdon Sanderson, Thomas Lauder …
- … a sketch that was approved by Huxley, Burdon Sanderson, and John Simon, a London pathologist and …
- … alternative title and preamble, which had been suggested by John Lubbock: A Bill entitled …
- … the only one before Parliament. On 5 May, Lord Hartismere (John Major Henniker-Major) had submitted …
- … and expertise. It included Huxley, a professor of surgery, John Erichsen, and several critics of …
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
Matches: 5 hits
- … for other peoples or vice versa. The Scottish botanist John Scott wrote from Calcutta, 4 May 1868 …
- … funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the John Templeton Foundation. …
- … to expressions queries Foster, Michael 4 …
- … to East Asia Scott, John 4 May 1868 …
- … India Scott, John 2 July 1869 …
