From John Scott 7 January [1864]
Summary
Has finished correcting Primula paper [see 4332].
Has presented paper on monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Jan [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 98, 99 f.3; Edinburgh Courant, 19 December 1863, p. 8. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4382 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] ). …
- … Botany ) (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 and 28 May [1863] ). CD …
- … memoir’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] , letter …
- … his own results (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 23 July [1863] , and …
- … in May 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] ). The …
- … had been (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] , and …
- … palatable! ’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [3 June 1863] and 16 …
- … of Scott’s paper (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ); …
- … 3 December [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] ). …
- … of Scott 1864a (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ). He …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] and n. 4). CD evidently did …
- … vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 19 November [1862] and 11 December [1862] , and …
- … and the letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), and by the …
- … In his letter to John Scott of 25 and 28 May [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), he wrote …
From John Scott 19 March 1864
Summary
On fertilisation of Gongora.
His work on peloric Antirrhinum, Passiflora, and Verbascum, done at CD’s suggestion, is at CD’s disposal.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 102 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4432 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … 1864] and n. 6, and Crüger 1864 ). See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John …
- … 10); see also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 18 February [1863] . Scott …
- … of Acropera , see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] , and …
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. Gosse, 2 June [1863] ). For CD’s …
- … related orchids (see Orchids , pp. 282–4, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. …
- … vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 6 January 1863 , [after 12] April [1863] , and 21 May [ …
- … observations of Acropera ovules in his letter of 11 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and letter to John Scott, 12 November [ …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and Correspondence …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ; see also this …
- … Scott, [1–11] April [1863] and nn. 17 and 18, and this volume, letter to Daniel Oliver, …
- … 11). For CD’s expanded conclusions about insect visits to Acropera and related orchids, supported by the observations of Hermann Crüger and Scott, see Orchids 2d ed. , pp. 168–9 and 269–71, and the letter …
From John Scott 28 March 1864
Summary
Surprised at CD’s account of Bryanthus.
H. Crüger’s approach to Gongora fertilisation is beset with difficulties.
Reports his work on self-sterility of Oncidium.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 103 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4438 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … the position, see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 22 May 1863 and 26 …
- … and Menziesia (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Isaac Anderson-Henry, 24 April …
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 2 May [1863] and nn. 5 and 6; …
- … pollination, see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and 3 …
- … on Oncidium (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 1 and 3 August [1863] and …
- … in particular, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 6 March 1863 and n. …
- … May [1863] . See also letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] . …
- … Correspondence vol. 11), which CD then forwarded with his letter to Scott of 25 and 28 …
- … Bryanthus in his letter of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). He reported his …
- … March 1864 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [1864] and n. 11). Scott refers …
From Hermann Crüger 21 January 1864
Summary
Sends his MS of orchid paper ["A few notes on the fecundation of orchids and their morphology", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35] for CD to send to an editor.
CD was right about Catasetum sexes.
Ficus experiments fail.
Author: | Hermann Crüger |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Jan 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 278 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4394 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … 3, below. See Correspondence vol. 11, letters from Hermann Crüger , 23 February 1863 and …
- … p. 147. See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Hermann Crüger, 25 May [1863] , and …
- … see Crüger 1851 and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Hermann Crüger, 23 April 1863 ). …
- … Edward Bradford . See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Edward Bradford, 31 July 1863 . …
- … p. 325, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Daniel Oliver, 28 [November 1863] ). There …
- … in Germany, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Friedrich Rolle, 26 January 1863 . …
- … Marcgraviaceae, in his letter of 8 August 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). CD had already …
- … p. 127. In his letter of 23 February 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Crüger expressed …
- … In his letter of 31 July 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Edward Bradford disputed CD’s …
- … 175. See also letter to Daniel Oliver, 17 February [1864] and n. 11. Crüger had discussed …
- … in his letter to Daniel Oliver, 28 March [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11). Crüger had …
- … letter to the Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener , [17–24 March 1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), …
From J. D. Hooker 29 March 1864
Summary
John Scott’s career.
Huxley’s vicious attack on anthropologists.
Critique of Joseph Prestwich’s theory of rivers.
Bitter feelings between the Hookers and the Veitch family of nurserymen.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 193–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4439 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … in medallions (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 6 January 1863 , …
- … Crawfurd . See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 January 1863] …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 April [1863] and …
- … pp. 216, 219, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 23 October 1863 ). …
- … both regions (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from J. D. Hooker, 23 October 1863 …
- … D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [1864] and n. 11, and letter from John Scott, 28 March 1864 and …
- … letter from Hugh Falconer in the Athenæum , 2 May 1863, p. 586). There was much discussion in CD’s 1863 correspondence regarding the controversy (see Correspondence vol. 11); …
To J. D. Hooker [27 January 1864]
Summary
CD continues very ill.
His only work is a little on tendrils and climbers. Asks whether all tendrils are modified leaves or whether some are modified stems.
Last number [Jan 1864?] of Natural History Review is best that has appeared.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [27 Jan 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 218 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4398 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Horace’s illness, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. B. Innes, 1 September [1863] …
- … modified stems (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [21 July 1863] ). …
- … they were modified leaves (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26 [ …
- … 1863] ). See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [31 July 1863] , …
- … in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters to J. D. Hooker, 22 July [1863] and n. 2, …
- … note in DAR 157.2: 78, and letter to Daniel Oliver, 11 March [1864] ). He offered several …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI, and this volume, letter to J. D. Hooker, [25 …
To Daniel Oliver 18 March [1864]
Summary
Thanks for information on Tecoma.
Cannot believe DO’s statement about Catasetum; is sure C. tridentatum sets seeds in its native country.
CD erred on Acropera, but how is it naturally fertilised?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 18 Mar [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 59 (EH 88206042) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4430 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … about in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 [June 1863] ); …
- … in Trinidad (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Edward Bradford, 31 July 1863 , and …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. Gosse, 2 June [1863] ). …
- … Acropera (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] and n. 6, …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 ). CD also eventually …
From Henry Trimen 10 May 1864
Summary
Cannot give information about the box of Oxalis bulbs that his brother [Roland Trimen] has forwarded to CD.
Author: | Henry Trimen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 May 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 183 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4491 |
To Alfred Russel Wallace 1 January 1864
Summary
Asa Gray’s high opinion of ARW as a reviewer [reference to S. Haughton’s paper on bees’ cells, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 11 (1863): 415–29, reviewed by ARW in "Remarks on the Rev. S. Haughton’s paper", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 12 (1863): 303–9].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | 1 Jan 1864 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add. MS 46434: 31) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4376 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … decay. See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Asa Gray, 26 May 1863 and nn. 12 …
- … Darwinism ’” (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Asa Gray, 23 November 1863 and …
- … 205.11: 126, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, [7 May 1863] . For more …
- … and n. 2. In his letter of 23 November 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Asa Gray referred …
- … History. In his letter of 23 November 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Gray referred to an …
From J. D. Hooker 24 January 1864
Summary
JDH’s opinion of Herbert Spencer.
Rejects CD’s view of inheritance of induced modifications.
Huxley grows fat.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Jan 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 176–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4396 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 6476)). See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 26 …
- … December 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 26 …
- … 22 March 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [24 March 1863] ). …
- … Gardens, Kew (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [24 March 1863] , …
From Robert Swinhoe 4 April 1864
Summary
Reports on a strange breed of sheep at Aden,
a Brazilian plant naturalised in Ceylon,
the Australian Casuarina equisetum spreading in Taiwan,
and an excrescence on wing of several thrushes of Taiwan similar to a growth on wing of a Syrian species.
Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Apr 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 205.2 (Letters): 254–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4449 |
From Horace Benge Dobell 15 July 1864
Summary
Suggests man’s original mode of walking and running is similar to that of quadrupeds.
He also suggests CD answer critics who say no new species has ever been unequivocally traced to its origins, by pointing out that there is no unequivocal account of the origin of surnames.
Author: | Horace Benge Dobell |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 July 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 190 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4568 |
From William Bernhard Tegetmeier 1 February 1864
Summary
Would like his fowl skulls back.
Breeding experiments seem to show mongrels are just as fertile as pure breeds.
Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Feb 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 61 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4761 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … and Appendix VI, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 19 February [ …
- … their offspring (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 29 June – 7 …
- … 41–2, 49–50, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 19 February [1863] …
- … 7 July 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), and in the letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [before …
- … after CD’s letter to Tegetmeier of 9 July [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11). Tegetmeier …
To J. D. Hooker [1 April 1864]
Summary
Proposes to support John Scott in research on relative fertility and self-incompatibility of plants. CD would pay him for a year or two but wants JDH to give him research facilities at Kew.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [1 Apr 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 226a–b |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4444 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … 1798–1888). See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and nn. …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Isaac Anderson-Henry, 20 January [ …
- … experiments (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] , …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 ); since then Scott …
- … vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 December [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11). CD had …
- … 11, and R. Desmond 1995 , p. 221. All the gardeners at Kew were paid, but salaries were small (see letter …
From A. R. Wallace 2 January 1864
Summary
Remarks on ARW’s review of Samuel Haughton’s paper on bees’ cells
and Origin.
Agassiz’s strength as geologist and weakness in natural history theory.
Work problems.
His butterfly collection.
Problems with book on Malay journey.
Recommends Herbert Spencer and his Social statics.
Spencer’s "masterly" nebular hypothesis.
Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Jan 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 106: B8–11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4378 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 1864] . See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 [June 1863] , in …
- … in its publication. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from H. W. Bates, 2 May [1863] . …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Hermann Crüger, 25 January [1863] , …
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January [1863] ). …
- … November 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). See also letter to A. R. Wallace, 1 January …
To Asa Gray 28 May [1864]
Summary
Is slowly writing Lythrum paper [Collected papers 2: 106–31].
Thanks for [Charles?] Wright’s observations on orchids
– could he note what attracts insects to Begonia and Melastoma? H. Crüger, who was going to observe Melastomataceae, has died.
Describes the climbing habits of Bignonia capreolata and Eccremocarpus scaber.
How does AG know the perfect flowers of Voandzeia are quite sterile?
He has a case of dimorphism in holly; asks AG to report on American hollies.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 28 May [1864] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (79) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4511 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to W. E. Darwin, [5 May 1863] and n. …
- … a review of it (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Daniel Oliver, 27 November 1863 , …
- … to germinate (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Asa Gray, 7 July 1863 , and letter …
- … 4. See Correspondence vol. 11, enclosure to the letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 [November …
- … due to visit him in July (see letter from Asa Gray, 11 July 1864 ). No letter from Wright …
- … or lichen-covered trees (see letter from Asa Gray, 11 July 1864 and n. 5, and ‘Climbing …
- … did not make this statement; see letter from Asa Gray, 11 July 1864 . Voandzeia is a genus …
- … Willis 1973 ). See also letter from Asa Gray, 11 July 1864 . For CD’s published discussion …
From J. D. Hooker 9 [March] 1864
Summary
Reception of Scott’s paper.
Difficulty of writing Boott’s obituary.
Critical of Edward Frankland’s glacial theory.
Falconer’s and Ramsay’s views on Himalayan lakes lack support of basic evidence.
Taxonomic distribution of climbing plants.
Huxley picks quarrels with minor figures and thus magnifies them.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 [Mar] 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 189–92 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4404 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 1861] and n. 9, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to George Bentham, 19 June [1863] ). …
- … him from Kew (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters to J. D. Hooker, 30 January [1863] …
- … 437–9; see also Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 and 22 May [1863] …
- … 1863, aged 6 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [28 September …
- … Hooker , aged 11. For Hooker’s recent discussion of his son William, see the letter from …
- … formation (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 February 1864 and n. 11) and to Andrew …
- … n. 10, and letter to J. D. Hooker, [20–]22 February [1864] and nn. 10 and 11. There is …
From Friedrich Hildebrand 21 June 1864
Summary
Studying insect pollination in Salvia
and heterostyly in Pulmonaria officinalis which is similar to Linum case.
Author: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 June 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 202 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4542 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 10 November 1863 , and …
- … 1863a ; see also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 16 July …
- … 1863b ; see also Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 28 July [1863] , …
- … In her letter to Hildebrand of 20 November [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), Emma Darwin …
- … 11, Appendix IV). On Treviranus’s reviews of CD, see Junker 1989 , pp. 143–4. Hildebrand’s name was on the presentation list for ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ (see Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix III). He reviewed the paper in the 10 February 1865 issue of Botanische Zeitung , pp. 50–2. See also letter …
To Roland Trimen 13 May 1864
Summary
Oxalis plants have arrived safely [see 4347].
CD regrets his mistake about Disa; will correct it.
Thanks RT for his additional facts about Disa.
Is recovering slowly from ten months’ illness.
Asks whether Strelitzia reginae grows in gardens at the Cape. Suspects it must be fertilised by a bird.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Roland Trimen |
Date: | 13 May 1864 |
Classmark: | Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 59) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4493 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … CD’s request (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Roland Trimen, 25 November [1863] ). …
- … and specimens (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Roland Trimen, 23 May [1863] , and …
- … Trimen 1863 ). See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Roland Trimen, 16 March 1863 , and …
- … letter from Henry Trimen, 10 May 1864 . James McGibbon was superintendent of the Botanic Garden, Cape Town ( R. Desmond 1994 ). See also McCracken 1997 , p. 41. CD had been investigating dimorphism in Oxalis since 1861 (see Correspondence vols. 9–11). …
To J. D. Hooker 22 [May 1864]
Summary
CD’s pleasure at JDH’s willingness to help Scott find a position in India.
Naudin underrates contamination of his experiments by insects. Thus CD doubts Naudin’s results on rapidity and universality of reversion in hybrids.
Wallace’s paper on man [see 4494] reflects his genius, although CD does not fully agree with it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 22 [May 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 236 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4506 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … C. Lyell 1863a , see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] February [ …
- … Naudin 1862 , see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to C. V. Naudin, 7 February 1863 . For …
- … of Origin , see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 January [1863] . …
- … from flower peduncles, see the letters to Daniel Oliver , 11 March [1864] and nn. 6–9, …
- … letter to the Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener , [before 3 February 1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11). …
- … 1862 and n. 3, and letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 [June 1862] and n. 11. For CD’s reading …
- … vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 [June 1862] and n. 11). For comments of CD’s …
- … n. 5. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 May 1864 and nn. 10 and 11. CD is referring to …
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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
Matches: 1 hits
- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
Summary
Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
Matches: 1 hits
- … In March 1862, Heinrich Georg Bronn wrote to Darwin stating his intention to prepare a second …
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…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
Summary
1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
Matches: 1 hits
- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
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 …
Darwin's 1874 letters go online
Summary
The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
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- … The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
Summary
'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I …
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: 1 hits
- … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …
Race, Civilization, and Progress
Summary
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 …
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
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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- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the making out the …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
Summary
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 …
Charles Harrison Blackley
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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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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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Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation …
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 October, and …
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 class. In …
Darwin's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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