Scudder, Samuel Hubbard. 1862c. On the genus Colias in North America. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 9 (1862–3): 103–11.
Sharpe, Daniel. 1855. On the structure of Mont Blanc and its environs. [Read 15 November 1854.] Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 11: 11–26.
Westwood, John Obadiah. 1860. Mr Darwin’s theory of development. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3d ser. 5: 347–8. [Reprinted from Gardeners’ Chronicle, 11 February 1860, p. 122.]
To F. B. White [after 11 June 1879]
Summary
Does not feel he knows enough of FBW to offer his opinion as a testimonial.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Buchanan White (Francis) (Buchanan) White |
Date: | [after 11 June 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 202: 129v |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12104 |
From Frederick Smith 11 February 1863
Author: | Frederick Smith |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Feb 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 196 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3978 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Frederick Smith 11 February 1863 …
- … DAR 177: 196 Frederick Smith British Museum 11 Feb 1863 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Brit Museum 11 Feb y . 1863. — My Dear Sir Up to this time the work referred to has not …
- … 1863] , and ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II)). Smith, an entomologist, …
From E. A. Darwin 11 March [1879]
Summary
Suggests CD send Kosmos to W. S. Dallas as Krause will surely give his permission for translation.
Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Mar [1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 105: 108–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11923 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From E. A. Darwin 11 March [1879] …
- … DAR 105: 108–9 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 11 Mar [1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 71; 6 (1869): 58–72; 10 (1871): 696–717; 11 (1872): 46–70. Bagehot, Walter. 1872. Physics …
- … pp. 359–69 (see also Correspondence vol. 25, letter from Ernst Krause, 11 March 1877 ). …
- … 11 March Dear Charles I think you might send Kosmos at once to M r Dallas as Krause is …
From Richard Owen 11 June 1839
Summary
Thanks CD effusively [for Journal of researches] – "the most delightful book in my collection".
Author: | Richard Owen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 June 1839 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 183 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-519 |
To T. H. Huxley 11 December [1860]
Summary
Forwards A. Gray’s letter [inquiring whether THH would be interested in printing Chauncey Wright’s review of Origin].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 11 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 166) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3018 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To T. H. Huxley 11 December [1860] …
- … Archives (Huxley 5: 166) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Dec [1860] Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … that is now missing (see letter to Asa Gray, 11 December [1860] ). It apparently included …
- … Down Bromley Kent Dec. 11 th My dear Huxley Please read enclosed, as I did not like to …
To G. H. Darwin 11 June [1880?]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 11 June [1880?] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 94 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12628 |
From Menyhért Lónyay 11 June 1872
Summary
CD has been elected a Foreign Member of the Magyar Tudományos Akademia [Hungarian Academy of Sciences].
Author: | Menyhért Lónyay |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 June 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 96: 154 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8382 |
Matches: 4 hits
To John Scott 8 January [1863]
Summary
CD’s respect for JS’s indomitable work and interesting experiments increases steadily.
His gratitude for the primulas and the astonishing Gongora specimen.
Asks JS’s opinion about crossing a primrose with the pollen of a wild cowslip and of a cultivated polyanthus.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 8 Jan [1863] |
Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 67 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3908F |
Matches: 11 hits
- … February 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI). CD also refers to his servants …
- … William Brooks and Henry Lettington (see Correspondence vols. 11 and 12). …
- … Scott, 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). For Scott’s discussion of his various …
- … of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). Scott was hoping to move from his position …
- … appointment (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ). He and …
- … vol. 10, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ). In …
- … of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Scott wrote that he was sending CD three …
- … specimens (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and CD …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and letter to J. D. …
- … to examine it (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and CD …
- … 15 November [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ; …
To F. T. Buckland 11 December [1864]
Summary
Asks for comparison of otter-hounds’ feet with those of other dogs.
Changes in oysters.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Trevelyan (Frank) Buckland |
Date: | 11 Dec [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 7 (EH 88206059) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4713 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To F. T. Buckland 11 December [1864] …
- … EH 88206059) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Dec [1864] Francis Trevelyan (Frank) Buckland …
- … Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. Dec 11 My dear M r Buckland I am much obliged for your …
- … letter from F. T. Buckland, [before 11 December 1864] . After eight years of service, …
- … See letter from F. T. Buckland, [before 11 December 1864] and n. 2. CD cited Buckland …
From C. G. Ehrenberg 11 July 1844
Summary
Thanks for shipments of earth samples. Sends copy of article describing Infusoria in samples ["Einige vorläufige Resultate … über das Verhalten des kleinsten Lebens in den Oceanen", Ber. k. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1844): 182–207]. Asks for more information and samples, especially from the soundings of Ross’s expedition.
Author: | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 July 1844 |
Classmark: | DAR 163: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-762 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From C. G. Ehrenberg 11 July 1844 …
- … DAR 163: 11 Christian Gottfried …
- … Ehrenberg Berlin 11 July 1844 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Berlin d. 11 ten Juli | 1844. Hochgeehrtester Herr Vor nun 3 Wochen schrieb ich Ihnen …
- … Berlin 11 July 1844 Most honoured Sir It has been three weeks since I wrote to you through …
To Asa Gray 11 November [1859]
Summary
Sends copy of Origin for comments.
Does not feel AG’s views of migration after the last glaciation explain distribution in U. S. as well as CD’s view of migration prior to glaciation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 11 Nov [1859] |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (17) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2520 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Asa Gray 11 November [1859] …
- … University (17) Charles Robert Darwin Ilkley Down letterhead 11 Nov [1859] Asa Gray …
- … to CD by Joseph Dalton Hooker in May (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 May [1859] ). …
- … Down Bromley Kent [Ilkley] Nov. 11 th My dear Gray I have directed a copy of my Book (as …
- … CD refers to his letter to Asa Gray, 11 August [1858] . Gray cited James Dwight Dana as …
- … temperate zone. [Read 14 December 1858 and 11 January 1859. ] Memoirs of the American …
To Asa Gray 11 May [1863]
Summary
CD despairs when men like AG and Lyell consider themselves incapable of judging on change of species by descent.
Is confused over phyllotaxy.
Has been looking at Plantago lanceolata.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 11 May [1863] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (59) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4153 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Asa Gray 11 May [1863] …
- … 59) Charles Robert Darwin Leith Hill Place Down letterhead 11 May [1863] Asa Gray …
- … 6 and 13 May 1863. Letters from Asa Gray , 11 April 1863 , 13 April 1863 , and 20 April …
- … Down Bromley Kent [Leith Hill Place] May 11 th My dear Gray I have to thank you for 2 or …
- … 1863] . See also letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 and n. 2, and Bartholomew …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 20 April 1863 and n. 11. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, [9 …
- … also memorandum from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 May 1863]. These diagrams are in DAR 51: …
- … and memorandum from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 May 1863]). See also letter from Asa Gray, …
From T. H. Huxley 11 December 1880
Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Dec 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 355 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12906 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From T. H. Huxley 11 December 1880 …
- … Huxley Science and Art Department, South Kensington 11 Dec 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … but travelled to Leith Hill Place, Surrey, on 11 December (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … and Art Department | South Kensington Dec 11. 1880 My dear Darwin Inclosed I send the …
To A. C. Thomson 11 February 1876
Summary
Writes regarding affairs of the Down Friendly Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alexander Christie Thomson |
Date: | 11 Feb 1876 |
Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 14) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10386 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To A. C. Thomson 11 February 1876 …
- … MS.7781/1–32 item 14) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Feb 1876 Alexander Christie Thomson …
- … Bank . See letter to J. M. F. Ludlow, 11 February 1876 and enclosure. The registrar of …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 11. 1876 Sir There has been some delay in answering your …
To Nature 11 February [1874]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Nature |
Date: | 11 Feb [1874] |
Classmark: | Nature, 19 February 1874, pp. 308–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9283 |
Matches: 4 hits
To Raphael Meldola 11 January [1878]
Summary
Thinks there can be no objection to RM’s using a Fritz Müller letter [see 11319].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
Date: | 11 Jan [1878] |
Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11318 |
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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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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: 16 hits
- … on the topic. Lyell also added the following note on page 11: *Mr. John Lubbock published …
- … 2 have struck out Galton & Prestwich at p. 11 who will be surprisd [ sic ] to …
- … had done ‘an injustice’ to Falconer and Prestwich. 11 In the same review Lubbock expressed …
- … he took exception to the wording of the note on p. 11 of C. Lyell 1863c, which implied that Lubbock …
- … The statement made by Sir Charles Lyell, in a note to page 11 of his work, that my article on the …
- … of the note in the preface (letter to John Lubbock, 11 June [1865] ). No correspondence with …
- … of the preface of C. Lyell 1863c and reworded the note on p. 11. Unlike the earlier …
- … Lyell revised both the preface and the note on page 11 of the third edition of Antiquity of man …
- … versions of the end of the preface and of the note on page 11 are included below. Preface, C …
- … as well as of the subsequent issues.” Note on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (original version) …
- … made by him in company with Mr. Busk. Note on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (revised version) …
- … in Letters, 1863 , (introduction to Correspondence vol. 11, pp. xv–xvii). For a comparison of …
- … 1984, pp. 154–9. 7. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] …
- … Bartholomew 1973. 8. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March …
- … 18 April [1863 ]. 10. Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March …
- … (rough draft of letter from T. H. Huxley to Charles Lyell, 11 June 1865, Imperial College, Huxley …
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: 7 hits
- … German edition (see letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ). Since the publication of …
- … & a few of importance’ (see letter to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] ). Darwin had sent Bronn …
- … letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). (No American edition …
- … we shall immediately see)’. Page xiv, n., line 11, delete ‘in the years 1794–5’. …
- … substitute for ‘but then . . . kinds of flowers.’: 11 In just some of …
- … sentence also appears in Origin 4th ed., p. 20. 11. p. 56. This whole paragraph was …
- … in Origin 4th ed., p. 449. 47. p. 409–11. This passage also appears, with slight …
1.1 Ellen Sharples pastel
Summary
< Back to Introduction The earliest surviving portrayal of Darwin, who was born on 12 February 1809, is this pastel or chalk drawing by Ellen Wallace Sharples. He is shown kneeling chivalrously before his sister Catherine (born in 1810), in the kind…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Art Journal , 16:1 (Spring–Summer 1995), pp. 3–11. Julius Bryant (ed.), English Heritage …
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: 8 hits
- … backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel …
- … review me in a hostile spirit’ ( letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 ). Darwin was …
- … Correspondence vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin’s relief, …
- … the moment of being hatched ( letter to Nature , 7 and 11 May [1874] ; Spalding 1872a). …
- … & that must be enough for me’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). Plants that eat . …
- … cartilage, bone & meat &c. &c.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). His research …
- … Correspondence vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin, [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted …
- … the photograph he sent highly ( letter from D. F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] ). At the …
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: 7 hits
- … gave him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). Darwin was altogether …
- … on Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his experiments in …
- … of Natural History’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). She had had assistance …
- … for a second edition ( letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ), Darwin asked him to use …
- … see letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). Yet Darwin was now …
- … interest. He told Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 September [1862] ): ‘This is a nice, but …
- … from one parent’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). really good …
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: 8 hits
- … Blair, R.H. 11 July 1871 Worcester College for the …
- … Chaumont, F.S.B.F. de 11 March 1871 Woolston, …
- … 9 Nov 1870 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
- … 1 Feb 1871 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
- … 7 Sept 1872 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
- … 1 Feb. 1871 11 Saint Mary Abbot's Terrace, Kensington. W., London, …
- … Sulivan, B.J. 11 Jan 1867 Bournemouth, England …
- … Wallace, A. R. 11 March [1867] 9 St. Mark’s Crescent …
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…
Matches: 11 hits
- … regarding species change ( letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 ). The botanist Asa Gray, …
- … by descent put him ‘into despair’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). In the same letter, he …
- … bottom of seas, lakes, and rivers ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VII). Quarrels at …
- … Academy of Sciences, Berlin (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix III), and of the Société des …
- … unsuccessful ( see letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] ). The council of …
- … [9 May 1863] , and memorandum from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 May 1863]) . As he struggled …
- … to drive the quietest man mad’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). Hooker and Gray agreed …
- … tropical plants than before (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI). He was fascinated with …
- … pistils mature at different times ( see letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). The fertility of …
- … ‘Crossing & Sterility’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II). When Darwin finished, by …
- … animal suffering caused by them (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix IX). Francis Darwin later …
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…
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,…
Matches: 4 hits
- … man in his most "primitive wildness" ( letter to Henslow, 11 April 1833 ). They …
- … Letter 204 : Darwin to Henslow, J. S., 11 April 1833 "The Fuegians are in a more …
- … 98). Letter 2503 : Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, C., 11 October [1859] "the …
- … Letter 2503 : Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, C., 11 October [1859] I suppose that you do not …
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…
Matches: 4 hits
- … St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). A worsening …
- … Mivart not to acknowledge it ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). 'I hate …
- … attacks on Darwin became notorious, had written on 11 May expressing concern that his recently, …
- … well informed: `The die is cast’, he wrote excitedly on 11 May , when the matter was first raised …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
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…
Matches: 6 hits
- … the popularity of his book, writing to Robert Cooke on 11 April , ‘though I believe it is of …
- … for extended periods. In a letter to Thiselton-Dyer of 11 October , Darwin described how the …
- … Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the …
- … visits from distinguished persons. Gladstone came to Down on 11 March. ‘I expected a stern, …
- … not been a difficulty to me,’ he replied to Romanes on 11 June , ‘as I have never believed in a …
- … that they become quite tipsy’ ( letter to W. M. Moorsom, 11 September [1877] ). Moorsom replied …
Charles Harrison Blackley
Summary
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…
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: 5 hits
- … to think of the future’, Darwin confessed to William on 11 September just hours after Amy’s …
- … naturalist Thomas Edward ( letter from F. M. Balfour, 11 December 1876 ; letter to Samuel Smiles …
- … who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 years old at the time of her death, would …
- … you are one of the best of all’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 11 September [1876] ). …
- … do I cannot conceive’, Darwin wrote anxiously to Hooker on 11 September. By the time Darwin …
Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Matches: 10 hits
- … in that little sheet of note-paper! DARWIN: 11 My dear Hooker… What a remarkably …
- … 1 OCTOBER 1846 7 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 11 JANUARY 1844 8 C DARWIN TO A …
- … 10 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 24 AUGUST 1855 11 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, 5 JUNE 1855 …
- … 22 NOVEMBER 1856 29 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 APRIL 1861 30 A GRAY TO C …
- … A GRAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 1858 58 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 11 OCTOBER 1858 59 A GRAY TO …
- … HOOKER, 18 OCTOBER 1859 63 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 NOVEMBER 1859 64 JD …
- … 13 NOVEMBER 1859 66 C DARWIN TO R OWEN, 11 NOVEMBER 1859 67 C DARWIN …
- … 17 FEBRUARY 1861 111 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 DECEMBER 1861 112 C DARWIN …
- … DARWIN TO A GRAY 28 MAY 1864 159 FROM A GRAY 11 JULY 1864 160 C DARWIN …
- … TO A GRAY 28 JANUARY 1876 204 FROM A GRAY 11 DECEMBER 1874 205 TO A …
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…
Matches: 4 hits
- … Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives …
- … continue his observations indoors ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] …
- … two letters to the Athenæum ( Correspondence vol. 11). Darwin’s anxiety about the matter was …
- … and the question of human origins ( Correspondence vol. 11). Wallace, however, traced a possible …
Thomas Rivers
Summary
Rivers and Darwin exchanged around 30 letters, most in 1863 when Darwin was hard at work on the manuscript of Variation of plants and animals under domestication, the lengthy and detailed sequel to Origin of species. Rivers, an experienced plant breeder…
Darwin and Religion
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When Darwin published On the Origin of Species, was there a clear cut division between those who supported science and those who supported God? Find out how Darwin’s letters reveal a complex reaction from all sides and a desire from Darwin to keep his…
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- … Pupils explore the reaction to Darwin’s findings as evidenced through his letters. Activities …
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…
Darwin's bad days
Summary
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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- … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …
Darwin on race and gender
Summary
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…