From J. T. Moggridge 10 May [1866]
Summary
Sends a box of orchids.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 205 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5084 |
From T. H. Huxley 29 May 1865
Summary
Glad to read what CD sends. Any glimmer of light on those subjects is of utmost importance.
Quotes a letter from Haeckel on progress of Darwinism in Germany.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 May 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 307 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4838 |
To Asa Gray 19 April [1865]
Summary
Congratulates AG on the "grand news of Richmond".
Still interested in dimorphism and would welcome new cases.
Working on Variation
and correcting proofs of Climbing plants.
Would like seed of AG’s dimorphic Plantago.
Cannot understand how the wind could fertilise reciprocally dimorphic flowers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 19 Apr [1865] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (77) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4467 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 1 September 1863 , and Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 28 May [1864] ). See …
- … and n. 6, and Correspondence vol. 12, letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 May [1864] , and …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] , Correspondence vol. …
- … Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix III. CD refers to Variation (see letter to John Murray, …
- … the letters from Asa Gray , 16 February 1864 and 11 July 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12). …
- … 12. Gray acknowledged receiving a copy of ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ in his letter …
- … 12 June 1865 in a double issue of the Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) ( ‘Climbing plants’ ). CD had an author’s offprint separately printed by Taylor and Francis, and it was also published commercially in August 1865 by Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green and by Williams and Norgate (see Publishers’ Circular , 1 August 1865, p. 391, and Freeman 1977 , pp. 116–18). CD apparently began sending out copies of the paper to correspondents in early June (see letter …
To John Scott 2 May [1863]
Summary
Impressed by JS’s attempts to fertilise Gongora.
CD has large collection of notes on orchids, but does not know when he will publish on them again.
Asks for JS’s papers on sterility of individual orchids and on Drosera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 2 May [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: B25–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4137 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … seeds produced (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 28 March 1864 ); CD …
- … of Edinburgh on 14 May 1863. In his letter of [after 12] April [1863] , Scott had thanked …
- … between 6 and 13 May 1863. In his letter to CD of [after 12] April [1863], Scott mentioned …
- … the encouraging remarks in his letter to Scott of 12 April [1863] . CD refers to Scott’s …
- … experiments on self-pollination (see letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] and n. 17). …
- … the ovule through the micropyle (see letter to Daniel Oliver, [12 April 1863] and n. …
- … 3, and letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] ). …
- … pollinated Gongora truncata in his letter to CD of [after 12] April [1863]. Scott and CD …
- … 1: 402–3, 2: 133–5. In his letter to CD of [after 12] April [1863], Scott stated that he …
- … Oncidium and Maxillaria (see letter from John Scott, [after 12] April [1863] ); the paper …
- … numerous inquiries (see letter from John Scott, [after 12] April [1863] ). See letter to …
- … In his letter to CD of [after 12] April [1863], Scott expressed a wish to make further …
To Ernst Haeckel 30 December [1863] – 3 January [1864]
Summary
Will be proud to receive EH’s Die Radiolarien [1862].
Health continues very weak.
[P.S. 3 Jan] Has sent EH another letter by mistake.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 30 Dec [1863] – 3 Jan [1864] |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1026/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4361 |
To T. H. Huxley 4 October [1865]
Summary
Has done nothing since 1 May. Slowly getting better under Bence Jones’s diet.
The Reader has been sold – would regret its failure as a newspaper for general science.
Pangenesis is recovering from shock it received from THH’s criticism.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 4 Oct [1865] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 223) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4909 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … company (see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to John Lubbock 19 November [1864] ). CD …
- … highly (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Roland Trimen, 13 May 1864 ). …
- … Gray, 15 August [1865] and n. 12; see also letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 [or 28 September …
- … to T. H. Huxley, 12 July [1865] and [17 July 1865] , and the letter from T. H. Huxley, …
- … 12 January 1867 (Sullivan ed. 1984, p. 349). CD had sent Huxley his manuscript of his hypothesis of pangenesis, asking him whether it was suitable for inclusion in Variation (see letter …
To Smith, Elder and Company 10 March [1863]
Summary
Receipt for cheque enclosed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
| Date: | 10 Mar [1863] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (MS.23181, ff.11-15 (S. E. & Co. work slip, ff.11-12, letter ff.13-14, address envelope f.15)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4034 |
To A. R. Wallace [c. 10 April 1864]
Summary
Has seen that ARW has read a paper to the Linnean Society.
Thinks that Herbert Spencer’s Social Statics (Spencer 1851) would be too deep for him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | [c. 10 Apr 1864] |
| Classmark: | The Argyll Papers, Inveraray Castle (NRAS 1209/856) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4378F |
From Asa Gray 17 January 1865
Summary
New herbarium is finished.
Congratulations on Copley Medal.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 146 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4747 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … of Scott 1864b (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] ). …
- … 506–8. See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Asa Gray, 5 December 1864 , which …
- … about cuckoos (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Asa Gray, 5 December 1864 ). …
- … In his letter of 7 November 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12), Benjamin Dann Walsh had …
- … in his letter to Asa Gray, 25 February [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). CD had requested …
- … to his letter to Asa Gray of 29 October [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). The enclosure …
- … the letters from Asa Gray , 16 February 1864 and 11 July 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12). …
- … letter to Gray has not been found. Gray last wrote to CD on 5 December 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12). ‘ …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 19 April [1865] . CD was presented with the Copley Medal of the Royal Society on 30 November 1864 (see Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 13 (1863–4): 505, and Correspondence vol. 12, …
To Charles Lyell 25 March [1865]
Summary
Mentions Miss Buckley’s information on roosting in trees [see Variation 1: 181 n.].
Refers to Duke [of Argyll] and his Lamarckian view of change.
Roosting habits and behaviour of pigeons in Egypt.
Criticises Herbert Spencer’s works.
Has finished Elements; comments on Laurentian stages.
Remarks on his health
and forthcoming work [Variation].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 25 Mar [1865] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.307) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4794 |
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- … principles ( Spencer 1860–2 ). See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from A. R. …
- … instalments, see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. D. Hooker, 24 January 1864 …
- … 1860] and n. 5, and Correspondence vol. 12, letter to A. C. Ramsay, 12 July [1864] and …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] , and letter from …
- … 2 January 1864 , and letters to J. D. Hooker, [10 and 12 January 1864] and 3 November [ …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 March [1874] , Calendar no. 9372). CD did not change later editions of Origin. See also O’Brien 1970 , and Burkhardt 1974 , pp. 43–5. The reference is to Variation ; CD had been revising the early chapters since mid-November 1864, and was currently working on the chapters on domestic animals (see CD’s ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 12, …
From W. E. Darwin 18 June [1864]
Summary
Doesn't think will be able to find Buckthorn. Sends reference from Revue de Deux Mondes. Is settled at the Bank.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 19) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4538F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … in May 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 and n. 5). …
- … stylar forms (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from H. E. Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [18 …
- … 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, frontispiece and letter from W. E. Darwin, [19 May 1864] …
- … Supplement, letter from E. A. Darwin, Charles Darwin, and W. E. Darwin to Thomas Salt, 12 …
From Richard Trevor Clarke 6 November [1866]
Summary
Wants to publish his observation on colour changes in Matthiola seeds.
Has been crossing cotton.
Approves of C. V. Naudin and Max Wichura.
| Author: | Richard Trevor Clarke |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Nov [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 163 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4932 |
From Fritz Müller [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865]
Summary
FM’s comments on Climbing Plants.
| Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 and 31 Aug 1865 and 10 Oct 1865 |
| Classmark: | Notes on some of the climbing-plants near Desterro, in South Brazil. By Herr Fritz Müller, in a letter to C. Darwin. [Read 7 December 1865.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 9 (1866): 344–9. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4881F |
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- … Dalton Hooker (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1864 …
- … the derivation of tendrils, see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from Daniel Oliver , [28 …
- … adhesive discs, see Correspondence vol. 12, letters to J. D. Hooker, 4 December [1864] …
- … 1865] and 9 December [1865] . See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 , n. 11. In ‘ …
- … 8 February 1864] , 12 March 1864 , and [before 31 March 1864] , letter to Daniel Oliver, …
- … letter to C. Darwin. [Read 7 December 1865. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 9 (1866): 344–9. Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller 12 …
To Henry Bence Jones 3 January [1866]
Summary
A report on his somewhat improved health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Bence Jones |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 249: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4968A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … secretion’ (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [20–]22 February [ …
- … William Jenner (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] and …
- … s advice (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from William Jenner , 15 October 1864 and …
- … see Correspondence vol. 13, letter to Asa Gray, 15 August [1865] and n. 12). CD reported …
- … letter to W. D. Fox, 13 November [1858] ). CD began taking iron in 1864, Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) recording ‘began iron’ on 12 …
From J. D. Hooker 2 May 1865
Summary
On FitzRoy’s suicide.
The Lyell–Ramsay disagreement [on formation of lakes?].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 May 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 20–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4826 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 10, letter to A. C. Ramsay, 5 September [1862] , Correspondence vol. 12, letter to A. …
- … Hooker in 1864; see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [23 August 1864] , …
- … CD were critical (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 9 [March] 1864 , …
- … C. Ramsay, 12 July [1864] , letter from J. B. Jukes, 10 August 1864 and n. 2, and …
- … bronchitis and influenza (see letters from J. D. Hooker, 12 April 1865 and [19 April …
From Maxwell Tylden Masters 7 February 1865
Summary
MTM heard part of the abstract of CD’s paper on climbing plants, read at the Linnean Society on 2 Feb. Offers CD his opinion and information on the subject, which he has studied for many years.
| Author: | Maxwell Tylden Masters |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4766 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Dipsacus (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from M. T. Masters, 19 September 1864) . …
- … Masters 1855 ). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from M. T. Masters, 19 September …
- … to his work with climbing plants (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Daniel Oliver, …
- … 11 March [1864] , and letter from Daniel Oliver, 12 March 1864 and n. 9). CD referred to …
- … 12 June 1865 ( General index to the Journal of the Linnean Society , p. vi). Masters included a section on ‘Spiral torsion’, in which he cited ‘Climbing plants’ , in Vegetable teratology ( Masters 1869 , pp. 319–26). Evidently these are notes for CD’s reply; however, the letter …
From C. V. Naudin 18 June 1865
Summary
Thanks CD for his paper "Climbing plants" [see 4861] and for a photograph.
Hopes soon to send a copy of his memoir on hybridisation
and with it will forward a short note on the tendrils of the Cucurbitaceae.
| Author: | Charles Victor Naudin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 June 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4863 |
From F. W. Farrar 6 November 1865
Summary
Grateful for CD’s approval of Chapters on language.
Is inclined to believe that the races of man were primordially distinct.
| Author: | Frederic William Farrar |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Nov 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 35 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4933 |
From John Traherne Moggridge 17 May [1865]
Summary
Sends fresh plants from France: Lythrum graefferi, Romulea.
Does CD know Pulmonaria is dimorphic?
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 May [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 202 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4835 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … coming winter (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. T. Moggridge, 15 July 1864 …
- … in July 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. T. Moggridge, 15 July 1864 , …
- … 1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12; see also ibid. , letter to J. T. Moggridge, 1[7] July [ …
- … letters from W. E. Darwin, 4 May [1863] and 8 May [1863] ). CD and William made extensive observations on P. angustifolia in 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12). …
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Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
Summary
You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
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- … You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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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, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
1.2 George Richmond, marriage portrait
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< Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more may once have existed. In a letter of 1873 an old Shrewsbury friend, Arthur Mostyn Owen, offered to send Darwin a watercolour sketch of him, painted many years…
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- … < Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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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…
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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began …
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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- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
German and Dutch photograph albums
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Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
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- … In 1877, Charles Darwin was sent some unusual birthday presents: two lavishly …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … I am merely slaving over the sickening work of preparing new Editions …
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, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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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 …
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…
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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'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 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 …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have …
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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- … Species theory In November 1845, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend and confidant Joseph …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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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…
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- … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …
