From V. O. Kovalevsky 5 September [1870]
Summary
Will order the first set of casts from Murray.
Thanks CD for a book for his wife from the Royal Society Library.
His brother [Alexander] is delighted at being referred to in CD’s work [Descent 1: 205].
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Sept [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7317 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky 10 May 1871
Summary
Paris is in the hands of "brigands and socialists", but one grows accustomed to sporadic bombardment,
and VOK is peacefully studying invertebrate palaeontology collections.
Reports on Paul Gervais’ successful cross between a Triton and an axolotl.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 89 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7752 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky 23 May [1871]
Summary
Will translate passages as CD requests [see 7735].
Bitter at Prussian militarism.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 May [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7766 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky 20 January 1874
Summary
Russian Expression has sold nearly 2000 copies.
Plans to come to England to study collections of vertebrate fossils from the Chalk. This will complement his work in the south of France.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9251 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky 28 May [1871]
Summary
Reports on the wholesale murder in Paris.
His wife, Sofya Kovalevsky, is working for her examinations.
VOK is studying embryology.
Alexander has left Suez and is now in Jaffa.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 May [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7775 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky 14 March 1871
Summary
Russian translation of Descent in progress, but the Minister of Interior has banned CD’s work and the book will be seized.
His foolish brother-in-law, Mayor of Montmartre, attempted to defend their section against the government.
CD’s queries on man and camels have gone to Alexander [Kovalevsky] in Sinai.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7583 |
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- … Tertiary, period (see Murchison and Lyell 1829 and Coquand 1869 ). Franc-tireur : a member …
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Darwin's health
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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
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- … vol. 1, letter to W. D. Fox, [25-9 January 1829] , and Correspondence vol. 2, letter to Sarah …
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…
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- … 1811] Richardson’s Fauna Borealis [J. Richardson 1829–37] Entomological Magazine.—? …
- … of Reid Smith & giving abstracts of their views [Stewart 1829] Prostitution of Paris …
- … 338 Schiede in 1825 [Schiede 1825] & Lasch. Linn in 1829 [Lasch 1829] has given list of …
- … Eduards sur les characteres de races Humaines [W. F. Edwards 1829]; read Letter to M. Therry …
- … of Seed [Parmentier 1789] referred to by Oberlin [Oberlin 1829] Hog. on Culture of Carnation. …
- … 1759] Richardson. Fauna Borealis [J. Richardson 1829–37]— all Vols. Marshall’s Rural …
- … in work on Ava give case & man & child hairy [Crawfurd 1829] Farmer’s Mag. [ Farmer& …
- … Lyell Sir J Heads Forest scenes in Canada [G. Head 1829] Grotes History of Greece …
- … 1830] Review of D[itt] o in Quarterly [Fleming] 1829] 55 Sir J …
- … [Wells 1834] Cline on the breeding of animals [Cline 1829] Spallanzani’s Essay on …
- … skimmed 25 Lockhart’s life of Napoleon [Lockhart] 1829] Bartram’s travels in N. …
- … Octob 14 Baily Essays on Truth. &c &c [Bailey 1829] There is a discussion on cause & …
- … 1754] Skimmed Bon Jardinier [ Le Bon Jardinier ] 1829. d[itt]o Sir. Ch. Bell Anatomy …
- … 1786–98]. Skimmed Oberlin’s Memoirs [Oberlin 1829] Pepys Diary [Pepys 1825]. Skimmed …
- … ] Oct 2 d Journal of a Naturalist [Knapp] 1829] /poor/ extracted Nov 30. …
- … 1843] 20 Lockhart’s life of Buonaparte [Lockhart] 1829] —— Failed in reading Niebuhr’s …
- … Jan 29 th Richardson Fauna Americana [J. Richardson 1829–37] 2 vols. except Fishes, which read if …
- … March. Crawfurds Embassy Court of Ava 2 vols [Crawfurd 1829] Amber-witch [Meinhold 1844] …
- … 22 d Minding Geograph. Verberitung [Minding 1829]. (poor) April 3 d . Annal. des Sc. Nat …
- … the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India ]. 1829. Vol. I— (All) —— Mem. de la …
- … F. Edwards Des Caracteres des Races Humaines [W. F. Edwards 1829] 26 th Loudon’s Arboretum …
- … (good) April. Head Forest Scenes in Canada [G. Head 1829]. V. good May 7 th . …
- … —— 26 Sir T. Moore’s life a Novel. [?R. W. Southey 1829] Sept 5. Edwards Voyage up the Amazon …
- … 1853]. —— Lawrence on the Horse [J. Lawrence 1829] 21 Tournefort Voyage Levant [Pitton …
- … Academicæ . London. 119: 10a Bailey, Samuel. 1829. Essays on the pursuit of truth, on …
- … eds.] *119: 5v., 11v.; 119: 9a Cline, Henry. 1829. Observations on the breeding and …
- … of those kingdoms . London. 119: 15b ——. 1829. Journal of an embassy from the …
- … London. 119: 9a Edwards, William Frédéric. 1829. Des caractères physiologiques des …
- … [Darwin Library.] *119: 1v.; 119: 10a [——]. 1829. On systems and methods in natural …
- … in Ireland . London. 128: 5 Head, George. 1829. Forest scenes and incidents in the …
Early Days
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment The young Charles Darwin From an early age, Darwin exhibited a keen interest in the natural world. His boyish fascination with naturalist pursuits deepened as he entered college and started to interact with…
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- … Letter 68 —Darwin to William Darwin Fox [15 July 1829] Darwin writes to his friend and cousin, …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
Hermann Müller
Summary
Hermann (Heinrich Ludwig Hermann) Müller, was born in Mühlberg near Erfurt in 1829. He was the younger brother of Fritz Müller (1822–97). Following the completion of his secondary education at Erfurt in 1848, he studied natural sciences at Halle and Berlin…
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- … Hermann) Müller, was born in Mühlberg near Erfurt in 1829. He was the younger brother of Fritz …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
Leonard Jenyns
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When Darwin returned from the Beagle voyage there was no-one available to describe the fish that he had collected. At Darwin’s request Jenyns, a friend from Cambridge days, took on the challenge. It was not an easy one: at that time Jenyns had only worked…
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- … in seeing his name in print for collecting a rare insect in 1829 was enhanced because he had got one …
Robert FitzRoy
Summary
Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest proximity, their relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the countries visited during the…
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- … committed suicide. At the time of his father’s death in 1829, FitzRoy was surveying an isolated …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … 29v.). Darwin Library–CUL, 2d edition, 5 vols., Paris, 1829–30, vols. 4, 5, Crustacés , etc. par …
- … six years on the South Sea Islands . . . 2 vols. London, 1829. (DAR 37.2: 798; Stoddart 1962, pp. …
- … naturelle des mollusques et leurs coquilles. Paris, 1829. (DAR 30.1: 30). Darwin Library–CUL. …
- … a future state . . . by a country pastor [R. W.]. London, 1829. (Letter from Caroline Darwin, 28 …
Science: A Man’s World?
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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
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- … Fundamenta Nova Theoriae Functionum Ellipticarum , (1829). Letter 7329 - Murray, J. …
Darwin’s first love
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Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
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- … When Darwin did not return to Shrewsbury for Christmas 1829, though she had ‘fully expected’ to see …
Race, Civilization, and Progress
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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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Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
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- … [an error of about 15' too much to the Eastward rectified in 1829 by Mr Ross from his own …
- … occurred after it having reference to Mr Ross until March 1829 – when Mr H’s boat having been cast …
- … and at the end of the year – for which they were engaged (1829) he sent the party back. Mr …
- … to his views the following circumstances. In 1829 when H.M.S. Comet called in at the Isles – …
Interview with Pietro Corsi
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Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
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- … assume that Lamarck was dead not only physically in 1829 but even morally: no-one took him seriously …
Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
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'a humble toadyish follower…': Not all pictures of Darwin during the Beagle voyage are flattering. Published here for the first time is a complete transcript of a satirical account of the Beagle’s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands…
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- … of HMS Comet visited Cocos Keeling in 1830 (Ross says 1829 in this ms., but other records …
