From Maxwell Tylden Masters 19 September 1864
Summary
Explains several monstrous flowers sent by CD.
| Author: | Maxwell Tylden Masters |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Sept 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4617 |
To B. D. Walsh 4 December [1864]
Summary
Discusses Agassiz’s misrepresentations of his views and J. D. Dana’s "wild notions".
The reception is friendlier from younger scientists in France, and many of the best men in Germany.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Benjamin Dann Walsh |
| Date: | 4 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (Walsh) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4695 |
From Benjamin Dann Walsh 29 April – 19 May 1864
Summary
Recalls being introduced to CD when [undergraduate] at Cambridge.
Sends CD some of his pamphlets
and expresses support of Origin.
Has discovered there are "3 sexes" in the solitary Cynips as well as social insects.
| Author: | Benjamin Dann Walsh |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Apr – 19 May 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4477 |
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- … fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1833 ( DAB ); until 1871, most fellows at Oxford …
To E. A. Darwin 30 June 1864
Summary
Has heard nothing about the Copley Medal. Is grateful for Hugh Falconer’s interest [see 4546].
Supplies details about circumstances of his voyage on the Beagle.
Does not believe that his sea-sickness was the cause of his subsequent ill-health.
Encloses the requested list of publications [see 4550].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Date: | 30 June 1864 |
| Classmark: | ML 1: 247–8; DAR 154: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4548A |
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- … of the Geological Society of London 2 (1833–8): 654–60. A revised version was published …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Masters, M. T. | (1) |
| Walsh, B. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Walsh, B. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Walsh, B. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Masters, M. T. | (1) |
That monstrous stain: To J. M. Herbert, 2 June 1833
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Darwin did not consider himself to be a particularly good writer, but many of his letters contain not just a wealth of information, but also beautifully expressed descriptions and impressions that would be the envy of any essayist or novelist. Such is the…
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- … Abolition Act (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) was passed in August 1833 and came into force a year later. …
Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia
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Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…
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- … enthusiasm in a letter to William Darwin Fox, 23 May 1833 ( Correspondence vol. 1): …
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,…
John Stevens Henslow
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The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at Cambridge University, were among the most significant of his life. It was a letter from Henslow that brought Darwin the invitation to sail round the world as…
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- … electric explosion ( from Henslow, 15–21 January 1833 ) During the voyage it was …
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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- … Key letters: Letter to J. S. Henslow, 11 April 1833 Letter to C. R. Lyell, 11 …
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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- … two references to Felix Azara’s works in notes made during 1833 cite secondary sources (DAR 33: 254 …
- … 1822–31. (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 15–21 January [1833]). Darwin Library–CUL. § …
- … signatures of the members . . . who met at Cambridge, June 1833. With a report of the proceedings . …
- … Report of the 2d meeting . . . Oxford, 1832 . London, 1833. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, March 1834 …
- … de M. Gay. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 28 (1833): 26–35. (DAR 35.2: 396). ‘Philosophical …
- … vols. Edinburgh, 1822. (Letter from Susan Darwin, 15 October 1833). Darwin Library–CUL ††. …
- … . . 1830 et 1831. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 28 (1833): 369–93. (DAR 35.2: 396). …
- … Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1833–8): 44–70. (DAR 37.2: 797). …
- … ‘Charles Darwin M: Video. Novem r . 1832’; vol. 3 (1833): ‘C. Darwin’; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 …
- … Miss Martineau’. (Letter from Caroline Darwin, 28 October [1833]). Maskelyne, Nevil. Tables …
- … of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar . . . 2 vols. London, 1833. ( Red notebook , p. 64). …
- … (Vols. 3–7 inscribed ‘Chas. Darwin Buenos Ayres Sept. 1833’). CUL Adv.d.79.22–6. § Rivero, …
- … Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 4 (1833): 209–17. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 …
- … 1832. (DAR 30.1: 2v.; letter to J. M. Herbert, 2 June 1833). Ulloa, A. de. See Juan, G. and …
- … London, 1829. (Letter from Caroline Darwin, 28 October [1833]). § Whewell, William. Essay …
- … Transactions of the Royal Society of London 123 (1833): 147–236. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, March …
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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- … sur la Fauna des iles de la Sonde et Japon [Temminck 1833].— —Have read it. Ogleby Temminck. …
- … of Selbourne [E. T. Bennett ed. 1837 and [J. Rennie] ed. 1833] read 19 : French [? Annales de la …
- … Geograph Soc Siebold’s Japan [P. F. B. von Siebold 1833–50]— d[itt]o Kalm’s Travels in …
- … Darby’s Louisiana [darby 1816] & Finch Travels [Finch 1833]. (Lyell) Maximilian in Brazil …
- … Lives of Kepler & Galileo. Drinkwater [J. E. Drinkwater] 1833]— Prof. Smyth. French …
- … Boisduval is author of Fauna of Madagascar [Boisduval 1833]: Suite— Decandolle on Botany [A. de …
- … countries Birds of Japan [P. F. B. von Siebold 1833–50] Zoolog. Soc “Memoires du …
- … 5 s 1834–43 1. Humming Birds, Vol. 1 [Jardine 1833]. 3. Humming Birds, Vol 2 …
- … 1848] (Boot) 44 (read) Bethunes lives [Drinkwater 1833] (Boot) Leslie life of …
- … [Mackintosh 1836] Bell on the Hand [C. Bell 1833] Wilkinson’s Egyptian remains [?J. G. …
- … 10 th Surville-Marion [Crozet 1783]. Fanning [Fanning 1833], Dixon [G. Dixon ed. 1789]. Voyages …
- … other numbers 25. Owen & Botelers Africa [W. F. Owen 1833 and Boteler 1835] well skimmed …
- … (for second time) Whewell’s Bridgewater Treatise [Whewell 1833] March 1 st . Philosoph. …
- … —— 28 th Glöger Abanden der Vogel [Glöger 1833].— Dec r . 1 Meyens Geography of Plants …
- … Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou ]. Vols for 1833, 1837, 1838, 1842, 43, 44—not all …
- … ed. 1837], notes by W. Herbert, Rennie [J. Rennie] ed. 1833]. 6. H. Miller First Impressions …
- … very amusing March 10 John Galt Autobiography [Galt 1833] poor —— 20 th Thiers …
- … la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux ] Tom VI. & VII. 1833–1835 118 22 d . Bulletin …
- … Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle ] Tom. I (lost). II 1833. III 1834. & IV 1835: …
- … 22] 1858 Hewitsons Oology [Hewitson [1833–42].— Nov. 12. Yarrell’s …
- … 18 The entries from ‘Volneys’ to [Temminck 1833] on page [5v.] are taken from the inside back …
- … Bennett’s edition (1837) and for James Rennie’s edition (1833) of Gilbert White’s Natural History …
- … ed. (1844) in Darwin Library.] 119: 8a ——. 1833. The hand. Its mechanism and vital …
- … of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 1836. Comprising sketches of …
- … *119: 20v. Boisduval de Chauffour, Jean Alphonse. 1833. Faune entomologique de …
- … 16b [Drinkwater, afterwards Bethune, John Elliot]. 1833. Lives of eminent persons, …
- … and adventures in the Indian Archipelago, in 1832, 1833, 1834 . London. 119: 3a …
- … countries . Hereford. 119: 1a Fanning, Edmund. 1833. Voyages round the world: with …
- … Mrs. P. Sinnett. London. 119: 17b Finch, John. 1833. Travels in the United States of …
Conrad Martens
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Conrad Martens was born in London, the son of an Austrian diplomat. He studied landscape painting under the watercolourist Copley Fielding (1789–1855), who also briefly taught Ruskin. In 1833 he was on board the Hyacinth, headed for India, but en route in…
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Adam Sedgwick
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One of the early leaders of geology in Britain, Adam Sedgwick was born in the Yorkshire village of Dent in 1785. Attending Trinity College Cambridge, he was ordained as clergyman and in 1818 was appointed to the Woodwardian Chair of Geology, which offered…
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- … One of the early leaders of geology in Britain, Adam Sedgwick was born in the Yorkshire village …
Darwin’s introduction to geology
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Darwin collected minerals as a child and was introduced to the science of geology at the University of Edinburgh, but he only became actively interested in the subject as he was completing his degree at Cambridge.
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- … Darwin collected minerals as a child and was introduced to the science of geology during his …
George Keen
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George Keen (1794–1884) was born in England. He had arrived in Buenos Aires by 1820, making him one of the earliest settlers from Britain. In 1821 he married Mary Yates (1802/3–72), the sister of John, William and Elizabeth Yates, another family of early…
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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- … Letter 207 — Darwin, C. R. to Fox, W. D., 23 May 1833 Darwin tells Fox to buy a microscope. …
Edward Lumb
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Edward Lumb was born in Yorkshire. According to the memoirs of his daughter Anne, Lady Macdonell, he travelled to Buenos Aires aged sixteen with his merchant uncle, Charles Poynton, and after some fortunate enterprises set up in business there. In 1833…
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … 196 — Henslow, J. S. to Darwin, C. R., 15 & 21 Jan [1833] Henslow acknowledges receipt of …
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. …
Orundellico (Jemmy Button)
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Orundellico was one of the Yahgan, or canoe people of the southern part of Tierra del Fuego. He was the fourth hostage taken by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830 following the theft of the small surveying boat. This fourteen-year old boy was…
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- … Orundellico was one of the Yahgan, or canoe people of the southern part of Tierra del Fuego. He …
Alexander Burns Usborne
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Alexander Burns Usborne was born in Kendal, Westmorland, in 1808, the son of Alexander and Margaret Usborne; his father died in 1818 and in his will was described as the purser on HMS Hannibal. His son joined the navy in 1825 aged 16 as a second-class…
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- … appointed to the Beagle , becoming assistant surveyor in 1833; Mount Usborne, the highest point …
4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing
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< Back to Introduction The paucity of evidence for Darwin’s appearance and general demeanour during the years of the Beagle voyage gives this humorous drawing of shipboard life a special interest. It is convincingly attributed to Augustus Earle, an…
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- … had to resign his post and leave the ship in late 1832 or 1833 due to illness, and he subsequently …
George Robert Waterhouse
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George Waterhouse was born on 6 March 1810 in Somers Town, North London. His father was a solicitor’s clerk and an amateur lepidopterist. George was educated from 1821-24 at Koekelberg near Brussels. On his return he worked for a time as an apprentice to…
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- … of the founders of the Entomological Society of London in 1833, and was president from 1849-50. …
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … east and west coasts of South America, in the years 1832, 1833, 1834, and 1835, with an account of a …
