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Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1836. New flora and botany of North America. 4 pts. Philadelphia.

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  • … Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1836. New flora and botany of North America. 4 pts. …

Yarrell, William. 1836. A history of British fishes. 2 vols. London: John Van Voorst.

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  • … Yarrell, William. 1836. A history of British fishes. 2 vols. London: John Van Voorst. WBG …

To Phillip Parker King   [21 January 1836]

Summary

CD informs PPK of his impending arrival at Dunheved, Penrith; news of his journey thus far.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Phillip Parker King
Date:  [21 Jan 1836]
Classmark:  Bathurst District Historical Society
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-293

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  • … To Phillip Parker King   [21 January 1836] …
  • … Society Charles Robert Darwin Bathurst , N.S.W. [21 Jan 1836] Phillip Parker King …

To Robert FitzRoy   6 October [1836]

Summary

CD describes his happy home-coming. Finds his family and Shrewsbury unchanged.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Robert FitzRoy
Date:  6 Oct [1836]
Classmark:  DAR 144: 114
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-310

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  • … To Robert FitzRoy   6 October [1836] …
  • … DAR 144: 114 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury 6 Oct [1836] Robert FitzRoy …

To Caroline Darwin   [9 November 1836]

Summary

His fossil bones are unpacked and some are great treasures. He has some geology to do: R. I. Murchison has lent him a map and asked him to look at a part of the country he has been describing.

Their only protection against having Harriet Martineau as sister-in-law is that she works Erasmus too hard.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:  [9 Nov 1836]
Classmark:  DAR 154: 49
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-321

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  • … To Caroline Darwin   [9 November 1836] …
  • … 49 Charles Robert Darwin London [9 Nov 1836] Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin/Caroline …
  • … H.M.S. Beagle … during the years 1831 to 1836. By Richard Owen. Edited and superintended …

To J. S. Henslow   [30–1 October 1836]

Summary

CD in London to meet with naturalists about his collections. Lyell and Owen are helpful, but no one else, except R. E. Grant, seems to want to examine his specimens.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Stevens Henslow
Date:  [30–1 Oct 1836]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 32 DAR/1/1/32)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-317

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  • … To J.  S.  Henslow   [30–1 October 1836] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin London, Gt Marlborough St, 43 [30–1 Oct 1836] John Stevens Henslow …
  • … Bibliography Buckland, William. 1836. Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to …
  • … Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & …
  • … Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & …
  • … FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. 5 …

To J. S. Henslow   6 October [1836]

Summary

His joy at being home. Anxious to see JSH for advice on his geological specimens.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Stevens Henslow
Date:  6 Oct [1836]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 31 DAR/1/1/31)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-311

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  • … To J.  S.  Henslow   6 October [1836] …
  • … letters: 31 DAR/1/1/31) Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury 6 Oct [1836] John Stevens Henslow …

From Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood   [24 October 1836]

Summary

They are impatient for CD’s arrival.

EW is reading F. Head’s "gallop" [Rapid journeys across the Pampas (1826)] "to get up a little knowledge for him".

CD has nearly settled in favour of living in Cambridge.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood
Date:  [24 Oct 1836]
Classmark:  V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-315

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  • … From Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood   [24 October 1836] …
  • … Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Maer [24 Oct 1836] Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh/ …
  • … London: John Murray. [Malet, Marian Dora. ] 1836. Violet; or, the danseuse: a portraiture …
  • … vol. 1, letter to Josiah Wedgwood II, [5 October 1836] ). Charles and Charlotte Langton . …
  • … Head 1826 . Hensleigh Wedgwood . [Malet] 1836 . Emma Allen . Neither Penelope nor John …

To The Master & Fellows, Caius College   [19 December 1836 – 6 March 1837]

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"Mr Darwin presents his compliments to the Master & Fellows of Caius Coll. and is extremely sorry he is prevented by a previous engagement the honor of dining with them on Thursday."

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Caius College
Date:  [19 Dec 1836 – 6 Mar 1837]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.7)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-326

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  • … To The Master & Fellows, Caius College   [19 December 1836 – 6 March 1837] …
  • … Mss.B.D25.7) Charles Robert Darwin Cambridge [19 Dec 1836 – 6 Mar 1837] Caius College …

To J. D. Hooker   26 December [1860]

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Sends JDH note on adaptation of an Australian Compositae for dispersal in dry climate. Is it too trivial to publish? [Collected papers 2: 36–8].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  26 Dec [1860]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 82
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3031

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  • … 1851  was a frequently consulted bibliography of botanical books. Rafinesque 1836 . …
  • … Leipzig. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1836. New flora and botany of North America. 4 …

To Susan Darwin   4 August [1836]

Summary

Beagle is again in Brazil because of need to check on "singular disagreements in the Longitudes".

Pleased by Sedgwick’s praise.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:  4 Aug [1836]
Classmark:  DAR 223: 37
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-306

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  • … To Susan Darwin   4 August [1836] …
  • … DAR 223: 37 Charles Robert Darwin Bahia, Brazil 4 Aug [1836] Susan Elizabeth Darwin …

To Caroline Darwin   29 April 1836

Summary

Keeling Islands, his first coral lagoons; he has been occupied with subject of coral formation for six months.

Very busy at sea rewriting old geological notes. Has difficulties with writing.

FitzRoy has proposed joint account of the journey, combining CD’s journal with his own.

Looks forward with anxiety to Henslow’s reaction to the geological notes.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:  29 Apr 1836
Classmark:  DAR 223
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-301

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  • … To Caroline Darwin   29 April 1836
  • … Robert Darwin Port Lewis, Mauritius 29 Apr 1836 Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin/Caroline …
  • … Port Lewis, Mauritius. April 29 th . 1836. My dear Caroline, We arrived here this morning; …
  • … Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & …

From Caroline Darwin   28 March 1836

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News of friends and family.

Author:  Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  28 Mar 1836
Classmark:  DAR 97 (ser. 2): 32–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-300

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  • … From Caroline Darwin   28 March 1836
  • … Darwin/Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood unstated 28 Mar 1836 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Shrewsbury] 1836 | March 28 th . My Dear Charles, Susan & Cath have written since we had …

To Catherine Darwin   3 June 1836

Summary

Will call on Sir J. Herschel, then take short trip in the African desert.

Horrified at the publication of "the little book of extracts" from his letters to Henslow ["Letters to Professor Henslow" (1835), Collected papers 1: 3–16].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
Date:  3 June 1836
Classmark:  DAR 223: 35
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-302

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  • … To Catherine Darwin   3 June 1836
  • … Robert Darwin Cape of Good Hope 3 June 1836 Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin/Emily …
  • … Cape of Good Hope. June 3 d . 1836 My dear Catherine, We arrived here the day before …
  • … good fortune of receiving yours of Jan. 1836 !. — Nine months’ letters are wandering over …

From Sarah Elizabeth (Sarah) Wedgwood   23 December [1836]

Summary

Has been presenting wedding gifts to her nieces and nephews during CD’s absence, without asking whether they are ready for them, so she sends him £40.

Caroline says CD has taken a lecture room for his work at Cambridge.

Author:  Sarah Elizabeth (Sarah) Wedgwood
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  23 Dec [1836]
Classmark:  DAR 204: 149
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-333

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  • … From Sarah Elizabeth (Sarah) Wedgwood   23 December [1836] …
  • … 204: 149 Sarah Elizabeth (Sarah) Wedgwood Camp Hill 23 Dec [1836] Charles Robert Darwin …

From J. M. Herbert   [19 November 1836]

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Welcomes CD; has tried to find him. May see him in Cambridge. Reminisces about CD’s musical taste and memory. Describes Charles Whitley’s wedding and wife. Mentions friends.

Author:  John Maurice Herbert
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [19 Nov 1836]
Classmark:  DAR 204: 137
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-323

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  • … From J.  M.  Herbert   [19 November 1836] …
  • … Maurice Herbert London, Lincoln’s Inn, Old Square, 9 [19 Nov 1836] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … of his Bridgewater treatise (see letter to J.  S.  Henslow, [30–1 October 1836] , n.  5). …

From Charles Lyell   26 December 1836

Summary

Comments on [MS of] CD’s paper ["Elevation on the coast of Chili" (4 Jan 1837), Collected papers 1: 41–3].

Invites CD to dinner. "Don’t accept any official scientific place, if you can avoid it".

Author:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Dec 1836
Classmark:  K. M. Lyell (1881) 1: 474–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-335

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  • … From Charles Lyell   26 December 1836
  • … 1881) 1: 474–5 Charles Lyell, 1st baronet Cambridge 26 Dec 1836 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … 16 Hart Street, Bloomsbury: December 26, 1836. My dear Sir,— I have read your paper with …

To Daniel Oliver   20 December [1860]

Summary

Requests date of [C. S.] Rafinesque[-Schmaltz], New flora of North America, pt 1 [1836].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Daniel Oliver
Date:  20 Dec [1860]
Classmark:  DAR 261.10: 28 (EH 88206011)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3027

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  • … Requests date of [C. S. ] Rafinesque[-Schmaltz], New flora of North America , pt 1 [1836]. …
  • … Murray. 1859. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1836. New flora and botany of North America. …
  • … James Drummond, 8 October 1860 . Rafinesque 1836 , which was published in four parts. CD …

To J. S. Henslow   [28–9] January 1836

Summary

His joy at prospect of journey’s end in eight months’ time.

Observations on Australia.

Reports on his collecting in Galapagos – its flora and very curious birds; its instructive geology.

Tahiti and good work of missionaries.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Stevens Henslow
Date:  [28–9] Jan 1836
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 29 DAR/1/1/29)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-295

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  • … To J.  S.  Henslow   [28–9] January 1836
  • … letters: 29 DAR/1/1/29) Charles Robert Darwin Sydney [28–9] Jan 1836 John Stevens Henslow …
  • … Sydney— January— 1836 My dear Henslow, This is the last opportunity of communicating with …

From J. D. Hooker   [18 October 1862]

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Does CD want Masdevallia?

Sends addresses of persons in S. America who would send Melastomataceae seeds.

Has ordered Matthieu Bonafous on maize [Histoire naturelle du maïs (1836)].

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [18 Oct 1862]
Classmark:  DAR 101: 63
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3774

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  • … seeds. Has ordered Matthieu Bonafous on maize [ Histoire naturelle du maïs (1836)]. …
  • … his letter has not been found. Bonafous 1836 . CD was preparing the section of Variation …
  • … vol.  10, Appendix II)); he cited Bonafous 1836  in his account of varieties of maize ( …
  • … Bibliography Bonafous, Matthieu. 1836. Histoire naturelle, agricole et économique du maïs. …
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Syms Covington

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When Charles Darwin embarked on the Beagle voyage in 1831, Syms Covington was ‘fiddler & boy to Poop-cabin’. Covington kept an illustrated journal of his observations and experiences on the voyage, noting wildlife, landscapes, buildings and people and,…

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  • … back to England. On the  Beagle ’s return to England in 1836, Darwin kept Covington in his employ, …
  • … Phillip Parker King (whom  Darwin had met in Australia in 1836 ). Covington was working as a clerk …

Darwin & coral reefs

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The central idea of Darwin's theory of coral reef formation, as it was later formulated, was that the islands were formed by the upward growth of coral as the Pacific Ocean floor gradually subsided. It overturned previous ideas and would in itself…

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  • … by a letter to his sister Caroline, written on 29 April 1836 during the  Beagle  stop at Mauritius …
  • … succinct statement of his theory: 12th. [April 1836] In the morning we stood out of the …
  • … formation to be a ‘monstrous hypothesis’:  29 April 1836 . Darwin exclaims that it …

Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters

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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…

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  • … Beagle letters (e.g. letter to Caroline Darwin, 29 April 1836 ) to the more considered and …

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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  • … admitted to Linnean Society. Men: Letter 1836  - Berkeley, M. J. to Darwin, …
  • … the “best authority” on the subject. Letter 1836  - Berkeley, M. J. to Darwin, [7 …

John Maurice Herbert

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John Maurice Herbert was a close friend of Darwin’s at Cambridge University. He was affectionately called ‘Cherbury’ by Darwin, a reference to the seventeenth-century philosopher Edward Herbert, Baron Cherbury, who, like John Herbert, hailed from…

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  • … no effect. ’ Darwin and Herbert spent Christmas 1836 together in Cambridge , indulging their …

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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  • … Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol [Prichard 1836–47] Lawrence [W. Lawrence 1819] …
  • … 1829] Prostitution of Paris [Parent-Duchâtelet 1836]. about licentiousness destroying their …
  • … has pub. in 1 st  vol of Annals of Vienna [Endlicher 1836]. sketch of S. sea Botany R. …
  • … Col. le Couteur has written on wheat [Le Couteur 1836] Bechstein on Caged Birds. 10 s  6 d …
  • … [?Heisch 1842] Coleridge. Literary Remains [Coleridge 1836–9] Inconsistency of Human …
  • … and Duméril 1821] Encyclop of Anat & Phys [Todd ed. 1836–59] [DAR *119: 14] …
  • … 36s.— Wiegmann. Archif fur Naturgeschicte. 33  1836. Meyen on distrib of plants in …
  • … race-horse during past & present century. Hookham” [Anon. 1836]: worth looking at. Low has …
  • … Königlichen Akad: der Wissen: Aus dem Jahre 1834.— Berlin 1836.— “Vergleich: Anat der Myxinoiden”. …
  • … (Read) Buckland Bridgewater Treatise [Buckland 1836] [DAR *119: 19v.] …
  • … Cattle, &c.) [Jardine 1835–6] 15. Parrots [Selby 1836]. 26. Honey Bees [Jardine ed …
  • … Life of L d . Clive. by Malcolm [Malcolm 1836] H. Dixon Life of Pen [W. H. Dixon 1851].— …
  • … Sir J. Sebright’s Pamphlets [Sebright 1809 and 1836]— } not abstracted …
  • … [DAR 119: 4a] Lessings Laocoon [Lessing 1836] Whewell inductive History [Whewell …
  • … 1835] Mackintosh’s Ethical Philosophy [Mackintosh 1836] Bell on the Hand [C. Bell 1833 …
  • … Sept. 25 th . Prichard. Physical Researches [Prichard 1836–47]. Volumes II with references at end …
  • … [Bell 1806]. Bucklands Bridgewater Treatise [Buckland 1836] Read half through Swedish …
  • … Cyprinidae from the vol 19. Asiatic Researches [McClelland 1836].— References at end.—— …
  • … 1823] & first 2 d 71  vol of Wordsworth [Wordsworth 1836–7] 26 th . Carlyle. Hero …
  • … prolix —— 3 d  vol of Wordsworth [Wordsworth 1836–7]. Giaour [Byron 1813] —— Some …
  • … —— Col. le-Couteur on Wheat [Le Couteur 1836]. marked.— 25 Youatt on Sheep [Youatt 1837] d …
  • … & Letters [Shelley 1840].— Some Wordsworth [Wordsworth 1836–7]. —— Part of Waltons lives …
  • … Mahons Hist. Peace of Utrecht to La Chapelle [Stanhope 1836–54] III Vols. —— 17 th  Laing …
  • … 1842] —— Finished Wordsworth 6 vols. [Wordsworth 1836–7] [DAR 119: 12a] …
  • … [Drury 1729] —— 20 Astoria.— by Irving [Irving 1836]   1844 Jan 7 th …
  • … Lay 1839] —— B. Hall’s Schloss Hainfell [Hall 1836]. April 26 th : Martin Chuzzlewit …
  • … Yarrell does not compare British with N. American [Yarrell 1836].— March I. G. St. Hilaire …
  • … 1844] Jan 5 th . L d . Mahon History [Stanhope 1836–54] IV vol: 14 Thaleba by …

Robert FitzRoy

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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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  • … of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest …
  • … FitzRoy, who commanded the Beagle from 1828 to 1836 during two surveying voyages to the southern …
  • … When the Beagle docked at Falmouth on 2 October 1836, two years later than originally planned, …
  • … !!!!!!! ’. He wed his long-term fiancée in December 1836—‘ a most inconvenient time to marry ’, …
  • … but adamant in the importance of missionary work.  In 1836, Darwin joined with FitzRoy in …
  • … Instead, after marrying the pious Mary O’Brien in 1836, and publishing the account of the Beagle …
  • … will be his end,’ Darwin wrote about FitzRoy in January 1836, ‘ under many circumstances I am sure, …
  • … Anderson, ed., Narrative of the Beagle voyage, 1831-1836 , 4 vols. London: Pickering & Chatto …

Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage

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Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…

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  • … and the five years of the voyage of H.M.S.  Beagle . In 1836, the twenty-seven-year-old traveller …
  • … society When Darwin returned to England in October 1836 it was with the firm intention of …
  • … in the ornithological notes written during the summer of 1836, when, homeward bound, he was …
  • … ‘Ornithological notes’ p. 262). In the winter of 1836 the question of the stability of …

Journal of researches

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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…

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  • … Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the …
  • … months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with …
  • … quite difficult to stop to criticize ’. By the end of 1836, the matter of whether Darwin’s journal …

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 a satirical account of the Beagle ’s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands, the …
  • … century, the circumnavigation of HMS Beagle in 1831 to 1836. Our other substantial accounts of …
  • … the end of that Beagle voyage, over twelve days in April 1836 before the Beagle headed home via …
  • … Beagle , titled Proceedings of the Second Expedition 1831-1836 . It was accompanied by an …
  • … before replacing Beechey as commander of HMS Sulphur in 1836. In Sulphur , he spent nearly …
  • … Leisk was present when the Beagle visited the islands in 1836, and FitzRoy baptized the Leisk …
  • … from a British ship that stopped at Cocos- Keeling in early 1836 en route from China to London; …

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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  • … letter from Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood, [28 October 1836] , letter from Emma Wedgwood and …

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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  • … the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836 . By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, …
  • … the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836.  By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, …
  • … the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836.  By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, …

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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  • … , p. 196). In another field notebook, at Cape Town in May 1836, he lists, probably with the …
  • … some of his idiosyncratic spelling during the summer of 1836 (Sulloway 1982b, pp. 331–2, n. 13). …
  • … letter to the South African Christian Recorder, 28 June 1836, Collected papers  1: 20). ‡ …
  • … ‘Charles Darwin Esq from the Author Dunheved Jan 26 1836’). ‘Philosophical tracts’, Darwin Library …
  • … letter to the  South African Christian Recorder , 28 June 1836,  Collected papers  1: 20). …
  • … letter to the  South African Christian Recorder , 28 June 1836,  Collected papers  1: 28). …
  • … letter to the  South African Christian Recorder , 28 June 1836,  Collected papers  1: 26). …
  • … letter to the  South African Christian Recorder , 28 June 1836,  Collected papers  1: 22–3). …

Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'

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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…

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  • … Henslow 1837a and 1838; W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott 1836, 1841; J. D. Hooker 1844–7, 1845, 1846 …
  • … to the views of his master. Their correspondence began in 1836 and from the start Lyell accepted …

Charles Thomas Whitley

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Born in Liverpool in 1808, Charles Thomas Whitley, like Darwin, attended Shrewsbury School and then Cambridge University where they were clearly very close, exchanging letters during the summer holidays. Whitley was a mathematician, a subject that held…

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  • … until 1855. He had married his cousin Frances Whitley in 1836 (having to give up his St John’s …
  • … Whitley had been ordained deacon in 1835 and priest in 1836, and accordingly took on the role of …

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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  • … the Royal Academy in 1837, and therefore probably painted in 1836), also represents the Beagle …

George James Stebbing

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George James Stebbing (1803—1860) travelled around the world with Charles Darwin on board HMS Beagle and helped him with measuring temperature on at least one occasion. However, Stebbing barely registers in Darwin’s correspondence. The only mention omits…

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  • … did immediately after the return of the  Beagle  in 1836, but in 1841 he set up a business as a …
  • … Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the …

Religion

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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…

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  • … Letter 297 — Darwin, S. E. to Darwin, C. R., 12 Feb 1836 Darwin’s sister Sarah E. Darwin …

The Beagle voyage ends

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The Beagle anchors in Falmouth

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  • … The Beagle anchors in Falmouth …

Natural selection

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How do new species arise?  This was the ancient question that Charles Darwin tackled soon after returning to England from the Beagle voyage in October 1836. Darwin realised a crucial (and cruel) fact: far more individuals of each species were born than…

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  • … returning to England from the Beagle voyage in October 1836. Some naturalists, such as Jean …
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