To J. D. Hooker [25 March 1847]
Summary
Health bad, cannot get to Kew.
Will send Nulliporae to [L. A.?] Reeve.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [25 Mar 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 85 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1076 |
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- … To J. D. Hooker [25 March 1847] …
- … DAR 114: 85 Charles Robert Darwin Down [25 Mar 1847] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … seaweeds in association with Harvey (J. D. Hooker and Harvey 1847 ). …
- … Bibliography Harvey, William Henry. 1847. Nereis Australis, or algae of the Southern …
- … the letter to J. D. Hooker, [23 March 1847] , n. 1. Reeve Brothers , the publishing firm …
- … and description. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 April [1847] , and letter to William …
- … Henry Harvey, [7 April 1847] . Hooker was at this time compiling a list of Tasmanian …
To J. D. Hooker [18 April 1847]
Summary
Thanks for H. C. Watson’s interesting letter. Disagrees with him on intermediate varieties.
CD has read latest numbers of JDH’s The botany of the Antarctic voyage [pt I, Flora Antarctica (1844–7)]; notes several sentences against "us Transmutationists".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [18 Apr 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1082 |
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- … To J. D. Hooker [18 April 1847] …
- … DAR 114: 86 Charles Robert Darwin Down [18 Apr 1847] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … s College | Cambridge’. See letter to Robert Chambers, [28 February 1847] , and letter to …
- … Charles Lyell, [7 March 1847] . Robert Chambers’s authorship of Vestiges of the natural …
- … Cottrell Watson to J. D. Hooker, 12 April 1847 . Watson wrote numerous articles for the …
- … and CD were planning during the week of the 1847 British Association meeting in Oxford (‘ …
- … London: John Murray. 1845. Ross, James Clark. 1847. A voyage of discovery and research in …
- … recorded in his reading notebook on 13 July 1847 that he had read volumes one and two of …
- … forthcoming number of the Quarterly Review (no. 81, September 1847, pp. 468–500); but it …
- … that he may be discussing a review of Ross 1847 and W. J. Hooker 1843 , in which J. …
- … mentioned ( Quarterly Review , no. 81, June 1847, pp. 166–87). The author of the latter …
- … 1844–7 was issued in 25 numbers; by April 1847 the publishers had issued 23 of these ( …
- … this journal from December 1846 to April 1847 (DAR 119; Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix …
- … Annales are in DAR 72 and DAR 74. On 20 April 1847, CD recorded reading John Forbes Royle’ …
To J. D. Hooker [4 August 1847]
Summary
Wants to go over remainder of species sketch when he sees JDH.
Urges JDH to go to Scotland.
Pleased JDH works on geographical distribution of Van Diemen’s Land flora.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [4 Aug 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1105 |
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- … To J. D. Hooker [4 August 1847] …
- … DAR 114: 100 Charles Robert Darwin Down [4 Aug 1847] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Bibliography Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1847. Floræ Tasmaniæ Spicilegium; or contributions …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 July [1847] , for CD’s intention to vote in the Cambridge …
- … the London Journal of Botany , published in three parts in the latter half of 1847 ( J. …
- … D. Hooker 1847 ). …
To J. D. Hooker [10 June 1847]
Summary
Gives further details on peculiar Laburnum.
Can JDH lend him a full treatise on grafting?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [10 June 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 94 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1095 |
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- … To J. D. Hooker [10 June 1847] …
- … DAR 114: 94 Charles Robert Darwin Down [10 June 1847] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … is cited in Natural selection , p. 420. See letter to Charles Lyell, [2 June 1847] . See …
- … letter to William Henry Harvey, [7 April 1847] . Henry Thomas De la Beche , director- …
- … president of the Geological Society in 1847. Hooker was botanist to the Geological Survey. …
- … Biology 10: 107–53. Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1847–59. Cybele Britannica; or British plants …
- … chemistry at Oxford University, 1822–55. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [2 June 1847] , n. …
- … 2. Herbert 1847, p. 100. CD scored the relevant passage in his copy of the paper (Darwin …
- … his Cybele Britannica in four volumes ( Watson 1847–59 ). The entire work is in the Darwin …
- … having read the first volume on 9 July 1847. On 13 July he noted that he had read volumes …
- … s articles in the Phytologist of May–July 1847). George Snow operated a weekly carrier …
To J. D. Hooker [5 October 1847]
Summary
Mystified by the origin of coal-plants.
Milne’s Glen Roy theory is absurd but, oddly, it has staggered CD in favour of Agassiz’s ice-lake theory.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [5 Oct 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 108 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1123 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [5 October 1847] …
- … DAR 114: 108 Charles Robert Darwin Down [5 Oct 1847] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … University Press. 1985–. Lyell, Charles. 1847. Principles of geology; or, the modern …
- … question of the origin of coal in C. Lyell 1847 , p. 278. He believed the plants to be …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [6 or 13 October 1847] ). The date first mentioned by Hooker for …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 September 1847] ). Hooker, in fact, left on 11 November. The …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [6 or 13 October 1847] ), at which a compromise was reached. At a …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [6 November 1847] ). For CD’s arguments with Hooker about the …
- … origin of coal, see letters to J. D. Hooker, [6 May 1847] and [ …
- … 12 May 1847] . Equisetum grows chiefly in swamps. Charles …
To J. D. Hooker [December 1846 – January 1847]
Summary
Can JDH come on 16 Jan? CD will ask the "old set" to come and also the Lyells.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [Dec 1846 – Jan 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1036 |
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To J. D. Hooker [6 November 1847]
Summary
Now plans to come to Kew for an hour’s farewell if his stomach permits.
Congratulations on JDH’s Flora Antarctica [1847].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [6 Nov 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1133 |
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To J. D. Hooker [2 June 1847]
Summary
Encloses quasi-hybrid Laburnum.
Suggests a new view of symmetry of flowers.
Will discuss coal and species sketch at Oxford [BAAS meeting (1847)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [2 June 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1094 |
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- … To J. D. Hooker [2 June 1847] …
- … DAR 114: 93 Charles Robert Darwin Down [2 June 1847] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … symmetry of flowers. Will discuss coal and species sketch at Oxford [BAAS meeting (1847)]. …
- … argument for the marine deposition of coal put forward in Binney 1847. See letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 7 April [1847] , in which CD stated that he and Hooker must meet to finish …
- … his species essay. William Herbert , who died suddenly at 1 PM on Friday, 28 May 1847. …
From J. D. Hooker [1 March 1847]
Summary
Will come to 7 Park St. on Wednesday for a palaver on distribution, species mutability, migration, etc.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Mar 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1067 |
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- … From J. D. Hooker [1 March 1847] …
- … DAR 100: 74 Joseph Dalton Hooker London, Gt Ryder St, 3 [1 Mar 1847] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Dated by the relationship to the letters to J. D. Hooker, [28 February 1847] and [ …
- … 1 March 1847] . Matthew 23: 24, ‘Blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a …
To J. D. Hooker [12 September 1847]
Summary
David Milne’s attack on his Glen Roy paper ["On the parallel roads of Lochaber", (1847) Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 16 (1849): 395–418] made CD horribly sick.
Wants Thomas Thomson to establish geographical range of erratic boulders in India.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [12 Sept 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1118 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [12 September 1847] …
- … DAR 114: 103 Charles Robert Darwin Down [12 Sept 1847] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … On the parallel roads of Lochaber", (1847) Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 16 (1849): 395–418] …
- … Thomson was to serve in the autumn of 1847 (L. Huxley ed. 1918, 1: 216). By the end of …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 October 1847] ). Hooker’s anticipated sailing date. CD …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, [18 August 1847] , n. 1. Dulwich College Picture Gallery was …
To J. D. Hooker [22 May 1847]
Summary
CD would like to call on JDH.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [22 May 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 87 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1088 |
To J. D. Hooker [1 May 1847]
Summary
Delighted that Brongniart thinks Sigillaria aquatic, and that E. W. Binney thinks coal is a sort of submarine peat. Thinks coal-plants will prove to be aquatic, though JDH will sneer at this.
Has acquired a new microscope.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [1 May 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 89 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1085 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [1 May 1847] …
- … DAR 114: 89 Charles Robert Darwin Down [1 May 1847] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … letter to letter to J. D. Hooker, [6 May 1847] , and from CD’s reference to acquiring a …
- … microscope (see n. 6, below). Binney 1847. Edward William Binney argued for the marine …
- … Brongniart 1839 ), is referred to in Binney 1847 and also in J. D. Hooker 1848a and …
- … CD commented ‘Hurrah! ’ (CD’s copy of Binney 1847, p. 46). For Hooker’s views, however, …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, [6 May 1847] , and J. D. Hooker 1848a , 1848b, 1848c. The …
- … letter to W. B. Carpenter, [January? 1847] . An entry in CD’s Account Book (Down House …
To J. D. Hooker [1 March 1847]
Summary
Illness has delayed his departure. Will try to call on JDH on Thursday.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [1 Mar 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 81 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1068 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [1 March 1847] …
- … DAR 114: 81 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [1 Mar 1847] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … from Shrewsbury (see letter to Charles Lyell, [7 March 1847] ). The letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [1 March 1847] , indicates that Hooker returned to Kew on the Tuesday before …
- … the letter to J. D. Hooker, [14 March 1847] , suggests they did not meet, since CD was …
To J. D. Hooker [8 November 1847]
Summary
CD too unwell to see JDH. Encloses Emma’s farewell note.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [8 Nov 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1134 |
To J. D. Hooker [23 March 1847]
Summary
Health permitting, proposes to visit Kew on Friday.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [23 Mar 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 83 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1074 |
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To J. D. Hooker [21 October 1847]
Summary
On scheduling farewell meeting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [21 Oct 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 107 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1129 |
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To J. D. Hooker [25 May 1847]
Summary
Will call on JDH on Thursday, if convenient.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [25 May 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1091 |
To J. D. Hooker [19 July 1847]
Summary
Congratulations on JDH’s engagement.
Sorry JDH is so determined on an expedition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [19 July 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1101 |
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- … To J. D. Hooker [19 July 1847] …
- … DAR 114: 98 Charles Robert Darwin Down [19 July 1847] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … to the letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 [July 1847] and the reference to CD having read the …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 June 1847] , n. 6). A reference to Hooker’s engagement …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 June 1847] , in which CD asked Hooker whether he would …
From J. D. Hooker 16 June 1847
Summary
JDH’s aunt cannot find lodgings for CD.
Similarities between floras of Tierra del Fuego, Van Diemen’s Land, and New Zealand; does not feel migration sufficient explanation.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 June 1847 |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 75–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1097 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 16 June 1847 …
- … DAR 100: 75–6 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 16 June 1847 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the British Association meeting. See letters to J. D. Hooker, [2 June 1847] and [ …
- … 10 June 1847] . William Jacobson , the husband of Hooker’s aunt, Eleanor Jacobson, was …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 June 1847] . The common laburnum was at that time known …
- … Kew June 16. 1847. Dear Darwin I only received my Aunts letter this afternoon in time to …
To J. D. Hooker [6 or 13 October 1847]
Summary
Difficulty of scheduling visit before JDH departs on Himalayan expedition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [6 or 13] Oct 1847 |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1127 |
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Darwin & Glen Roy
Summary
Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…
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- … [4 September 1843] To Charles Lyell, 8 [September 1847] To Robert Chambers, 11 …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
Summary
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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- … in the level of land came under renewed scrutiny. In 1847 David Milne, the Scottish geologist, …
- … remains ( letter to the Scotsman , [after 20 September 1847] ). Other letters to colleagues at …
- … thrown away’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 8 [September 1847] ). The second geological theory …
- … uniqueness fully. Sometime before the end of December 1847, John Edward Gray, keeper of the …
- … severe problem for Darwin during this period, especially in 1847 and during the last half of 1848 …
Edward Lumb
Summary
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…
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- … after Darwin’s return to England, since a letter of 1847 refers to information sent through Mr …
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…
Matches: 25 hits
- … of Anat.— Instinct by D r . Alison [W. P. Alison 1847]. No 19. July. 1840 27 Annales des …
- … . Hooker. read Fortune’s Travels in China [Fortune 1847] read Lettres philosop. sur l …
- … Travels in Peru (translated) [J. J. von Tschudi 1847] Gardners Travels in Brazil [Gardner …
- … [North 1826]. (Erasmus) read Hebrew Monarchy [Newman] 1847] Berniers …
- … 1843]. (Emma) (read) M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . …
- … animals 54 folio Plates. Maclise 2”12.6. [Maclise 1847] good for woodcuts. (Roy. Coll. of Surgeons) …
- … to publish one. 45 Gosse. Birds of Jamaica [Gosse 1847], recommended by Yarrel …
- … Society of Edinburgh ] Youatt on Pig [Youatt 1847]. Westminster Rev. Oct. 49. Article …
- … [DAR *119: 23] Prescotts Peru [W. H. Prescott 1847] Sleemans Travels to Khiva. 47 …
- … 1841] Edwardes. Voyage up Amazon [W. H. Edwards 1847].— Cunningham Life of Wilkie …
- … Edwards Voyage up Amazon [W. H. Edwards 1847] } Home Library L …
- … [Metzger 1841] Alison on Instinct [W. P. Alison 1847]. 79 Art. Generation [A. Thompson …
- … 1846], skimmed. miserable [DAR 119: 18a] 1847. Jan 14 th Mem: du Museum …
- … 8 th Tschudis Travels in Peru [J. J. von Tschudi 1847] 15. Skimmed 7 th Edit of Lyell’s …
- … 7 published end 1838.— [DAR 119: 18b] 1847 Jan 13 th Life of Tcholtzee …
- … —— 30 Von Ensigen’s Memoirs [Varnhagen von Ense 1847] Col. Lib Aug. 25. North’s lives of L. …
- … Sismondi. Polit. Econ. Essay translated [Simonde de Sismondi 1847], poor Nov. 1. Goethe …
- … —— 28 th Sir J. Barrow autobiography [Barrow 1847].— poor [DAR 119: 19a] 1847. …
- … Spratt & Forbes, travels in Lycia [Spratt and Forbes 1847] 12 th Putsche & Vertuch …
- … 9 th H. C. Watson. Cybele Britannica [H. C. Watson 1847–59].— —— 13 th Phytologist [ …
- … 1824] —— Fortune Wanderings in China [Fortune 1847] Aug 6 th Lettres Philosop. sur …
- … Aug 16. Vestiges of Creation VI th Edit. [Chambers 1847] —— Report of Brit. Assoc. [ …
- … th . Report. Zoolog. 1843. 1844. Ray Soc. [Ray Society 1847] Physio-philosophy. Oken [Oken 1847]. …
- … 6. H. Miller First Impressions of England [H. Miller 1847]. Nov. 10 Prichard Physical Researches. …
- … Treatise [Roget 1834] 9 th Jukes Voyage [Jukes 1847]. Vol. I & II. W. F. Edwards Des …
Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
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- … Letter 1113 - Darwin to Whitby, M. A. T., [2 September 1847] Darwin questions Mrs. …
Darwin in public and private
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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
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- … Letter 1113 - Darwin to Whitby, M. A. T., [2 September 1847] Darwin questions Mrs. …
Barnacles
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Darwin and barnacles Darwin’s interest in Cirripedia, a class of marine arthropods, was first piqued by the discovery of an odd burrowing barnacle, which he later named “Mr. Arthrobalanus," while he was…
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- … Letter 1140 —Darwin to J. C. Ross, 31 Dec 1847 Darwin writes to James Clark Ross, officer …
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…
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
Summary
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. …
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 1140 — Darwin, C. R. to Ross, J. C., 31 Dec 1847 Darwin asks Ross to collect …
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.…
Living and fossil cirripedia
Summary
Darwin published four volumes on barnacles, the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia, between 1851 and 1854, two on living species and two on fossil species. Written for a specialist audience, they are among the most challenging and least read of Darwin’s works…
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- … shell of Concholepas , a Chilean abalone. By February, 1847, Darwin had expanded his study and …
- … work of comparative anatomy, but it was only at the end of 1847 that Darwin decided to undertake a …
- … Bowerbank, who had founded the Palaeontographical Society in 1847. ‘With respect to publication of …
4.4 Thomas Huxley, caricature sketch
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< Back to Introduction This amusing sketch signed by Thomas Huxley is in a letter that he wrote to Darwin on 20 July 1868. By the late 1860s, Origin of Species had given rise to extreme adulation of Darwin on the part of some of the younger German…
People featured in the German and Austrian photograph album
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Biographical details of people from the Habsburg Empire that appeared in the album of German and Austrian scientists sent to Darwin on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Johannes Mattes for providing these details and for permission to make his…
Elizabeth Darwin born
Summary
Daughter Elizabeth (Bessie) born
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- … Daughter Elizabeth (Bessie) born …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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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- … state of disarray in the taxonomy of the group. Late in 1847, John Edward Gray, keeper of the …
Darwin’s observations on his children
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Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
George Peacock
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George Peacock was born 9 April 1791 in Denton near Darlington in Yorkshire. He was the son of a clergyman, the Rev. Thomas Peacock, curate of Denton for 50 years and school master. George was educated at Sedbergh School, Cumbria and Richmond School in…
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- … and the treasures that might be brought home. In 1847, at the age of 56, he married Frances …
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
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- … 1980, pp. 60–2, 124–128, Worster 1985, pp. 179–80, 184–7). An appeal It is a …
