To J. D. Hooker 15 January [1861]
Summary
CD’s opinion of minor critics and commentators on Origin.
H. C. Watson’s notion of genera converging is dismissed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 15 Jan [1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115.2: 85 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3047 |
Matches: 20 hits
- … and augmented by the author. By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton. 1860. Phillips, …
- … John. 1860. Life on the earth, its origin and succession. …
- … Macmillan and Co. Spencer, Herbert. 1860–2. First principles. London: George Manwaring; …
- … Bibliography Bree, Charles Robert. 1860. Species not transmutable, nor the result of …
- … Maclachlan & Stewart. Collins, William Wilkie. 1860. The woman in white. 3 vols. London. …
- … slowly after having contracted what was thought to be typhus fever in 1860. Hooker and …
- … George Bentham had begun work late in 1860 on an ambitious project to prepare a complete …
- … University Press. 1910–11. Freke, Henry. 1860. Observations upon Mr Darwin’s recently …
- … Correspondence vol. 8, letter from H. C. Watson, [3? January 1860] , and letter to H. …
- … C. Watson, [5–11 January 1860] . CD discussed Watson’s views and his objection to natural …
- … plants published in the first nine months of 1860 to the Natural History Review n.s. 1 ( …
- … Huxley, 3 January [1861] and n. 15. Stur 1860 . There is a copy of the work in the Darwin …
- … third volume of Watson 1847–59 , published in 1859. Phillips 1860 . CD’s annotated copy is …
- … in the Darwin Library–CUL. Bree 1860 . CD’s lightly annotated copy is in the Darwin …
- … had published a brief notice in October 1860 claiming to have preceded CD by publishing in …
- … There is a copy of this notice ( Freke 1860 ) in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
- … of Herbert Spencer’s First principles ( Spencer 1860–2 ) was published in January 1861. CD …
- … this work. His copy, which is not annotated, is in the Darwin Library–CUL. Collins 1860 . …
- … Olmsted 1860 . Hooker undertook a botanical expedition in the Himalayas between 1848 and …
- … 7: 330–40. ] Olmsted, Frederick Law. 1860. A journey in the back country in the winter of …
From H. C. Watson to J. D. Hooker 4 January 1861
Summary
Comments on the travels of JDH.
Genera plantarum a most worthy undertaking.
Criticisms of the Darwin–Hooker understanding of HCW’s views of convergence.
| Author: | Hewett Cottrell Watson |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1861 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence 105: 205) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3041A |
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- … to Syria from mid-September to mid-November 1860 (L. Huxley ed. 1918, 1: 528; see also …
- … is in Correspondence vol. 8 (letters from [H. C. Watson], [3? January 1860] and …
- … 10 May 1860, and letter to H. …
- … C. Watson, [5–11 January 1860] ). See also this volume, Supplement, letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [11 May – 3 December 1860] . Hooker had been on a botanical expedition to …
- … on the volume began in earnest in March 1860 (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 12 March [1860] and n. 4). The aim of the work was to describe all known …
- … vol. 8, letter from H. C. Watson, [3? January 1860] ). Hooker wrote to CD on …
- … in his letter of [11 May – 3 December 1860] (this volume, Supplement), and in the missing …
- … of his letter of [26 November – 4 December 1860] ( Correspondence vol. 8; see also …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 December [1860] and n. 6). CD referred to Watson’s criticism …
- … from J. D. Hooker, [11 May – 3 December 1860] ). Hooker used centripetal variation to …
To Asa Gray 23 [January 1861]
Summary
Is glad AG will publish [pamphlet of his reviews of Origin]. Insists on bearing the costs. Encloses list of institutions and individuals to whom he would send copies.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 23 [Jan 1861] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (12) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3050 |
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- … Leigh Hunt . In the issue of 18 February 1860, p. 160, the Leader and Saturday Analyst …
- … 24 January 1861] ). In the autumn of 1860, CD asked Gray whether he would be interested in …
- … Gray 1860a ). See Correspondence vol. 8, letters to Asa Gray , 10 September [1860] , 19 …
- … October [1860] , 24 …
- … October [1860] , and …
- … 11 December [1860] , and letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 11 December [1860] . CD and Gray had agreed to share the costs of printing …
- … vol. 8, letter to Asa Gray, 11 December [1860] ). In addition to his considerable private …
- … sale of the first two editions of Origin in 1860. See Correspondence vol. 8, ‘Journal’ ( …
From William Duppa Crotch 25 January 1861
Summary
Physiological changes in Shetland ponies and seagulls resulting from change in diet.
Reports on the discovery of eyeless beetles in cellar [i.e., not caves]. How did they get there, and whence?
| Author: | William Duppa Crotch |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Jan 1861 |
| Classmark: | DAR 47: 173–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3052 |
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- … date was originally written as ‘8 January 1860. ’ and then corrected by Crotch. Crotch, an …
- … Société Entomologique de France 3d ser. 8 (1860): li. CD was interested in Anophthalmus …
- … called into question by Andrew Murray in 1860, who cited the geographical distribution of …
- … s explanation. See Correspondence vol. 8, letters to Andrew Murray , 28 April [1860] and …
- … 5 May [1860] , and letter from …
- … Andrew Murray, 3 May 1860 . …
To Gardeners’ Chronicle [before 5 January 1861]
Summary
Describes how adhesive bladders enable the achenia of Pumilio argyrolepsis to attach themselves to the soil. James Drummond sent seeds to CD with a memorandum on the achenia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
| Date: | [before 5 Jan 1861] |
| Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 5 January 1861, pp. 4–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3042 |
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- … selection, see Correspondence vol. 8, letter from J. D. Hooker, 28 December 1860 . …
- … in Perth, Western Australia, in May 1860 (see Correspondence vol. 8). At the suggestion …
- … Australia. In his letter of 8 October 1860 ( Correspondence vol. 8), Drummond included …
- … argyrolepis . See ibid . , letters to James Drummond , 20 December [1860] , and to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 26 December [1860], and letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 28 December 1860 . This word was misprinted as ‘attachedf’ in the Gardeners’ …
To Thomas Henry Huxley 3 January [1861]
Summary
Congratulates THH on first number of Natural History Review.
THH’s article on brain ["On the zoological relations of man with the lower animals", Nat. Hist. Rev. (1861): 67–84] completely smashes Owen.
Owen’s Leeds address [Rep. BAAS (1858): xlix–cx].
In his historical sketch of opinion on species CD has picked out some sentences [by Owen] with which he will take some revenge. CD is not bold enough to come to an open quarrel.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1861] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 155, 372–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3041 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 8, letter to T. H. Huxley, 20 July [1860] . CD’s annotated copies of the journal are in …
- … publication (see Correspondence vol. 8, letters to T. H. Huxley, 16 November [1860] and …
- … 22 November [1860] ). In his copy of this issue of the Natural History Review , CD …
- … recovering from the birth, on 11 December 1860, of the Huxleys’ son Leonard (L. Huxley …
- … ed. 1900, 1: 216). Huxley visited Down on 14 December 1860, as related in a …
- … letter of 19 December 1860 to Joseph Dalton Hooker : ‘I was at Down on Saturday and saw …
- … had suffered from poor health throughout 1860. See Correspondence vol. 8. The postscript, …
From Jeffries Wyman 8 January [1861]
Summary
Responds to CD’s inquiries about rattlesnake.
| Author: | Jeffries Wyman |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Jan [1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 18–21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3045 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Cambridge [Massachusetts] Jan 8 th 1860 My Dear Sir It gives me great pleasure to answer …
- … year is provided by the postmark: Wyman erred in writing ‘1860’. See Correspondence vol. …
- … 8, letter to Jeffries Wyman, 3 December [1860] . Wyman, professor of anatomy at Harvard …
- … see ibid. , letter from Asa Gray, 23 January 1860 ). Duméril and Bibron 1834–54. Czermak …
- … 8, letter to Jeffries Wyman, 3 December [1860] . CD described the vibrating tail of this …
To W. D. Fox 9 January [1861]
Summary
Thanks WDF for an inkstand that keeps ink from getting muddy.
Asks if WDF can verify truth of a statement that white sows carry their young for a longer or shorter time (CD forgets which) than other colours. Presumes it is false, "but many odd peculiarities are correlated with colour".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 9 Jan [1861] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 126) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3046 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Bibliography Nathusius, Hermann von. 1860. Die Racen des Schweines. Eine zoologische …
- … from Cambridge University on 13 December 1860. George Howard and Francis Darwin , who were …
- … and horses. The German work on pigs to which he refers may be Nathusius 1860 . CD’s …
- … bound in the annotated copy of Nathusius 1860 in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL, is …
To John Murray 21 January [1861]
Summary
Thinks third edition of Origin should advertise "additions and corrections", for the additions are important. They will add 30 pages to the book; there will also be a short historical sketch. Asks for some copies for friends.
Also curious to know how Journal of researches has sold. The new issue seemed a rash venture to him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 21 Jan [1861] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.98–99) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3048 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … a reprint of CD’s Journal of researches in 1860, stating on the title page that it was the …
- … see Freeman 1977 , p. 36). In January 1860, CD recorded that Murray had sold 6,000 copies …
- … 8, letter to John Murray, 22 [November 1860] . The new edition included ‘Seventh Thousand’ …
- … German translation, both of which were published in 1860 (see Correspondence vol. 8). The …
To Daniel Oliver 22 January [1861]
Summary
Thanks for mentioning J. G. Kurr on nectaries [Untersuchungen über die Bedeutung der Nektarien in den Blumen (1833)]. Requests observations on flowers with curved pistils. Finds they curve toward nectary, thus lying in path of insect.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 22 Jan [1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 5 (EH 88205989) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2661 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … this general rule, see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 July [1860] . …
From Charles and Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [13 January 1861]
Summary
Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect and pay for GHD’s skates.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Jan 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 117 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3046F |
To William Walmisley Baxter? 22 January 1861
Summary
Orders one pint of tincture of henbane.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 22 Jan 1861 |
| Classmark: | Auckland Public Library (MS 29) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3049 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … a series of experiments in the autumn of 1860 in an attempt to determine the effects of …
To William Erasmus Darwin [24 January 1861]
Summary
Writes of Henrietta’s illness.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Jan 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3051 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … previous summer (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to W. E. Darwin, [30 July 1860] ). …
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| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Watson, H. C. | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Baxter, W. W. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Baxter, W. W. | (1) |
| Crotch, W. D. | (1) |
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of …
- … in railway stations ( letter to Charles Lyell, 14 January [1860] ). By May, with the work …
- … be nice easy reading.’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] ). Origin : reactions and …
- … his main argument ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1860] ). Darwin’s magnanimous …
- … utterly smashed’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 3 July [1860] ). (A chronological list of all the …
- … the only track that leads to physical truth’ (Sedgwick 1860) that most wounded Darwin. Having spent …
- … investigation.—’ ( letter to J. S. Henslow, 8 May [1860] ). Above all else Darwin prided …
- … ample lot of facts.’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 18 February [1860] ). To those who objected that his …
- … as real.’ ( letter to C. J. F. Bunbury, 9 February [1860] ). This helps to explain why Darwin was …
- … progression ( letter to Charles Lyell, 18 [and 19 February 1860] ). To this and Lyell’s many other …
- … than a success ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 February [1860] ). I think geologists …
- … to reasoning.’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 18 May 1860 ). Darwin began to tabulate (and …
- … and five botanists ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 March [1860] ). Others, like François Jules …
- … at it, makes me sick!’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 3 April [1860] ). By the end of 1860, Darwin …
- … those of embryology ( letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] ). Only his theory, he believed, …
- … of species ( see letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 August 1860 ). But Baer in fact eventually opposed …
- … other animals’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] )— he and others were well aware that …
- … after 4 hours battle’ (letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 July 1860). Other correspondents informed Darwin …
- … thing for subject.—’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 3 July [1860] ). Further details of the meeting, …
- … theological reform tract Essays and reviews in January 1860 as to that of Origin itself. …
- … ( letter from J. S. Henslow to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1860 ). What worried Darwin most about such …
- … support altogether (letters to Charles Lyell, 1 June [1860] and 11 August [1860] ). As …
- … view the subject’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 15 February [1860] ); later he became ‘fairly sick’ …
- … of his geological argument, he wrote to Lyell on 6 June [1860] : 'I am beginning to despair …
- … Darwin was not, however, entirely preoccupied in 1860 with his critics and the reception of Origin …
- … two days after the second edition was issued, on 9 January 1860, he turned to preparing the first …
- … compressed arguments of Origin . Many of the letters of 1860 pertain to his collection of further …
- … in the fertilisation of plants. In the spring and summer of 1860, he began to investigate the …
- … changed structure.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 April [1860] ). Tracing the complicated …
British Association meeting 1860
Summary
Several letters refer to events at the British Association for the Advancement of Science held in Oxford, 26 June – 3 July 1860. Darwin had planned to attend the meeting but in the end was unable to. The most famous incident of the meeting was the verbal…
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- … the Advancement of Science meeting in Oxford, June–July 1860 Several letters in the year 1860 …
- … Advancement of Science held in Oxford, 26 June – 3 July 1860. Darwin had planned to attend the …
- … broken down” (letter to Charles Lyell, 25 [June 1860] ). Undoubtedly the most famous …
- … are less well known. The following account of the 1860 meeting of the British Association in …
- … by their precise attribution. Athenæum , 7 July 1860, p. 19: Introduction to the reports …
- … lively during the week. Athenæum , 7 July 1860, pp. 25–6: Thursday session of Section D. …
- … monkey was the gift of speech. Athenæum , 14 July 1860, pp. 64–5: Saturday session, …
Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … should not be in conflict. A TREMENDOUS FURORE: 1859-1860 In which Darwin distributes …
- … in the long run prevail. CERTAIN BENEFICIAL LINES: 1860 Asa Gray presents his argument …
- … 1859 70 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 5 JANUARY 1860 71L AGASSIZ, JULY 1860 …
- … 100 A GRAY, ATLANTIC MONTHLY FOR JULY, AUGUST AND OCTOBER, 1860 101 GRAY’S ARTICLE IN THE …
New material added to the American edition of Origin
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A ‘revised and augmented’ American edition of Origin came on the market in July 1860, and was the only authorised edition available in the US until 1873. It incorporated many of the changes Darwin made to the second English edition, but still contained…
Matches: 11 hits
- … response to Darwin (see letters from Asa Gray, [10 January 1860], [17 January 1860], and 23 January …
- … of stereotyping (see letter from Asa Gray, 23 January [1860] and n. 2). The firm agreed, however, to …
- … of species (two letters to Baden Powell, 18 January 1860), Darwin subsequently changed his mind. On …
- … this off to Gray enclosed in his letter of [8 or 9 February 1860]. He had earlier sent Gray some …
- … given by Hewett Cottrell Watson in his letter of [3? January 1860]) that Darwin wanted inserted at …
- … American edition in the letter to Lyell, 18 [and 19 February 1860]. Darwin suggested to Gray that …
- … additional corrections” (letter to Asa Gray, 1 February [1860]). By 1 May 1860, D. Appleton …
- … printings of Origin (see letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] and enclosure) and were preparing to …
- … American edition of Origin was available in July 1860 (see [Gray] 1860b, p. 116). It is …
- … Charles Darwin Down, Bromley, Kent, Feb. 1860 [Darwin’s …
- … 363–6). See also letter from John Lubbock, [after 28 April 1860?]. 4 Origin , p. 188. …
Natural Selection: the trouble with terminology Part I
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Darwin encountered problems with the term ‘natural selection’ even before Origin appeared. Everyone from the Harvard botanist Asa Gray to his own publisher came up with objections. Broadly these divided into concerns either that its meaning simply wasn’t…
Review: The Origin of Species
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- by Asa Gray THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (American Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1860) This book is already exciting much attention. Two American editions are announced, through which it will become familiar to many…
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- … (American Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1860) This book is already exciting much …
Essay: Design versus necessity
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—by Asa Gray DESIGN VERSUS NECESSITY.—DISCUSSION BETWEEN TWO READERS OF DARWIN’S TREATISE ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, UPON ITS NATURAL THEOLOGY. (American Journal of Science and Arts, September, 1860) D.T.—Is Darwin’s theory atheistic or pantheistic…
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- … (American Journal of Science and Arts, September , 1860) D.T.—Is Darwin’s theory atheistic …
Essay: Natural selection & natural theology
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—by Asa Gray NATURAL SELECTION NOT INCONSISTENT WITH NATURAL THEOLOGY. Atlantic Monthly for July, August, and October, 1860, reprinted in 1861. I Novelties are enticing to most people; to us they are simply annoying. We cling to a long-accepted…
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- … Monthly for July , August , and October , 1860, reprinted in 1861. I …
Darwin and Down
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Charles and Emma Darwin, with their first two children, settled at Down House in the village of Down (later ‘Downe’) in Kent, as a young family in 1842. The house came with eighteen acres of land, and a fifteen acre meadow. The village combined the…
Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
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- … the last proof sheets on 26 December 1859 ; published 1860 1 st US ‘revised and augmented’ …
- … 2 nd to 3 rd editions; US edition By June 1860 Darwin was at least open to the …
- … be needed ‘ soon, ever, or never ’. By November 1860 he had heard that it was , and it was …
- … additions now sent.— In the meantime, in July 1860, a ‘revised and augmented’ American …
- … he had yet to start it on 28 January, but on 2 February 1860 he told Herbert Spencer that it was …
- … (see letter from Jeffries Wyman, [ c . 15] September 1860 ). Among pigs in a particular …
- … who only began corresponding with Darwin in November 1860, too late for the third edition. …
The whale-bear
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Darwin came to regard ‘bear’ as a ‘word of ill-omen’. In the first edition of Origin he told the story of a black bear seen swimming for hours with its mouth wide open scooping insects from the water ‘like a whale’. He went on to imagine that natural…
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- … ( William Henry Harvey to Charles Darwin, 24 August 1860 ) Darwin came to regard ‘bear’ as …
From morphology to movement: observation and experiment
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Darwin was a thoughtful observer of the natural world from an early age. Whether on a grand scale, as exemplified by his observations on geology, or a microscopic one, as shown by his early work on the eggs and larvae of tiny bryozoans, Darwin was…
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
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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- … a new ear-trumpet for him from London, and again in 1860 . Covington still assisted …
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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- … implements of early humans (C. Lyell 1859). In September 1860 he visited sites in both France and …
- … ( Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 4 May [1860] and n. 3; Hutchinson 1914, 1: 51). …
- … book, Prehistoric times (Lubbock 1865). By 1860, Lyell had begun work on a sixth edition …
- … completed and set in type for Elements of geology in 1860 and then re-set in 1861 for …
- … well as the Swiss lake-dwellings, was originally written in 1860 for the sixth edition of the ‘ …
- … discoveries and conclusions which had been made before 1860; but I gladly took advantage of the …
- … to them, or to any authors of later date than the summer of 1860, I must have expanded the plan of …
- … expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1860 15 (1861): 284–343. Translated by …
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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- … vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). In the same letter he reminded Lyell of …
- … who was already ill-disposed towards Owen following his 1860 review of Origin , wrote to Falconer …
- … exercise Darwin was Huxley’s assertion, first made in his 1860 review of Origin , that in order …
- … and Viola species, had interested Darwin since 1860; it continued to capture his attention ( …
Darwin and Fatherhood
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Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten children. It is often assumed that Darwin was an exceptional Victorian father. But how extraordinary was he? The Correspondence Project allows an unusually…
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…
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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- … to the copy he had sent five years previously in his 1860 letter to Hooker , Darwin exclaimed …
- … matter, and he was far more satisfied with the results. In 1860-61 and again in 1864 Charles Darwin …
- … most transformative photographs of Darwin.The years between 1860 and 1864 took a physical and …
- … his ‘venerable beard’! Images: Charles Darwin, 1860-61, William Darwin, Courtesy of Harvard …
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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- … Bridges, Thomas (b) [Oct 1860 or after] [Keppel …
