To W. B. Tegetmeier 12 August [1862]
Summary
WBT’s "too kind and flattering" article on Orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 12 Aug [1862] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3687 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 12 August [1862] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Aug [1862] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … and Emma Darwin contracted the disease (see letter to A. R. Wallace, 20 August [1862] ). …
- … good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. Tegetmeier, …
- … William Bernhard. 1862. Darwin on orchids. Weldon’s …
- … occurrences relating to literature, the sciences, and the arts , 1 August 1862, pp. 38-9. …
- … s review of Orchids appeared in the August 1862 number of Weldon’s register of facts and …
- … the sciences, and the arts ( Tegetmeier 1862 ). There is a copy of this review in the …
- … see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 20 June 1862 ). Although the Darwins travelled as far as …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 20 June 1862
Summary
Testimonial in support of WBT’s application for curatorship of the Hartley Institution.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 20 June 1862 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.279) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3612 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 20 June 1862 …
- … Mss.B.D25.279) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 June 1862 William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 12 August [1862] , and Richardson 1916 ). There is a draft …
- … Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. June 20 th . 1862 My dear Sir I have real pleasure in …
- … University College), opened in October 1862 ( History of Hampshire 2: 385–6). Tegetmeier …
To William Bernhard Tegetmeier 18 March [1862]
Summary
Orchids taking up all his time.
He longs to be at work again on poultry and rabbits.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 18 Mar [1862] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3478 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To William Bernhard Tegetmeier 18 March [1862] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Mar [1862] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. Variation : The variation of animals and …
- … of Orchids , which occurred in May 1862. Tegetmeier’s letter has not been found. CD had …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 28 [December 1862]
Summary
Can WBT help get an answer to a query on ducks?
Has heard of a case of special sterility in cattle, in which a particular pair are sterile, but the individuals are both fertile with others.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 28 [Dec 1862] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3869 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 28 [December 1862] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 [Dec 1862] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … of Horticulture , [before 27 December 1862]. Tegetmeier was a regular contributor to the …
- … by CD, which was published on 3 January 1862 in the section entitled ‘Notes and questions …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 27 [December 1862]
Summary
CD interested in hybrid sterility and encloses his preliminary MS. Outlines experiments to test for existence of sterility in breeds of poultry and pigeons.
Experiments on dimorphism have led him to change in part his opinion as given in Origin, and he is now asking pigeon and poultry fanciers for any examples of special selective sterility [i.e., a particular pair are sterile when crossed, but each individual is fertile with others] and hopes to investigate its inheritance.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 27 [Dec 1862] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3877 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 27 [December 1862] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 [Dec 1862] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … s letter has not been found, but see the letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1862] . …
- … On 1 December 1862, the council of the Royal Society of London resolved to grant £10 to …
- … Society, Council minutes, 1 December 1862). Between 1863 and 1865, Tegetmeier carried out …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 19 February [1863]
Summary
Discusses experiments that WBT will undertake to investigate whether particular pigeon and poultry crosses produce sterile hybrids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 19 Feb [1863] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3998 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December 1862] ). In his letter of 18 February 1863 , …
- … 10, letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1862] ). This formed part of CD’s search for …
- … to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December 1862] ). CD added that at the time he was ‘sadly …
- … 10). In his letter of 27 [ December 1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD sent Tegetmeier a …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December 1862] . CD was anxious to find a case of ‘two …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 13 March 1865
Summary
Will return page on pigeons.
Has concluded his crossing experiments and found no trace of hybrid sterility or loss of fertility.
The Field is publishing a series of papers on different pigeon varieties [24 (1864): 366, 395, 459; 25 (1865): 115, 139, 155, 228, 258].
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Mar 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4785 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December 1862] , Correspondence vol. 11, letter from …
- … to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December 1862] and n. 7, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to …
- … Variation 1: 242–3, 2: 40). On 1 December 1862, the council of the Royal Society of London …
- … Royal Society, council minutes, 1 December 1862). There is no record of a report on these …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 18 February 1863
Summary
Hoped to meet CD at the Linnean Society to discuss pigeon and poultry breeding experiments.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3995 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Tegetmeier, 19 February [1863] ). On 1 December 1862, the council of the Royal Society of …
- … Royal Society, Council minutes, 1 December 1862). CD sent Tegetmeier a manuscript list of …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December 1862] and n. 4); CD explained this preference …
- … 1: 192 n. 19. In his letter of 27 [December 1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD asked …
From William Bernhard Tegetmeier 1 February 1864
Summary
Would like his fowl skulls back.
Breeding experiments seem to show mongrels are just as fertile as pure breeds.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4761 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … a collection address. On 1 December 1862, the council of the Royal Society of London …
- … Society, Council minutes, 1 December 1862). CD’s interest in Tegetmeier’s work resulted …
- … to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December 1862] , and Appendix VI, and Correspondence vol. 11, …
- … 10, letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December 1862] ). CD had made the crosses in 1859 and …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 9 July [1863]
Summary
WBT progressing with breeding experiments for CD.
CD making quicker progress with Variation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 9 July [1863] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4238 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier 29 June – 7 July 1863
Summary
Progress of pigeon and poultry breeding experiments. No loss of fertility observed yet.
Blue-eyed cats and deafness.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 June – 7 July 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4233 |
From Sam Sanday to W. B. Tegetmeier 29 October 1868
Summary
Information on proportion of sexes born in sheep.
| Author: | Samuel (Sam) Sanday |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 29 Oct 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 85: B22–23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6441 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 6 [March 1865]
Summary
Asks for return of page about pigeon crossing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 6 [Mar 1865] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4779 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier [after 26 January 1863]
Summary
Does not believe in regeneration of monstrous toe.
Pigeon and poultry experiments.
Peculiar pigeon at Philoperisteron [pigeon fanciers’ club].
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 26 Jan 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3949 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December 1862] and Appendix VI. See also letter to W. …
From W. B. Tegetmeier [after 24 January 1866]
Summary
Thanks for the remittance.
Both WBT and Mr Zurhorst will repeat Zurhorst’s experiment to eliminate any chance of error.
Edward Blyth is writing on Indian cattle for the Field [27 (1866): 55–6, 77].
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 24 Jan 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4979 |
From William Bernhard Tegetmeier 8 January [1868?]
Summary
Has seen CD’s "carte" offered for sale.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Jan [1868?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 69 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4971 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 10, letter from E. A. Darwin, [April–May? 1862] ). The photographic ‘carte’ or ‘carte de …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 26 [January 1863]
Summary
Has WBT ever heard of a case of the regeneration of monstrous (extra) toe on fowls?
Inquires about a curious pigeon reported at the Philoperisteron [pigeon fanciers’ club].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 26 [Jan 1863] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3944 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … his letter to Tegetmeier of 27 [December 1862] (\Correspondence\ vol. 10), CD offered £5 …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 12 September 1866
Summary
Has had the blocks cut as requested and forwards the proofs.
Encloses article on habits of jungle fowl.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Sept 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5211 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … the Zoological Society of London since 1862 ( DNB ). No record of the date of the council …
From W. B. Tegetmeier [before 18 April 1869]
Summary
Numerical proportion of males to females in greyhound puppies.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 18 Apr 1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 85: B29–33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6700 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 138 1860 15. 16 275 235 1861 17 18 202 207 1862 19 20 312 254 1863 vols. 21. 22 366 316 …
| letter | (19) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (9) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (9) |
| Sanday, Sam | (1) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (10) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (9) |
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
- … be so’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 and] 20 November [1862] ). I have not the least …
- … him from this view ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 [January 1862] ): 'no doubt you are right …
- … Huxley replied ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 January 1862 ): 'I entertain no doubt that …
- … but continued ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 18 December [1862] ): 'you say the answer to …
- … but complained ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1862] ): 'To get the degree of …
- … him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). Darwin was altogether taken …
- … is no common man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ). Two sexual forms: …
- … with his study of Primula and escalated throughout 1862 as he searched for other cases of …
- … 1861, and was published in the society’s journal in March 1862. The paper described the two …
- … in almost daily’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ). In a postscript, he mentioned his work …
- … telling Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 March [1862] ): ‘I am nearly sure that daylight is …
- … great’, he told Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] ), ‘I have lately counted one by one …
- … labour over them’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [October 1862] ; see ML 2: 292–3). Other …
- … of dimorphism’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ), and experimenting to test his …
- … sets of experiments’ ( letter to M. T. Masters, 24 July [1862] ). The materials that Darwin …
- … case he determined to experiment on Linum in 1862. Soon he was enthralled, especially by the …
- … be generically distinct’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 14 July [1862] ). The case was so good that he …
- … Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his experiments in …
- … complex case—’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 29 [July 1862] ). The three forms had different lengths …
- … who exclaimed to Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 9 August [1862] ), ‘I am almost stark staring mad over …
- … the Linnean Society ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 October [1862] ). However, it was not until 1864 …
- … pleasure to ride’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ). But he worried about the resulting …
- … the Book will sell’ ( letter to John Murray, 9 [February 1862] ). To his son, William, his …
- … every flower’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 8 June [1862] ). I never before felt half so …
- … he told Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 [May 1862] ). But he did not have long to wait. ‘It is …
- … it ‘most valuable’ (letter from George Bentham, 15 May 1862). Orchids was published on 15 May, …
- … all, ‘a success’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 [June 1862] ). a flank-movement on the …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
Summary
Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
Matches: 5 hits
- … In March 1862, Heinrich Georg Bronn wrote to Darwin stating his intention to prepare a …
- … edition (see letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ). Since the publication of the …
- … of importance’ (see letter to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] ). Darwin had sent Bronn some of these …
- … in the new edition; in his letter to Bronn of 25 April [1862 ], he mentioned that he was sending …
- … from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). (No American edition incorporating …
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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- … in the mud. BEGINNING OF WAR IN AMERICA: 1861-1862 In which the start of the American …
- … cause. Tension. THE DARWIN BOYS: 1862 In which Darwin reports one …
- … 1856 33 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, 14 MARCH 1862 34 JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, …
- … 1861 115 A GRAY TO CHARLES WRIGHT, 17 APRIL 1862 116 A GRAY TO RW CHURCH 7 MAY …
- … 10 JUNE 1861 121 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 31 MARCH 1862 122 JD HOOKER TO C …
- … 16 DEC 1861 124 A GRAY TO ENGELMANN, 20 FEB 1862 125 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 31 …
- … 7 JULY 1863 152 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, DECEMBER 1862 153 JD HOOKER TO C …
- … 1861 163 C Darwin TO A Gray, 16 OCTOBER 1862 164 C Darwin TO ASA GRAY, …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
- … vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1862] , and volume 10, letter to Thomas Rivers, …
- … a construction suitable for tropical plants. In 1861 and 1862, while preparing Orchids , he was …
- … vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). Initially, Darwin purchased for …
- … over the previous two years. In a letter of 24 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10) …
- … Kent ( Post Office directory of the six home counties 1862). 3. Asclepias curassavica. …
I beg a million pardons: To John Lubbock, [3 September 1862]
Summary
Alison Pearn looks at a letter Darwin wrote to his neighbour and friend, John Lubbock, after making a mistake in his research on bees in 1862.
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- … Lubbock, after making a mistake in his research on bees in 1862. …
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…
Clémence Auguste Royer
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Getting Origin translated into French was harder than Darwin had expected. The first translator he approached, Madame Belloc, turned him down on the grounds that the content was ‘too scientific‘, and then in 1860 the French political exile Pierre…
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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- … Letter 3787 - Darwin, H. E. to Darwin, [29 October 1862] Henrietta Darwin provides …
- … Letter 3634 - Darwin to Gray, A., [1 July 1862] Darwin tells American naturalist Asa …
- … 3681 - Wedgwood, M. S. to Darwin, [before 4 August 1862] Darwin’s niece, Margaret, …
- … lady”. Darwin, E. to Darwin, W. E. , (March, 1862 - DAR 219.1:49) Emma Darwin …
- … - Darwin to Wedgwood, K. E. S, M. S. & L. C., [4 August 1862] Darwin thanks his “angel …
Floral Dimorphism
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…
Darwin & Glen Roy
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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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- … 1 October [1861] To Charles Lyell, 1 April [1862] To Charles Lyell, 14 October …
Have you read the one about....
Summary
... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
Orchids
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A project to follow On the Origin of Species Darwin began to observe English orchids and collect specimens from abroad in the years immediately following the publication of On the Origin of Species. Examining…
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- … SOURCES Books Darwin, Charles 1862. On the various contrivances by which …
- … 3421 —Charles Darwin to Joseph Dalton Hooker 30 January 1862 Darwin tells Hooker about a …
- … Letter 3662 —Charles Darwin to Asa Gray 23-4 July 1862 Darwin tells Asa Gray, a professor …
- … Darwin’s work with orchids and Chapter 1 of Darwin’s 1862 book On the various …
Forms of flowers
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Darwin’s book The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, published in 1877, investigated the structural differences in the sexual organs of flowers of the same species. It drew on and expanded five articles Darwin had published on the…
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- … briefly mentioned in his Primula paper. In July 1862, Darwin explained to Gray, ‘ I have …
- … of the genus Linum ’, between 11 and 21 December 1862. The paper was read at a meeting of the …
- … to Lythrum , a genus that he had begun researching in 1862 after Hooker had supplied him with …
- … of Lythrum he had been working on since late July 1862. He told Oliver that, ‘ as each form has …
- … of the crossing experiments immediately, but by October 1862, he admitted to Hooker, ‘ I am rather …
- … 117: 50). Darwin released William from counting in November 1862, telling him, ‘ Next year I shall …
Dining at Down House
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … on Verbascum. Darwin had suggested to Scott in 1862, when Scott was working at the Royal Botanic …
- … vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ). Darwin had already written to Hooker of …
- … disturbing the serenity of the Christian world’ (Brewster 1862, p. 3). John Hutton Balfour, though …
- … vol. 10, letter from J. H. Balfour, 14 January 1862 ). According to Hooker, Balfour’s prejudice …
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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- … [1859] Letter to Charles Kingsley, 6 February [1862] Letter from F. W. Farrar, …
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…
Species and varieties
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection …so begins the title of Darwin’s most famous book, and the reader would rightly assume that such a thing as ‘species’ must therefore exist and be subject to description. But the title continues, …or…
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
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- … lady”. Darwin, E. to Darwin, W. E. , (March 1862 - DAR 219.1:49) Emma Darwin …
Sexual selection
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Although natural selection could explain the differences between species, Darwin realised that (other than in the reproductive organs themselves) it could not explain the often marked differences between the males and females of the same species. So what…
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- … the Lords' ( to J. D. Hooker, 25 [and 26] January [1862] ) In 1869, Darwin …
