To John Lubbock 11 June [1865]
Summary
JL’s book [Prehistoric times (1865)] is "most original".
Wishes him success in politics.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 11 June [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 7 (EH 88206456) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4858 |
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- … To John Lubbock 11 June [1865] …
- … JL’s book [ Prehistoric times (1865)] is "most original". Wishes him success in politics. …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 June [1865] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
- … D. Hooker, 10 [April 1865] and …
- … 17 April [1865] . …
- … In Lubbock 1865 , p. 481, Lubbock wrote: ‘Thus, then, the great principle of Natural …
- … The year is established by the reference to Lubbock 1865 (see n. 2, below). …
- … CD refers to Lubbock 1865 , an annotated copy of which is in the Darwin Library–CUL (see …
- … Chapters 11 to 13 (pp. 335–472) in Lubbock 1865 are titled ‘Modern savages’. Chapters …
- … 473–92), ‘Concluding remarks’, in Lubbock 1865 . In this chapter, Lubbock argued in favour …
- … for Parliament in the constituency of West Kent in the election of 22 July 1865 (see The …
- … Times , 18 July 1865, p. …
- … 6, and 24 July 1865, p. 6). CD and Joseph Dalton Hooker deplored the loss to science that …
- … politics. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [7–8 April 1865] and n. 14, and letters to J. …
From John Lubbock 12 June [1865]
Summary
Delighted at CD’s praise of his book [Prehistoric times (1865)].
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 June [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4860 |
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- … From John Lubbock 12 June [1865] …
- … Delighted at CD’s praise of his book [ Prehistoric times (1865)]. …
- … under the direction of John Chapman ; see letter to John Chapman, 7 June 1865 and n. 1. …
- … 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury Chislehurst 12 June [1865] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter to John Lubbock, 11 June [1865] . See …
- … letter to John Lubbock, 11 June [1865] . Lubbock refers to chapter 14 ( …
- … pp. 473–92) of Lubbock 1865 (see letter to …
- … John Lubbock, 11 June [1865] and n. 4). …
- … The review in The Times appeared on 6 June 1865, p. 9. The reference to the ‘Morning …
From John Lubbock 22 and 26 March 1865
Summary
JL’s MS at printer’s [Prehistoric times (1865)].
Apologises for failure to post letter.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 and 26 Mar 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4791 |
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- … From John Lubbock 22 and 26 March 1865 …
- … JL’s MS at printer’s [ Prehistoric times (1865)]. Apologises for failure to post letter. …
- … DAR 170: 50 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury Chislehurst 22 Mar 1865 26 …
- … Mar 1865 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … II). See also letter to Charles Lyell, 22 January [1865] and n. 17. Joseph Parslow …
- … was the Darwins’ butler. For CD’s health in early 1865, see the letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 16 [March 1865] and n. 5. …
- … House. John William Lubbock died on 20 June 1865, having suffered from ‘gout and general …
- … debility’ since 1860 ( DNB ). Lubbock 1865 , which had been in preparation since the end …
- … 4. There is an annotated copy of Lubbock 1865 in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia …
To John Lubbock [before 13 February 1869]
Summary
Asks whether JL would be prepared to sign a petition on behalf of Miss Eliza Meteyard who is seeking a civil list pension.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | [before 13 Feb 1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6612 |
To John Lubbock 17 July 1870
Summary
CD would like questions on consanguineous marriages inserted in the Census to ascertain effects, if any, on fertility.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 17 July 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.7: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7281 |
To John Lubbock 3 September [1881?]
Summary
Discusses insect attraction to artificial flowers. CD’s experiments of 40 years ago failed, but Nägeli reported success by scenting them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 3 Sept [1881?] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 49644: 94–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9622 |
To John Lubbock 15 February [1868]
Summary
Returns Anthropological Review.
Asks to borrow Desmarest on Crustacea [Considérations générales sur la classe des crustacés (1825)].
Has been reading JL’s address to the Entomological Society [Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 3d. ser. 5 (1865–7): cxiii–cxxxi].
Would like to hear JL’s conclusion for or against Pangenesis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 15 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | Hutchinson 1914, 1: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5881 |
To John Lubbock 6 November 1881
Summary
Supports the statements on Henry Hicks in JL’s address.
Bonney is an "objector general".
CD has always supported A. C. Ramsay.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 6 Nov 1881 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 49645: 104–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13463 |
To John Lubbock 26 March [1867]
Summary
Close inbreeding and factors acting against it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 26 Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 65 (EH 88206509) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5463 |
To John Lubbock 23 [February 1863]
Summary
CD’s comments on JL’s paper [first part of "On the development of Chloëon dimidiatum", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 24 (1863): 61–78].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 23 [Feb 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3939 |
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- … Read 15 January 1863 and 21 December 1865. ] Transactions of the Linnean Society of London …
To John Lubbock 25 May [1860]
Summary
Local affairs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 25 May [1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 32 (EH 88206481) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2815 |
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- … Office directory as curate of Down. Only in 1865, however, was he first listed as such in …
From John Lubbock 9 December [1867]
Summary
Introduction of humble-bees into Australia.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5716 |
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- … Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books, Shoe String Press. Tyndall, John. 1865. On calorescence. [ …
- … Read 23 November 1865. ] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 156 ( …
- … given in his book Pre-historic times ( Lubbock 1865 , p. 6). He also refers to Lucretius’ …
- … Tyndall in ‘On calorescence’ ( Tyndall 1865 , p. 1). See letter from Edward Wilson, 7 …
To John Lubbock 12 August [1871]
Summary
CD’s comments on proofs of JL’s book [Monograph of the Collembola and Thysanura (1873)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 12 Aug [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 67 (EH 88206511) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7904 |
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- … Read 15 January 1863 and 21 December 1865. ] Transactions of the Linnean Society of London …
From John Lubbock 25 March 1867
Summary
Discusses the practice of exogamy; asks if any animals have an instinctive repugnance to inbreeding.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Mar 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5459 |
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- … Bibliography McLennan, John Ferguson. 1865. Primitive marriage: an inquiry into the origin …
- … in marriage ceremonies ( McLennan 1865 ). The terms exogamy (the custom of marrying …
- … were coined by McLennan ( OED ; see McLennan 1865 , pp. 48–9, 53). McLennan surmised that …
- … marriage from other groups ( McLennan 1865 , pp. 138–41). For Lubbock’s later discussion …
From John Lubbock 28 July 1864
Summary
Has obtained microscopes for CD.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 July 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4575 |
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- … Bibliography Beck, Richard. 1865. A treatise on the construction, proper use, and …
- … scissor-shaped blades (see Quekett 1848 , p. 316, and Beck 1865 , p. 115). A Valentine’s …
- … making fine sections of soft substances (see Beck 1865 , p. 114, and Quekett 1848 , pp. …
- … of hand microscopes are described in Beck 1865 , pp. 109–11. On CD’s microscopes and …
From John Lubbock 10 January 1864
Summary
JL’s article on Huxley’s "Lectures [to working men]".
Planning a volume of essays [Prehistoric times (1865)].
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4384 |
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- … s "Lectures [to working men]". Planning a volume of essays [ Prehistoric times (1865)]. …
From John Lubbock 15 December 1862
Summary
Thinks Bates’s paper on mimetic butterflies ["Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon valley", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 23 (1862): 495–566], is very good; would appreciate an article on it from CD ["On mimetic butterflies", Nat. Hist. Rev. (1863): 219–24; Collected papers 2: 87–92].
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Dec 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3862 |
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- … 1863 ( Lubbock 1863c ); see also Lubbock 1865 , pp. 119–70. Lubbock 1863c , 1863d, and …
From John Lubbock 27 October [1867]
Summary
Wants information on Fuegian harpoons. Must prepare second edition of Prehistoric times.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Oct [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6433 |
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- … the text of this section (see Lubbock 1865 , p. 436, and Lubbock 1869 , p. 529). Lubbock …
From John Lubbock 25 October 1862
Summary
CD’s health is bad.
Would like to visit CD on Friday.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 32 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3781 |
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- … Norman’s discovery of a celt in Lubbock 1865 , pp. 274–5, noting that it had been found ‘ …
From John Lubbock 23 August 1862
Summary
JL’s Swiss tour with Tyndall and Huxley.
Lake-habitations.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Aug 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3698 |
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- … in his book Pre-historic times ( Lubbock 1865 , pp. 119–70). In October 1862, Lubbock …
| letter | (20) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
| Lubbock, John | (10) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
| Lubbock, John | (10) |
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
Summary
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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- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The …
- … However, several smaller projects came to fruition in 1865, including the publication of his long …
- … of Hugh Falconer Darwin’s first letter to Hooker of 1865 suggests that the family had had a …
- … the house jolly’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). Darwin was ready to submit his …
- … letter from Hugh Falconer to Erasmus Alvey Darwin, 3 January 1865 ). Erasmus forwarded his letters …
- … laboured in vain’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 6 January [1865] ). Sic transit gloria …
- … the world goes.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 February [1865] ). However, Hooker, at the time …
- … are unalloyed’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 February 1865 ). Darwin, now ‘haunted’ by …
- … with a vengeance’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1865] ). Continuing ill-health …
- … to try anyone’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). He particularly hated being ill …
- … of life. He wrote to Charles Lyell on 22 January [1865] , ‘unfortunately reading makes my head …
- … it up by early July ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865] ). In July, he consulted …
- … bread & meat’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 August [1865] ). By October, Darwin thought he might be …
- … to Jones’s diet ( see letter to T. H. Huxley, 4 October [1865] ). It was not until December, …
- … hour on most days’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 December [1865] ). Delays and …
- … last & concluding one’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 March [1865] ). In April he authorised …
- … press in the autumn’ ( letter to John Murray, 4 April [1865] ). In early June, he wrote to Murray …
- … when I can do anything’ ( letter to John Murray, 2 June [1865] ). It was not until 25 December …
- … of the woodcuts ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). After sending the manuscript to the …
- … like tartar emetic’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 January [1865] ). An abstract of the paper …
- … for it is your child’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 19 April 1865 ; Darwin noted at the beginning of …
- … the Linnean Society ( letter to [Richard Kippist], 4 June [1865] ). The paper was published in a …
- … German, he had it translated, and wrote to Müller in August 1865 that he had just finished hearing …
- … letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] ; since it is impossible to …
- … clearly understand (l etter to Daniel Oliver, 20 October [1865] ). Darwin was particularly …
- … scientific work’ ( letter to Fritz Müller, 20 September [1865] ), he clearly read Müller’s letters …
- … from sea-sickness ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ). This may have been unwise: Thomas …
- … & ability’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [10 March 1865] ). Scott took these criticisms, no …
- … again when he had time ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ); at the time of writing, he had …
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
Summary
On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
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- … On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London …
- … Darwin wrote that he fell ill again on 22 April 1865 and was unable to ‘do anything.’ Emma Darwin’s …
- … hand). Darwin began the ice treatment on 20 May 1865. In his letter to Chapman of 7 June 1865 …
- … from Charles and Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865]). Darwin’s condition had been …
- … and George Busk (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [7 January 1865], and letter from George Busk, 28 April …
Prize possessions: To Henry Denny, 17 January [1865]
Summary
Between 1980 and 2018, I was honorary curator of the Alfred Denny Museum of Zoology in the University of Sheffield. One of our prize possessions was a letter from Darwin to Henry Denny, then curator and assistant secretary of the Literary and Philosophical…
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
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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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in …
- … basis of Lubbock’s book, Prehistoric times (Lubbock 1865). By 1860, Lyell had begun work …
- … material available pertaining to the antiquity of humans. In 1865, he wrote that the section on …
- … not pursue any grievance against Lyell until the spring of 1865. 13 In the course of …
- … C. Lyell 1863c and Lubbock 1861 (and consequently in Lubbock 1865), combined with the wording of …
- … between the end of February and the beginning of March 1865, Lubbock wrote the note which would …
- … received a copy of Lubbock’s book, published in mid-May 1865, he immediately wrote to express his …
- … Ramsay in a note to an article published in the April 1865 issue of the Philosophical Magazine . …
- … thought of the affair ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 June 1865] ). Hooker, for his part, could see …
- … for Lubbock’s book ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [4 June 1865] ). A week later he sent Lubbock a …
- … the note in the preface (letter to John Lubbock, 11 June [1865] ). No correspondence with Lyell …
- … him for an opinion ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 July 1865 ), Darwin wrote back ( letter to J. D …
- … and Lubbock had no direct communication after the end of May 1865, each appealing to friends to …
- … Thus, in print-runs after the end of June 1865, Lubbock had cancelled his note at the end of the …
- … of both interested parties. Only one known review of Lubbock 1865 draws attention to Lubbock’s note; …
- … situation was succinct. In his letter to Hooker of [4 June 1865] he warned that no one could do …
- … (C. Lyell 1863c; see letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 June 1865] and n. 13). The third edition had …
- … vii–ix (revised version of last section, printed in August 1865, but dated 1863 on the title page) …
- … of the ‘ Elements of geology ’ 34 [C. Lyell 1865], and the printed proofs were transferred …
- … (see enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 June 1865] ). Later, Lubbock claimed that he had …
- … the note which appeared at the end of the preface to Lubbock 1865. He told Hooker, ‘I did not trust …
- … ours’ (letter from John Lubbock to J. D. Hooker, 23 June 1865, in Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, …
How to manage it: To J. D. Hooker, [17 June 1865]
Summary
Sometimes, what stands out in a Darwin letter is not what is in it, but what is left out or just implied because the recipient would have known what Darwin was referring to. It is frustrating to spend hours looking but fail to identify something mentioned…
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- … found in a relatively short letter written by Darwin in June 1865 to his close friend Joseph …
- … this letter was a reply ( From J. D. Hooker, [15 June 1865] ), but there was no mention of any …
- … Indian mutiny. At least three novels had been written around 1865. Suddenly, ‘How to’ made sense: …
- … a favourable review in the Athenæum in January 1865. It had all the criteria for a novel Darwin …
Inheritance
Summary
It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited. But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did. Darwin’s attempt to…
Darwin's health
Summary
On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
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- … regular attacks had occurred again in the last week of April 1865, and the third week of May, just …
- … threw up food. In his letter to Chapman of 16 May [1865] , Darwin stated that his sickness was …
- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) on several occasions in 1864 and 1865. ‘Bad hysteria & sickness’ were …
- … difficulties reading, see letters to J. D. Hooker, 1 June [1865] and 27 [or 28 September 1865] …
George Busk
Summary
After the Beagle voyage, Darwin’s collection of bryozoans disappears from the records until the material was sent, in 1852, for study by George Busk, one of the foremost workers on the group of his day. In 1863, on the way down to Malvern Wells, Darwin had…
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- … and Lady Lyell ( letter from J. D. Hooker [2 June 1865] ). …
3.10 Ernest Edwards, 'Men of Eminence'
Summary
< Back to Introduction In 1865 Darwin was invited to feature in another series of published photographs, Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art, with Biographical Memoirs . . . The Photographs from Life by Ernest Edwards, B.A.…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1865 Darwin was invited to feature in another series of …
- … had been launched by Lovell Augustus Reeve in 1863, but by 1865 Edward Walford had taken over as …
- … Darwin wrote to Walford, probably in the spring of 1865, to say, ‘I should of course be proud to be …
- … more than one sitting seems to have taken place, in November 1865 and April 1866. Darwin’s account …
- … true Philosopher’. The beard that Darwin had grown by 1865–1866 helped to enhance this …
- … public image – wrote to Emma, apparently in late November 1865, to say that he was waiting for a …
- … which derived from the three-quarter view photograph of 1865–1866 mentioned above (see separate …
- … of image Ernest Edwards date of creation 1865–1866 computer-readable date …
- … Letter from Darwin to Edward Walford, 22 [Jan. – April 1865?], (DCP-LETT-5508). Letter from Erasmus …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
Summary
Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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- … Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, …
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
Summary
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…
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- … Darwin to Hooker (on hearing of Robert FitzRoy’s suicide), 1865. As you are now so …
Referencing women’s work
Summary
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.…
Darwin on race and gender
Summary
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…
Religion
Summary
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…
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
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…
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
Summary
Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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- … started in January 1860, and advertised in the press since 1865 with the unwieldy title, …
- … apparently discussing it or showing it to anyone until 1865, when he sent a version of it to Huxley, …
- … a book based on a series of articles that had appeared in 1865. In it he challenged aspects of …
- … vol. 13, letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1865] and n. 4). Darwin’s wife and children also …
3.5 William Darwin, photo 2
Summary
< Back to Introduction Darwin’s son William, who had become a banker in Southampton, took the opportunity of a short visit home to Down House in April 1864 to photograph his father afresh. This half-length portrait was the first to show Darwin with a…
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- … (DCP-LETT-4707); Naudin’s gushing acknowledgement, 18 June 1865 (DCP-LETT-4863). Letter from …
Science: A Man’s World?
Summary
Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
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- … Letter 4940 - Cresy, E. to Darwin, E., [20 November 1865] Edward Cresy Jnr. seeks Darwin …
The evolution of honeycomb
Summary
Honeycombs are natural engineering marvels, using the least possible amount of wax to provide the greatest amount of storage space, with the greatest possible structural stability. Darwin recognised that explaining the evolution of the honey-bee’s comb…
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- … precise measurement was bought to bear, a myth. In 1865, Darwin received a letter from Edward …
Race, Civilization, and Progress
Summary
Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
