To Jonathan Peel 6 March [1868]
Summary
Obliged for JP’s account of sheep. Such articles would make naturalists think more of natural selection.
E. A. Darwin’s health bad.
Asks about sex ratio in sheep births.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jonathan Peel |
| Date: | 6 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Surrogate RP 8059) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5983 |
To J. D. Hooker 26 November [1868]
Summary
CD thought Watson’s article beastly in its criticisms of JDH. Watson’s criticism of CD was not new or important, but fair, so CD could honestly thank him, adding his regret at what was said about JDH.
Is sitting for Woolner bust.
Has read James Croll on alternation of glacial and warmer periods in north and south, which would remove JDH’s objections to cool period extending to equator.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 26 Nov [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 98–101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6476 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … the upper Miocene period’ ( Croll 1868 ; see letters to James Croll , 19 September 1868 …
- … for New Zealand on 11 November 1868, on the Matoaka ( letter from J. D. Hooker to James …
- … 24 November 1868 ). See letter to James Croll, 24 November 1868 and n. 5. CD refers to …
- … November 1868 . CD probably directed Hooker to look at this page of the letter because it …
- … 1868–70 . For more on Watson’s book and the negative comments regarding Hooker, see the letter …
- … D. Hooker, 24 November 1868 and nn. 1 and 2. CD’s letter to Watson has not been found. …
- … Benjamin Carpenter ; see letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 November 1868 and n. 4. James …
- … 1868, p. 10). CD probably refers to Lubbock’s dogs (see Correspondence vol. 17, letter …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 [December 1863] ). CD refers to Asa Gray and Jane Loring Gray , who visited Down with Hooker between 24 and 30 October 1868 ( …
- … 1868–70 , 1: 45–59. CD wrote at the back of his copy, ‘Pamphlet wonderfully striking excellent sketch of my views’ (see Marginalia 1: 851). Watson’s letter …
- … 1868–70. Compendium of the Cybele Britannica; or, British plants in their geographical relations. 3 vols. Thames Ditton: printed for private distribution. Woolner, Amy. 1917. Thomas Woolner, R.A. , sculptor and poet: his life in letters. …
- … letter from Thomas Woolner, 6 December 1867 ). Woolner’s marble bust of CD was finished in 1870 ( Woolner 1917 , p. 240). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Woolner had arrived at Down on 19 November 1868; …
From Frances Harriet Hooker to Emma Darwin 24 September [1868]
Summary
Thinks J. D. Hooker and Asa Gray will not be able to visit Down until after the 12th.
| Author: | Frances Harriet Henslow; Frances Harriet Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Sept [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 229–30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6907 |
From Alfred Wrigley 9 March 1868
Summary
Wants to know why Horace has been removed from school without any notification.
| Author: | Alfred Wrigley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Mar 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 181 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5999 |
From W. S. Dallas 9 June 1868
Summary
F. Müller’s corrections warrant stating that the English translation has "additions and corrections by the author".
Is gratified to hear his index [to Variation] is considered a good one.
Ernst Haeckel’s book [Generelle Morphologie (1868)], though speculative, strikes him as "one of the most remarkable books of our time".
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 June 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6238 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … from W. S. Dallas, 22 February 1868 , and letter from Fritz Müller, 22 April 1868 ). …
- … CD’s letter to Dallas of 2 June 1868 has not been …
- … found; see, however, the letter to Fritz Müller, 3 June 1868 . Müller’s remarks concerned …
- … 59 Burton Crescent | W.C. 9 June 1868. My dear Sir Your letter of the 2 d . Ins t . …
- … of Variation , see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 May [1868] and n. 12. Dallas refers …
To Roland Trimen 16 January [1868]
Summary
Thanks RT for drawings of ocelli, especially for the description of ocelli of S. African Saturniidae. Would like to know of any cases in which the ocelli are confined to the male, to illustrate better the case of the peacock.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Roland Trimen |
| Date: | 16 Jan [1868] |
| Classmark: | Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 63) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5790 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … s tail are in DAR 84. See also letter from Roland Trimen, 13 January 1868 , n. 11. …
- … now Melanitis leda ) with his letter of 13 January 1868 . Trimen enclosed proof-sheets …
- … 1862–6 , containing information on Cyllo leda , with his letter of 13 January 1868 . …
- … nine distinct rings, in his letter of 13 January 1868 . George Douglas Campbell , the …
- … this letter and the letter from Roland Trimen, 13 January 1868 . Trimen enclosed a sketch …
- … See letter from Roland Trimen, 13 January 1868 and n. 2. Trimen described the ocelli …
From A. R. Wallace 24 March [1868]
Summary
Returns George Darwin’s criticisms of his notes on sterility and sends further notes in reply. Since there are degrees of sterility between varieties, "is it not probable that natural selection can accumulate these variations?" Varieties that are adapted to new conditions could then survive and form new species without being isolated.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B61–2, B158–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6045 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 19 March 1868 . See letter to A. R. …
- … Wallace, [21 March 1868] . See letter to A. R. Wallace, [21 March …
- … 1868] and n. 3. In his letter to Wallace of [21 March 1868] , CD had argued that …
- … George’s comments in his letter to Wallace of [21 March 1868] . This paragraph was written …
- … Wallace’s note on sterility (enclosure to letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 March 1868 ). CD …
- … to A. R. Wallace, [21 March 1868] . See also Variation 2: 188. See letter to A. R. …
- … see enclosure to letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 March 1868 ). In Variation 2: 188, CD had …
- … 1868] , and Variation 2: 186. Wallace refers to Charles Lyell and Lyell 1867–8 (see letter …
To J. D. Hooker 3 April [1868]
Summary
Asks for [John?] Smith’s exact count of seeds of the crossed and self-fertilised Victoria water-lily. Similar question on Euryale seed and seedlings.
JDH’s coming [BAAS] Presidential Address.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 3 Apr [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 60–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6086 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … visited Hooker on 30 or 31 March 1868 (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 March 1868] ). He …
- … on the Isle of Wight in August 1868 (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 [August 1868] ). CD …
- … 1865 , pp. 19–20, and letters from Robert Caspary , 18 February 1868 and n. 4, and 2 …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 April 1868 . CD refers to John Smith , …
- … 1868 , p. 453). For Hooker’s own view on struggle in human society, see Correspondence vol. 10, letter …
To G. H. K. Thwaites 2 September 1868
Summary
Thanks GHKT and S. O. Glenie for information about fowls.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Kendrick Thwaites |
| Date: | 2 Sept 1868 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.354) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6344 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 22 July 1868 and enclosure. CD’s letter of 2 September 1868 to Samuel Owen Glenie has …
- … See letter from G. H. K. Thwaites, 22 July 1868 . See letter from G. H. …
- … K. Thwaites, 22 July 1868 and n. 3. See letter from G. H. K. …
- … not been found, but see the letter from S. O. Glenie, 27 November 1868 . …
- … 1868 My dear Thwaites I am very much obliged to you for taking all my questions so very kindly & pleasantly. You have indeed entered on the fowl question in real earnest & I feel very thankful for the point interests me much & may throw light on a very obscure problem. I trust to you to be so good as to let me hear as soon as you have any information. Many thanks for M r Glenie’s excellent letter, …
From Albert Günther 13 May 1868
Summary
Sends proofs of his fish paper.
Will observe modification of colour in fish.
Is studying the development of the axolotl.
Encloses notes in reply to CD’s queries on fishes.
| Author: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 May 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 242a, DAR 82: B23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6170 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … For CD’s questions, see the letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] . …
- … See letter to Albert Günther, 23 March [1868] . See Correspondence …
- … and Salarias are both current genera. See letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] and n. …
- … 8. See letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] and n. …
- … 9. See letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] and n. 10. In Descent 2: 20, CD said that …
- … Günther refers to George Henry Ford . See letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] and n. …
- … 4. See letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] and n. 5. Günther was the founding editor …
- … to Günther 1859–70 . See letter to Albert Günther, 12 May [1868] and n. 6. CD cited the …
- … 15, letter from A. C. L. G. Günther, [late December 1867 or early January 1868] and …
To John Murray 4 March [1868]
Summary
Payment of 400 guineas [Variation royalties] delights CD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 4 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42153 f. 36) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5978 |
From Asa Gray [25 February 1868 or later]
Summary
Discusses arrangements for American edition of Variation.
Observations on apparently inherited instinct in a dog.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Feb 1868 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2563 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … vol. 24, Supplement, letter to Asa Gray, 9 February [1868] ). The dog was Max and had been …
- … this letter and the letter to Asa Gray, 9 February [1868] ( Correspondence vol. 24, …
- … Correspondence vol. 16, letter from Asa Gray, 25 February [1868] ). This letter may be …
- … second printing of Variation in his letter of 9 February [1868] ( Correspondence vol. 24, …
- … See Correspondence vol. 16, letter from Asa Gray, 24 February 1868 . CD had told Gray …
To J. D. Hooker 3 February [1868]
Summary
Comments on Wollaston’s troubles
and his book [Coleoptera Hesperidum (1867)].
Mohl’s claim to foreign membership in Royal Society very strong.
Has been in despair about Variation – not worth a fifth part of the labour it cost him.
Is reading F. A. W. Miquel’s Flora du Japon [Prolusio florae Japonicae (1866–7)]; wonders whether A. Murray could be correct in his view that an area of the sea prevented Asiatico-Japan flora colonising western N. America.
Comments on A. Murray’s book [Geographical distribution of mammals (1866)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 44–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5835 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … with his letter of 1 February 1868 ; the letter from Wollaston has not been found. He also …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 February 1868 . Letter from J. D. …
- … the introduction to Variation in his letter of 1 February 1868 . Chapter 11 was titled ‘On …
- … of Hugh Falconer’s memoirs ( Falconer 1868 ). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 February …
- … J. D. Hooker, 1 February 1868 . Hooker had enclosed letters from Henry Tibbats Stainton …
- … 1 February 1868 . CD refers to Thomas Vernon Wollaston and John Lubbock . See letter from …
- … Hugo von Mohl (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 February 1868 and nn. 2 and 3). The …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 17 April 1869
Summary
Wants information on plumage of chickens
and table of sex ratios in greyhounds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 17 Apr 1869 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6698 |
To Friedrich Hildebrand 14 November [1868]
Summary
Suggests FH’s graft-hybrid potatoes should remain with FH.
Sends addresses of Alfred Russel Wallace and Alexander Wallace for August Weismann.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
| Date: | 14 Nov [1868] |
| Classmark: | Eilo Hildebrand (private collection of facsimiles) (Original, previously owned by Klaus Groove, sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6459F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … between this letter and the letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 4 November 1868 . …
- … See letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 4 November 1868 and n. 1. In the copy, there is a …
- … graft-hybrid potatoes, see the letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 5 January [1868] and n. 5. …
- … CD refers to Weismann 1868 . See letter to August Weismann, 22 October 1868 . Hildebrand …
- … s behalf (see letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 4 November 1868 and n. 5). CD refers to …
- … to Thomas Henry Farrer (see letter from T. H. Farrer, 2 November 1868 and n. 2). …
To James Croll 4 December [1868]
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of book and manuscript.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Croll |
| Date: | 4 Dec [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6491 |
From Edward Wilson 14 October 1868
Summary
Encloses further replies from Australia to CD’s queries on expression. Wilson’s letter to CD enclosed the letter from Smyth with its enclosures (see S6314).
| Author: | Edward Wilson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Oct 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 125, DAR 186: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6419 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … letter from R. B. Smyth, 13 August 1868 ; Smyth’s letter included a number of responses …
- … replies from Dyson Lacy ; see letter from Dyson Lacy, [before 13 August 1868] and n. 2. …
- … and pasted on to the bottom of the letter from Dyson Lacy, [before 13 August 1868] . For …
- … of Aramac, see the letter from Dyson Lacy, [before 13 August 1868] , n. 21. The Barcoo is …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 3 September [1868]
Summary
Would like information on the first plumage of poultry.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 3 Sept [1868] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6347 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Tegetmeier, 25 May 1868 . See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 23 April [1868] . …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 26 May 1868 . See also letter from W. B. …
- … May [1868] ; CD included an explanation of his interest in the topic in his letter to W. …
- … this letter and the letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 23 April [1868] and 26 May 1868 . The …
- … the first plumage of fowls, see the letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 20 May [1868] and …
From W. S. Dallas 14 February 1868
Summary
WSD expresses his willingness to do further translating for CD. Sends terms of remuneration.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5877 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … from W. S. Dallas, 11 February 1868 , and letter from John Murray, 12 February [1868] . …
- … of Piderit 1867 (see letter from W. S. Dallas, 19 February 1868 ). Dallas edited various …
- … 1868. My dear Sir I fear you must fancy that I am afflicted with a most undue allowance of pride or conceit or some similar unamiable quality, if you think that the proposition made in your letter …
To J. B. Innes 15 June [1868]
Summary
CD writes in detail about difficulties with Horsman’s financial accounts and the affairs of the parish.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
| Date: | 15 June [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6242 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … O’H. Horsman, 2 June [1868], and letter to S. J. O’H. Horsman, 3 June 1868 . The …
- … this letter and the letter from J. B. Innes, 13 June 1868 . See letter from J. B. …
- … MSS) as paid to Pearson on 15 June 1868. See letter to John Lubbock, 15 June [1868] . …
- … Innes, 13 June 1868 . CD refers to Samuel James O’Hara Horsman . See letter from S. J. …
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Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
Summary
The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
Matches: 1 hits
- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If …
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …
6430_10256
Summary
From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hookerf1 25 October 1868Lund (Suède)25 Okt. 1868.Monsieur le Professeur! J’ai écrit à deux de mes amis qui ont des connaissances personnelles à la Lapponie, pour avoir les…
Matches: 1 hits
- … From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hooker f1 25 October 1868 …
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
Matches: 1 hits
- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
5935_4582
Summary
From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868KewFeby 26th/68Dear Darwin I have been bursting with impatience to hear what you would say of the Athenæum Review & who wrote it— I could not conceive who…
Matches: 1 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868 Kew Feby 26 …
Reading my roommate’s illustrious ancestor: To T. H. Huxley, 10 June 1868
Summary
My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter. Tom’s full name is Thomas Henle Baum, his middle name a reference to a German physician ancestor for whom the ‘Loop of Henle’ in the kidney had been named. Other than this iconic…
Matches: 1 hits
- … My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter. Tom’s full name is …
5873_1488
Summary
From B. J. Sulivan 13 February [1868]f1 Bournemouth Feby. 13. My dear Darwin As Mr Stirling has sent me the recpt. you may as well have it with the Photo of the four Fuegian boys which he wishes me to send you in case you have not seen it. He…
Matches: 1 hits
- … From B. J. Sulivan 13 February [1868] f1 Bournemouth Feby. 13. My dear …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
Summary
Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have …
Women as a scientific audience
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
Summary
At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
Matches: 1 hits
- … At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of …
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Design | Personal Belief | Beauty | The Church Perhaps the most notorious …
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 'Hypotheses may often be of service to science, when they involve a certain portion of …
Descent
Summary
There are more than five hundred letters associated with the research and writing of Darwin’s book, Descent of man and selection in relation to sex (Descent). They trace not only the tortuous route to eventual publication, but the development of Darwin’s…
Matches: 1 hits
- … ‘ Our ancestor was an animal which breathed water, had a swim-bladder, a great swimming …
Natural Science and Femininity
Summary
Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Discussion Questions | Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine …
Controversy
Summary
The best-known controversies over Darwinian theory took place in public or in printed reviews. Many of these were highly polemical, presenting an over-simplified picture of the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Disagreement & Respect | Conduct of Debate | Darwin & Wallace The best-known …
Darwin and the Church
Summary
The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
Matches: 1 hits
- … The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
Summary
The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
Matches: 1 hits
- … The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
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.…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but …
