From A. R. Wallace 24 November 1870
Summary
On a good criticism of ARW’s views [North Am. Rev. (1870)].
Problems of establishing a permanent residence.
His Presidential Address for Entomological Society will answer A. Murray on geographical distribution of Coleoptera.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Nov 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B94–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7382 |
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- … From A. R. Wallace 24 November 1870 …
- … DAR 106: B94–5 Alfred Russel Wallace Barking 24 Nov 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … criticism of ARW’s views [ North Am. Rev. (1870)]. Problems of establishing a permanent …
- … letter to A. R. Wallace, 22 November [1870] . CD and Wallace had long been discussing …
- … and his essay review of A. R. Wallace 1870a ( Claparède 1870 ); see letter from A. …
- … R. Wallace, 6 July 1870 , and letter to J. …
- … Bibliography Claparède, Edouard. 1870. Remarques à propos de l’ouvrage de M. Alfred Russel …
- … New York: Columbia University Press. Wright, Chauncey. 1870. [Review of Contributions to …
- … natural selection , by Alfred Russel Wallace, 1870. ] North American Review 111: 282–311. …
- … Holly House, Barking.E. Nov r . 24th. 1870 Dear Darwin Your letter gave me very great …
- … D. Hooker, 8 July [1870] and n. 3. Wallace refers …
- … the theory of natural selection ( Wright 1870 ; Wallace 1870a ). The last chapter was ‘The …
- … to man’. There is an annotated copy of Wright 1870 in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
To A. R. Wallace 22 November [1870]
Summary
Praise for ARW’s reply [Nature 3 (1870): 49–50] to a paper by A. W. Bennett ["Natural selection from a mathematical point of view", Nature 3 (1870): 30–3] holding that mind is a leading cause of variation.
Is reading proof of his "confounded book" [Descent].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 22 Nov [1870] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 207–8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7380 |
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- … To A. R. Wallace 22 November [1870] …
- … Add MS 46434: 207–8) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Nov [1870] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … Praise for ARW’s reply [ Nature 3 (1870): 49–50] to a paper by A. W. …
- … a mathematical point of view", Nature 3 (1870): 30–3] holding that mind is a leading cause …
- … Bibliography Bennett, Alfred William. 1870. The theory of natural selection from a …
- … and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 November 1870 . CD refers to Wallace’s response to …
- … Bennett on natural selection ( Wallace 1870d ; Bennett 1870 ); Wallace 1870d was published …
- … in the 17 November 1870 number of Nature. There is an annotated copy in the Darwin …
- … through natural selection (see Bennett 1870 , pp. 30–1, and Wallace 1870d , p. 49). For …
- … ibid. , pp. 411–15. Bennett wrote ( Bennett 1870 , p. 32): ‘I cannot but believe in the …
From A. R. Wallace 6 July 1870
Summary
Thanks for the drawing.
E. Claparède’s review [of Theory of natural selection, Rev. Cours Sci. 7 (1870): 564–71] is weak.
Looks forward [to Descent] with fear of being "crushed under a mountain of facts!"
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 July 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B92–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7269 |
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- … From A. R. Wallace 6 July 1870 …
- … DAR 106: B92–3 Alfred Russel Wallace Barking 6 July 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … pp. 332–71). CD visited London from 24 June to 1 July 1870 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … natural selection , Rev. Cours Sci. 7 (1870): 564–71] is weak. Looks forward [to Descent ] …
- … Bibliography Claparède, Edouard. 1870. Remarques à propos de l’ouvrage de M. Alfred Russel …
- … Holly House, Barking, E. July 6th. 1870 Dear Darwin Many thanks for the drawing. I must …
- … note with his letter to Wallace of 5 [July 1870] . Neither has been found, but the drawing …
- … his essay review of Wallace 1870a ( Claparède 1870 ). CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin …
To A. R. Wallace 31 March [1870]
Summary
Thanks for a woodcut sent by ARW for Descent.
Congratulations on his removal from London,
and praise of his review of Francis Galton ["Hereditary genius", Nature 1 (1870): 501–3]. CD agrees with every word of it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 31 Mar [1870] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 200–1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7154 |
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- … To A. R. Wallace 31 March [1870] …
- … Add MS 46434: 200–1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Mar [1870] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … Galton ["Hereditary genius", Nature 1 (1870): 501–3]. CD agrees with every word of it. …
- … see letter to A. R. Wallace, 7 March [1870? ] ). See n. 1, above. CD refers to Wallace’ …
- … Pamphlet Collection–CUL. See also letter to A. R. Wallace, 26 January [1870] and n. 6. …
- … 1869 ), which was published on 17 March 1870 ( Wallace 1870c ). CD refers to a woodcut of …
- … did not have the image reduced. On 25 March 1870, Wallace had moved with his family to a …
To A. R. Wallace 7 March [1870?]
Summary
Would like to call at 10 o’clock on Wednesday morning.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 7 Mar [1870?] |
| Classmark: | David Schulson (dealer) (Catalogue 46, June 1988) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7127A |
From Alfred Russel Wallace 22 January 1870
Summary
Plans for his new book, Contributions to the theory of natural selection (1870), which will contain his papers on the subject.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Jan 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B90–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7085 |
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- … From Alfred Russel Wallace 22 January 1870 …
- … 1 Alfred Russel Wallace London, St Mark’s Crescent, 9 22 Jan 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to the theory of natural selection (1870), which will contain his papers on the subject. …
- … 9, St Mark’s Crescent. N.W. Jan. 22nd. 1870 Dear Darwin My paper on Geolog. Time having …
- … parts in Nature , on 17 February and 3 March 1870. In the second part, Wallace argued that …
To A. R. Wallace 26 January [1870]
Summary
Response to ARW’s MS on geological time ["The measurement of geological time", Nature 1 (1870): 399–401, 452–5].
Groans over [what is said about] man.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 26 Jan [1870] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 198–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7086 |
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- … To A. R. Wallace 26 January [1870] …
- … Add MS 46434: 198–9) Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Jan [1870] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … measurement of geological time", Nature 1 (1870): 399–401, 452–5]. Groans over [what is …
- … letter from A. R. Wallace, 22 January 1870 . CD refers to Wallace 1870b (see letter from …
- … A. R. Wallace, 22 January 1870) . See letter from A. …
- … R. Wallace, 22 January 1870 and n. 2; CD refers to William Thomson and W. Thomson …
To A. R. Wallace 5 [July 1870]
Summary
CD sends a "curious drawing" [missing] relating to imitation and protection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 5 [July 1870] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 204–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7218 |
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- … To A. R. Wallace 5 [July 1870] …
- … Add MS 46434: 204–5) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 [July 1870] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … the letter from A. R. Wallace, 6 July 1870 . CD evidently wrote ‘June’ by mistake. The …
- … see the letter from A. R. Wallace, 6 July 1870 . CD refers to Wallace’s theory that the …
To A. R. Wallace 20 April [1870]
Summary
Appreciation of eulogy in preface of ARW’s book [Theory of natural selection].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 20 Apr [1870] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 202–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7167 |
From A. R. Wallace 14 May 1871
Summary
Recommends [W. M. Williams] The fuel of the sun [1870] as remarkably illuminating about physical astronomy. Williams solves the problem of duration of sun’s heat in "a most satisfactory manner".
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B100–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7758 |
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- … W. M. Williams] The fuel of the sun [1870] as remarkably illuminating about physical …
- … The reference is to Williams 1870 . Wallace refers to Charles Lyell and William Robert …
- … Atlas Iron Works in Sheffield from 1868 to 1870 ( ODNB ). On his theory, see the letter …
- … London: Longmans. Williams, William Mattieu. 1870. The fuel of the sun. London: Simpkin, …
From A. R. Wallace 23 June [1869]
Summary
Asks whether sexual selection could produce the changing plumules or "battledore" scales on the wings of certain butterflies.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 June [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B81–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6797 |
From A. R. Wallace 4 December [1869]
Summary
Inquires about arrangements for the German translation and publication of their original Linnean Society papers [Collected papers 2: 3–19].
ARW thinks he has hit upon a solution to problem of geological time.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Dec [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B88–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7019 |
To A. R. Wallace 5 December [1869]
Summary
Further comments on arrangements for German translation of their joint paper.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 5 Dec [1869] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 194–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7020 |
To A. R. Wallace 24 March [1871]
Summary
On the flourishing sales of their respective books. Mentions reviews of Descent in Pall Mall Gazette [21 Mar 1871] and in the Spectator [11 Mar 1871, pp. 288–9; 18 Mar 1871, pp. 319–20].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 24 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7616 |
From A. R. Wallace 10 March 1869
Summary
Weir’s paper on relation of protection to colour of caterpillars [Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1869): 21–6; (1870): 337–9] confirms ARW’s hypothesis.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B77–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6651 |
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- … Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1869): 21–6; (1870): 337–9] confirms ARW’s hypothesis. …
To A. R. Wallace 12 July [1871]
Summary
CD is allowing his family to decide whether Chauncey Wright’s paper on Mivart is dull.
Health and despondency.
Doubts his ability to answer Mivart successfully [in 6th ed. of Origin].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 12 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7858 |
From A. R. Wallace 6 December 1874
Summary
Thanks for new edition of Descent.
His work on geographical distribution; drudgery and the often unsatisfactory nature of the result.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B120 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9744 |
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- … vi) Wallace said he had been working on the book since about 1870 (see ibid. , p. vi). …
From A. R. Wallace 8 March [1868]
Summary
On critical exchanges at the Linnean Society on natural selection and mimicry.
Roland Trimen’s paper on South African mimetic butterflies ["On some remarkable mimetic resemblances among African butterflies", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 26 (1870): 497–523; read 5 Mar 1868].
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B51–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5996 |
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- … among African butterflies", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 26 (1870): 497–523; read 5 Mar 1868]. …
From A. R. Wallace 24 February [1867]
Summary
Protective role of colours in caterpillars and butterflies. Sexual differences in colours of butterflies.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Feb [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 82: A19–21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5416 |
To A. R. Wallace 28 August [1872]
Summary
Detailed response to reading of Bastian’s Beginnings of life [1872]. On the whole, it seems probable to CD that spontaneous generation is true.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 28 Aug [1872] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8488 |
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Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
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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…
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- … The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The …
- … machine’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 25 December [1870] ). Finishing Descent; …
- … some weeks’ ( letter to Albert Günther, 13 January [1870] ). Darwin was still working hard on …
- … I shall be’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). She had previously read proof-sheets …
- … shd. turn parson?’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). Henrietta disagreed: ‘Certainly …
- … of man!’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [after 8 February 1870] ). Darwin was also encouraged …
- … sense of mankind’ ( letter to F. P. Cobbe, 23 March [1870?] ). Cobbe accused Darwin of smiling in …
- … great philosophy?’ ( letter from F. P. Cobbe, 28 March [1870?] ). Humans as animals: ears …
- … [1868] ; this volume, letter to Thomas Woolner, 10 March [1870] ). Darwin included Woolner’s …
- … findings ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 15 March 1870 ). Indeed, Darwin noted the same …
- … bane of existence!’ ( letter to William Ogle, 9 November 1870 ). Researching expression: …
- … spirits were white ( letter from W. W. Reade, 9 November 1870 ). Keen for more evidence of …
- … hurting it much?’ ( letter to A. D. Bartlett, 5 January [1870] ). Darwin made a similar request of …
- … not succeed’ ( letter to James Crichton-Browne, 8 June [1870] ). Darwin’s queries were part …
- … of a baby’s brows ( letter from L. C. Wedgwood, [5 May 1870] ). He also wrote to a leading Dutch …
- … on this subject’ ( letter from F. C. Donders, 17 May 1870 ). Human evolution: debates and …
- … more fully in a collection of essays published in April 1870 (Wallace 1870a). Wallace wrote to …
- … naturalist’ (letter to A. R.Wallace, 26 January [1870]). Despite their increasing …
- … in one sense rivals’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 20 April [1870] ). Darwin alluded here to the …
- … No one but yourself’ ( letter from H. W. Bates, 20 May 1870 ). Darwin very rarely used the …
- … never write reviews’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, [22 May 1870] ). St George Jackson Mivart …
- … to answer objectors’ ( letter to W. H. Flower, 25 March [1870] ). In his letters to Mivart, Darwin …
- … on the Primates’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 23 April [1870] ). He also tried to recruit Mivart’s …
- … lump of granite’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 22 April 1870 ). Mivart hinted that his …
- … his “origin” ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 25 April 1870 ). In his critical essays (later revised …
- … Charles Darwin et ses précurseurs français (Quatrefages 1870), that gave a detailed account, as …
- … many others’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 28 May [1870] ). Quatrefages had …
- … discord’ ( letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 30 March 1870 ). In proposing Darwin for election, …
- … them’ ( letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 18 July 1870 ). The assertion had been made by Emile …
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…
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- … Brooke, C.A.J. 30 Nov 1870 Sarawak, Borneo …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 15 March 1870 West Riding …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 18 March 1870 Down, Kent, …
- … Donders, F.C. 27 May 1870 Utrecht, Netherlands …
- … Forbes, David 13 June 1870 Portman Square, London W. …
- … Nicol, Patrick 13 May 1870 Sussex Lunatic Asylum, …
- … Reade, Winwood W. [c.8 or 9 Apr 1870] Accra, West …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 4 June 1870 Lagos, Africa …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 3 Sept 1870 Conservative Club, St …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 9 Nov 1870 11 St Mary Abbot's …
- … Weale, J.P.M. [25 May 1870] Bedford, Cape of Good …
- … Weir, J.J. 27 June 1870 Blackheath, London, England …
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…
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- … Letter 7124 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [8 February 1870] Darwin seeks Henrietta’s …
- … Letter 7329 - Murray , J. to Darwin, [28 September 1870] Written shortly before …
- … Letter 7331 - Darwin to Murray, J., [29 September 1870] Darwin asks Murray to …
- … Letter 7177 - Cupples, G. to Darwin, [29 April 1870] George Cupples tells Darwin about a …
Francis Darwin
Summary
Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished scientist. He was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, initially studying mathematics, but then transferring to natural sciences. Francis completed…
Jane Gray
Summary
Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and evidence suggests that she took an active interest in the scientific pursuits of her husband and his friends. Although she is only known to have…
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- … behaviour of her dog (letter from J. L. Gray, 14 February 1870 ), she also passed on information …
Casting about: Darwin on worms
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Earthworms were the subject of a citizen science project to map the distribution of earthworms across Britain (BBC Today programme, 26 May 2014). The general understanding of the role earthworms play in improving soils and providing nutrients for plants to…
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- … on my mind’ ( letter to W. T. Preyer, 17 February [1870 ])) that without earthworms aerating the …
Francis Galton
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Galton was a naturalist, statistician, and evolutionary theorist. He was a second cousin of Darwin’s, having descended from his grandfather, Erasmus. Born in Birmingham in 1822, Galton studied medicine at King’s College, London, and also read mathematics…
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- … more litters & no happy results”, he wrote on 26 April 1870 . In the following year, Galton …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … of Descent (letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). Audio of more …
Darwin and Gender Projects by Harvard Students
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Working in collaboration with Professor Sarah Richardson and Dr Myrna Perez, Darwin Correspondence Project staff developed a customised set of 'Darwin and Gender' themed resources for a course on Gender, Sex and Evolution first taught at Harvard…
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- … grateful I shall be.”(Letter to Darwin, H. E., [8 Feb 1870] ) Although Miranda acknowledges that …
Cross and self fertilisation
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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…
Experimenting with emotions
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Darwin’s interest in emotions can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by the sounds and gestures of the peoples of Tierra del Fuego. On his return, he started recording observations in a set of notebooks, later labelled '…
John Lubbock
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John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…
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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…
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- … you owe any more … Darwin to his son Francis, 1870. …
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…
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … Photograph: Authenticity, Science and the Periodical Press, 1870 – 1890 (London and New York: …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … & I feel deeply for you. ( Letter to F. C. Donders, 19 May 1870 ) …
Darwin in public and private
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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
Science: A Man’s World?
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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…
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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- … Key letters : Letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] Letter from Mary Treat, …
Moral Nature
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In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
