From A. R. Wallace 7 August 1871
Summary
Sends notes on Fritz Müller’s letter.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Aug 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 85–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7899 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … From A. R. Wallace 7 August 1871 …
- … DAR 89: 85–6 Alfred Russel Wallace Barking 7 Aug 1871 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … province (now state), Brazil. See letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 and n. 14. …
- … See letter to Fritz Müller, 2 August [1871] . CD had suggested …
- … that the letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June [1871] , should be published ( letter to A. …
- … R. Wallace, 1 August [1871] ). There is no evidence that CD submitted it for publication …
- … Letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 . See also letters to A. …
- … R. Wallace, 1 August [1871] and …
- … 4 August [1871] . See …
- … letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 and n. 4. …
- … See letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 and n. 5. …
- … See letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 and n. 7. Müller lived in Santa …
- … Holly House, Barking, E. Aug. 7th. 1871 Dear Darwin I send a few notes on Fritz Muller’s …
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 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From A. R. Wallace 14 May 1871 …
- … DAR 106: B100–1 Alfred Russel Wallace Barking 14 May 1871 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … s new residence, see the letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March 1871 and n. 5. Arabella …
- … appeared in Macmillan’s Magazine , May 1871, pp. 45–51. CD’s reply to Wallace has not …
- … Lyell and William Robert Grove . Proctor 1871 . William Mattieu Williams worked as an …
- … theory, see the letter from J. W. Strutt, [after 20 May 1871? ] and nn. 3, 4 and 7. On …
- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national biography: …
- … Holly House, Barking. E. May 14th. 1871 Dear Darwin Have you read that very remarkable …
- … University Press. 2004. Proctor, Richard. 1871. The sun. London: Longmans. Williams, …
From A. R. Wallace 11 March 1871
Summary
Admiration for vol. 2 of Descent, and plans for his review of it for the Academy [2 (1871): 177–82].
News of his new residence.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B98–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7569 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From A. R. Wallace 11 March 1871 …
- … DAR 106: B98–9 Alfred Russel Wallace Barking 11 Mar 1871 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … plans for his review of it for the Academy [2 (1871): 177–82]. News of his new residence. …
- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Raby, Peter. 2001. Alfred Russel Wallace: a …
- … Holly House, Barking. E. March 11th. 1871 Dear Darwin I need not say that I read your …
- … also letter to John Murray, 19 February [1871] . In Descent 2: 166–80, CD discussed sexual …
From A. R. Wallace [15 March 1871]
Summary
Although their language is different, the Bugis are typical Malays both physically and mentally.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15 Mar 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7587 |
From A. R. Wallace 16 July 1871
Summary
Sorry CD allows criticisms of Darwinism to worry him.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 July 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B107–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7868 |
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- … From A. R. Wallace 16 July 1871 …
- … DAR 106: B107–8 Alfred Russel Wallace Barking 16 July 1871 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Holly House, Barking, E. July 16th. 1871 Dear Darwin I am very sorry you are so unwell, & …
- … See letter to A. R. Wallace, 12 July [1871] . CD had suggesting reprinting Chauncey …
- … See letter to A. R. Wallace, 12 July [1871] . Mivart’s authorship of the review in …
From A. R. Wallace 27 January 1871
Summary
Response to [vol. 1 of] CD’s Descent.
Not yet convinced on sexual selection and protection, though their differences are not so great as CD thinks.
On man, he does not think CD has accounted for every step of his development by "ascertained laws".
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Jan 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B96–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7460 |
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- … From A. R. Wallace 27 January 1871 …
- … DAR 106: B96–7 Alfred Russel Wallace Barking 27 Jan 1871 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. …
- … Holly House, Barking. E Jan. 27th. 1871 Dear Darwin Many thanks for your 1st. volume …
- … letter to A. R. Wallace, 18 January [1871] . See Descent 1: 403–4. Wallace and CD had …
From A. R. Wallace 12 July 1871
Summary
Chauncey Wright’s article is sound, but so obscure ARW doubts utility of printing it separately.
Gives his own detailed analysis of Mivart’s attack.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 July 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B103–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7861 |
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- … From A. R. Wallace 12 July 1871 …
- … DAR 106: B103–6 Alfred Russel Wallace Barking 12 July 1871 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see Mivart 1871a , pp. 128–36. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 9 July [1871] and n. 8. …
- … See letter to A. R. Wallace, 9 July [1871] . Wallace refers to Chauncey Wright’s review …
- … Holly House, Barking, E. July 12th. 1871 Dear Darwin Many thanks for giving me the …
- … 9. See letter to A. R. Wallace, 9 July [1871] and n. 5. See Wright 1871a , p. 91. For …
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 |
From A. R. Wallace 4 October 1868
Summary
Sexual differences in coloration. Sexual selection versus natural selection as explanations. ARW continues to argue against sexual selection, saying that natural selection, in keeping the female dull for protection, would account for differences in sexual colouring more effectively than inheritance and partial transmission of sexually selected male colours. Colours of female birds of paradise. Protective coloration. Disagrees with CD on coincidence of hidden nests and bright colours of females.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Oct 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B68–69 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6408 |
From Alfred Russel Wallace 20 January 1869
Summary
Dedication of Malay Archipelago to CD.
Comments on scientific papers.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B73–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6561 |
From A. R. Wallace [14 September 1868]
Summary
On sounds produced by Euchirus longimanus beetle. Sends a pair by post.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [14 Sept 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 82: A25–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6364 |
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- … Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Index animalium : Index animalium sive …
From A. R. Wallace 11 March [1867]
Summary
ARW responds to CD’s list of queries about expression. Suggests acquiring informants through publishing the queries in newspapers. His doubts about their importance.
Has submitted caterpillar question to Entomological Society.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B24, B45; DAR 82: A22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5437 |
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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- … and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. …
From A. R. Wallace [19 November 1873]
Summary
Thinks CD’s son George would be more satisfactory than ARW for the work on Descent.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [19 Nov 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B117 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9156 |
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- … and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. …
From A. R. Wallace 23 July 1877
Summary
Thanks CD for Forms of flowers.
Further objections to "voluntary" sexual selection. Believes that he can explain all the phenomena of sexual ornaments and colours by laws of development aided by simple natural selection.
Excited by Thomas Belt’s "oceanic glacier river-damming" hypothesis. The last paper, "Glacial period in the Southern Hemisphere" in the Quarterly Journal of Science is particularly fine.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B134–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11067 |
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- … Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Forms of flowers : The different forms …
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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- … Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Weir, John Jenner. 1869. On insects and …
From A. R. Wallace 20 October 1869
Summary
Looks forward to Descent, though he expects to find more to differ with than in any other of CD’s books.
Problems of usefulness of incipient organs and of the independent origin of similar complex organs are real difficulties.
Plans a little book on "Distribution of animals".
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Oct 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B86–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6949 |
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- … By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Murphy, Joseph John. 1869. Habit and …
From A. R. Wallace 18 November 1873
Summary
Discussion of his possible assistance on editorial work for revised edition of Descent.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B118–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9151 |
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- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or …
From A. R. Wallace 7 June 1876
Summary
Comments on CD’s criticism of Geographical distribution.
Plans to sell his house.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 June 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B124 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10535 |
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- … the building of The Dell himself, between 1871 and 1872 ( Raby 2001 , pp. 209–10). He …
From A. R. Wallace 16 August [1868]
Summary
The problem of sterility, and its relation to natural selection.
George Bentham’s support of Darwinism.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Aug [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B63–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6318 |
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- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. ‘Illegitimate offspring of dimorphic and …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
Summary
The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, seeing the …
- … promotes the sale’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 26 March 1871 ). The profits for Darwin were …
- … first two printings, Darwin wrote to Murray on 20 March 1871 , ‘It is quite a grand trade to be a …
- … in memory of the book’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 ). Reaction …
- … to read it ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 19 February 1871 ). The African explorer and …
- … pleasant or not’ (letter from W. W. Reade, 21 February 1871). The geologist William Boyd Dawkins …
- … to buy them’ ( letter from W. B. Dawkins, 23 February 1871 ). Thomas Henry Huxley marvelled that …
- … tide-marks!’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 February 1871 ). Asa Gray remarked, somewhat …
- … and pointed ears” (letter from Asa Gray, 14 April 1871) Like his previous book, …
- … arms and legs ( letter from C. L. Bernays, 25 February 1871 ). Samples of hair arrived from …
- … his head ( letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [before 25 April 1871] )). Hinrich Nitsche, ‘the lucky …
- … orang-utan foetus ( letter from Hinrich Nitsche, 18 April 1871 ). Darwin thought he might use the …
- … poor return’ ( letter to Hinrich Nitsche, 25 April [1871] ). Animal anecdotes appeared in …
- … space each morning ( letter from Arthur Nicols, 7 March 1871 ; letter from B. J. Sulivan, 11 …
- … of beauty ( letter from E. J. Pfeiffer, [before 26 April 1871] ). Roland Trimen, a long-time …
- … in the past ( letter from Roland Trimen, 17 and 18 April 1871 ). Candid disagreement …
- … were raised to a high pitch, as Innes wrote on 26 May 1871 about the darker races arising …
- … as far as this goes’ ( letter to J. B. Innes, 29 May [1871] ). On religion and morality …
- … Creator made it’ ( letter from George Morrish, 18 March 1871 ). Darwin received an anonymous …
- … Descent ( letter from a child of God, [after 24 February 1871] ). Yet some continued to …
- … religious feeling’ ( letter from F. E. Abbot, 20 August 1871 ). The Anglican clergyman and …
- … brethren’ ( letter from George Henslow, 5 December 1871 ). Ernst Haeckel boasted of his month …
- … monkey !’ ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 21 December 1871 ). Descent was extensively …
- … independent of all times and all circumstances’ (8 April 1871, p. 5). Darwin condemned the author of …
- … & classics’ ( letter to John Murray, 13 April [1871] ). But a similar point was made by …
- … the killing of some members of a hive a duty (Cobbe 1871, pp. 174, 188–9). Darwin was particularly …
- … by culture, not biology ( letter from John Morley, 30 March 1871 ). Reaction at home …
- … its master. ( Letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [3–9 March 1871] .) Some of Darwin’s …
- … to me’ ( letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 9 March 1871 ). A widening rift By far the …
- … 1871a), which appeared just prior to Descent in early 1871. ‘I daresay it will tell heavily …
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: 14 hits
- … Blair, R.H. 11 July 1871 Worcester College for the …
- … Brooke, C.A.J. 30 April 1871 Sarawak, Borneo …
- … Chaumont, F.S.B.F. de 11 March 1871 Woolston, …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 3 April 1871 West Riding …
- … Donders, F.C. 28 March 1871 Utrecht, Netherlands …
- … Foster, Michael 4 June [1871] Trinity College, …
- … Gray, Asa 14 April 1871 Cambridge, Massachusetts, …
- … Gray, Asa 10 & 14 March [1871] Cambridge, …
- … Mivart, G.J. 26 Jan 1871 North Bank, London, England …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 1 Feb 1871 11 St Mary Abbot's …
- … Rejlander, O.G. [1871] Victoria Street, London, …
- … Smith, Andrew 1 Feb. 1871 11 Saint Mary Abbot's …
- … Smith, Andrew 17 April 1871 16 Alexander Square, …
- … Swinhoe, Robert 14 March 1871 33 Oakley Square, …
Frank Chance
Summary
The Darwin archive not only contains letters, manuscript material, photographs, books and articles but also all sorts of small, dry specimens, mostly enclosed with letters. Many of these enclosures have become separated from the letters or lost altogether,…
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- … first is undated but we know it was written before 25 April 1871 because Darwin alluded to a case …
- … report by the pigeon-fancier W. B. Tegetmeier, 25 April [1871] . In his letter Chance is …
- … (Letter from Frank Chance, [before 25 April 1871] ) Responding to this meticulous self …
- … were very rare. When we were editing volume 19 (1871), Chance’s enclosure of beard and …
- … : In your work on the ""Descent of Man"" (ed. 1871) ii. 298, 299, in …
- … followed up on a similar case that CD had observed on 13 May 1871. William’s letter of 5 June 1871 …
4.17 'Figaro', unidentifiable 1871
Summary
< Back to Introduction Yet another portrayal of Darwin as a tree-dwelling ape was published in The Figaro in October 1871, and titled ‘A Darwinian hypothesis’. The image survives in a torn page in the Darwin archive, but it has so far proved…
Darwin’s favourite photographer: From O. G. Rejlander, 30 April 1871
Summary
In the 1860s Darwin began collecting photographs of emotional expression. They seemed to capture fleeting movements of the face, and allowed him to observe with more detachment. But the technology was still new. Even under the best conditions, exposure…
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- … In the 1860s Darwin began collecting photographs of emotional expression. They seemed to capture …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
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Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
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Henrietta Emma Darwin
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Henrietta “Etty” Darwin (1843–1927) was the eldest of Charles Darwin’s daughters to reach adulthood. She married Richard Buckley Litchfield in 1871. She was a valued editor to her father as well as companion and correspondent to both of her parents.…
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…
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- … of self-fertilisation’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 23 July [1871] ). Darwin also informed Müller of this …
- … in his hothouse ( To Fritz Müller, 2 August [1871] ). By late 1871, Darwin was already …
- … generations’ ( To Federico Delpino, 22 November 1871 ). Delpino replied that he looked forward to …
- … and horticulture ( From Federico Delpino, 5 December 1871 ). When Darwin began writing in February …
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…
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- … [1850] and n. 6; and letter to J. B. Innes, 29 May [1871] ). Their true friendship does …
- … request favourably—’ (letter from J. B. Innes, 26 May 1871 ). Indeed Innes had such a high …
- … school and organ funds (letter to J. B. Innes, 13 January 1871 ). Down’s next clergyman …
- … very dull sermons’ (letter to J. B. Innes, 18 January [1871] ). Mr Powell was happy to take up …
- … qualifications’ (letter from J. B. Innes, 5 June 1871 ). Particularly in the early days of …
Moral Nature
Summary
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,…
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- … Letter 7048 : Darwin, W. E., to Darwin, C. R., [April? 1871] In Descent of man (1: 71 …
- … Letter 7645 : Morley, John to Darwin, 30 March 1871 The politician and man of letters, …
- … of Descent of Man in the Pall Mall Gazette (Morley 1871). Darwin admired the review, and …
- … Letter 7685 : Darwin to Morley, John, 14 April [1871] "When I speak of intellectual …
- … Letter 7691 , Morley, John, to Darwin, 17 April 1871 "I don't think Mr. Mill& …
- … 7470 : Wedgwood, Hensleigh to Darwin, [before 3 March 1871] Darwin exchanged long letters …
- … Letter 7537 : Darwin, C. R. to Wenslow, Hensleigh, 3 March [1871] Using the example of …
- … 3. [ available at Darwinonline ] Cobbe, F. P. 1871. 'Darwinism in morals'. …
Strange things sent to Darwin in the post
Summary
Some of the stranger things Darwin received in the post can tell us a lot about how Darwin worked at home. In 1863, Darwin was very excited when the ornithologist Alfred Newton sent him a diseased, red-legged partridge foot with an enormous ball of clay…
Darwin and vivisection
Summary
Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
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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 '…
Henrietta Darwin's diary
Summary
Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
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- … wrote the following journal entries in March and July 1871 in a small lockable, leather-bound …
- … by Henrietta herself. Darwin’s letters in 1870 and 1871 ( Correspondence , vols 18 and 19) …
- … missions due to take place between 26 February and 5 March 1871 in four towns within the deanery of …
- … from Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood, [March 1871?], and letter from F. J. Wedgwood to H. …
- … University Library. Henrietta Darwin | March 1871 1871 March— Sea Grove …
- … away what they have no equivalent for. July 4th 1871. How hard it is to wait—the …
- … I think I am a very happy woman. Sunday July 9 th . 1871 I want to think why I shd …
- … mission leaders in the Hampshire Advertiser , 21 January 1871, p. 7. 4 Probably John …
William Winwood Reade
Summary
On 19 May 1868, an African explorer and unsuccessful novelist, William Winwoode Reade (1838–1875) offered to help Darwin, and started a correspondence and, arguably, a collaboration, that would last until Reade's death. After a first 1861 tour of…
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- … of it" – Winwood Reade to Charles Darwin, 31 January 1871 ) and sought Darwin’s advice on …
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 7624 - Bathoe, M . B. to Darwin, [25 March 1871] Mary Bathoe responds …
- … Letter 7644 - Barnard, A. to Darwin, [30 March 1871] J. S. Henslow’s daughter, …
- … 7651 - Wedgwood, F. J. to Darwin, H. E., [1 April 1871] Frances Wedgwood offers …
- … 7411 - Pfeiffer, E. J. to Darwin, [before 26 April 1871] The poet Emily Pfeiffer …
- … Letter 8055 - Hennell, S. S. to Darwin, [7 November 1871] Sarah Hennell writes to Darwin …
Francis Galton
Summary
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…
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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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,…
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- … of sexual differences in viviparous fish, [before 1 June 1871] Fritz Müller's …
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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- … politely worded rebuke to St G. J. Mivart ( 21 April [1871] ) for the inadequacies, as Darwin saw …
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 …
