Airy, Hubert. 1876. On the leaf-arrangement of the crowberry (Empetrum nigrum). Abstract. Communicated by Charles Darwin. [Received 8 May 1876.] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 25 (1876–7): 158–60.
Carruthers, William. 1876. [Presidential address to the Geologists’ Association. Read 3 November 1876.] Proceedings of the Geological Association 5 (1876–8): 17–35.
From James Geikie 20 November 1876
Summary
Glaciation in the British Isles.
S. B. J. Skertchley’s researches on Palaeolithic man in England [Nature 14 (1876): 448–9].
| Author: | James Murdoch (James) Geikie |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10460 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From James Geikie 20 November 1876 …
- … DAR 165: 29 James Murdoch (James) Geikie Perth 20 Nov 1876 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … B. J. Skertchley’s researches on Palaeolithic man in England [ Nature 14 (1876): 448–9]. …
- … See letter to James Geikie, 16 November 1876 . J. Geikie 1877 . Sydney …
- … in a letter published in Nature , 21 September 1876, pp. 448–9. For Geikie’s discussion of …
- … See letter to James Geikie, 16 November 1876 and n. 7, and J. Geikie 1877 , p. 24. Geikie …
- … See letter to James Geikie, 16 November 1876 . Roderick Impey Murchison’s biography was …
- … Perth 20 th Nov 1876. My dear Sir Many thanks for your interesting letter. I feel much …
- … during the voyage of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1876. …
From Hermann Müller 6 December 1876
Summary
Thanks for Cross and self-fertilisation.
Fritz Müller has been appointed "Naturalista Viajante" of the Rio de Janeiro Museum, which will help his income greatly.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 308 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10702 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From Hermann Müller 6 December 1876 …
- … 308 Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller Lippstadt 6 Dec 1876 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876. Müller, Hermann. 1873–7. On the fertilisation …
- … 1874, pp. 169–71; 20 May 1875, pp. 50–1; 8 July 1875, pp. 190–1; 13 January 1876, pp. …
- … 210–12; 10 February 1876, pp. …
- … 289–92; 22 June 1876, pp. 173–5; 8 February 1877, pp. 317–19; 29 March 1877, pp. 473–5; 11 …
- … Lippstadt, Dec. 6. , 1876. My dear Sir, My hearty thanks for your newest work, on the …
- … fertilisation was published in December 1876 (DAR 210.11: 6); Müller’s name is on CD’s …
- … naturalist at the National Museum, Rio de Janeiro, in October 1876; see letter to …
- … Fritz Müller, [9 February 1876] and n. 4. Hermann Müller communicated Fritz Müller’s …
From James Torbitt 1 April 1876
Summary
Thanks for response to query on what is an individual.
Sends paper on potatoes [see 10440].
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Apr 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 131 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10437 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From James Torbitt 1 April 1876 …
- … DAR 178: 131 James Torbitt Belfast 1 Apr 1876 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Torbitt, James. 1876. Cras credemus. A treatise on the cultivation of the …
- … Sydenham | Belfast 1 April 1876 Charles Darwin Esq. | Down | Beckenham | Kent. Dear Sir …
- … See letter from James Torbitt, 24 January 1876 , and letter to …
- … James Torbitt, 26 January 1876 . Torbitt’s letter or telegram requesting …
- … to publish CD’s letter to him of 26 January 1876 has not been found. Torbitt evidently …
- … 2: 362–3) in his pamphlet on potato blight ( Torbitt 1876 , p. 58), but no letter from …
- … Torbitt to Murray has been found. Torbitt 1876 , pp. 46–54, contains reports by various …
From Francis Darwin [29 May 1876]
Summary
The Salvia has arrived.
Has found several fly orchids coming in flower, but no Cephalanthera or Musk.
Cannot do any teazel work.
Anthelme Thozet has sent him a lot of Ophideres.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 May 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10515I |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [29 May 1876] …
- … DAR 274.1: 58 Francis Darwin Down [29 May 1876] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … between this letter, the letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 , and the letter to …
- … Francis Darwin, 30 [May 1876] ; see n. 2, below. …
- … When Francis wrote to CD on Saturday 27 May 1876, the Salvia that CD was expecting had not …
- … yet arrived (see letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 and n. …
- … 1). In May 1876, CD began preparing a second edition of Orchids (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix …
- … see letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 ). CD referred to the fly orchid as Ophrys …
- … or not (see letter from Moritz Schiff, 8 May 1876 and nn. 6 and 9). In his paper on the …
- … see letter from Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] ). His research was published in F. Darwin …
To Asa Gray 28 January 1876
Summary
Thanks for reviews of Insectivorous plants and of Climbing plants in Nation and American Journal Science [see 10329].
AG’s essay on seed dispersal ["Burs in the borage family", Am. Nat. 10 (1876): 1–4].
Preparing book on advantages of crossing [Cross and self-fertilisation].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (111) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10370 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Asa Gray 28 January 1876 …
- … Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (111) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Jan 1876 Asa Gray …
- … Burs in the borage family", Am. Nat. 10 (1876): 1–4]. Preparing book on advantages of …
- … in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876. Fish, …
- … David Taylor. 1876. Bunches v. …
- … tendrils. Gardeners’ Chronicle , 22 January 1876, pp. 116–18. Hildebrand, Friedrich. 1873. …
- … plants appeared in Nation , 6 and 13 January 1876 ([A. Gray] 1876c; CD’s copy is in …
- … Journal of Science and Arts , January 1876, pp. 69–74. See also Correspondence vol. 23, …
- … species of Maurandia that had fully coiling peduncles. Fish 1876 (see letter from M. …
- … T. Masters, 24 January 1876 and n. 1). In Orchids , CD had discussed how floral morphology …
From G. J. Romanes [c. 19 March 1876]
Summary
Thanks for copy of 2d ed. of Variation.
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 19 Mar 1876] |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 44–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10421F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From G. J. Romanes [ c . 19 March 1876] …
- … E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 44–5 George John Romanes [ c . 19 Mar 1876] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Anatomie 14: 394–408. Romanes, George John. 1876. The physiology of the nervous …
- … system of medusae. [Read 28 April 1876. ] Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great …
- … this letter, the letter from J. C. E. Kollmann, 19 March 1876 , and the letter from J. …
- … V. Carus, 19 March 1876 . All three letters include thanks for presentation copies of …
- … III), which was published in the second half of February 1876 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 1 March 1876, p. 168), although it carried an 1875 publication date. In Variation 2d ed. …
- … of the nervous system of medusae’ ( G. J. Romanes 1876 ) at the Royal Institution of …
- … Great Britain on 28 April 1876. …
From G. H. Darwin [after 28 March 1876]
Summary
Personal news – is unwell.
Mentions "Twin-papers" ["Short notes on heredity, etc., in twins", J. Anthropol. Inst. 5 (1876): 324–9] sent by Galton.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 28 Mar 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10242 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin [after 28 March 1876] …
- … 50 George Howard Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 [after 28 Mar 1876] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … notes on heredity, etc. , in twins", J. Anthropol. Inst. 5 (1876): 324–9] sent by Galton. …
- … George was away in Malta from early January 1876, returning on 28 March ( letter from …
- … Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 9 January 1876 (DAR 239.23: 1.40); Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
- … of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland in January 1876 ( Galton …
- … 1875b and 1876); they were an expansion and revision of a previous article published in …
- … Library–CUL. Reprints of Galton 1875b and 1876 are in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
From J. D. Hooker 13 September 1876
Summary
JDH’s condolences at Amy Darwin’s death.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 60–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10597 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 13 September 1876 …
- … DAR 104: 60–1 Joseph Dalton Hooker Helensburgh 13 Sept 1876 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to Hooker with details of Amy’s death ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 September [1876] ). …
- … Hooker had married Hyacinth Jardine on 22 August 1876 ( ODNB ). Francis Darwin’ …
- … s wife, Amy , had died on 11 September 1876, having given birth on 7 September to Bernard …
- … was reported in The Times , 13 September 1876, p. 1. Hooker’s first wife, Frances Harriet …
- … Hooker had visited Down on 15 April 1876 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)) and probably saw …
- … the Hooker family doctor, who died suddenly in Geneva on 7 September 1876 ( The Times , …
- … 12 September 1876, p. 9). Sabina Douglas Clavering Smith lived at Jordanhill house, …
To Rudolf Schmid 25 September 1876
Summary
Thanks for RS’s work [Die Darwin’schen Theorien und ihre Stellung zur Philosophie, Religion und Moral (1876)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Rudolf Schmid |
| Date: | 25 Sept 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 427 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10616 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Rudolf Schmid 25 September 1876 …
- … DAR 147: 427 Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Sept 1876 Rudolf Schmid …
- … Die Darwin’schen Theorien und ihre Stellung zur Philosophie, Religion und Moral (1876)]. …
- … London: Harvard University Press. Schmid, Rudolf. 1876. Die Darwin’schen Theorien und ihre …
- … philosophy, religion and morality; Schmid 1876 ). CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library–Down. …
- … Down. | Beckenham, Kent. Sept. 25. 1876. Dear & Respected Sir, I thank you for your …
From George Rolleston 18 August 1876
Summary
Sends three of his anthropological papers.
CD understates his case when he says the mandibular wattle of the "Irish greyhound pig" has no analogue or homologue.
| Author: | George Rolleston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Aug 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 211 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10581 |
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- … From George Rolleston 18 August 1876 …
- … DAR 176: 211 George Rolleston Oxford 18 Aug 1876 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Rolleston, George. 1876. On the domestic pig of prehistoric times in Britain, …
- … and Sus barbatus . [Read 15 June 1876. ] Transactions of the Linnean Society of London ( …
- … the Darwin Library–CUL. See Rolleston 1876 , p. 266. Salomon Müller and Hermann Schlegel’s …
- … Schlegel 1842, pp. 175–7). CD’s annotations are notes for his reply of 24 August [1876]. …
- … Oxford. Aug 18 | 1876. My dear Sir. I am sending to you by Book Post (1. ) a corrected …
- … andamanensis , and Sus barbatus ’ ( Rolleston 1876 , pp. 266–8), Rolleston discussed the …
- … 1: 79. Rolleston’s paper was read in June 1876 and published in the Transactions of the …
From R. F. Cooke 23 February 1876
Summary
Sends cheque for Descent [2d ed., 1875 issue].
Has sent corrections to printer for Climbing plants
and Origin. Has ordered to print: 1250 copies of Origin,
500 of Climbing plants,
and 1000 of Naturalist’s voyage [Journal of researches].
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Feb 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 483 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10407 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 23 February 1876 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 23 Feb 1876 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter from R. F. Cooke, 21 February 1876 . CD recorded the receipt of £105 from …
- … account (Down House MS) on 28 February 1876. William Clowes & Sons were printers to John …
- … of the sixth edition of Origin ( Origin (1876) ), a reprint of Climbing plants 2d ed. , …
- … thousand) of Journal of researches (1860) were published in 1876 ( Freeman 1977 ). …
- … London: John Murray. 1860. Origin (1876): The origin of species by means of natural …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876. Origin : On the origin of species by means …
To G. H. Darwin [after 4 September 1876]
Summary
Has received a baffling article on God, immortality, and socialism under a Darwinian point of view.
Clerk Maxwell has disagreed with CD on molecular calculations in relation to Pangenesis in Encyclopaedia Britannica article ["Atom", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed. (1875) 3: 36–49].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [after 4 Sept 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10338 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin [after 4 September 1876] …
- … DAR 210.1: 66 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [after 4 Sept 1876] George Howard Darwin …
- … from stomach-related illnesses and in October 1876 he was also bothered by eczema ( letter …
- … from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, [29 October 1876] (DAR 239.23: 1.53)). …
- … 31 (1875): 81–2, 102–4, 109–11, 122–5, 138–41, 165–9; 32 (1876): 20–2, 119–23, 176–84. …
- … Parow, Wilhelm. 1876. Der Gottes- Begriff, die Unsterblichkeit und die sittliche Idee …
- … letter from Hermann Müller, 4 September 1876 . Otto Zacharias had written an introduction …
- … See letter from Hermann Müller, 4 September 1876 and n. 2. The newspaper article was the …
- … moral idea with respect to Darwinism; Parow 1876 ). CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin …
To Francis Darwin [30 April 1876]
Summary
CD has just had an interview with Edward Frankland, who "almost laughs" at FD’s idea of getting potash and soda out of the soil by treating it with sulphuric acid. Asks FD to send him a soil sample to give to Frankland. Sends enclosures giving address and labels for soil samples.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Apr 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10485B |
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- … To Francis Darwin [30 April 1876] …
- … DAR 271.4: 10 Charles Robert Darwin [30 Apr 1876] Francis Darwin …
- … The date is established from the postmark. The Sunday before 1 May 1876 was …
- … 30 April 1876. …
- … CD visited Frankland on 30 April 1876; see letter to …
- … Edward Frankland, 27 April [1876] and n. 3. CD was trying to make soil free from nutrients …
- … Agricultural Station; see letter to J. H. Gilbert, 16 February 1876 , and letter from J. …
- … H. Gilbert, 4 March 1876 . Henry Lettington was a gardener at Down House. Edward Jessup …
- … soil CD wanted evidently came. See letter to Edward Frankland, 27 April [1876] and n. 3. …
- … Frankland’s diary entry for the 30 April 1876 (see Russell 1996 , pp. 331–2) recorded a …
To W. E. Darwin [after 20 November 1876]
Summary
Has written of his idea [on the formation of the gravels near Southampton] to James Geikie, who thought it very feasible.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [after 20 Nov 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 148 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10486 |
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- … To W. E. Darwin [after 20 November 1876] …
- … DAR 210.6: 148 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [after 20 Nov 1876] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from James Geikie, 20 November 1876 . See …
- … letters to James Geikie , 26 October 1876 and …
- … 16 November 1876 , and letter from …
- … James Geikie, 20 November 1876 . Geikie had sent CD his Great ice age ( J. Geikie 1877 ). …
To Nature 6 May [1876]
Summary
Reports seeing flowers of wild cherry bitten off in same manner as primroses [see 9418 and 9444]. In this case it was done by a squirrel, though birds also bite the flowers of the cherry-tree.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 6 May [1876] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 11 May 1876, p. 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10498 |
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To Bartholomäus von Carneri 22 April 1876
Summary
Is obliged for Carneri’s new work, Eine psychologische Studie.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Bartholomäus von Carneri |
| Date: | 22 Apr 1876 |
| Classmark: | Wienbibliothek im Rathaus, Handschriftensammlung (H.I.N. 155162) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10466F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Bartholomäus von Carneri 22 April 1876 …
- … H.I.N. 155162) Charles Robert Darwin 22 Apr 1876 Down Bartholomäus von Carneri …
- … Bibliography Carneri, Bartholomaeus. 1876. Gefühl, Bewußtsein, Wille: eine psychologische …
- … consciousness, will: a psychological study; Carneri 1876 ) is in the Darwin Library–Down. …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) April 22 d 1876 Dear Sir I am much obliged for your letter & …
To Bibliographisches Institut 28 August 1876
Summary
Thanks for A. E. Brehm’s Thierleben [2d ed. (1876)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Bibliographisches Institut |
| Date: | 28 Aug 1876 |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10583 |
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- … To Bibliographisches Institut 28 August 1876 …
- … Thanks for A. E. Brehm’s Thierleben [2d ed. (1876)]. …
- … M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Aug 1876 Bibliographisches Institut …
- … Edmund Brehm’s Thierleben (Brehm et al. 1876–9). There are nine volumes of the ten-volume …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Aug 28 1876 Gentlemen I am very much obliged for your …
From Francis Darwin [1 June 1876]
Summary
Has examined sections of teasel in putrid meat infusion and ammonia.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 June 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10515H |
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- … From Francis Darwin [1 June 1876] …
- … DAR 274.1: 4 Francis Darwin Down [1 June 1876] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Society during its first fifty years, 1876–1926 . London: Cambridge University Press. …
- … Regent (now Piccadilly) Circus, London, on 26 May 1876 ( Sharpey-Schafer 1927 , p. 15). …
- … See also letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 . …
- … and the letter to Francis Darwin, [2 June 1876] . Francis had discovered protoplasmic …
- … Dipsacus sylvestris , now D. fullonum ; see letter from Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] ). …
- … In his letter of 30 [May 1876] , CD had suggested using a weak solution of carbonate of …
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Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
Summary
1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
Matches: 30 hits
- … I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
- … has won only 2490 games’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876 ). Francis Darwin, happily …
- … life. But the calm was not to last, and the second half of 1876 was marked by anxiety and deep grief …
- … in him for ‘new matter’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). The preparation of the second edition …
- … Climbing plants ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 23 February 1876 ). When Smith, Elder and Company …
- … observed to Carus. ( Letter to J. V. Carus, 24 April 1876. ) Darwin focused instead on the …
- … ‘advantages of crossing’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). Revising Orchids was less a …
- … with his new research in mind: ‘During this autumn of 1876 I shall publish on the “Effects of Cross …
- … pamphlet, Darwin confounded (C. O’Shaughnessy 1876), which, he informed Darwin, ‘completely …
- … and it is the correct one’ ( letter from Nemo, [1876?] ). Combatting enemies... …
- … disguised his views as to the bestiality of man’ (Mivart 1876, p. 144). Not only was the comment …
- … in giving him pain ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 17 June 1876 ). Although Mivart had long been a …
- … a zoologist ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 January 1876 ). Both aims were achieved, and in Darwin’s …
- … in London’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [4 February 1876] ). 'The heat of battle& …
- … issue had occupied Darwin for much of 1875. In January 1876, a Royal Commission report was published …
- … The Physiological Society, which had been founded in March 1876 by the London physiologist John …
- … The 'insect eating theory' Throughout 1876, Darwin continued to receive responses …
- … published later that year and a German translation in 1876. ‘What is more to be wondered at—Nature …
- … an answer’ ( letter from S. B. Herrick, 12 February 1876 ). Others questioned whether insects …
- … eating theory’ ( letter from Peter Henderson, 15 November 1876 ). William Dallinger from Liverpool …
- … to his results ( letter from Moritz Schiff, 8 May 1876 ). Pangenesis v. perigenesis …
- … second edition of Variation was published in February 1876 (despite bearing a publication date …
- … ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [ c . 19 March 1876] ). A less welcome reaction came from an ardent …
- … previous year ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [after 4 September 1876] ). ...all sorts of …
- … later told Muller ( letter to Fritz Müller, [9 February 1876] ). Likewise, when Johann von Fischer …
- … ( letter from Johann von Fischer, [before 15 September 1876] ). Hubert Airy’s latest paper on leaf …
- … of very young buds’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 June [1876] ). Darwin recognised scientific skill …
- … Thomas Edward ( letter from F. M. Balfour, 11 December 1876 ; letter to Samuel Smiles, 16 …
- … it to the death’ ( letter from James Torbitt, 19 April 1876 ). Darwin beat an angry retreat. He …
- … untrustworthy fanatic ( letter to James Torbitt, 21 April 1876 ). Darwin also had cause to …
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: 25 hits
- … in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project …
- … the self-fertilised’ ( To G. H. Darwin, 8 January [1876] ). George explained the difficulties of …
- … equal value.’ ( From G. H. Darwin, [after 8 January 1876] ). It was his cousin, the statistician …
- … introduction to the book ( To Francis Galton, 13 January [1876] ). Joseph Henry …
- … on yet another experimental aspect of his work. In February 1876, he wrote to the agricultural …
- … in a state of nature’ ( To J. H. Gilbert, 16 February 1876 ). Darwin wanted to try to remove all …
- … soil to remove nutrients ( From J. H. Gilbert, 4 March 1876 ). In June 1876, Darwin had supposedly …
- … samples differed ( To Edward Frankland, [before 6 June 1876] ). The project proved to be too …
- … am convinced that the book is of value’ By August 1876, the book had gone to press and …
- … shall ever do on this subject’ ( To Asa Gray, 9 August 1876 ). As Darwin began correcting …
- … I would suggest 1,500’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 16 September 1876 ). In the meantime, a happy event, the …
- … it too much for you’ ( To Francis Darwin, 16 September [1876] ). Francis must have found some …
- … slightly modified’ ( To Francis Darwin, 20 September [1876] ). Darwin continued to send work, …
- … & very useful’ ( To Francis Darwin 25 September [1876] ). At the end of September …
- … early in November’ ( To J. V. Carus, 27 September 1876 ). The title had now changed from that …
- … alone worth reading. ( To Otto Zacharias, 5 October [1876] ). Hermann Müller, in contrast, wrote …
- … Pedecino, and Comes ( From Hermann Müller, 4 October 1876 ). Gray was impatient for a copy …
- … had not yet been released ( From Asa Gray, 12 October 1876 ). Darwin sent the sheets, apologised …
- … that of almost anyone else’ ( To Asa Gray, 28 October 1876 ). Gray reassured him, ‘I have as yet …
- … faultless as your temper’ ( From Asa Gray, 12 November 1876 ). The book was published on 10 …
- … 6 or 700 would sell.’ ( To John Murray, 15 November 1876 ). In fact, Murray sold 1100 copies of …
- … for science’ ( From Friedrich Hildebrand, 6 December 1876 ). After reading the book, Hildebrand …
- … for further work’ ( From Hermann Müller, 6 December 1876 ). Alphonse de Candolle noted the …
- … experiments ( From Alphonse de Candolle 16 December 1876 ). One critical review came from Alfred …
- … yet been produced’ ( From A. R. Wallace, 13 December 1876 ). No reply to this letter has been …
Darwin's 1876 letters online
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Birth, tragic death . . . and cardigan jackets. To mark the 211th anniversary of Darwin's birth, we have released online the transcripts and footnotes of over 460 letters written to and from him in 1876 and a supplement of 180 letters written before…
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- … footnotes of over 460 letters written to and from him in 1876 and a supplement of 180 letters …
- … was devoted to the means of crossing. The year 1876 started energetically, with Darwin …
- … of Variation under domestication appeared early in 1876. Reprints of Origin, Climbing plants …
- … in January 1877; Darwin had been working on it since May 1876. Work was probably a welcome …
- … letters written or conjectured to have been written before 1876, which have been discovered or …
- … to a span of years, but that were probably written before 1876. Many of these are from a recently …
From Argus pheasant to Mivart: To A. R. Wallace, 17 June 1876
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This letter has almost everything you might want from a Darwin letter, and merits a correspondingly, magnificently complete set of notes provided by the Correspondence Project. First, the letter is to that other doyen of natural selection, Alfred Russel…
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- … records Darwin's views on the first volume of Wallace's 1876 book The geographical …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
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George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…
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- … Emma to a Sunday afternoon at the Leweses’ on 30 April 1876 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) and …
Have you read the one about....
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... 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 …
Jane Gray
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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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- … hurrah, 2795 games. (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876 ) And an entry in Jane …
4.28 'English celebrities' montage
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< Back to Introduction One of the stranger appropriations of Elliott and Fry’s portrayal of Darwin was to make him one of a group of ‘Authors’, in an album titled English Celebrities, 19th Century (1876). Fiction writers and scientists were grouped…
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Letter 10439 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [3 April 1876] Mary Treat describes a field trip …
- … 10390 - Herrick, S. M. B . to Darwin, [12 February 1876] Sophia Herrick asks …
- … Letter 10517 - Darwin to Francis, F., [29 May 1876] Darwin gives his son, Francis, …
- … Letter 10517 - Darwin t o Francis, F., [29 May 1876] Darwin gives his son, Francis …
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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3.17 Lock and Whitfield, 'Men of Mark'
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< Back to Introduction The ambitious series of photographs of Men of Mark, published by the firm of Lock and Whitfield between 1876 and 1883, was a successor to similar sets which had appeared in the 1850s and 1860s. This one was distinguished by its…
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- … Mark , published by the firm of Lock and Whitfield between 1876 and 1883, was a successor to …
Dipsacus and Drosera: Frank’s favourite carnivores
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In Autumn of 1875, Francis Darwin was busy researching aggregation in the tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia (F. Darwin 1876). This phenomenon occurs when coloured particles within either protoplasm or the fluid in the cell vacuole (the cell sap) cluster…
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- … in the tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia (F. Darwin 1876). This phenomenon occurs when coloured …
- … and continued collecting wild plants in the spring of 1876. The resulting observations would …
- … his observations. On 7 September 1876, Francis welcomed his son Bernard into the …
- … on the nature and function of aggregation. Francis’ 1876 paper on aggregation sought explicitly to …
- … protoplasm, rather than condensations of cell-sap (F. Darwin 1876, p. 312). Cohn’s comments on …
- … by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. Darwin, F. 1876. The Process of Aggregation in the …
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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- … religious sect’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 4 June [1876] ). Experimenters and a portion of the …
Power of movement in plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Family experiments Darwin was an active and engaged father during his children's youth, involving them in his experiments and even occasionally using them as observational subjects. When his children…
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- … Letter 10517 - Darwin to Francis Darwin, 29 May 1876 Darwin writes to Francis to …
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
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- … Letter 10523 - Darwin to Treat, M., [1 June 1876] Darwin praises Treat’s work and …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … THE OLDER ONE GETS THE MORE THERE IS TO DO: 1868-1876 In which the friends consider the …
- … 20 JULY 1857 45 A GRAY, PREFACE TO DARWINIANA, 1876 46 THE NICENE CREED, …
- … TO A GRAY, 22 MAY 1860 91 A GRAY, DARWINIANA, 1876 92 A GRAY, REVIEW OF …
- … TO JD HOOKER 1870 183 C DARWIN, AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1876 184 A GRAY, PREFACE, …
- … GRAY, 19 JANUARY 1863 193 TO A GRAY 9 AUGUST 1876 194 FROM A GRAY 25 …
- … JUNE 1874 203 C DARWIN TO A GRAY 28 JANUARY 1876 204 FROM A GRAY 11 …
People featured in the German and Austrian photograph album
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Biographical details of people from the Habsburg Empire that appeared in the album of German and Austrian scientists sent to Darwin on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Johannes Mattes for providing these details and for permission to make his…
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- … Künste”. He co-founded the Scientific Club in Vienna (1876) and moved from Vienna to Paris in 1889. …
- … and was sent back to Europe as a military attaché. Since 1876, Gagern served as secretary of the …
- … Kautschuk- und Leder-Industrie. 2 nd issue. Wien: Manz 1876. N.N.: GM Josef Edler von …
- … society Carnuntum (1884) and the Scientific Club (1876) in Vienna. Doblhoff-Dier J. v.: …
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…
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- … 10546 – Darwin to Editor of The Times , [23 June 1876] Darwin forwards to The …
Essays & reviews by Asa Gray
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Asa Gray wrote a series of reviews of Darwin’s works for American magazines such as Atlantic Monthly and The Nation. These gave publicity to Darwin’s theories, and they also contained extended reflections on the possible implications of these theories…
