To Asa Gray 18 February [1877]
Summary
Praises AG’s abstract of Cross and self-fertilisation [Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 13 (1877): 125–41].
Hopes soon to finish with dimorphic plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 18 Feb [1877] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (122) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10851 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To Asa Gray 18 February [1877] …
- … Herbarium of Harvard University (122) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Feb [1877] Asa Gray …
- … and self-fertilisation [ Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 13 (1877): 125–41]. Hopes soon to finish with …
- … and self fertilisation 2d ed. , see the letter to J. V. Carus, 4 March 1877 and n. 2. …
- … self fertilisation appeared in the American Journal of Science 3d ser. 13 (1877): 125–41. …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 6 February 1877 and n. 1. …
- … Forms of flowers was published in July 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). For CD’s …
- … see the letter to Asa Gray, 3 January 1877 and nn. 1 and 2. Polemoniaceae is the phlox …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Orchids 2d ed. : The various contrivances by …
- … 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. Orchids : On the various contrivances by …
- … Kew. See letter from Asa Gray, 6 February 1877 and n. 1. Gray was planning to write …
- … 2d ed. (see letter from Asa Gray, 6 February 1877 and n. 3). The letter to John Murray has …
From Asa Gray 6 February 1877
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Feb 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 193 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10830 |
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- … From Asa Gray 6 February 1877 …
- … DAR 165: 193 Asa Gray Cambridge Mass. 6 Feb 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Orchids 2d ed. : The various contrivances by …
- … fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … Cambridge Feb. 6, 1877 Dear Darwin Specimens in herb. glued down had to detach & present …
- … see letter to Asa Gray, 23 January 1877 and n. 3). See also Forms of flowers , pp. …
- … see the letter to Asa Gray, 23 January 1877 and n. 2. Gray had requested proof-sheets of …
From Asa Gray 27 September 1877
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Sept 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 198 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11155 |
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- … From Asa Gray 27 September 1877 …
- … DAR 165: 198 Asa Gray Cambridge, Mass. 27 Sept 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Orchids 2d ed. : The various contrivances by …
- … fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … Cambridge, Mass. Sept. 27. 1877 My Dear Darwin Returning from our 10 1 2 weeks of travel— …
- … See letter to Asa Gray, 4 June [1877] . Gray’s name is on the presentation list for Forms …
- … Mountains (see letter from Asa Gray, 10 June 1877 and n. 5). After receiving a copy of …
- … from Cohn’s letter in Nature ( letter from F. J. Cohn, 5 August 1877 , and letter to …
- … Nature , 15 August [1877] and nn. 2–4). For their survey of the vegetation of the Rocky …
From Asa Gray 6 March 1877
Summary
Thanks for Orchids [2d ed.].
Does not feel his abstract of Cross and self-fertilisation [Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 13 (1877): 125–41] was thorough enough.
Has heard of their sad bereavement last autumn [death of Amy, wife of Francis Darwin].
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Mar 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 194 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10880 |
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- … From Asa Gray 6 March 1877 …
- … DAR 165: 194 Asa Gray Herbarium of Harvard 6 Mar 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … fertilisation [ Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 13 (1877): 125–41] was thorough enough. Has heard of …
- … Orchids 2d ed. was published in January 1877 by John Murray ( …
- … Publishers’ Circular , 1 February 1877, p. 93). CD praised Gray’s abstract of Cross and …
- … eviscerated it’ in his letter of 18 February [1877] . Benjamin Silliman Jr was one of the …
- … fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. …
To Asa Gray 4 June [1877]
Summary
C. E. Bessey’s case [see 10969] came too late, as the sheets had been printed, but CD thinks it should be carefully investigated as a possible case of incipient heterostyly.
Is trying to make out the function of "bloom", the waxy secretion on leaves and fruits.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 4 June [1877] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (119) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10982 |
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- … To Asa Gray 4 June [1877] …
- … Herbarium of Harvard University (119) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 June [1877] Asa Gray …
- … of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … and the letter from Asa Gray, 22 May 1877 . Gray had forwarded a letter from Charles Edwin …
- … gromwell; see letter from Asa Gray, 22 May 1877 ). CD’s manuscript of Forms of flowers was …
- … 11 April (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 11 April 1877 and n. 1); he remarked that the proof- …
- … in his letter to J. V. Carus, 17 June [1877] . Bessey’s name appears on CD’s presentation …
- … see the letter to Fritz Müller, 14 May 1877 and n. 2. CD had recently resumed experiments …
From Asa Gray 10 February 1877
Summary
Sends specimens of two forms of Rhamnus lanceolata.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Feb 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 109: A84 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10837 |
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To Asa Gray 19 March [1877]
Summary
Sends an informal title-page [for Orchids, 2d ed.].
Appreciates the condolences for Frank [on death of his wife, Amy].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 19 Mar [1877] |
Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (tipped into Orchids 2d ed., EC85 D2593 862oba) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10901 |
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- … To Asa Gray 19 March [1877] …
- … into Orchids 2d ed. , EC85 D2593 862oba) Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Mar [1877] Asa Gray …
- … fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Asa Gray, 6 March 1877 . …
- … In his letter of 6 March 1877 , Gray had requested a title page to complete his copy of …
- … publisher. See letter from Asa Gray, 6 March 1877 and n. 4; Gray and his wife, Jane Loring …
To Asa Gray 8 March 1877
Summary
Leucosmia burnettiana is in all probability dimorphic. Thinks Gilia is truly heterostyled and Phlox subulata was, perhaps, once heterostyled. Has good evidence of heterostyly in 39 genera from 14 families.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 8 Mar 1877 |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (117) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10883 |
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- … To Asa Gray 8 March 1877 …
- … Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (117) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Mar 1877 Asa Gray …
- … of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … 15. See also letter to Asa Gray, 3 January 1877 . Gray sent a flower of Gilia aggregata ( …
- … scarlet gilia) with his letter of 6 February 1877 . In his letter of 22 December 1876 ( …
- … 118–19. See letter to Asa Gray, 23 January 1877 and n. 2. Phlox subulata is moss phlox; …
From Asa Gray 3 February 1878
Summary
AG’s review of Joseph Cook ["Lectures on biology", New Englander 37: 100–13].
Encourages CD to work at heliotropism.
Thinks Thomas Meehan is as "rattle-brained" as Joseph Cook.
[A damaged fragment cut from this letter is pinned to 11051.]
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Feb 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 169, DAR 165: 199 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11343 |
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- … those Gray and CD described; see A. Gray 1877 and letter to Asa Gray, 21 [and 22] January …
- … Bibliography Cook, Joseph. 1877. Boston Monday lectures. Biology, with preludes on current …
- … with preludes on current events ( J. Cook 1877 ) appeared in the New Englander 37 (1878): …
- … evolution rather than CD’s (see J. Cook 1877 , pp. 1–32). For CD’s comment on the review, …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Meehan, Thomas. 1875. Are insects any …
- … the Advancement of Science 24: 243–51. Meehan, Thomas. 1877. Darwin on the fertilization …
- … of flowers. Penn Monthly , June 1877, pp. 463–71. Movement in plants : The power of …
- … Jackson to Francis Darwin, 18 November 1877 ). For a previous discussion between Gray and …
- … married Sara Sedgwick , an American, in 1877; see letter to Asa Gray, 21 [and 22] January …
- … of Cross and self fertilisation ( Meehan 1877 ) and Meehan’s earlier paper on the role of …
- … vol. 25, letter to Thomas Meehan, 5 July [1877] , and Correspondence vol. 23, letter to …
- … Müller, 26 October 1875 . In the summer of 1877, Gray and his wife, Jane Loring Gray , had …
To Asa Gray 23 January 1877
Summary
Thanks AG for card about Pontederia.
Asks for specimens of Phlox subulata and Gilia aggregata to check for dimorphism.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 23 Jan 1877 |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (120) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10811 |
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- … To Asa Gray 23 January 1877 …
- … Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (120) Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Jan 1877 Asa Gray …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Gray, Asa. 1870. Revision of the North …
- … Pontederia cordata (pickerel weed; see letter from W. H. Leggett, 15 January 1877 ). CD’ …
- … s letter to Leggett of 22 January 1877 evidently crossed in the post with Leggett’s. See …
To Asa Gray 21 [and 22] January 1878
Summary
Thanks for AG’s review of Forms of flowers [Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 15 (1878): 67–73].
Thomas Carlyle’s letter about CD was a forgery.
Gives Hermann Müller’s observations on Valeriana dioica.
Is unsure about function of "bloom"; are glaucous plants more or less common in arid parts of U. S.?
Observations on heliotropism.
Thomas Meehan reports that Linum perenne is self-fertile; CD thinks that he has mistaken the species.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 21 and 22 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (123 and 127) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11330 |
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- … 18 September 1863, pp. 281–2. Cook, Joseph. 1877. Boston Monday lectures. Biology, with …
- … vol. 25, letter from Asa Gray, 27 September 1877 . See A. Gray 1878a , pp. 67–8, and Forms …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Hildebrand, Friedrich. 1864. Experimente …
- … und seine Wirkung auf die Naturzüchtung der Blumen. Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 11–25, 128–140. …
- … Darwin married Sara Sedgwick on 29 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). For CD’ …
- … vol. 25, letter from Asa Gray, 10 June 1877 . Thomas Meehan’s comments were in fact …
- … of the Torrey Botanical Club , December 1877, p. 189. There is a lightly annotated copy of …
- … Cook’s lectures on biology ( J. Cook 1877 ) in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL ([A. …
- … a friend, appeared in The Times , 17 January 1877, p. 5, having originally appeared in the …
- … 25, letter from E. A. Darwin, 27 January [1877] and n. 5). See letter to Hermann Müller, 1 …
- … than two months travelling together in the United States in 1877; see Correspondence vol. …
- … 25, letter from Asa Gray, 27 September 1877 . CD stayed with his brother, Erasmus, from 17 …
From Asa Gray 10 June 1877
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 June 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 197 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10994 |
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From Asa Gray 22 May 1877
Summary
Asked C. E. Bessey whether Lithospermum longiflorum was dimorphic like its relatives. Encloses CEB’s reply.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 May 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 110: B53–7, DAR 165: 196 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10969 |
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- … From Asa Gray 22 May 1877 …
- … 110: B53–7, DAR 165: 196 Asa Gray Herbarium of Harvard 22 May 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … not dimorphic ( letter from Asa Gray, 30 March 1877 ). Lithospermum longiflorum and L. …
- … see also letter from J. V. Carus, 22 March 1877 , n. 2. In Forms of flowers , p. 3, CD …
To Asa Gray 3 January 1877
Summary
Asks AG not to send his rare specimens [of Leucosmia].
Is glad of the notice about black pigs.
Has great faith in Jeffries Wyman;
thinks A. R. Wallace founds his speculation on a feeble basis.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 3 Jan 1877 |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (118) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10768 |
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- … To Asa Gray 3 January 1877 …
- … Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (118) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Jan 1877 Asa Gray …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Jan 3. 1877 My dear Gray, I have just received your …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Origin 3d ed. : On the origin of species by …
From Asa Gray 30 March 1877
Summary
Lithospermum longiflorum has cleistogamous flowers and, unlike other species of genus, it is not dimorphic.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 Mar 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 195 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10918 |
To Asa Gray 28 October 1876
Summary
Is sending sheets of Cross and self-fertilisation. He will be curious to see what AG thinks of it, as AG speaks the truth whether or not he approves. Is sick of trying to correct his "horrid bad style".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 28 Oct 1876 |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (113) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10656 |
To Asa Gray 16 December 1879
Summary
Thanks for AG’s trouble about the seeds. Is curious to see their germination and the early seedling growth.
Asks for cotton seeds, as he observes odd movements of the cotyledon.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 16 Dec 1879 |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (130a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12357 |
To Asa Gray 17 February [1878]
Summary
Heterostyly in Linum perenne. Believes the American form may be a distinct species.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 17 Feb [1878] |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (129) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11364 |
From Asa Gray 22 December 1876
Summary
Discusses some dimorphic plants.
Sends specimens of Rhamnus but his few specimens of Leucosmia are very poor.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 Dec 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 110: B36–7, B74–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10731 |
To Asa Gray 9 August 1876
Summary
AG’s Darwiniana [1876].
Cross and self-fertilisation has now gone to press.
Is preparing new edition of Orchids.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 9 Aug 1876 |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (112) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10575 |
letter | (68) |
Darwin, C. R. | (42) |
Gray, Asa | (25) |
Wright, Charles | (1) |
Gray, Asa | (43) |
Darwin, C. R. | (25) |
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … , Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and …
- … from a family that the Darwins had befriended. The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. …
- … of a very heavy shower’, William wrote on 24 August 1877 . ‘The leaves were not at all depressed; …
- … gardeners ( letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 August 1877 ). At Down House, Darwin and …
- … a delicate twig’ ( letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). Research on movement would continue …
- … of some Infusoria’ ( letter from F. J. Cohn, 5 August 1877 ). Francis’s paper eventually appeared …
- … wrote to the editor, George Croom Robertson, on 27 April 1877 , ‘I hope that you will be so good …
- … had written to the editor Ernst Ludwig Krause on 30 June 1877 , ‘I have been much interested by …
- … the German debate (letters to W. E. Gladstone, 2 October 1877 and 25 October [1877] ). …
- … and lively’ ( letter from W. E. Gladstone, 23 October 1877 ). Gifts of German and Dutch …
- … Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the journal ‘an …
- … the director, Adriaan Anthoni van Bemmelen, on 12 February 1877 : ‘I suppose that every worker at …
- … of his 70th year. Darwin was in fact 68 on 12 February 1877. Distinguished guests and …
- … & smooth as butter’ ( letter to C. E. Norton, 16 March 1877 ). Hooker was asked repeatedly by …
- … & me to dejeuner!!!’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 June 1877 ). Darwin was staying in …
- … centuries to come’ ( letter from C. C. Graham, 30 January 1877 ). Graham then gave a lengthy …
- … man and of societies’ ( letter from Marcellin de Bonnal, [1877] ). A similar complaint came from …
- … by a duke!’ ( letter to J. M. Rodwell, 3 June 1877 ). Back home, he learned from his brother that …
- … order of the day’ ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 27 January [1877] ). Carlyle’s remarks were …
- … . In a letter from an unknown correspondent on 13 June 1877 , he was criticised for having quoted …
- … monstrosity ( letter from C. T. E. Siebold, 10 October 1877 ). An American banker, William Burrows …
- … back our civilization’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 17 May 1877 ). Bowles proposed that such …
- … of humanity beneath’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 18 May 1877 ). More transitional human …
- … inflexible tails ( letter from Arthur Mellersh, 1 January 1877 ). The American physician Jesse …
- … (Trollope 1867; letter to G. J. Romanes, [1 and 2 December 1877] ). Dispute and …
- … George and Francis. He wrote to Francis on 24 September 1877 about his forthcoming work, Life …
- … value’, he confessed in a letter of 25 November 1877 that the book had ‘resolved itself into a …
- … physical’ ( letter from W. M. Moorsom, 10 September 1877 ). Darwin was doubtful of the elephant …
1877 letters now online
Summary
Flowers, bloom, a son married . . . and a suspended monkey in Cambridge at Darwin's honorary LLD ceremony. The transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin's life in 1877…
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- … of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin& …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
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The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
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- … album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade …
- … have ever received ( Letter to Ernst Haeckel, 16 February 1877 ) …
- … the start of his 70th year, but Darwin was only 68 in 1877. Despite this oversight, the album …
- … world.— ( Letter from Leonard Blomefield, 12 March 1877 ) Familiar faces Ernst …
- … with the final album. He wrote to Darwin on 9 February 1877 : ‘what will perhaps astonish you is …
- … worth to give you ( Letter from J. V. Carus, 22 March 1877 ) The professor of …
- … scientific work. ( Letter from C. G. Semper, 26 April 1877 ) Carl Kraus, an …
4.25 'Punch' 1877 re. Cambridge doctorate
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< Back to Introduction Punch often ridiculed Darwin by showing him as a monkey or in other animalistic forms, but in 1877, when he at last received an honorary degree from Cambridge University, it paid its tribute to ‘wisdom’. ‘Punch to Dr. Darwin’…
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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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- … the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the …
- … lasting pleasure. ( Letter to Pieter Harting, 19 March 1877 ) Harting had also written …
- … it states his ‘69th Birthday’, when in fact he was 68 in 1877. It was arranged in alphabetical order …
- … from A. A. van Bemmelen and H. J. Veth, 6 February 1877 ) Dutch correspondents …
- … ( Letter from C. W. Thomson, 30 June 1877 ) Much earlier, in 1861, Tiberius Cornelis …
German and Dutch photograph albums
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Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
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…
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- … of plants.’ ( From Friedrich Hildebrand, 18 January 1877 ). Hermann Müller enthused that Darwin’s …
- … my book’ ( To Gardeners’ Chronicle , 19 February [1877] ). In contrast, as Hooker told Darwin, …
- … gloats over it' ( From J. D. Hooker, 27 January 1877 ). Darwin was especially pleased with …
- … have quite eviscerated it’ ( To Asa Gray, 18 February [1877] ). By mid-March 1877, the edition was …
- … index a little altered’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 11 December [1877] ). These changes were necessitated by …
- … wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, …
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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- … tiredness of the later years (e.g. letter to E.M. Dicey, [1877] ). Working …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … Letter 11074: Sayce, A. H. to Darwin, C. R., 27 July 1877 Darwin’s study of human nature …
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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- … activity at the site of a Roman villa, 15 November 1877 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer's …
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 …
Charles Harrison Blackley
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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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- … grains by a dilution method. In his letter of 9 March 1877 , Darwin wrote: ‘Your calculation of …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
German poems presented to Darwin
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Experiments in deepest reverence The following poems were enclosed with a photograph album sent as a birthday gift to Charles Darwin by his German and Austrian admirers (see letter from From Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877). The poems were…
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- … (see letter from From Emil Rade , [before 16] February 1877). The poems were composed by …
- … in Rade’s account of the making of the album (Rade 1877, pp. 39–40), but the others were published …
- … Letter from Emil Rade 1 [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. …
- … From Emil Rade [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. February 1877. …
- … this letter and the letter to Emil Rade, 16 February 1877. 3. The gift was a photograph …
- … Appendix VI. A number of other poems were included in Rade 1877. …
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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- … Treat, 5 January 1872 Letter to [E. M. Dicey?], [1877] Letter to C. A. Kennard …
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…
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
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- … Lydia Becker (1877) Caricature of Lydia Becker from …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
Floral Dimorphism
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…
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- … findings on floral dimorphism were eventually published in 1877, but these experiments and …
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- … Flowers on Plants of the Same Species (London: John Murray, 1877), 16. [2] Ibid., 30. …
1.14 William Richmond, oil
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< Back to Introduction William Blake Richmond’s portrait of Darwin, dating from 1879, celebrated his honorary degree of LL.D (Doctor in Laws), awarded by Cambridge University in 1877. Darwin’s return to his alma mater for the presentation ceremony…