From W. E. Darwin 5 October [1877]
Summary
Thanks CD for present of £300.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11169 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From W. E. Darwin 5 October [1877] …
- … DAR 210.5: 21 William Erasmus Darwin Bassett 5 Oct [1877] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … E. Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [28 September 1877] (DAR 219.8: 32)). The letters from the …
- … Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [28 September 1877] (DAR 219.8: 32)). The horse-dealer has not …
- … the letter to W. E. Darwin, 3 October [1877] . CD’s marriage present to William and his …
- … Sara Sedgwick (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 3 October [1877] and n. 2) was a cheque for …
- … 300 guineas (£315; CD’s Classed accounts (Down House MS), 3 October 1877). CD and Emma had …
- … in Southampton from 13 June to 4 July 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). William had …
From Theodor von Heldreich 2 August 1877
Summary
Sends paper on Greek plants.
| Author: | Theodor Heinrich Hermann (Theodor) von Heldreich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Aug 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 135 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11091 |
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- … From Theodor von Heldreich 2 August 1877 …
- … Theodor Heinrich Hermann (Theodor) von Heldreich Athens 2 Aug 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … self fertilisation (Carus trans. 1877d) was published in May 1877 ( Botanische Zeitung , …
- … 11 May 1877, p. 312). …
- … Murray. 1876. Heldreich, Theodor von. 1877. Die Pflanzen der attischen Ebene . Schleswig: …
- … Athènes le 2 Aout 1877 Monsieur, Un de Vos plus humbles disciples, mais certes un de vos …
- … work also appeared separately ( Heldreich 1877 ). Julius Victor Carus’s German translation …
- … Athens 2 August 1877 Sir, As one of your most humble disciples, but certainly one of your …
From William Roberts 30 June 1877
Summary
He is delivering address at the British Medical Association’s Manchester meeting ["Address in medicine", Br. Med. J. (1877) pt 2: 168–73]. Will develop theme that parasites are variations of common types, e.g., Bacillus anthracis is a variant of B. subtilis. Asks for more examples.
| Author: | William Roberts |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 185 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11025 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From William Roberts 30 June 1877 …
- … DAR 176: 185 William Roberts Manchester 30 June 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … meeting ["Address in medicine", Br. Med. J. (1877) pt 2: 168–73]. Will develop theme that …
- … similarities between the two bacilli ( Roberts 1877 , pp. 35–8). Roberts cited cases of …
- … Bacillus anthracis had evolved as a sport of Bacillus subtilis ( Roberts 1877 , pp. 38–9). …
- … 2 (1876–7): 277–310. Roberts, William. 1877. On spontaneous generation and the doctrine of …
- … medicine. A copy of the paper ( Roberts 1877 ) is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
From Arthur Rawson 19 January 1877
Summary
Has observed the scarcity of humble-bees and subsequently of holly berries this year. But does not think humble-bees ever visit holly flowers, however plentiful they may be.
| Author: | Arthur Rawson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10805 |
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- … From Arthur Rawson 19 January 1877 …
- … DAR 176: 24 Arthur Rawson Bromley Common 19 Jan 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letters to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 3 January [1877] and …
- … 17 January [1877] and n. 2. …
- … CD’s original letter was reprinted in full in The Times , 11 January 1877, p. 7. …
- … letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 3 January [1877], CD had written, ‘Bees of all kinds were …
- … Vicarage, | Bromley Common. | Kent Jan 19. 1877 Dear M r . Darwin I have read with some …
From W. W. Bailey [November 1877]
Summary
Encloses flowers. Long-styled form may be a sport.
| Author: | William Whitman Bailey |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Nov 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11162 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From W. W. Bailey [November 1877] …
- … DAR 160: 17 William Whitman Bailey Providence, R.I. [Nov 1877] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Club 6: 106. Bailey, William Whitman. 1877. Notes from Rhode Island. Bulletin of the …
- … of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … the letter to W. W. Bailey, 10 December [1877] , in which CD mentions the arrival of some …
- … specimens. See letter from W. W. Bailey, 28 September 1877 . CD’s reply has not been …
- … found. In his letter of 28 September 1877 , Bailey promised to send CD dried specimens of …
- … cited Bailey’s observations from the September issue of the same journal ( Bailey 1877 ). …
From T. H. Farrer 5 September 1877
Summary
Sends two papers on Roman ruins at Cirencester, which he asks CD to return.
Worm observations.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Sept 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 83 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11129 |
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- … From T. H. Farrer 5 September 1877 …
- … Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer Abinger Hall 5 Sept 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Farrer ; the Farrers were away from 27 August to 5 September 1877 ( letter from T. …
- … H. Farrer, 23 September 1877 ). See letter from T. …
- … H. Farrer, 26 August 1877 and n. 1, and letter to T. …
- … H. Farrer, 27 August [1877] . CD cited the observations in this letter in Earthworms , p. …
- … Abinger, Surrey, when he visited in August 1877 ( Earthworms , pp. 178–93). Thomas Farrer …
- … See letter to T. H. Farrer, 27 August [1877] . The former Darwin family home, The Mount, …
From Emil Rade [before 16] February 1877
Summary
Sends album of photographs of German scientists as birthday honour.
| Author: | Emil Rade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 16] Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 29 (EH 88206080) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10826 |
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- … From Emil Rade [before 16] February 1877 …
- … DAR 261.11: 29 (EH 88206080) Emil Rade Münster [before 16] Feb 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Westfalens und das Darwin-Album von 1877. Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für …
- … Naturkunde 68 (2): 1–93. Rade, Emil. 1877. Charles Darwin und seine deutschen Anhänger im …
- … Münster i. /Westf. im Februar 1877. Hochverehrter Herr! Mit der hier beifolgenden …
- … and translated in Appendix VI. A number of other poems were included in Rade 1877 . …
- … Münster i. /Westf. February 1877. Highly esteemed Sir! With the enclosed celebratory gift, …
- … and the letter to Emil Rade, 16 February 1877 . The gift was a photograph album, which is …
- … still at Down House. Darwin was in fact 68 on 12 February 1877. On the making of the …
- … list of the persons included, see Rade 1877 and Gries 2006 . The full name of the society …
From J. V. Carus 13 September 1877
Summary
Sends a list of errata in Forms of flowers.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11136 |
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- … From J. V. Carus 13 September 1877 …
- … DAR 161: 110 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 13 Sept 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … Leipzig Sept 13. 1877. My dear Sir, Although I am afraid that it will be too late for the …
- … Forms of flowers into German (see letter to J. V. Carus, 17 June [1877] and n. 4); …
- … the English edition had been published on 9 July 1877 ( Freeman 1977 ). …
- … In his reply to Carus of 16 September [1877], CD explained that he had failed to correct …
From B. J. Sulivan 25 December 1877
Summary
BJS was pleased to see CD’s son [William] and his wife at Charles Langton’s.
His own son is preparing for marriage.
Reports meeting a former Beagle shipmate.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 303 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11288 |
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- … From B. J. Sulivan 25 December 1877 …
- … DAR 177: 303 Bartholomew James Sulivan Bournemouth 25 Dec 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Moreno, Francisco P. 1877. Travels in Patagonia. …
- … South American Missionary Magazine , 1 October 1877, pp. 239–42. …
- … LLD at Cambridge University on 17 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). An …
- … in the South American Missionary Magazine ( Moreno 1877 ). CD’s copy has not been found. …
- … Darwin married Sara Sedgwick on 29 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). They …
- … from Sara Darwin to Emma Darwin, [3 December 1877] (DAR 210.5: 23)). James Young Falkland …
From Emile Alglave 21 June 1877
Summary
Concerning the publication of a French edition of Coral Reefs.
| Author: | Émile Alglave |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.11: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11010 |
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- … From Emile Alglave 21 June 1877 …
- … DAR 210.11: 36 Émile Alglave Paris 21 June 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Germer-Baillière ( Cosserat trans. 1878 ; see letter to Smith, Elder & Co , 7 March 1877). …
- … of an infant. By Charles Darwin. Mind 2 (1877): 285–94. [ Shorter publications , pp. 409– …
- … article had been submitted to Mind in April 1877 and was published in July (see letter to …
- … G. C. Robertson, 24 June [1877] ). The French translation appeared in …
- … de la France et de l’étranger , 14 July 1877, pp. 25–8. Alglave refers to the French …
From C. G. Semper 13 July 1877
Summary
Sends work on dorsal eyes of Onchidium ["Über Schneckenaugen", Arch. Mikrosk. Anat. 14 (1877): 118–24]. Comments on work.
| Author: | Carl Gottfried Semper |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 138 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11050 |
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- … From C. G. Semper 13 July 1877 …
- … DAR 177: 138 Carl Gottfried Semper Würzburg 13 July 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Über Schneckenaugen", Arch. Mikrosk. Anat. 14 (1877): 118–24]. Comments on work. …
- … See letter from C. G. Semper, 26 April 1877 and n. 2, and letter to C. …
- … G. Semper, 30 April 1877 . The work was Über Sehorgane von Typus der Wirbelthieraugen auf …
- … Würzburg 13 th July 1877. Dear Sir It gives me the greatest pleasure that I am able to …
From R. F. Cooke 29 November 1877
Summary
Answers CD’s query about number of copies of Origin recently printed. Order to print 2000, rather than 1000, was given after JM’s annual sales showed demand was keeping up.
Cross and self-fertilisation will be stereotyped after CD’s corrections have been made.
Printer will be asked to keep type of Forms of flowers standing, for the present.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 496 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11260 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 29 November 1877 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 29 Nov 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter from R. F. Cooke, 23 November 1877 , and letter to R. …
- … F. Cooke, 24 November 1877 . …
- … On 16 March 1877, Cooke had written to CD that there were 500 copies of Origin in stock, …
- … were invited ( J. Murray 1908–9 , p. 540). See letter to John Murray, 28 November 1877 . …
- … 50, Albemarle S t . | W. Nov. 29. 1877 My dear Sir Although I wrote to you in the summer …
From J. F. McLennan 30 July 1877
Summary
Sees abortion as a refinement of infanticide; all such practices originate in female infanticide. Herbert Spencer’s over-speculation.
| Author: | John Ferguson McLennan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11082 |
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- … From J. F. McLennan 30 July 1877 …
- … DAR 171: 25 John Ferguson McLennan Norwood 30 July 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … also letter from L. H. Morgan, 26 June 1877 . Eleonora Anne McLennan . Henrietta Emma …
- … and Charles Black. McLennan, John Ferguson. 1877. Exogamy and endogamy. Fortnightly Review …
- … See letter from J. F. McLennan, 24 July 1877 . McLennan referred to what he took to be a …
- … also letter from L. H. Morgan, 26 June 1877 and n. 8). Azara 1809 , 2: 92–4, discussed …
- … Library–CUL; see Marginalia 1: 26. In an article in Fortnightly Review , 1 June 1877 ( …
- … McLennan 1877 ), McLennan had criticised Herbert Spencer’s remarks on exogamy in his …
From Asa Gray 6 February 1877
Summary
Sends specimen of Gilia aggregata and will try to get Phlox subulata.
| 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 Leonard Blomefield 12 March 1877
Summary
Congratulates CD on testimonials from the savants of Germany and the Netherlands [Nature 15 (1877): 356, 410–12] and generally on his contributions to biology.
Asks if and when CD’s "Variability of organic beings in a state of nature", as projected in 1868 [see Variation 1: 4] is to appear.
| Author: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10889 |
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- … From Leonard Blomefield 12 March 1877 …
- … DAR 168: 59 Leonard Jenyns/Leonard Blomefield Bath 12 Mar 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of Germany and the Netherlands [ Nature 15 (1877): 356, 410–12] and generally on his …
- … Nature , 22 February 1877, p. 356, reported that on the occasion of CD’s 69th birthday, he …
- … and lovers of science from Holland. CD was 68 on 12 February 1877. The German album was …
- … from Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877 , and the Dutch one was sent with the letter …
- … van Bemmelen and H. J. Veth, 6 February 1877 . CD had entered his 69th year; both albums …
- … Belmont | Bath. March 12 th | 1877. — My dear Darwin, I cannot refrain from writing you a …
From R. F. Cooke 29 June 1877
Summary
Explains the delay in publishing [Forms of flowers].
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 488 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11022 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 29 June 1877 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 29 June 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus of 17 June [1877] ). Forms of flowers US ed. was published by D. …
- … Forms of flowers was published on 9 July 1877 ( Freeman 1977 ). For CD’s presentation …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Forms of flowers US ed. : The different …
- … Darwin. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1877. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works …
From W. G. Smith 27 July 1877
Summary
Has examined some sea-kale and iris leaves sent by CD and does not think the scars are caused by fungus but rather through the action of insects. Feels "bloom" may protect leaves from such insect attack.
| Author: | Worthington George Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 202 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11075 |
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- … From W. G. Smith 27 July 1877 …
- … 202 Worthington George Smith London, Mildmay Grove, 15 27 July 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … by John Murray . See letter from W. G. Smith, 24 July 1877 and n. 1. The son Smith …
- … Smith . See Gardeners’ Chronicle , 25 August 1877, p. 244. The illustration accompanied a …
- … 15, Mildmay Grove, N. 27 July 1877 My dear Sir It was very kind of you to request your …
From A. H. Sayce 30 July 1877
Summary
Thanks CD for statement about children’s speech. Asks permission to quote him in his forthcoming book.
| Author: | Archibald Henry Sayce |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11080 |
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- … From A. H. Sayce 30 July 1877 …
- … 177: 46 Archibald Henry Sayce Queen’s College, Oxford 30 July 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter from A. H. Sayce, 27 July 1877 , and letter to A. …
- … H. Sayce, 28 July 1877 . Sayce cited CD in his Introduction to the science of language ( …
- … Queen’s Coll. | Oxford. July 30th 1877. Dear Sir, Let me thank you very much for your kind …
From R. I. Lynch [September 1877 or later]
Summary
Cotyledon sleep movement in Haematoxylon.
| Author: | Richard Irwin Lynch |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Sept 1877 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.9: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11385 |
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- … From R. I. Lynch [September 1877 or later] …
- … DAR 209.9: 110 Richard Irwin Lynch unstated [Sept 1877 or later] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in Cassia , see Correspondence vol. 25, letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). …
- … vol. 25, letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). CD received a specimen of …
- … campechianum , logwood) from Kew in 1877 (see Correspondence vol. 25, letter from W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 July 1877 ). He discussed the nocturnal movement of its leaves in …
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 18 July 1877
Summary
Has sent Mimosa. The horticultural and physiological Mimosa is M. albida, which has a western distribution, rather than M. sensitiva as it is commonly called in error.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.2: 159 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11060 |
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- … From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 18 July 1877 …
- … DAR 209.2: 159 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer Kew 18 July 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 July [1877], n. 2. Villous: hairy. Cano-pubescent: …
- … See letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 July 1877 . See letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 July [1877] . In Bentham 1874 , George Bentham noted that Carolus …
- … Royal Gardens Kew July 18. 1877 Dear M r Darwin The plants were sent to you yesterday and …
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Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
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
Summary
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
Summary
< 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
Summary
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
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 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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- … | Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a …
- … findings on floral dimorphism were eventually published in 1877, but these experiments and …
- … SOURCES Book Darwin, C. R. 1877. The different forms of flowers on plants of the …
- … experiment, the class read chapter 1 of Charles Darwin’s 1877 T he Different Forms of …
- … 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…
