To Gardeners’ Chronicle 19 February [1877]
Summary
Replies to some of George Henslow’s criticisms [of Cross and self-fertilisation] made in his article ["Fertilisation of plants", Gard. Chron. n.s. 7 (1877): 203–4].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
| Date: | 19 Feb [1877] |
| Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle, 24 February 1877, p. 246 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10854 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To Gardeners’ Chronicle 19 February [1877] …
- … Gardeners’ Chronicle , 24 February 1877, p. …
- … 246 Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Feb [1877] Gardeners’ Chronicle …
- … made in his article ["Fertilisation of plants", Gard. Chron. n.s. 7 (1877): 203–4]. …
- … and self fertilisation 2d ed. , see the letter to J. V. Carus, 4 March 1877 and n. 2. …
- … See Gardeners’ Chronicle , 17 February 1877, p. 204. CD compared self-fertilised and …
- … self fertilisation appeared in seven parts in Gardeners’ Chronicle (13 January 1877, p. …
- … 42, 3 February 1877, p. …
- … 139, 17 February 1877, pp. …
- … 203–4, 3 March 1877, pp. …
- … 270–1, 17 March 1877, p. …
- … 336, 28 April 1877, pp. …
- … 534–5, and 5 May 1877, pp. 560–1). See Cross and self fertilisation , p. 275. For CD’ …
To Édouard Heckel 19 February 1877
Summary
Sends correction to p. 275 of Cross and self fertilisation [but see letter to Édouard Heckel, 4 March 1877].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Édouard Marie (Édouard) Heckel |
| Date: | 19 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | Aguttes (dealers) An Aristophil sale (17 November 2019, lot 43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10852F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Édouard Heckel 19 February 1877 …
- … 2019, lot 43) Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Feb 1877 Édouard Marie (Édouard) Heckel …
- … p. 275 of Cross and self fertilisation [but see letter to Édouard Heckel, 4 March 1877]. …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Feb 19. 1877 Dear Sir An error of considerable importance has …
- … fertilisation into French ( Heckel trans. 1877 ). CD later countermanded the correction; …
- … 25, letter to Édouard Heckel, 4 March 1877 . For the source of the original correction, …
- … see ibid. , letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 19 February [1877] . …
- … John Murray. 1876. Heckel, Édouard, trans. 1877. Des effets de la fécondation croisée et …
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 Francis Galton 22 February 1877
Summary
Attributes the Castilian accent of speech of deaf and dumb men to imitation of their teachers’ lip movements.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A97–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10859 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Francis Galton 22 February 1877 …
- … DAR 105: A97–8 Francis Galton London, Rutland Gate, 42 22 Feb 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … A. A. van Bemmelen and H. J. Veth, 6 February 1877 . …
- … CD was 68 on 12 February 1877. …
- … In his letter of 11 February [1877] , CD had asked about Louisa Jane Galton’s health. …
- … had borrowed Tschouriloff 1876 (see letter from Francis Galton, 12 January 1877 ). See …
- … letter to Francis Galton, 11 February [1877] . William Henry Barlow invented a recording …
- … the two photograph albums sent to CD appeared in The Times , 22 February 1877, p. 11. On …
- … letter from Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877 ; on the Dutch album, see the letter from …
From Lawson Tait 14 February 1877
Summary
Sends another extract [from Diseases of women (1877)].
Has reviewed Cross and self-fertilisation in the Spectator.
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10844 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Lawson Tait 14 February 1877 …
- … DAR 178: 37 Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait Birmingham 14 Feb 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … another extract [from Diseases of women (1877)]. Has reviewed Cross and self-fertilisation …
- … London: John Murray. 1876. Tait, Lawson. 1877. Diseases of women . London: Williams and …
- … Birmingham Feb. 14 1877 My Dear Sir, I enclose another extract from my book which may …
- … from Tait’s book, Diseases of women ( L. Tait 1877 ), have not been found. Tait had sent …
- … an earlier set of page-proofs with his letter of 16 January 1877 . In his review …
- … fertilisation ( Spectator , 10 February 1877, p. 17), Tait remarked: ‘It is marvellous …
To Ernst Haeckel 16 February 1877
Summary
Thanks EH for album of photographs of German scientists.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1–52/43 [9896]) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10847 |
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- … To Ernst Haeckel 16 February 1877 …
- … 52/43 [9896]) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Feb 1877 Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel …
- … and Austrian scientists, see the letter from Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877 . See …
- … letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 February 1877 and n. 5. …
- … CD his Studien zur Gastraea-Theorie ( Haeckel 1877 ). CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library– …
- … Down. See letter to Emil Rade, 16 February 1877 . See …
- … letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 February 1877 and n. 6. …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Feb. 16— 1877 My dear Häckel The album has just arrived quite …
From C.-F. Reinwald 15 February 1877
Summary
Reports on French translations of Cross and self-fertilisation, Climbing plants, and Insectivorous plants.
| Author: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10846 |
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- … From C. -F. Reinwald 15 February 1877 …
- … DAR 176: 104 Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald Paris 15 Feb 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Insectivorous plants was made by Edmond Barbier ; it was published in 1877 (Barbier trans. …
- … 1877). Richard Gordon’s …
- … French translation of Climbing plants was published in 1877 (R. …
- … Gordon trans. 1877). …
- … Paris. Febr. 15 th . 1877 To Charles Darwin Esq. | Down, Beckenham | Kent Cher Monsieur …
- … Marie Heckel’s French translation of Cross and self fertilisation (Heckel trans. 1877) was …
- … published in 1877. See Correspondence vol. 24, letter from E. M. …
- … Paris. Febr. 15 th . 1877 To Charles Darwin Esq. | Down, Beckenham | Kent Dear Sir …
To Nature 24 February [1877]
Summary
Darwin consents to his correspondence with Pieter Harting being published in Nature.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 24 Feb [1877] |
| Classmark: | 19th Century Shop (dealers) (July 2004) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9872F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Nature 24 February [1877] …
- … 19th Century Shop (dealers) (July 2004) Charles Robert Darwin 24 Feb [1877] Down Nature …
- … correspondence published in Nature , 8 March 1877 (see n. 2, below). Joseph Norman Lockyer …
- … Nature . The letter from A. A. van Bemmelen and H. J. Veth, 6 February 1877 , and CD’s …
- … reply of 12 February 1877 were published in …
- … Nature , 8 March 1877, pp. 410–11, with a covering letter from Pieter Harting . …
To Arnold Dodel-Port 20 February 1877
Summary
Thanks AD-P for his articles [Wesen und Begründung der Abstammungs- und Zuchtwahltheorie (1877)] and the eulogistic manner in which he mentions CD’s name.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Arnold Dodel-Port |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | Zentralbibliothek, Zürich (Ms Z VIII 417.2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10856 |
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- … To Arnold Dodel-Port 20 February 1877 …
- … Zürich (Ms Z VIII 417.2) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Feb 1877 Arnold Dodel-Port …
- … der Abstammungs- und Zuchtwahltheorie (1877)] and the eulogistic manner in which he …
- … Bibliography Dodel-Port, Arnold. 1877. Wesen und Begründung der Abstammungs- und …
- … published together in pamphlet form ( Dodel-Port 1877 ). CD’s copy in the Darwin Pamphlet …
- … from Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877 . The album was arranged partly by institution, …
To Alpheus Hyatt 13 February 1877
Summary
Regrets that F. Hilgendorf proved so greatly in error ["Planorbis Multiformis", Monatsber. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1866): 474–504; "Noch einmal Planorbis Multiformis", Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges. 29 (1877): 50–62].
Discusses polymorphic species.
Surprised that shell form developed from various different progenitors.
Reminds CD of C. Nägeli’s conclusions on Hieracium.
But still retains belief expressed in first edition of Origin that variation in protean species is neither advantageous nor disadvantageous.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alpheus Hyatt |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | Maryland Historical Society (Alpheus Hyatt Papers MS 1007) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10842 |
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- … To Alpheus Hyatt 13 February 1877 …
- … of the Smithsonian Institution (see letter from Alpheus Hyatt, January 1877 and n. 16). …
- … Alpheus Hyatt Papers MS 1007) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Feb 1877 Alpheus Hyatt …
- … Multiformis ", Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges. 29 (1877): 50–62]. Discusses polymorphic species. …
- … Letter from Alpheus Hyatt, January 1877 . Hyatt had reached different conclusions from …
- … see letter from Alpheus Hyatt, January 1877 and n. 9, and Rasser 2013 ). Rubus is the …
- … Canada (see letter from Alpheus Hyatt, January 1877 and n. 17). Hyatt hoped to publish a …
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 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … 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 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 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 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 Ernst Haeckel 9 February 1877
Summary
Sends birthday wishes. Album of photographs from German admirers has been sent.
Plans trip to Mediterranean.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10835 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Ernst Haeckel 9 February 1877 …
- … DAR 166: 70 Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel Jena 9 Feb 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Westfalens und das Darwin-Album von 1877. Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für …
- … Jena 9 Februar 1877 Hochverehrter Freund! Zu Ihrem bevorstehenden 69sten Geburtstage sende …
- … see Transcript. CD was in fact 68 on 12 February 1877. The photograph album was sent …
- … letter from Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877 and n. 3). Otto Zacharias had sent CD a …
- … Jena 9 February 1877 Highly esteemed friend! I send my most cordial greetings and my …
- … Theorie ( Haeckel 1870–7 ) was published in 1877; all the parts are in the Darwin Pamphlet …
- … of the single-volume edition ( Haeckel 1877 ) is in the Darwin Library–Down. Trieste and …
From Karl Beger [12 February 1877]
Summary
Intends to name his son after CD.
| Author: | Friedrich Theodor Karl (Karl) Beger |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [12 Feb 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 201: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10824 |
To J. V. Carus 19 February 1877
Summary
Corrects an important misprint in English edition of Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 275, line six from top [but see 10877].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 19 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 160–161) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10852 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 19 February 1877 …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 160–161) Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Feb 1877 Julius Victor Carus …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 19. 1877 My dear Sir, Will you be so good as to correct the …
- … see letter from J. V. Carus, 20 January 1877 ). For CD’s corrections to Cross and self …
- … fertilisation 2d ed. , see the letter to J. V. Carus, 4 March 1877 and n. 2. …
From O. Dill 26 February 1877
Summary
Encloses his translation of a draft letter from his friend Franz von Rekowsky [see 10855], who is German Consular Secretary at Messina.
| Author: | O. Dill |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 119 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10871 |
To Emil Rade 16 February 1877
Summary
Thanks for the honour conferred upon him [see 10826]; it is quite beyond his deserts.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emil Rade |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10849 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Emil Rade 16 February 1877 …
- … DAR 202: 78 Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Feb 1877 Emil Rade …
- … See letter from Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877 . Rade sent additional photographs …
- … from Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877 and n. 5). For a transcription and translation …
- … Feb 16 th 1877 Sir, Your magnificent album has just arrived, and I cannot find words to …
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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From D. T. Fish 7 February 1877
Summary
Sends holly specimens. Differences in flowering times of various hollies.
| Author: | David Taylor Fish |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 123 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10834 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From D. T. Fish 7 February 1877 …
- … DAR 164: 123 David Taylor Fish Hardwicke 7 Feb 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 17 January [1877], CD had acknowledged Fish and others for …
- … England (see also letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 3 January [1877], and Fish’s letter …
- … in Gardeners’ Chronicle , 20 January 1877, p. 83). Court-Pendú-Plat is a dessert apple, …
- … Hardwicke Feby 7th 1877 Dear Sir No apology is needed from you On the contrary had it …
From J. V. Carus 26 February 1877
Summary
Is unconvinced that correction in Cross and self-fertilisation requested by CD [see 10852] should be made. Asks CD to reconsider.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 107 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10870 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From J. V. Carus 26 February 1877 …
- … 161: 107 Julius Victor Carus Zoological Station, Naples 26 Feb 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 19 February 1877 ). Petunia and Iberis (candytuft) are genera …
- … see Cross and self fertilisation , p. 275 and letter to J. V. Carus, 4 March 1877 ). …
- … Naples, | Zoological Station, Febr 26. 1877 My dear Sir, Of course I shall correct the “ …
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| Bemmelen, A. A. van | (1) |
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| Dodel-Port, Arnold | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (53) |
| Gray, Asa | (3) |
| Bemmelen, A. A. van | (2) |
| Carus, J. V. | (2) |
| Galton, Francis | (2) |
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…
