To G. H. Lewes 18 April 1877
Summary
Thanks GHL for a copy of his Physical basis of mind [1877].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Lewes |
| Date: | 18 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10932 |
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- … To G. H. Lewes 18 April 1877 …
- … Thanks GHL for a copy of his Physical basis of mind [1877]. …
- … Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 Down letterhead 18 Apr 1877 George Henry Lewes …
- … Lewes’s book, The physical basis of mind ( Lewes 1877 ) was published in the …
- … last half of April 1877 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 1 May 1877, p. 311). CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: …
- … Bibliography Lewes, George Henry. 1877. The physical basis of mind: being the second …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Ap 18. 1877 My dear M r Lewes, I thank you very …
To Vasile Conta 29 April 1877
Summary
Thanks for a copy of VC’s Théorie du Fatalisme (Theory of fatalism; Conta 1877).
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Vasile Conta |
| Date: | 29 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | Biblioteca Academiei Române (Manuscripts: Vasile Conta: Regulamente: A.2882) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10945G |
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- … To Vasile Conta 29 April 1877 …
- … Vasile Conta: Regulamente: A.2882) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Apr 1877 Vasile Conta …
- … Thanks for a copy of VC’s Théorie du Fatalisme (Theory of fatalism; Conta 1877). …
- … Bibliography Conta, B. 1877. Théorie du fatalisme (essai de philosophie matérialiste). …
- … copy of Théorie du fatalisme (Theory of fatalism; Conta 1877 ) in the Darwin Library–Down. …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Ap 29. 1877 Dear Sir, I am much obliged to you for …
To Josef Kořenský 2 April 1877
Summary
"Charles Darwin Down, Kent April 2d. 1877; With Mr Darwin’s compliments. – "
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Josef Kořenský |
| Date: | 2 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | Museum of Czech Literature/Památník národního písemnictví (fond Varia Literární archiv) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10922 |
To J. D. Hooker 21 April [1877]
Summary
CD regrets not being able to see JDH.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 Apr [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 439 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10935 |
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- … To J. D. Hooker 21 April [1877] …
- … 95: 439 Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 21 Apr [1877] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … the Royal Society of London 26 (1877): 163). The Royal Society annual …
- … conversazione took place at Burlington House on Wednesday 25 April 1877 ( Nature , …
- … 3 May 1877, p. 16); the card CD refers to was probably an invitation to the event. …
- … n. 3, below). Casimir de Candolle had arrived in England in January 1877 (see letter from …
- … Alphonse de Candolle, January 1877 ). The enclosure has not been found. …
- … CD visited London from 20 to 28 April 1877, staying first with his daughter and son-in- …
- … Royal Society of London on Thursday 26 April 1877 was chaired by Hooker ( Proceedings of …
From Robert McLachlan 23 April 1877
Summary
Thanks CD for helping his successful candidacy for F.R.S.
He is working up Arctic insects. Bombus is found at 83° N., as far north as has been reached.
| Author: | Robert McLachlan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10939 |
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- … From Robert McLachlan 23 April 1877 …
- … DAR 171: 1 Robert McLachlan Lewisham 23 Apr 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Press. 1985–. M‘Lachlan, Robert. 1877. Report on the Insecta (including Arachnida ) …
- … Arctic expedition. [Read 15 November 1877. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Zoology ) …
- … Limes Grove, | Lewisham, S.E. 23 Apl. 1877 Dear Sir I take this opportunity of thanking …
- … for election at their meeting of 19 April 1877, and evidently informed the successful …
- … the formal election took place on 7 June 1877, those recommended by the council were …
- … a synonym of Polyommatus aquilo ; M‘Lachlan 1877 , pp. 108–11). CD’s reply has not been …
- … Insecta’ was published in the Journal of the Linnean Society of London ( M‘Lachlan 1877 ). …
- … See M‘Lachlan 1877 , pp. 101, 106; the species described from specimens collected as far …
From R. F. Cooke 12 April 1877
Summary
JM will be pleased to publish the new work [Forms of flowers] on the usual terms. MS has been sent to the printer.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 487 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10927 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 12 April 1877 …
- … and n. 4). CD visited London from 20 to 28 April 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 12 Apr 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … of Forms of flowers (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 11 April 1877 ). See letter to R. …
- … F. Cooke, 11 April 1877 and n. 3. John Murray usually advertised CD’s forthcoming works in …
To G. H. Darwin [23 April 1877]
Summary
"Frank has sent the cards here."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Apr 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10937 |
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- … To G. H. Darwin [23 April 1877] …
- … 210.1: 58 Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 [23 Apr 1877] George Howard Darwin …
- … to Joseph Dalton Hooker of 21 April [1877] , CD mentioned he had forgotten his card (an …
- … conversazione that took place on 25 April 1877) and would send for it; Francis Darwin sent …
- … Down. CD visited London from 20 to 28 April 1877, staying first with his daughter and son- …
- … Darwin ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). See letter from G. H. Darwin, 19 April 1877 . …
To G. N. de Stoppelaar 17 April 1877
Summary
Thanks for membership of Zeeland Scientific Society at Middelburg.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gerardus Nicolaas de Stoppelaar |
| Date: | 17 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | Zeeuws Archief (Koninklijk Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10931F |
To G. C. Robertson 27 April 1877
Summary
CD submits his paper ["A biographical sketch of an infant", Collected papers 2: 191–200] for possible publication.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Croom Robertson |
| Date: | 27 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (Croom Robertson: MS ADD 88/9–15/11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10943 |
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- … To G. C. Robertson 27 April 1877 …
- … 15/11) Charles Robert Darwin London Down letterhead 27 Apr 1877 George Croom Robertson …
- … of an infant. By Charles Darwin. Mind 2 (1877): 285–94. [ Shorter publications , pp. 409– …
- … de l’étranger 1: 5–23. Taine, Hippolyte. 1877. On the acquisition of language by children. …
- … of an infant’ ; it was published in the July 1877 issue of the journal Mind. A Quarterly …
- … of language by children’, had appeared in translation in the April 1877 issue of …
- … Mind ( Taine 1877 ). Taine’s original article had been published in the first issue of …
From J. W. Judd 24 April 1877
Summary
Grateful for CD’s support for his election as F.R.S.
| Author: | John Wesley Judd |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 83 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10940 |
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- … From J. W. Judd 24 April 1877 …
- … DAR 168: 83 John Wesley Judd Royal School of Mines 24 Apr 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the formal election took place on 7 June 1877, those recommended by the council were …
- … Mines | Jermyn Street. S.W. 24 th . April 1877. My dear Sir, I greatly regret that I was …
- … CD visited London from 20 to 28 April 1877, staying first with his daughter and son-in- …
- … 1875 ); Judd’s nomination was resuspended in 1877. The council of the Royal Society had …
- … for election at their meeting of 19 April 1877, and evidently informed the successful …
From Francis Darwin to G. N. de Stoppelaar 25 April 1877
Summary
Sends thanks for diploma on CD’s behalf.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gerardus Nicolaas de Stoppelaar |
| Date: | 25 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | Zeeuws Archief (Koninklijk Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10940F |
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- … From Francis Darwin to G. N. de Stoppelaar 25 April 1877 …
- … der Wetenschappen) Francis Darwin Down 25 Apr 1877 Gerardus Nicolaas de Stoppelaar …
- … CD visited London from 20 to 28 April 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). For the …
- … at Middelburg), see Appendix III. See letter to G. N. de Stoppelaar, 17 April 1877 . …
- … down, beckenham, kent april 25 1877 dear sir , in my father’s absence from home, i beg …
From W. E. Darwin 4 April 1877
Summary
Arrangements about a purchase of land.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 61) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10923F |
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- … From W. E. Darwin 4 April 1877 …
- … Papers (DAR 275: 61) William Erasmus Darwin Southampton 4 Apr 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … a letter from William Darwin Fox of 3 April [1877] . Fox had replied to a query from CD on …
- … Pulmonaria (the genus of lungworts; see letter from W. D. Fox, 3 April [1877] and n. 2). …
- … CD recorded a payment of £477 on 5 April 1877 with the notation ‘W. E. Darwin for Beesby …
From W. D. Fox 3 April [1877]
Summary
Reports on upward projection of Pulmonaria flowers.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Apr [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: B62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10923 |
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- … From W. D. Fox 3 April [1877] …
- … DAR 110: B62 William Darwin Fox Sandown 3 Apr [1877] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 4 April 1877 . CD had evidently written to either Fox or …
- … letter from W. E. Darwin, [25 March? 1877] . Ellen Sophia Fox . Pulmonaria angustifolia is …
From G. H. Darwin 19 April 1877
Summary
Has heard CD is about to be proposed again for the Académie Française, but Huxley is proposed at the same time and may succeed against CD "as being more orthodox!"
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10933 |
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- … From G. H. Darwin 19 April 1877 …
- … 57 George Howard Darwin Trinity College, Cambridge 19 Apr 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Oxford University Press. Hensen, Victor. 1877. Die Thätigkeit des Regenwurms (Lumbricus …
- … für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie. Bd. XXVIII 1877 p 354. F. Balfour asked me to give you a …
- … L. ) for the fertility of earth; Hensen 1877 ). Francis Maitland Balfour was a fellow of …
- … little in his letter to CD of 22 February 1877 (for more on her health, see Gillham 2001 , …
To Otto Zacharias 26 April 1877
Summary
CD has sent the pig’s foot to William Henry Flower to examine.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Otto Zacharias |
| Date: | 26 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.510) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10941 |
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- … To Otto Zacharias 26 April 1877 …
- … Mss.B.D25.510) Charles Robert Darwin London Down letterhead 26 Apr 1877 Otto Zacharias …
- … forwarded the letter from W. H. Flower, 3 May 1877 , to him (see Zacharias 1882 , p. 77). …
- … See letter from Otto Zacharias, 21 April 1877 . William Henry Flower was curator of the …
To H. N. Ridley 16 April [1877]
Summary
Thanks for Saxifraga. CD had shown in Insectivorous plants [pp. 345–7] that this genus had some powers of absorption.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Nicholas Ridley |
| Date: | 16 Apr [1877] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Letters to H. N. Ridley CLE–GUR, 1878–81: f. 43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10931 |
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- … To H. N. Ridley 16 April [1877] …
- … CLE–GUR, 1878–81: f. 43) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Apr [1877] Henry Nicholas Ridley …
- … the letter from H. N. Ridley, 15 April 1877 . Ridley had sent CD specimens of Saxifraga …
- … see letter from H. N. Ridley, 15 April 1877 ). See Insectivorous plants , pp. 345–48; CD …
From Hermann Müller 2 April 1877
Summary
Is pleased that CD agrees with HM’s suggestions and criticisms of CD’s work. Will undertake experiments with Viola tricolor seeds to see if they produce both large- and small-flowered plants.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 111: A88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10921 |
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- … From Hermann Müller 2 April 1877 …
- … A88 Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller Lippstadt 2 Apr 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die Befruchtung der …
- … Lippstadt, April 2, 1877. My dear Sir Your agreement to my suggestions and criticisms on …
- … fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … in Kosmos between September and December 1877. The first section of the first part, ‘Die …
To W. C. Marshall 20 [April 1877]
Summary
Discusses locks and window-fastenings, which CD has discovered are not included in the contract for alterations to the house at Down, and a cornice in a passage-way..
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Cecil (Bill) Marshall |
| Date: | 20 [Apr 1877] |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 19, 1976) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10939F |
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- … To W. C. Marshall 20 [April 1877] …
- … Catalogue 19, 1976) Charles Robert Darwin 20 [Apr 1877] William Cecil (Bill) Marshall …
- … and the subject (see n. 2, below). In 1877, the twentieth of the month fell on a Friday …
- … Buckley Litchfield , from 20 to 24 April 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD had …
To C. G. Semper 30 April 1877
Summary
Is honoured by CGS’s dedication [see 10942].
His observation of the dorsal eyes of Onchidium is interesting and surprising.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Carl Gottfried Semper |
| Date: | 30 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (March 1994); Kotte Autographs (dealers) (March 2016) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10945F |
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- … To C. G. Semper 30 April 1877 …
- … dealers) (March 2016) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 Apr 1877 Carl Gottfried Semper …
- … See letter from C. G. Semper, 26 April 1877 . Semper had asked to dedicate his forthcoming …
- … see letter from C. G. Semper, 26 April 1877 and n. 1); CD had received a similar album …
- … van Bemmelen and H. J. Veth, 6 February 1877 ). Semper argued that a more fitting tribute …
To R. F. Cooke 11 April 1877
Summary
Sends MS [of Forms of flowers]. Since sale is likely to be small, Murray may not want to publish it on usual terms. CD thinks it may be his last book and asks Murray to publish it on most favourable terms he can afford.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Date: | 11 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 304–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10926 |
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- … To R. F. Cooke 11 April 1877 …
- … 42152 ff. 304–5) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Apr 1877 Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … of flowers has been found, but on 30 July 1877, CD recorded a payment to Cooper of £13 6 …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … of 1250 copies was published on 9 July 1877 ( Freeman 1977 ). CD wrote two further books, …
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| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Colby, John | (1) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (17) |
| Stoppelaar, G. N. de | (2) |
| Conta, Vasile | (1) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (31) |
| Stoppelaar, G. N. de | (3) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (2) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
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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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 …
- … 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…
