From Raphael Meldola 2 January [1878]
Summary
Wishes to borrow third part of Fritz Müller’s article on sexual selection in butterflies [Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 218–24].
Is forwarding material on stridulation, including Prof. Wood-Mason’s paper ["Note on Mygale stridulans", Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1877): 281–2], which should interest CD.
Author: | Raphael Meldola |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Jan [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 121 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11308 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … on sexual selection in butterflies [ Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 218–24]. Is forwarding material on …
- … stridulans ", Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1877): 281–2], which should interest CD. …
- … Meldola, 1 January [1878] . Meldola dated it 1877 in error. See letter to Raphael Meldola, …
- … 1 January [1878] and n. 2. The October 1877 issue of Kosmos contained the second part of …
- … Correspondence vol. 25, letter from Raphael Meldola, 13 September 1877 . James Wood-Mason’ …
- … s note on stridulation in Mygale stridulans ( Wood-Mason 1877 ) appeared in …
- … the December 1877 issue of Transactions of the Entomological Society of London ; the …
- … Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Wood-Mason, James. 1877. Note on Mygale …
- … stridulans . [Read 5 September 1877. ] Transactions …
- … of the Entomological Society of London (1877): 281–2. …
- … 1876) in his letter to CD of 20 October [1877] ( Correspondence vol. 25). The translation …
From W. C. Williamson 19 January 1878
Summary
Insectivorous plants.
Author: | William Crawford Williamson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 105 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11326 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … plant from the Carboniferous; Lesquereux 1877 , p. 172). Gaston de Saporta described a …
- … University Press. 1985–. Lesquereux, Leo. 1877. Land plants, recently discovered in the …
- … Silurian rocks of the United States. [Read 19 October 1877. ] Proceedings …
- … of the American Philosophical Society 17 (1877–8): 163–73. Williamson, William Crawford. …
- … In 1877, Williamson had sent CD specimens showing that in its early stages, Drosera …
- … leaved sundew; Correspondence vol. 25, letters to W. C. Williamson, 22 October [1877] and …
- … 24 October [1877] , and letter from W. …
- … C. Williamson, 23 October 1877 ). Francis Darwin’s paper ‘Experiments on the nutrition of …
- … Williamson, 20 September 1878 . In Lesquereux 1877 , Leo Lesquereux described a number of …
To F. J. Cohn 3 January 1878
Summary
Comments on discovery of micro-organisms in disease.
Describes experiments carried out by Francis Darwin on filaments of Dipsacus.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ferdinand Julius Cohn |
Date: | 3 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | Joseph R. Sakmyster, ADS Autographs (dealer) (no date) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11310 |
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- … Bibliography Burdon Sanderson, John Scott. 1877–8. Lectures on the infective processes …
- … of disease. British Medical Journal , 22 December 1877, pp. …
- … 879–81; 29 December 1877, pp. 913–15; 5 January 1878, pp. 1–2; 12 January 1878, pp. 45–7; …
- … 25, letter from F. J. Cohn, 31 December 1877 . Cohn had sent CD the third and last issue …
- … preserving and photographing bacteria; Koch 1877 ). It is not known when John Scott Burdon …
- … and assisted with an experiment in October 1877 ( Correspondence vol. 25, letter from F. …
- … University Press. 1985–. Koch, Robert. 1877. Verfahren zur Untersuchung, zum Conserviren …
- … J. Cohn, 31 December 1877 ), and he reproduced figures from some of Koch’s photographs …
- … processes of disease’ ( Burdon Sanderson 1877–8 ; for the figures, see British Medical …
- … anthrax. In his letter of 31 December 1877 , Cohn had critiqued Francis Darwin’s paper ‘On …
To Asa Gray 21 [and 22] January 1878
Summary
Thanks for AG’s review of Forms of flowers [Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 15 (1878): 67–73].
Thomas Carlyle’s letter about CD was a forgery.
Gives Hermann Müller’s observations on Valeriana dioica.
Is unsure about function of "bloom"; are glaucous plants more or less common in arid parts of U. S.?
Observations on heliotropism.
Thomas Meehan reports that Linum perenne is self-fertile; CD thinks that he has mistaken the species.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 21 and 22 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (123 and 127) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11330 |
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- … 18 September 1863, pp. 281–2. Cook, Joseph. 1877. Boston Monday lectures. Biology, with …
- … vol. 25, letter from Asa Gray, 27 September 1877 . See A. Gray 1878a , pp. 67–8, and Forms …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Hildebrand, Friedrich. 1864. Experimente …
- … und seine Wirkung auf die Naturzüchtung der Blumen. Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 11–25, 128–140. …
- … Darwin married Sara Sedgwick on 29 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). For CD’ …
- … vol. 25, letter from Asa Gray, 10 June 1877 . Thomas Meehan’s comments were in fact …
- … of the Torrey Botanical Club , December 1877, p. 189. There is a lightly annotated copy of …
- … Cook’s lectures on biology ( J. Cook 1877 ) in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL ([A. …
- … a friend, appeared in The Times , 17 January 1877, p. 5, having originally appeared in the …
- … 25, letter from E. A. Darwin, 27 January [1877] and n. 5). See letter to Hermann Müller, 1 …
- … than two months travelling together in the United States in 1877; see Correspondence vol. …
- … 25, letter from Asa Gray, 27 September 1877 . CD stayed with his brother, Erasmus, from 17 …
To Adolf Ernst 16 January 1878
Summary
Thanks AE for his book [Estudios sobre la flora y fauna de Venezuela (1877)].
Asks whether glaucous plants in Venezuela are more common in drier areas.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Adolf Ernst |
Date: | 16 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | State Darwin Museum, Moscow (GDM KP OF 8971) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11321 |
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- … sobre la flora y fauna de Venezuela (1877)]. Asks whether glaucous plants in Venezuela are …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 28 [June 1874] and n. 7), and began again in 1877 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … 25, letter to Fritz Müller, 14 May 1877 ). CD never published on bloom, but Francis Darwin …
- … Botany ) 22 (1885–6): 99–116. Ernst, Adolf. 1877. Estudios sobre la flora y fauna de …
- … la flora y fauna de Venezuela ( Ernst 1877 ), but it has not been found in the Darwin …
From G. H. Darwin 28 January 1878
Summary
Has been reading Samuel Haughton on geological time ["Notes on physical geology, no. III", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 26 (1877): 534–46]. It is utter rubbish. Asks whether CD thinks GHD should write a critical note on the subject [see Nature 17 (1878): 509–10].
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 65 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11336 |
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- … geology, no. III", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 26 (1877): 534–46]. It is utter rubbish. Asks …
- … University Press. 1985–. Haughton, Samuel. 1877. Notes on physical geology. — no. III. …
- … geological periods. [Read 20 December 1877. ] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …
- … to the duration of certain geological periods’ ( Haughton 1877 ), was read at the Royal …
- … Society of London on 20 December 1877. Haughton thought the upheaval of Europe and Asia …
To Fritz Müller 12 January 1878
Summary
CD and son [Francis] working on spontaneous movements of plants and heliotropism.
Has given [Raphael Meldola] permission to read extracts of FM’s last letter [not found], on odours emitted by moths, before Entomological Society [Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1878): ii–iii].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 12 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 44) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11319 |
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- … the same question in his letter of 14 May 1877 ( Correspondence vol. 25), having himself …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Movement in plants : The power of movement …
- … 25, letter from Fritz Müller, [27 November 1877] . The surviving version of this letter is …
- … of Müller’s letter to CD of [27 November 1877] ( Correspondence vol. 25) to the society on …
- … 25, letter from Raphael Meldola, 20 October 1877 , and this volume, letter from Raphael …
To Hermann Müller 1 January [1878]
Summary
Thanks HM for his review [of Forms of flowers, Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 286].
Thinks HM’s previous article was very important [Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 128–40]. CD will "heartily rejoice" if HM has explained the steps by which Rhamnus and Valeriana have been rendered dioecious.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
Date: | 1 Jan [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 146: 438 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11307 |
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- … Thanks HM for his review [of Forms of flowers , Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 286]. Thinks …
- … article was very important [ Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 128–40]. CD will "heartily rejoice" if HM …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die Befruchtung der …
- … reviewed Forms of flowers in the December 1877 issue of Kosmos ( H. Müller 1877b ). CD’s …
To Gaston de Saporta 31 January 1878
Summary
Has sent GdeS’s drawing to Hooker. He, Oliver, and Thiselton-Dyer have been perplexed by it.
L. Lesquereux’s discoveries in the Cincinnati Lower Silurian beds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de Saporta, comte de Saporta |
Date: | 31 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | Petit and Théodoridès 1959, pp. 210–11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11341 |
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- … and William Crawford Williamson ; see Lesquereux 1877 and letter from W. C. Williamson, 19 …
- … University Press. 1985–. Lesquereux, Leo. 1877. Land plants, recently discovered in the …
- … Silurian rocks of the United States. [Read 19 October 1877. ] Proceedings …
- … of the American Philosophical Society 17 (1877–8): 163–73. …
- … letter from Gaston de Saporta, 16 December 1877 and n. 26, and this volume, letter to W. …
From Hyde Clarke 5 January 1878
Summary
Cites language books; a comparison of them shows unity of language.
Author: | Henry Hyde (Hyde) Clarke |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 162 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11312 |
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- … Missionary House. Matthews, Washington. 1877. Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa …
- … work’ ( Correspondence vol. 25, letter from Hyde Clarke, 27 December 1877 , and letter to …
- … Hyde Clarke, [29 December 1877] ). The prix Volney is awarded by the Institut de France …
- … philology of the Hidatsa Indians ( Matthews 1877 ) was published under the auspices of the …
- … an honorary LLD by Cambridge University in 1877 (see Correspondence vol. 25, Appendix II). …
From W. W. Baxter 7 January 1878
Summary
Constituents of spermaceti ointment supplied to CD. Perhaps effect was caused by substance used to bleach the bees-wax.
Author: | William Walmisley Baxter |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 209.8: 150 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11315 |
From E. A. Greaves 3 January 1878
Summary
The portrait of Erasmus Darwin by Wright of Derby has been dispatched.
Author: | Elizabeth Anne Hadley; Elizabeth Anne Greaves |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.14: 12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11309F |
From Carl Kraus [31?] January 1878
Summary
Sends birthday greetings and respects.
Author: | Carl (Charles) Kraus |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [31?] Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 102 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11342 |
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- … in relation to general science), on 18 September 1877 at the annual assembly of German …
- … naturalists and physicians in Munich ( Haeckel 1877 ). There is a copy in …
- … Westfalens und das Darwin-Album von 1877. Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für …
- … the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. In 1877, German and Austrian scientists had sent CD an …
- … letter from Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877 , and ibid. , Appendix V); the album is …
To ? 2 January 1878
Summary
Thanks correspondent for note and specimen; they will be of use in new edition of Forms of flowers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 2 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | Rensselaer Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Gerald and Sue Friedman manuscript collection MC 72 Box 1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11308A |
To Raphael Meldola 3 January 1878
Summary
Is dispatching December number of Kosmos.
Will read the discussion on stridulation that RM mentioned.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
Date: | 3 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11309 |
From Eugenio Montero Ríos and Jacinto Mesía 16 January 1878
Summary
CD elected an honorary professor of the Institucion Libre de Enseñanza.
Author: | Eugenio María (Eugenio) Montero Ríos; Jacinto Mesía |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 230: 58 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11321A |
From John Evans 28 January 1878
Summary
Asks for subscription for A. H. Everett’s cave explorations in Borneo.
Is sure CD is pleased with Albert Gaudry’s new book [Les enchaînements du monde animal dans les temps géologiques (1878)].
Author: | John Evans |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 163: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11337 |
To Raphael Meldola 1 January [1878]
Summary
Good article by Fritz Müller in Kosmos supporting August Weismann’s views on caterpillars.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
Date: | 1 Jan [1878] |
Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11305 |
From Raphael Meldola 26 January 1878
Summary
Returns Kosmos.
Thanks CD for permission to use Fritz Müller’s last letter, which contains new observations.
Author: | Raphael Meldola |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 125 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11332 |
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 29 January 1878
Summary
Information on Cyclamen and other plants.
Identification of some plants.
"Bloom".
Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 133.19: 10, 11, DAR 178: 102, DAR 209.4: 433–4, DAR 209.11: 258, 259, DAR 209.12: 88, Petit and Théodoridès 1959, pp. 210–11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11339 |
letter | (27) |
Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
Meldola, Raphael | (2) |
Baxter, W. W. | (1) |
Clarke, Hyde | (1) |
Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
Meldola, Raphael | (3) |
Cohn, F. J. | (1) |
Ernst, Adolf | (1) |
Gray, Asa | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (27) |
Meldola, Raphael | (5) |
Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (2) |
Baxter, W. W. | (1) |
Clarke, Hyde | (1) |
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
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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
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
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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....
Summary
... 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
Summary
< 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…