To G. H. Darwin [3 June 1877]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [3 June 1877] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 59 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10946 |
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- … M. Rodwell, 1 June 1877 . …
- … To G. H. Darwin [3 June 1877] …
- … DAR 210.1: 59 Charles Robert Darwin Down [3 June 1877] George Howard Darwin …
- … between this letter, the letter from J. M. Rodwell, 1 June 1877 , and the letter to …
- … Edward Atkinson, 9 June 1877 . …
- … In 1877, the Sunday before 9 June was 3 June. CD refers to the honorary LLD degree (doctor …
- … from the University of Cambridge (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 May 1877 and letter to …
- … Edward Atkinson, 9 June 1877 ). The Greek passage appears in the letter from J. …
To G. H. Darwin [23 April 1877]
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. H. Darwin 21 November [1877]
Summary
Asks GHD to determine whether there are worm-castings in cloisters of [Neville?] Court.
Enjoyed his visit to Cambridge. Asks for newspaper account of the LL.D.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 21 Nov [1877] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 64 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11246 |
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- … To G. H. Darwin 21 November [1877] …
- … DAR 210.1: 64 Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Nov [1877] George Howard Darwin …
- … of the earth; see G. H. Darwin 1878 , and letter from G. H. Darwin, [28 October 1877] . …
- … which was presented to him on 17 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD made …
- … honorary LLD to CD from the Cambridge Chronicle , 24 November 1877, p. 4, in DAR 215: 30c. …
- … a meeting in Cambridge on 25 November 1877, at which it was resolved to form a committee …
- … Galton visited Down on Saturday 24 November 1877; she did not mention George’s coming that …
From Frederic Harrison to G. H. Darwin 27 June [1877]
Summary
Thanks for CD’s £5 contribution towards Jules Michelet’s tomb.
Author: | Frederic Harrison |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 27 June [1877] |
Classmark: | DAR 251: 1916 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11020F |
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- … at Frederick Harrison’s home in Surrey was published in The Times , 25 June 1877, p. 8. …
- … From Frederic Harrison to G. H. Darwin 27 June [1877] …
- … DAR 251: 1916 Frederic Harrison 27 June [1877] George Howard Darwin …
- … wrote a letter to The Times , 25 June 1877, p. 10, advertising the subscription for …
- … see letter from Frederic Harrison to G. H. Darwin, 13 June [1877] and n. 2). An entry in …
- … Down House MS) records a payment of £5 on 25 June 1877 for Jules Michelet’s memorial. …
From Frederic Harrison to G. H. Darwin 15 June [1877]
Summary
Had no intention of pressing CD over Madame Michelet’s fundraising for her husband’s tomb.
Author: | Frederic Harrison |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 15 June [1877] |
Classmark: | DAR 251: 1915 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11001F |
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- … From Frederic Harrison to G. H. Darwin 15 June [1877] …
- … DAR 251: 1915 Frederic Harrison 15 June [1877] George Howard Darwin …
- … one miles south of Paris. A constitutional crisis had arisen in Paris in May 1877 (see …
- … Annual register (1877): 133–9); however, no Prussian troops invaded France. For more on …
- … political crisis in France, see the letter from C. -F. Reinwald, 13 October 1877 and n. 4. …
- … Harrison to G. H. Darwin, 27 June [1877] and n. 2). Harrison was raising contributions …
- … Frederic Harrison to G. H. Darwin, 13 June [1877] and n. 2). Sutton Place in Surrey was …
To G. H. Darwin [after 28 October 1877]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [after 28 Oct 1877] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 60 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11216 |
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- … To G. H. Darwin [after 28 October 1877] …
- … DAR 210.1: 60 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [after 28 Oct 1877] George Howard Darwin …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, [28 October 1877] ). James Cartmell was the master of Christ’s …
- … the letter from G. H. Darwin, [28 October 1877] . The enclosure has not been found. George …
- … see letter from G. H. Darwin, [28 October 1877] ). Emma Darwin’s letter to George has …
- … the letter to Edward Atkinson, 27 October 1877 , in which CD suggested that he receive his …
To G. H. Darwin 24 November [1877]
Summary
Thinks he had better not sign GHD’s paper [as a candidate for F.R.S.], since he obviously is no judge of the quality of his work.
Asks if Thomson did not overlook heat generated by the crushing and folding of strata during the refrigeration of the globe.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 24 Nov [1877] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 65 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11251 |
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- … To G. H. Darwin 24 November [1877] …
- … DAR 210.1: 65 Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Nov [1877] George Howard Darwin …
- … this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, [23 November 1877] . See letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, [23 November 1877] . George had asked whether CD would like to sign his …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, 22 November 1877 and nn. 3 and 5. Robert Mallet’s calculations …
- … See letter to T. M. Reade, 12 October [1877] . Reade sent CD his paper, ‘The age of the …
To G. H. Darwin 18 [October 1877]
Summary
Sends a query he would like GHD to put to Clerk Maxwell: why does a sponged leaf dry more rapidly, although sponging cannot remove the waxy bloom from the minute pores through which it is secreted?
Is very glad to hear about tides in the earth.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 18 [Oct 1877] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 61–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11008 |
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- … To G. H. Darwin 18 [October 1877] …
- … DAR 210.1: 61–2 Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 [Oct 1877] George Howard Darwin …
- … his journal, CD spent the latter part of 1877 working on bloom (see Appendix II); he never …
- … the results of his investigation. See also letter to Fritz Müller, 14 May 1877 and n. 2. …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, 23 October 1877 . James Clerk Maxwell was a fellow of Trinity …
To G. H. Darwin 30 May [1877]
Summary
Has not yet received letter [about Cambridge honorary LL.D.].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 30 May [1877] |
Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR A26) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10976 |
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From Frederic Harrison to G. H. Darwin 13 June [1877]
Summary
The widow of Jules Michelet is seeking donations towards his tomb, and says that he was a great admirer of CD.
Author: | Frederic Harrison |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 13 June [1877] |
Classmark: | DAR 251: 1914 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10999F |
To G. H. Darwin 3 February [1878]
Summary
CD at first thought GHD should not answer Haughton [see 10689], but Hooker thinks if no correction is made Haughton’s error will be quoted for 20 years. CD is now inclined to agree.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 3 Feb [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 67 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11345 |
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- … appendicitis; see Correspondence vol. 25, letter to W. D. Fox, 2 December 1877 and n. 1. …
- … 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 …
- … s paper on geological time ( Haughton 1877 ). Joseph Dalton Hooker . George probably gave …
To G. H. Darwin 2 June [1876]
Summary
Further comments on GHD’s work on the influence of geological changes on the earth’s axis.
Frank [Francis Darwin] has made a fine zoological discovery.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 2 June [1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 54 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10528 |
To G. H. Darwin [4 June 1876]
Summary
Is determined not to believe in GHD’s astronomical work until J. C. Adams accepts it, for he would be so disappointed if it breaks down.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [4 June 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 55 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10530 |
To G. H. Darwin 13 July [1876]
Summary
All rejoice that J. C. Adams thinks well of GHD’s work and will present his paper to the Royal Society.
Gives news of his other sons.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 13 July [1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 56 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10561 |
To G. H. Darwin [31 July 1879]
Summary
Asks GHD to send name and address of tailor from whom he got the [LL.D.] gown to W. B. Richmond.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [31 July 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 88 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12206 |
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- … to CD by the University of Cambridge in 1877 (see letter to John Fiske, 10 June 1879 , n. …
To G. H. Darwin 14 [July 1878]
Summary
Writes to say that the point on which he thought GHD’s drawings were mistaken proves to be an error in his own observation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 14 [July 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 72 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11606 |
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- … fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. …
To G. H. Darwin 28 July [1880]
Summary
Advises GHD on what to write if he is asked for a reference for Alfred Wrigley.
Thanks GHD for information about trypsin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 28 July [1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 95 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12669 |
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- … des Naturhistorisch-medicinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg n.s. 1 (1877): 194–8. …
To G. H. Darwin 12 October [1873]
Summary
Asks GHD whether he can tell him what inclination a polished or waxy leaf ought to hold to the horizon in order to let vertical rain rebound off as much as possible.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 12 Oct [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9096 |
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- … 1873] , and letter to Fritz Müller, 14 May 1877 ( Calendar no. 10960; also printed in ML …
Darwin, C. R. | (15) |
Harrison, Frederic | (3) |
Darwin, G. H. | (18) |
Darwin, C. R. | (15) |
Harrison, Frederic | (3) |
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
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
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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
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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…