To T. H. Farrer 13 March 1878
Summary
Hooker approves of Torbitt’s plan [concerning potato experiments]. Torbitt, wine and spirit merchant in Belfast, highly respectable.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 13 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 94 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11421 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To T. H. Farrer 13 March 1878 …
- … found. James Caird . See letter from E. J. A. Bristow to H. E. Litchfield, 11 March 1878 . …
- … 144: 94 Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Mar 1878 Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st …
- … Dalton Hooker (see enclosure to letter to T. H. Farrer, 7 March 1878 , and letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 12 March 1878 ). Farrer had offered to …
- … made in his first letter of 9 March 1878 . CD had previously employed Ebenezer Norman as a …
- … Down. | Beckenham Kent (&c. ) March 13 th . 1878. My dear Farrer. I send my letter of the …
To Francis Darwin 18 June [1878]
Summary
Has been observing the movements of leaves and cotyledons; sleep movements are exaggerated circumnutation. Reports some odd observations on movement in Oxalis species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 18 June [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11559 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 18 June [1878] …
- … DAR 211: 27 Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 June [1878] Francis Darwin …
- … Francis Darwin, 2 July [1878] . Francis Darwin’s son, Bernard Darwin . Sachs was director …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June [1878] . The enclosure has not been found. Francis …
- … at Würzburg from 3 June until 8 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242); letter from …
- … Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [11 August 1878] (DAR 219.1: 114)). Sachs had referred to …
- … in DAR 209.5. CD resumed his experiments on heliotropism in early July 1878; see letter to …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, [13–26 May 1878] and n. 3). CD was observing the movement of …
- … seed-leaves); see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 2 June 1878 . See also letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June [1878] . Oxalis valdiviana is a synonym of O. valdiviensis ( …
From Eduard Strasburger 26 October 1878
Summary
EAS eagerly awaits the publication of CD’s work on heliotropism.
Sends him a paper on "Polyembryonie" [Jenaische Z. Med. & Naturwiss. 12 (1878): 647–70].
| Author: | Eduard Adolf (Eduard) Strasburger |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Oct 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 265 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11728 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Eduard Strasburger 26 October 1878 …
- … DAR 177: 265 Eduard Adolf (Eduard) Strasburger Jena 26 Oct 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Sends him a paper on "Polyembryonie" [ Jenaische Z. Med. & Naturwiss. 12 (1878): 647–70]. …
- … Jena le 26 Octobre | 1878. Très honoré Monsieur, je Vous suis très obligé des aimables …
- … Jena 26 October 1878. Most honoured Sir, I am very obliged to you for the kind words that …
- … Transcript. See letter to Eduard Strasburger, 4 October 1878 . CD had mentioned his own …
- … letter to Eduard Strasburger, 4 October 1878 ; CD’s son Francis Darwin had worked in the …
- … in plant physiology, from June until August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), and …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [4–7 August 1878] ). CD’s offprint of ‘Ueber Polyembryonie’ ( …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 19 [May 1878]
Summary
Germination of Cactaceae; CD wants seeds. Site of action of growth-stimuli.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 19 [May 1878] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 116–18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11479 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 19 [May 1878] …
- … 1873–81: 116–18) Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 [May 1878] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … had given birth to her first child on 9 April 1878 ( Allan 1967 s.v. ‘Hooker pedigree’). …
- … this letter, the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 May [1878] , and the letter from W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 11 May 1878 . CD evidently wrote 19 April by mistake. CD had requested …
- … his letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 May [1878] . Richard Irwin Lynch was the foreman of …
- … letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 11 May 1878 and n. 3). CD had studied the inflection of …
- … plants , pp. 256–9). In his letter of 11 May 1878 , Thiselton-Dyer mentioned going away to …
- … to a list of plants sent from Kew on 25 March 1878, CD had received a plant of Rhipsalis …
- … provision tree). See letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 May 1878 and n. 5. See letter from …
- … W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 11 May 1878 . Sydney Howard Vines had explained the loss of …
From W. E. Darwin 13 [December 1878]
Summary
Surprised and delighted by Mr Rich’s bequest as it will greatly increase his income. Intends to leave money to the Royal Society to contribute to science. Houses in London are a good investment even in times that are nervous for bankers.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 [Dec 1878] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 69) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11790F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From W. E. Darwin 13 [December 1878] …
- … 275: 69) William Erasmus Darwin Basset, Southampton 13 [Dec 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letter from Anthony Rich, 7 December 1878 . See letter to W. …
- … E. Darwin, 12 December [1878] . Rich had bequeathed properties he owned in London to CD, …
- … of CD’s contribution to science (see letters from Anthony Rich , 7 December 1878 and …
- … 10 December 1878 ). William was a partner in the Town and County Bank, Southampton. He had …
- … See letter from Anthony Rich, 10 December 1878 . The properties were on Cornhill in the …
- … William alludes to the after effects of the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank in 1878. …
- … Over the winter of 1878–9 there were six further bank failures, provoking a general run …
From James Torbitt 17 March 1878
Summary
Life history of potato varieties. Changes in fruit, flower, and seed production with increasing age of a variety.
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 141 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11430 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … support for Torbitt’s experiments (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 March 1878 ). …
- … From James Torbitt 17 March 1878 …
- … DAR 178: 141 James Torbitt Belfast 17 Mar 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter from James Torbitt, 15 March 1878 ). The ‘Skerry Blue’ potato is an Irish …
- … Sydenham | Belfast 17 th . March 1878 Charles Darwin Esqr | Down My dear Sir, The …
To W. J. Beal 21 May 1878
Summary
Thanks for his notice of Cross and self-fertilisation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William James Beal |
| Date: | 21 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections (W. J. Beal Papers UA.17.4 box 891 folder 1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11519 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To W. J. Beal 21 May 1878 …
- … Papers UA.17.4 box 891 folder 1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 May 1878 William James Beal …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. May 21. 1878 Dear Sir I am much obliged for your …
- … is in DAR 226.1: 155 ( Beal 1877 ). Beal’s letter of 2 May 1878 has not been found. Beal’s …
- … and glandular hairs of plants, their forms and uses’ ( Beal 1878 ), was published in the …
- … American Naturalist in May 1878. …
- … June 1877): 74–5. Beal, William James. 1878. Hairs and glandular hairs of plants, their …
To Raphael Meldola 15 May [1878]
Summary
Encloses Fritz Müller letter, which may be of interest [see 11463].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 15 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11510 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Raphael Meldola 15 May [1878] …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 May [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … Bruchinae). Otto Zacharias . See letter from Raphael Meldola, 3 May 1878 and n. 2. …
- … See letter from Raphael Meldola, 3 May 1878 . …
- … this letter and the letter from Raphael Meldola, 3 May 1878 . CD enclosed the letter …
- … now missing) from Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878 . The important passage concerned Müller’s …
- … the rain (see letter from Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878 and n. 2). Meldola published Müller’s …
- … Entomological Society of London ( F. Müller 1878 ). Cassia neglecta is a synonym of Senna …
To James Torbitt 11 March [1878]
Summary
T. H. Farrer and James Caird think it would be less trouble to get subscription from rich agriculturists than from Government. CD thinks it utopian to hope to raise variety of potatoes from seed; must be propagated from tubers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Torbitt |
| Date: | 11 Mar [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11413 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To James Torbitt 11 March [1878] …
- … DAR 148: 100 Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Mar [1878] James Torbitt …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from James Torbitt, 6 March 1878 . See …
- … letter from James Torbitt, 6 March 1878 . CD had gone to London on 27 February for reasons …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 [February 1878] and n. 6). CD had written a letter of …
- … potatoes (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 ); a revised version of this letter was …
- … for endorsement (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 7 March 1878 and enclosure, and letter to T. …
- … H. Farrer, 11 March 1878 ). See first letter from T. …
- … H. Farrer, 9 March 1878 . Torbitt had described his plan of experiments in a printed …
- … see letter from James Torbitt, 24 February 1878 and enclosure). Because apple trees are …
From James Torbitt 6 March 1878
Summary
Problems of continuing with his crossing experiments; financial help from CD.
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 138 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11403 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From James Torbitt 6 March 1878 …
- … DAR 178: 138 James Torbitt Belfast 6 Mar 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Belfast 6 March 1878 Ch. Darwin Esqr. | Down Dear Sir Confirming my telegram of …
- … found. See letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 . CD had enclosed a cheque for £100 to …
- … see letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 ). William Carruthers , botanist to the Royal …
- … James Caird to T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 ). Torbitt had asked for permission to quote …
- … letter from James Torbitt, 24 February 1878 and enclosure). CD had agreed to send Torbitt …
- … his letter to T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 (see letter to …
- … James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 ). CD had agreed with the suggestion of William Carruthers …
- … see letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 ). The enclosed note has not been found. In …
From T. H. Farrer 9 March 1878
Summary
Caird agrees that there will be no difficulty in getting finances.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11410 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From T. H. Farrer 9 March 1878 …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [3 or 4 March 1878] ). …
- … Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer Board of Trade 9 Mar 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to T. H. Farrer, 11 March 1878 ). CD had written a letter of support for James …
- … potatoes (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 7 March 1878 and enclosure, and first letter from T. …
- … H. Farrer, 9 March 1878 ). CD had also sought support from Joseph Dalton Hooker (see …
From C. G. Semper 5 October 1878
Summary
Thanks CD for writing machine.
Recalls visit by CD’s son [Francis].
| Author: | Carl Gottfried Semper |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Oct 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 140 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11716 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From C. G. Semper 5 October 1878 …
- … DAR 177: 140 Carl Gottfried Semper Würzburg 5 Oct 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … wuerzburg 5. oct . 1878. my dear mr. darwin ! you will, i hope, allow me to express once …
- … a typewriter; see letter from C. G. Semper, 22 July 1878 . Semper suffered from writer’ …
- … see letter from Francis Darwin, [12 July 1878] and n. 8). Francis Darwin was in Germany, …
- … physiology, from 3 June until 8 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), letter from …
- … Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [11 August 1878] (DAR 219.1: 114)). …
To D. F. Nevill 19 and 21 February [1878]
Summary
Will call on addressee when he is next in London.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill |
| Date: | 19 and 21 Feb 1878 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 57940 f. 106) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9863F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To D. F. Nevill 19 and 21 February [1878] …
- … The British Library (Add MS 57940 f. 106) Charles Robert Darwin 19 Feb [1878] 21 …
- … Feb [1878] Down Dorothy Fanny Walpole/Dorothy Fanny Nevill …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 19 and 21 February [1878] , contains a postscript: ‘I beg pardon for my …
- … W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 19 and 21 February [1878] ; see n. 3, below. The letter from Nevill …
- … go to London from 27 February to 5 March 1878 ‘on account of Giddiness’ (CD’s ‘Journal’ ( …
- … from Leonard Darwin to G. H. Darwin, 8 February 1878 ; DAR 219.6: 11). The letter to W. …
To Francis Darwin 15 [July 1878]
Summary
A report has arrived for FD which CD will forward.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 15 [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11511 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 15 [July 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 24 Charles Robert Darwin unstated 15 [July 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … Bibliography Micheli, Marc. 1878. Revue des principales publications de physiologie …
- … of an elastic sphere appeared in Nature , 4 July 1878, pp. 265–6. George’s work focused on …
- … publications on plant physiology in 1877; Micheli 1878 ), was published in Archives des …
- … sciences physiques et naturelles , 15 April 1878. Micheli referred to F. …
- … Darwin 1878a and 1877b (see Micheli 1878 , pp. 41–2, 44–5). An abstract of a paper by …
To Francis Darwin 3 August [1878]
Summary
Is pleased FD’s climbing work goes well.
Thanks him for information on heliotropism.
Discusses sleep movements
and his observations on the sensitivity of radicle tips.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Aug [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11639 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 3 August [1878] …
- … DAR 211: 42 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Aug [1878] Francis Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letters from Francis Darwin , 24 and 25 July 1878 and [before …
- … 3 August 1878] . Francis had described his own and Julius Sachs’s observations on spiral …
- … vines) in his letter of [before 3 August 1878] . Stauntonia and Akebia are now placed in …
- … views on climbing plants, see the letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] . See …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] . CD had asked about heliotropism in …
- … in his letter to Francis of 25 July [1878] ; he also extended an invitation for Sachs to …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] and nn. 5 and 9. CD described sleep movements …
- … 322–3. In his letter of [before 3 August 1878] , Francis had drawn a sketch of the unusual …
From J. W. Judd 26 June 1878
Summary
Sends a paper by Melchior Neumayr [‘Über unvermittelt auftretende Cephalopodentypen’, Jahrb. K.-K. Geol. Reichsanst. 28 (1878): 37–80].
Plans to marry soon.
Next year he will begin a practical course in geology to supplement his lectures.
| Author: | John Wesley Judd |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 June 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11569 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From J. W. Judd 26 June 1878 …
- … South Kensington Science Schools, South Kensington 26 June 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … from J. W. Judd, 24 April 1877 . Judd married Jeannie Frances Jeyes on 10 August 1878. …
- … Jahrb. K. -K. Geol. Reichsanst. 28 (1878): 37–80]. Plans to marry soon. Next year he will …
- … Press. 1985–. Neumayr, Melchior. 1878. Ueber unvermittelt auftretende Cephalopodentypen im …
- … South Kensington | S.W. 26 th . June 1878. My dear Sir, My friend D r . Neumayr of Vienna …
- … the Jura of Central Europe; Neumayr 1878 ); a copy is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection– …
- … by the Balkan crisis (see letter to R. A. T. Gascoyne-Cecil, [18 May 1878] and n. 2). …
- … On 2 April 1878, he married Paula Aloisia Suess , the daughter of his doctoral supervisor …
To B. J. Sulivan 22 April 1878
Summary
Will be happy to subscribe to support Jemmy FitzRoy Button. Supposes BJS has considered whether it would be a real kindness to educate the boy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Date: | 22 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | Sulivan family (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11481 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To B. J. Sulivan 22 April 1878 …
- … private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Apr 1878 Bartholomew James Sulivan …
- … letter from B. J. Sulivan, [14–20] April [1878] . CD was investigating the movements of …
- … shoots and roots of seedling plants (see letter to Fritz Müller, 27 March 1878 ). …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Ap. 22— 1878 My dear Sulivan I shall be happy to subscribe 1£ …
- … Button (see letter from B. J. Sulivan, [14–20] April [1878] ). CD recorded a payment of …
- … to Sulivan for this purpose on 22 April 1878 in his Account books–cash account (Down House …
To James Torbitt 31 March 1878
Summary
Sends £100 to JT. T. H. Farrer and James Caird think they can get another £100 next year [for potato experiments].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Torbitt |
| Date: | 31 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11458 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To James Torbitt 31 March 1878 …
- … DAR 148: 103 Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Mar 1878 James Torbitt …
- … See letter from T. H. Farrer, 29 March 1878 and n. 1. …
- … a copy of the first letter from James Torbitt, 24 March 1878 , with his letter to T. …
- … H. Farrer, 26 March [1878] . James Caird . …
- … Down, March 31, 1878. My dear Sir I have just heard from Mr. Farrer, whose advice I had …
From Hermann Müller 5 July 1878
Summary
Reports results of crosses between the two forms of Viola tricolor: 1. Female small flower crossed with male large flower yields all small flowers (cleistogamous self-fertilisation suspected); 2. Male small flower crossed with female large yields intermediate flowers; 3. Large flower crossed with large flower yields self-sterility symptoms.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 July 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 310 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11592 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Hermann Müller 5 July 1878 …
- … 310 Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller Lippstadt 5 July 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of deception without offering a nectar or pollen reward ( H. Müller 1878 , pp. 335–6). …
- … University Press. 1985–. Müller, Hermann. 1878. Die Insekten als unbewußte Blumenzüchter. …
- … Anna and Emma had travelled to Germany in May 1878 ( West 2016 , p. 153). The seeds have …
- … Cassia (see letter to Fritz Müller, 24 July 1878 ). Viola tricolor is heart’s-ease; Viola …
- … Lippstadt, July 5, 1878. My dear Sir! Annexed I send you some seeds which my brother Fritz …
- … Blumenzüchter’ (Insects as unconscious flower breeders; H. Müller 1878 ), was published …
- … in Kosmos , July 1878; the concluding parts were published in the August and September …
To E. F. Lubbock 18 July [1878]
Summary
EFL’s account of what CD has done in natural history is full and accurate and could not have been done better. He has added the titles of his later books and the name of his maternal grandfather [Josiah Wedgwood] of whom he is proud.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ellen Frances Hordern; Ellen Frances Lubbock |
| Date: | 18 July [1878] |
| Classmark: | Dr N. Hammond (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13824 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To E. F. Lubbock 18 July [1878] …
- … collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 July [1878] Ellen Frances Hordern/Ellen Frances …
- … Bibliography [Lubbock, Ellen Frances. ] 1878. Contemporary Portraits. New Series. — No. …
- … grandfather was Josiah Wedgwood, the well-known potter’ ( [E. F. Lubbock] 1878 , p. 154). …
- … Lubbock’s article about CD was published in the University Magazine in August 1878 ([E. …
- … F. Lubbock] 1878). She evidently sent a draft to CD for his approval. The bibliography …
- … CD’s articles and books ( [E. F. Lubbock] 1878 , pp. 162–3). The article mentions that CD’ …
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Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
Summary
In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
Matches: 29 hits
- … is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his …
- … scientific man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December [1878] ). Writing to Ernst Haeckel on …
- … plants.’ Movement in plants In the spring of 1878, Darwin started to focus on the …
- … come up arched’ ( letter to Sophy Wedgwood, 24 March [1878–80] ). While Darwin was studying the …
- … of apex’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] ). Having found plants responsive to …
- … at my blunder’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 22 December [1878] ). Son abroad Darwin’s …
- … kind to him’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June [1878] ). While Francis was away, Darwin …
- … work, I scribble to you ( letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] ). Two weeks later he wrote: ‘I …
- … to discuss it with’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 20 [July 1878] ). It is unclear why the …
- … reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ): ‘The oats have only just begun to …
- … Francis wrote ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] ), ‘a strong horizontal axis …
- … rather’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] ). One day Francis observed that the …
- … out one’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ). Sachs’s confidence was apparently …
- … him,’ he reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] ). ‘Sachs doesn’t consider that …
- … all evils’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [24 and 25 July 1878] ). Babies and animals …
- … he added a week later ( letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). Darwin had of course observed …
- … have said a gee-gee’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 17 July [1878] ). On 12 September , Darwin …
- … will always do so’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 August [1878] ). Darwin remarked that a monkey …
- … in your house!’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 2 September [1878] ). More remarkable cases of …
- … of a thieving wasp’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 21 June 1878 ). An inspiration In …
- … ( letter from J.-B. Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878 ). Despite his many botanical …
- … to me quite ridiculous’ ( letter to John Price, 2 April [1878] ). When a wealthy businessman tried …
- … ( letter from Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, 28 April 1878 ). ‘What a wonderful change in the …
- … The Swiss botanist Arnold Dodel-Port announced on 12 June 1878 the first issue of an atlas with …
- … come together’ ( letter from Arnold Dodel-Port, 18 June 1878 ). In countries where …
- … are without you’ (letters from Carl Kraus, [31?] January 1878 and 10 February 1878 ). Darwin …
- … been school-boys’ ( letter to Karl von Scherzer, 1 April 1878 ). More critics Closer …
- … matter’ ( letter from H. N. Ridley, [before 28 November 1878] ). Darwin received a copy of the …
- … care of himself ’ ( letter from J. B. Innes, 1 December 1878 ). Darwin did not think the Oxford …
Darwn's letters from 1878 online
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Investigating the movements and 'sleep' of plants, being entertained by the mental faculties of his young grandson Bernard, finally elected a corresponding member of the French Académie des sciences, trying to secure a government grant to support…
Wearing his knowledge lightly: From Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878
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Darwin received letters from so many people and wrote so many fascinating letters himself, that it’s hard to choose from many letters that stand out, but one of this editor’s favourites, that always brings a smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5…
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- … smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5 April 1878 . Müller was a German naturalist …
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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- … specimen, both sides of which are reproduced, 29 January 1878 S. B. J. Skertchly's …
Power of movement in plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Family experiments Darwin was an active and engaged father during his children's youth, involving them in his experiments and even occasionally using them as observational subjects. When his children…
3.8 Leonard Darwin, interior photo
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< Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his father sitting on the verandah at Down House, also portrayed him as a melancholy philosopher. His head, brightly lit from above, emerges from the enveloping darkness; he…
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- … when he took his photographs. This one must be before August 1878, when it was reproduced as a …
- … copies in the Darwin archive say the photograph was taken in 1878. The latter date is accepted by …
- … Leonard wrote to his father from Brompton Barracks in April 1878 enclosing two photographs …
- … of the photograph at Down House that he took it in 1878. It was this photograph which …
- … date of creation undated; probably early 1878 computer-readable date c.1878-01-01 to c …
- … to his father, enclosing unidentified photographs, 25 April 1878. Woodburytype reproduction of …
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…
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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…
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- … son Francis worked in this laboratory in the summers of 1878 and 1879, he encountered some of the …
- … Movement in plants , p. 179. In May 1878, Darwin had pointed out the importance of …
- … his experiments on the function of bloom. By December 1878, Darwin was thinking about the …
- … accuracy ( letter from J. D. Cooper, 13 December 1878 ). The method would be expensive, so Darwin …
4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction A drawing of Darwin by André Gill borrows a satirical trope found in The Hornet, Fun and Punch, showing him with a large caricatured head joined to the body of an ape. However, La Lune Rousse is distinctively French in…
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … experiments. Francis went to Germany in the summer of 1878 for more experience in physiological …
- … this to you’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [1 August 1878] ). The last years also saw Darwin …
- … and Earthworms , pp. 221–8). Darwin resumed contact in 1878. On receiving Darwin’s letter, …
- … at wormbs”’ ( letter from Mary Johnson, [after 22 July 1878] ). Edition complete …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
Dining at Down House
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
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- … Leonard Darwin to George Darwin, 8 February [1878] Darwin’s youngest son, Leonard (Lenny), …
1.13 Louisa Nash, drawing
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< Back to Introduction This sketch portrait of Darwin was drawn by Louisa A‘hmuty Nash as a memento of her friendship with the Darwin family and a token of her unbounded admiration and affection for Darwin himself. She and her husband, the lawyer…
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1.12 Marian Huxley, drawing
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< Back to Introduction Portrayals of Darwin by women in his social circle cannot be lumped together as the products of adoring amateurs. In 1878 he was sketched by Marian (‘Mady’) Huxley, who was then only in her late teens, but already a trained and…
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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- … A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, Murray was ready to print the second …
4.33 'Harper's Weekly', Bellew caricature
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< Back to Introduction In a page of comic drawings by Frank Bellew, ostensibly his ‘Sketches in the New York Aquarium’, yet another joke about Darwin’s simian connections makes an appearance. ‘The Chimpanzee’ sits on a fancy bed amid the straw…
4.30 'La Petite Lune', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction La Petite Lune was a sister paper of La Lune Rousse, and was published, edited and illustrated by André Gill, through 1878-9. It featured a series of caricatures titled ‘Les hommes illustrés’, to which this belongs. Gill again…
2.23 Hope Pinker statue, Oxford Museum
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< Back to Introduction Henry Richard Hope Pinker’s life-size statue of Darwin was installed in the Oxford University Museum on 14 June 1899. It was the latest in a series of statues of great scientific thinkers, the ‘Founders and Improvers of Natural…
3.17 Lock and Whitfield, 'Men of Mark'
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< Back to Introduction The ambitious series of photographs of Men of Mark, published by the firm of Lock and Whitfield between 1876 and 1883, was a successor to similar sets which had appeared in the 1850s and 1860s. This one was distinguished by its…
