From G. H. Darwin 10 July 1879
Summary
Has written to Col. J. L. Chester [genealogist] to ask whether he would like to see the deeds [for Darwin genealogy, see Emma Darwin 2: 237].
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12145 |
From G. H. Darwin [17 July 1871]
Summary
Discusses legal matters; CD’s will and setting up trusts for Henrietta Darwin’s forthcoming marriage.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [17 July 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7841 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … had evidently discussed Henrietta Emma Darwin’s marriage settlement with him. Henrietta …
- … 1871 and married him on 31 August ( Emma Darwin (1915) , 2: 204). Henrietta and Elizabeth …
- … This visit to London is not recorded in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) or CD’s ‘Journal’ ( …
From G. H. Darwin 15 October 1881
Summary
Sends text of the gravestone inscription [for E. A. Darwin] and details of arrangements for removal of furniture from Queen Anne St.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13401 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … of the inscription, see the letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [14 October 1881] . …
- … Queen Anne Street, London, was Erasmus’s former home. See letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. …
- … 14 October 1881] . See letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [14 October 1881] and n. …
- … difficulty finding work ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, 2 October [1881] ( …
From George Howard Darwin [28 November 1856]
Summary
Letter from school with instructions where to put away his belongings at home.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Nov 1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR 251: 2222 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2003F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … an hour by a nose-bleed ( letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [1 December 1856] , …
- … n. 4, below), and by references in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242). The only Thursday in …
- … ill while at home: for 25 November 1856 Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records, ‘G. very …
- … Darwin, 25 [November 1856] ). Henrietta Emma Darwin later wrote, ‘Mrs Morrey’s gingerbread …
- … we have ever tasted before or since’ ( Emma Darwin (1915), 2: 106). Petleys was auctioned …
- … CD’s and Emma’s aunt, who had died 6 November 1856 ( Freeman 1978 ). The Darwin children, …
From G. H. Darwin [30 November 1879]
Summary
Erasmus thinks CD should give a copy of Erasmus Darwin to Henry Parker.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Nov 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 81 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12240 |
From G. H. Darwin [18 October 1881]
Summary
Occupied with details of E. A. Darwin’s house and furniture. He has ordered a gravestone.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [18 Oct 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13412 |
From G. H. Darwin [after 28 March 1876]
Summary
Personal news – is unwell.
Mentions "Twin-papers" ["Short notes on heredity, etc., in twins", J. Anthropol. Inst. 5 (1876): 324–9] sent by Galton.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 28 Mar 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10242 |
From G. H. Darwin [26 October 1875]
Summary
Has sent a copy [of his article on cousin marriage] to Hermann Müller.
Problem he is now working on is a tough nut: "It does not do what [James Clerk] Maxwell said it wd or ought to do".
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26 Oct 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10226 |
From G. H. Darwin [4 November 1874]
Summary
GHD has been using E. Norman [CD’s copyist], and he apologises if this has caused delays to CD’s work.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Nov 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9708 |
From G. H. Darwin [9 June 1881]
Summary
Has nearly finished his mathematical paper.
Is not sure when he will go to Patterdale.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13199 |
From G. H. Darwin [7 September 1881]
Summary
Gives an account of the reception of his paper at York [BAAS meeting].
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [7 Sept 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13321 |
From G. H. Darwin [1 October 1873]
Summary
Discusses his health following a visit to Dr C[lark?]. Has made an appointment for CD.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Oct 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8702 |
From G. H. Darwin 1 June 1876
Summary
Greatly excited by the astronomical implications of his work.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 June 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10522 |
From G. H. Darwin 14 December 1878
Summary
Asks CD if he would screw himself up to inviting A. Newton to Down.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11796 |
From G. H. Darwin 1 May 1876
Summary
Writes of his "geo-mathematical" work.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 May 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10489 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … was ‘poorly’ again on 2 May 1876 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Leonard Darwin arrived …
- … and n. 4). There is no evidence in Emma Darwin’ s diary (DAR 242) that George visited …
- … to G. H. Darwin, 27 April [1876] . Francis Maitland Balfour . CD and Emma were in London …
- … Darwin 1876b ). John Evans had invited mathematicians to investigate his suggestion that slight changes in the elevation and subsidence of land would have a large effect on the position of the earth’s axis of rotation ( J. Evans 1876 , p. 108). J. Evans 1876 , p. 108. Henrietta Emma …
From G. H. Darwin 18 October 1874
Summary
Has been invited to lecture at the Royal Institution by Spottiswoode. Discusses subjects he might deal with and his reasons for attempting it.
Tells of a complicated case of a double sale of a living.
Huxley says F. M. Balfour passed brilliantly.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9683 |
From G. H. Darwin [3 June 1867]
Summary
Has asked a classics scholar about a word for Pangenesis. He suggests "atomogenesis".
Is getting in rather a fright about the coming exams.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3 June 1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5561 |
From G. H. Darwin [9–15 June 1863]
Summary
Discusses some angles [relating to phyllotaxy].
The forthcoming school holidays.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9–15 June 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4209 |
From G. H. Darwin 20 August 1875
Summary
CD’s suspicions that Legrain falsified experiments on interbred rabbits are like second sight. Has sent a copy of the letter to A. H. Huth.
Henry Sidgwick and A. J. Balfour are "spiritualising" again.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Aug 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10129 |
From G. H. Darwin 5 December 1874
Summary
Has finished the "cousin paper" and will offer it to W. Farr for the Statistical Society.
Describes other work in progress.
Has CD heard of A. M. Mayer’s curious work on audition of insects [Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 8 (1874): 89–103?]
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9743 |
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| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, Horace | (1) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
| Darwin, Sara | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
| Sedgwick, Sara | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (50) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (50) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
