From Edward Forbes [March? 1845]
Summary
Comments on G. B. Sowerby’s identifications of South American fossil shells [812]. [Notes from more than one original memorandum].
| Author: | Edward Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Mar? 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 43.1: 53–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-834 |
From Edward Forbes [7 August 1846]
Summary
Has completed descriptions of S. American fossil shells [for South America]. Proposes to name a Nautilus after A. D. d’Orbigny.
| Author: | Edward Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [7 Aug 1846] |
| Classmark: | DAR 43.1: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-989 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Forbes, Edward Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Edward Forbes [7 August 1846] …
- … DAR 43.1: 49 Edward Forbes unstated [7 Aug 1846] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Forbes, Edward. 1846. On the connexion between the distribution of the …
- … on one for myself Ever, most sincerely | Edward Forbes crossed pencil 2.3 lower & middle …
From Edward Forbes [25 February 1846]
Summary
Answers CD’s objections with botanical and geological arguments supporting the existence of an ancient post-Miocene land extending over what is now the Mediterranean and past the Azores in the Atlantic [EF’s "Atlantis" theory in "On the connexion between the distribution of the existing fauna and flora of the British Isles and the geological changes which have affected their area", Mem. Geol. Surv. G. B. 1 (1846): 336–432].
| Author: | Edward Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Feb 1846] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 151 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-956 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Forbes, Edward Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Edward Forbes [25 February 1846] …
- … DAR 164: 151 Edward Forbes London, Southwick St, 3 [25 Feb 1846] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Forbes, Edward. 1845. On the distribution of endemic plants, more especially …
- … Transactions of the sections, pp. 67–8. Forbes, Edward. 1846. On the connexion between the …
- … received:— ever most sincerely | Edward Forbes. You’ll be sorry to hear that poor Cumming …
From Edward Forbes [September 1846]
Summary
Returns corrected proof of his descriptions of S. American fossil shells [South America, appendix].
| Author: | Edward Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Sept 1846] |
| Classmark: | DAR 43.1: 46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-995 |
From Edward Forbes [9 May 1845]
Summary
Has marked probable depths of the specimens on CD’s list of S. American shells. Asks for details which would provide more precise conclusions. [See South America, p. 226.]
| Author: | Edward Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 May 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 43.1: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-866 |
From Edward Forbes [after 14 February 1845]
Summary
Sends information on Gryphaea orientalis. [See South America, p. 212.]
| Author: | Edward Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 Feb 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 43.1: 47–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-809 |
Forbes, Edward. 1854b. Zoology and Botany. Pp. 80–92 of Forbes, Edward and Latham, R. G., The natural history department of the Crystal Palace described. London.
From George Brettingham Sowerby and Edward Forbes 28 May 1844
Summary
[Recto is a list of Galapagos shells, by island, signed GBS. Verso is another list of shells in EF’s hand.]
| Author: | George Brettingham Sowerby; Edward Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 May 1844 |
| Classmark: | DAR 46.2: B1–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-752 |
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To Edward Forbes 23 January [1852?]
Summary
Discusses Balanus unguiformis. Promises to return specimen.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Forbes |
| Date: | 23 Jan [1852?] |
| Classmark: | Florida State University Libraries, Strozier Library Special Collections Vault (tipped into a copy of Origin, QH365 .O2 1859) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1472 |
To Edward Forbes 13 May [1845]
Summary
Fears he cannot supply additional data [on shells].
Makes suggestions for Thomas Edmondston, naturalist on board the Herald, of places to visit and geological data to collect on proposed California expedition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Forbes |
| Date: | 13 May [1845] |
| Classmark: | L. D. Edmondston (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-867 |
To Edward Forbes [1 May – 5 June 1851]
Summary
Comments on MS by C. S. Bate. Bate not aware of other work on Cirripedia; cites Bate’s errors. Would Bate allow CD to use his drawings in Living Cirripedia? [See Living Cirripedia 1: 9–16.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Forbes |
| Date: | [1 May – 5 June 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 131 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1214 |
Forbes, Edward. 1841. A history of British starfishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata. London: John van Voorst.
Forbes, Edward. 1854e. Anniversary address of the president. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10: xxii–lxxxi.
Forbes, Edward and Hanley, Sylvanus. 1853. A history of British Mollusca and their shells. 4 vols. London: John Van Voorst.
Forbes, Edward and Godwin-Austen, Robert Albert Cloyne. 1859. The natural history of the European seas. By the late Prof. Edw. Forbes … edited and continued by Robert Godwin-Austen. London.
Forbes, Edward. 1853. On the fluvio-marine Tertiaries of the Isle of Wight. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 9: 259–70.
From J. D. Hooker 2 [March] 1846
Summary
Thanks for Edward Forbes’s letter. Botanical evidence conflicts with parts of his theory but supports others. Is becoming more of a migrationist.
Bentham agrees with JDH on polymorphism.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 [Mar] 1846 |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 63–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-958 |
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- … 1785–1911. London: Michael Joseph. Forbes, Edward. 1845. On the distribution of endemic …
- … Thanks for Edward Forbes’s letter. Botanical evidence conflicts with parts of his theory …
- … Transactions of the sections, pp. 67–8. Forbes, Edward. 1846. On the connexion between the …
- … 1846] and [25 February – 2 March 1846] . Edward Forbes argued that the Asturian region of …
- … Forbes 1845 and 1846 ). See letter from Edward Forbes, [25 February 1846] . Schouw 1823 , …
- … pp. 512–14 (see letter from Edward Forbes, [25 February 1846] , n. 6). Presumably the …
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