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To Michael Foster   29 [June 1871]

Summary

Thanks him for curare.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  29 [June 1871]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.401)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7837

Matches: 7 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   29 [June 1871] …
  • … Robert Darwin London Queen Anne St, 6 Down letterhead 29 [June 1871] Michael Foster
  • … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Michael Foster, [26 June 1871] . …
  • … See letter from Michael Foster, [26 June 1871] . …
  • … See letter to Michael Foster, 26 June [1871] and n.   …
  • … 4, and letter from Michael Foster, [26 June 1871] . CD spent most of August 1871 at …

From Michael Foster   20 September 1871

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Offers his services for the future.

Working hard at establishing physiology at Cambridge.

Author:  Michael Foster
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 Sept 1871
Classmark:  DAR 164: 164
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7957

Matches: 6 hits

  • Foster, Michael Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Michael Foster   20 September 1871 …
  • … DAR 164: 164 Michael Foster Huntingdon 20 Sept 1871 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … CD’s letter has not been found, but see the letter to Michael Foster, 29 [June 1871] . …
  • … See letter to Michael Foster, 26 June [1871] and n.  4. Foster was praelector in …
  • … of physiology in 1883 ( ODNB ). See letter to Michael Foster, 26 June [1871] and n.  1. …

From Michael Foster   25 June 1871

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Regrets he cannot get to Queen Anne Street, but intends to come to Down.

Author:  Michael Foster
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 June 1871
Classmark:  DAR 164: 163
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7831

Matches: 6 hits

  • Foster, Michael Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Michael Foster   25 June 1871 …
  • … DAR 164: 163 Michael Foster Blackheath 25 June 1871 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Foster . See letter from Michael Foster, 4 June [1871] . Bickley is about four miles north …
  • … See letter to Michael Foster, 6 June [1871] . Foster may refer to the New Oxford and …
  • … see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Foster refers to Michael George Foster and Mercy Elizabeth …

From Michael Foster   [before 9 May 1874]

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Encloses a report on state of appeal for Naples Zoological Station.

Author:  Michael Foster
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 9 May 1874]
Classmark:  DAR 164: 167
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9448

Matches: 6 hits

  • Foster, Michael Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Michael Foster   [before 9 May 1874] …
  • … DAR 164: 167 Michael Foster unstated [before 9 May 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … various scientific men, [7 April 1874], and letter to Michael Foster, 23 April [1874] ). …
  • … between this letter and the letter to Michael Foster, 9 May [1874] . Foster’s letter is …
  • … the circular, see the letter from Michael Foster, 17 June [1874] . In this earlier copy, …

To Michael Foster   6 June [1871]

Summary

Comments on MF’s "little essay" [see 7800].

Invites him to visit.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  6 June [1871]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.419)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7803

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   6 June [1871] …
  • … Society (Mss.B.D25.419) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 June [1871] Michael Foster
  • … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Michael Foster, 4 June [1871] . …
  • … See letter from Michael Foster, 4 June [1871] . No record of Foster’s visiting has been …

From Michael Foster   18 January 1882

Summary

Responds to CD’s query about the sensitivity of plants in light and darkness and Julius Wiesner’s assumptions [in Das Bewegungsvermögen der Pflanzen (1881)].

Author:  Michael Foster
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Jan 1882
Classmark:  DAR 106: D20–1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13623

Matches: 3 hits

From Michael Foster   [26 June 1871]

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Has arranged to send CD a bottle of urari [curare]. Describes its effect with strychnine.

Author:  Michael Foster
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [26 June 1871]
Classmark:  DAR 58.1: 141–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7834

Matches: 7 hits

  • Foster, Michael Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Michael Foster   [26 June 1871] …
  • … DAR 58.1: 141–2 Michael Foster Blackheath [26 June 1871] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … this letter and the letters to Michael Foster , 26 June [1871] and 29 [June 1871] . In  …
  • … 26 June was a Monday. See letter to Michael Foster, 26 June [1871] and n.  3. Urari is an …
  • … one (Roman numeral). See letter to Michael Foster, 26 June [1871] and n.  4. ‘Strychnia’ …
  • … on Drosera rotundifolia (see letter to Michael Foster, 26 June [1871] and n.  4). …

To Michael Foster   9 May [1874]

Summary

CD is rather disappointed by the money raised for Dohrn. Had hoped for £700–800.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  9 May [1874]
Classmark:  Michael Silverman (dealer) (January 2001)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9452

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   9 May [1874] …
  • … Silverman (dealer) (January 2001) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 May [1874] Michael Foster
  • … station at Naples (see letter from Michael Foster, [before 9 May 1874] and n.  2). …

To Michael Foster   26 June [1871]

Summary

Invites MF to visit.

Asks where he can obtain curare for plant experiment.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  26 June [1871]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.400)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7832

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   26 June [1871] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 26 June [1871] Michael Foster
  • … See letter from Michael Foster, 25 June 1871 . CD returned home on 30 June 1871. He spent …

To Michael Foster   25 April [1874]

Summary

Has received circulars, and contributions from Lyell and George Busk [for Naples biological station].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  25 Apr [1874]
Classmark:  Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 4: 71)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9427

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   25 April [1874] …
  • … Huxley 4: 71) Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 25 Apr [1874] Michael Foster
  • … prospective subscribers (see letter to Michael Foster, 23 April [1874] and n.  2). William …

From Michael Foster   30 January 1875

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Account of the fund to help Anton Dohrn’s zoological station at Naples.

Author:  Michael Foster
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 Jan 1875
Classmark:  DAR 162: 215/1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9835F

Matches: 5 hits

  • Foster, Michael Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Michael Foster   30 January 1875 …
  • … DAR 162: 215/1 Michael Foster 30 Jan 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Naples, see Correspondence vol.  22, letters from Michael Foster , 7 April [1874] and 17  …
  • … June [1874] , and letters to Michael Foster , 23 April [1874] and 9 May [1874] . See also …

To Michael Foster   23 April [1874]

Summary

Approves of proof [of subscription appeal for Dohrn’s Naples station]. Suggests names.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  23 Apr [1874]
Classmark:  Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 4: 69)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9425

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   23 April [1874] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 Down letterhead 23 Apr [1874] Michael Foster
  • … men, [7 April 1874], and letter from Michael Foster, 7 April [1874] ). William Cavendish …

To Michael Foster   16 April 1871

Summary

Encloses two questions he hopes MF can answer: the mechanism of transmission by nerves; and the mechanism by which contemplating part of our body, we become conscious of its existence

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  16 Apr 1871
Classmark:  Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/16); DAR 195.1: 11–13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7689G

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   16 April 1871 …
  • … Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Foster, Michael. 1869. Mouvements involuntaires chez …
  • … DC AL 1/16); DAR 195.1: 11–13 Charles Robert Darwin 16 Apr 1871 Down Michael Foster

From Michael Foster   7 April [1874]

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Is organising an appeal for the Naples Zoological Station.

Author:  Michael Foster
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Apr [1874]
Classmark:  DAR 164: 165
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9396

Matches: 3 hits

From Michael Foster   4 June [1871]

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Sends answers to CD’s queries on expression.

Author:  Michael Foster
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 June [1871]
Classmark:  DAR 164: 162, DAR 195.1: 51
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7800

Matches: 5 hits

  • Foster, Michael Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Michael Foster   4 June [1871] …
  • … DAR 164: 162, DAR 195.1: 51 Michael Foster Trinity College, Cambridge 4 June [1871] …
  • … the relationship between this letter and the letter to Michael Foster, 16 April 1871 . For …
  • … see the enclosure to the letter to Michael Foster, 16 April 1871 . Foster probably …

To John Lubbock, P. L. Sclater, Charles Lyell, W. B. Carpenter, and Michael Foster   [7 April 1874]

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Circular requesting recipients to sign an enclosed [missing] statement [relating to appeal for Naples Zoological Station] if they approve of it.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury; Philip Lutley Sclater; Charles Lyell, 1st baronet; William Benjamin Carpenter; Michael Foster
Date:  [7 Apr 1874]
Classmark:  DAR 97: C52–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9384

Matches: 7 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John Sclater, P. L. Lyell, Charles Carpenter, W. B. Foster, Michael
  • … P. L. Sclater, Charles Lyell, W. B. Carpenter, and Michael Foster   [7 April 1874] …
  • … Philip Lutley Sclater Charles Lyell, 1st baronet William Benjamin Carpenter Michael Foster
  • … F.R.S. — 56 R.  P.  Road N.W. D r Michael Foster FRS Gt Shelford Cambridge Will you be so …
  • … between this letter, the letter from Michael Foster, 7 April [1874] , and the letter to …
  • … Naples, has not been found; see, however, the letter from Michael Foster, 7 April [1874] . …
  • … some will be thus saved. D r . Michael Foster after receiving a certain number of …

From Michael Foster   17 June [1874]

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Encloses a report on current status of the appeal for Naples Zoological Station.

Shark embryology.

Author:  Michael Foster
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 June [1874]
Classmark:  DAR 164: 166
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9498

Matches: 4 hits

  • Foster, Michael Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Michael Foster   17 June [1874] …
  • … DAR 164: 166 Michael Foster Gt Shelford 17 June [1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … will you please communicate with Dr Michael Foster, Trinity College, Cambridge, who will …

Foster, Michael and Sedgwick, Adam, eds. 1885. The works of Francis Maitland Balfour. 4 vols. London: Macmillan and co.

Matches: 1 hit

  • Foster, Michael and Sedgwick, Adam, eds. 1885. The works of Francis Maitland Balfour. 4 …

Foster, Michael and Balfour, Francis Maitland. 1874. The elements of embryology. London: Macmillan and Co.

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  • Foster, Michael and Balfour, Francis Maitland. 1874. The elements of embryology. London: …

Foster, Michael. 1869. Mouvements involuntaires chez les animaux. Revue des Cours scientifiques de la France et de l’étranger 6 (1869): 677–85 and 712–20.

Matches: 1 hit

  • Foster, Michael. 1869. Mouvements involuntaires chez les animaux. Revue des Cours …
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