To John Lubbock 19 [July 1855]
Summary
Congratulations to JL on finding musk-ox fossil.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 19 [July 1855] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 1 (EH 88206446) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1720 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John …
- … To John Lubbock 19 [July 1855] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 [July 1855] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
- … cold period ( R. Owen 1856 , p. 130). See letter to John Lubbock, 14 [July 1855] . …
- … Horace Gordon. 1914. Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury. 2 vols. London: Macmillan. …
- … by a letter from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, 16 June 1855 , printed in H. G. …
To John Lubbock 24 April [1855]
Summary
Praise for JL’s interesting paper ["On the freshwater entomostraca of South America", Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. n.s. 3 (1854–6): 232–46].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 24 Apr [1855] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 11 (EH 88206460) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1673 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John …
- … To John Lubbock 24 April [1855] …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Lubbock, John. 1855. On the freshwater Entomostraca of …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Apr [1855] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
- … brasiliensis , and Daphnia brasiliensis . John Lubbock’s first four papers on Entomostraca …
To John Lubbock 14 [July 1855]
Summary
CD has more specimens of Helix pomatia.
Thanks for Lepidoptera book.
Invites JL to dinner.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 14 [July 1855] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.621) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1831 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John …
- … To John Lubbock 14 [July 1855] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 [July 1855] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
- … to put in his vivarium (see letter to John Lubbock, 24 April [1855] ). See letter to G. …
- … Kent. John Innes was perpetual curate of Down. CD had previously asked Lubbock for some …
To J. W. Lubbock 10 January [1855]
Summary
Reports that his intercession with Folliott Baugh [Rector of Chelsfield, Kent] has had no effect. Baugh still believes Farnborough’s rights have not been attended to if entire fund is applied to the school at Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John William Lubbock, 3d baronet |
| Date: | 10 Jan [1855] |
| Classmark: | The Royal Society (LUB: D21) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1628 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … LUB: D21) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Jan [1855] John William Lubbock, 3d baronet …
- … Down. Jan 10 th . Dear Sir John Lubbock I had a long interview with M r Baugh yesterday, …
- … school in Farnborough supported by John William Lubbock ( Post Office directory of the six …
- … to the memory of his father, Sir John William Lubbock Sr. See letters to J. W. Lubbock, …
From J. D. Dana [before 6 December 1855]
Summary
Responds to CD’s criticism of his use of word "Kingdom" in discussing geographical distribution of Crustacea.
| Author: | James Dwight Dana |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 6 Dec 1855] |
| Classmark: | DAR (CD library – Dana, J. D. 1853) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1544 |
To J. W. Lubbock 15 [January 1855]
Summary
CD called on Baugh but found him adamant; he has already laid the case before the [Charity] Commissioners and if necessary will take it to a Court of Equity.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John William Lubbock, 3d baronet |
| Date: | 15 [Jan 1855] |
| Classmark: | The Royal Society (LUB: D22) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1631 |
From Robert McAndrew 6 October 1855
Summary
Answers questions presumably sent in CD’s letter [missing] of 5 Oct 1855 after reading RMcA’s work on the geographical distribution of testaceous Mollusca.
| Author: | Robert McAndrew |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Oct 1855 |
| Classmark: | DAR (Pamphlet collection: bound in McAndrew, Robert 1854) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1759A |
To J. D. Hooker 19 July [1855]
Summary
Parcels sent to Down by coach may get lost.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 19 July [1855] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 139 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1722 |
To G. R. Waterhouse 8 July [1855]
Summary
Asks GRW if there is any easy systematic work on Lepidoptera for his sons. Considers making out the names from descriptions fine practice for the intellect; mere collecting is idle work.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Robert Waterhouse |
| Date: | 8 July [1855] |
| Classmark: | McGill University Library, Department of Rare Books |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1713 |
To W. E. Darwin [25 April 1855]
Summary
The new pigeon house is nearly complete.
CD is busy trying all sorts of experiments on salting seeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Apr 1855] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1660 |
| letter | (10) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Dana, J. D. | (1) |
| McAndrew, Robert | (1) |
| Lubbock, John | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Lubbock, J. W. (b) | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Lubbock, John | (3) |
| Lubbock, J. W. (b) | (2) |
| Dana, J. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| McAndrew, Robert | (1) |
| Waterhouse, G. R. | (1) |
