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To John Lubbock   [22 November 1859]

Summary

CD’s former admiration for Paley’s Natural theology [1802].

Cares not for reviews [of Origin] but for opinions of men like Lubbock, Huxley, Hooker, Lyell.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  [22 Nov 1859]
Classmark:  DAR 263: 17 (EH 88206466)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2532

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   [22 November 1859] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin Ilkley [22 Nov 1859] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
  • … the Tuesday following the letter to John Lubbock, [19 November 1859] . The date given in …
  • … Ilkley Wells House. See letter to John Lubbock, [19 November 1859] . Paley 1802 . CD read …

From John Lubbock   4 September 1863

Summary

Has returned from trip to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

Has been made President of the Ethnological Society.

Author:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 Sept 1863
Classmark:  DAR 170: 40
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4291

Matches: 5 hits

  • Lubbock, John Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From John Lubbock   4 September 1863 …
  • … DAR 170: 40 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 4 Sept …
  • … Horace Gordon. 1914. Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury. 2 vols. London: Macmillan. …
  • … kind regards to M rs Darwin believe me, dear M r Darwin, | Yours affec tly | John Lubbock

From John Lubbock   3 November 1864

Summary

Congratulates CD on receiving the Copley Medal.

Author:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Nov 1864
Classmark:  DAR 170: 48
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4653

Matches: 5 hits

  • Lubbock, John Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From John Lubbock   3 November 1864 …
  • … DAR 170: 48 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury Athenaeum Club 3 Nov 1864 …
  • … seeing you in the morning. — Believe me always | Yours affec | John Lubbock C Darwin Esq …
  • John Phillips, 12 November 1863 . The reference is to ‘On dimorphism in the hymenopterous genus Cynips ’, by Benjamin Dann Walsh ( Walsh 1864a ). CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL.  See letter from B.  D.  Walsh, 29 April – 19 May 1864  and n.  7. Lubbock

To John Lubbock   5 September [1862]

Summary

Finds JL’s facts on the diving insect that remains four hours under water new and interesting [see "On two aquatic Hymenoptera", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 24 (1864): 135–42].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  5 Sept [1862]
Classmark:  DAR 263
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3713

Matches: 6 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   5 September [1862] …
  • … Robert Darwin Bournemouth 5 Sept [1862] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
  • … is established by the relationship to the letter from John Lubbock, 23 August 1862 , and …
  • … to the letters to John Lubbock , 2 September [1862] and [3 September 1862] (see nn.  2 and …
  • … has not been found. In the letter to John Lubbock, 2 September [1862] , CD asked Lubbock …

To John Lubbock   17 July 1870

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Summary

CD would like questions on consanguineous marriages inserted in the Census to ascertain effects, if any, on fertility.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  17 July 1870
Classmark:  DAR 261.7: 6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7281

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   17 July 1870 …
  • … 6 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 July 1870 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
  • … July 1870  and n.  2, and letter from John Lubbock, 16 July [1870] and n.  2. For more on …

To John Lubbock   10 [September 1853]

Summary

Asks about source of paper on the metamorphosis of Pycnogonida for C. S. Bate.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  10 [Sept 1853]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.97)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1365

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   10 [September 1853] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 [Sept 1853] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
  • … 1853] ). Quatrefages de Bréau 1842. John Lubbock had for the past year been studying the …

To John Lubbock   14 August [1861]

Summary

JL is thinking of moving to Brighton.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  14 Aug [1861]
Classmark:  DAR 263: 47 (EH 88206491)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3233

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   14 August [1861] …
  • … Horace Gordon. 1914. Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury. 2 vols. London: Macmillan. …
  • … Robert Darwin Torquay 14 Aug [1861] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …

To John Lubbock   [1871 or later]

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Summary

All the inhabitants of Down hope JL will endeavour to induce the Post Office to improve the telegraph service.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  [1871 or later]
Classmark:  DAR 96: 89
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7057

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   [1871 or later] …
  • … Robert Darwin unstated [1871 or later] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
  • … earlier ( Post Office guide 1873). John Lubbock was MP for Maidstone from 1870 to 1880 ( …

To John Lubbock   2 August [1866]

Summary

Has read abstract of JL’s paper ["On the present state of archaeological science", Athenæum 21 July 1866, pp. 79–82] and praises it.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  2 Aug [1866]
Classmark:  DAR 263: 63
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5172

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   2 August [1866] …
  • … 63 Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Aug [1866] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
  • … between this letter and the letter from John Lubbock, 4 August 1866 . The reference is to …
  • … Horace Gordon. 1914. Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury. 2 vols. London: Macmillan. …

Lubbock, D. H. (1836–1917)

Matches: 3 hits

  • … William Lubbock; John Lubbock’s sister. Married William Powell Rodney in 1856. Burke’s …
  • … 1st– edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1826–. 6,16 Lubbock, John Rodney, W. P. …
  • … Diana Hotham Lubbock Rodney 1836–1917 Daughter of John

To John Lubbock   [29 July 1856]

Summary

Regrets he cannot help JL; the point [unspecified] was always a trouble to CD also.

Has been to a poultry show.

Asks for the return of a lens.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  [29 July 1856]
Classmark:  DAR 263: 13 (EH 88206462)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1620

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   [29 July 1856] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin Down [29 July 1856] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
  • … called ‘ephippial’ eggs ( Lubbock 1857 ). See letter to John Lubbock, 27 October [1856] . …

To John Lubbock   3 September [1881?]

Summary

Discusses insect attraction to artificial flowers. CD’s experiments of 40 years ago failed, but Nägeli reported success by scenting them.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  3 Sept [1881?]
Classmark:  The British Library (Add MS 49644: 94–5)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9622

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   3 September [1881? ] …
  • … Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876. Lubbock, John. 1881b. Observations on ants, bees, and …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Sept [1881? ] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …

To John Lubbock   [September 1854]

Summary

Sends beetle he cannot identify.

Reading J. O. Westwood [Introduction to the modern classification of insects (1839–40)] has reawakened his passion for entomology.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  [Sept 1854]
Classmark:  DAR 263: 8 (EH 88206457)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1585

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   [September 1854] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin Down [Sept 1854] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …

From John Lubbock   25 October 1862

Summary

CD’s health is bad.

Would like to visit CD on Friday.

Author:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 Oct 1862
Classmark:  DAR 170: 32
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3781

Matches: 6 hits

  • Lubbock, John Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From John Lubbock   25 October 1862 …
  • … DAR 170: 32 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 25 Oct …
  • … Believe me always | Yours affectly | John Lubbock P.S.  Herbert Norman has found a celt of …
  • … See letter to John Lubbock, 23 October [1862] . Francis Galton was CD’s cousin. In 1862, …
  • … fever during the summer (see letters to John Lubbock , 21 August [1862] and 2 September [ …

To John Lubbock   17 November 1871

Summary

Praises and comments on JL’s essay on insects ["Origin of insects", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. 11 (1873): 422–5].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  17 Nov 1871
Classmark:  DAR 261.7: 7 (EH 88205932)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8072

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   17 November 1871 …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Nov 1871 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
  • … Correspondence vol.  10, letter from John Lubbock, 23 August 1862 , and Lubbock 1863 ). …

To John Lubbock   3 May [1875]

Summary

Arrangements to meet a Duke [unidentified] at High Elms [Lubbock residence].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  3 May [1875]
Classmark:  The British Library (Add MS 49644: 79–80)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9968

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   3 May [1875] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 May [1875] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
  • … House before going on to High Elms for lunch ( John Lubbock’s diary, BL Add mss 62680). …

To John Lubbock   17 December [1859]

Summary

Local affairs and finances.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  17 Dec [1859]
Classmark:  DAR 263: 31 (EH 88206480)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2586

Matches: 6 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   17 December [1859] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Dec [1859] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
  • … the Down Coal and Clothing Society. See also letter to John Lubbock, 12 December [1859] . …
  • … Elms was the Lubbock family residence. John Lubbock spent much of the week at his house in …
  • John William Lubbock established a local rifle club in Down as the village’s contribution …

From John Lubbock   5 April [1875]

Summary

Expresses concern about the "coolness" between CD and [G. S.] Ffinden in regard to the Infant School.

Author:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  5 Apr [1875]
Classmark:  DAR 198: 128
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9914F

Matches: 5 hits

  • Lubbock, John Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From John Lubbock   5 April [1875] …
  • … DAR 198: 128 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 5 …
  • … you are better for your visit to London Believe me | Yours most sincerely | John Lubbock
  • … between this letter and the letter to John Lubbock, 8 April 1875 . George Sketchley …

To John Lubbock   29 [May 1860]

Summary

Local affairs.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  29 [May 1860]
Classmark:  DAR 263: 40 (EH 88206484)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2817

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John
  • … To John Lubbock   29 [May 1860] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 [May 1860] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
  • … by the relationship to the letter to John Lubbock, 25 May [1860] . Probably Thomas Selwood …
  • … acting as curate. See letter to John Lubbock, 25 May [1860] . CD had been treasurer of the …

From John Lubbock   25 March 1867

Summary

Discusses the practice of exogamy; asks if any animals have an instinctive repugnance to inbreeding.

Author:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 Mar 1867
Classmark:  DAR 170: 56
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5459

Matches: 5 hits

  • Lubbock, John Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From John Lubbock   25 March 1867 …
  • … DAR 170: 56 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury unstated 25 Mar 1867 Charles …
  • … to breeding in sin. Believe me always | Very sincerely | Yours | John Lubbock C Darwin Esq …
  • John Ferguson McLennan’s Primitive marriage: an inquiry into the origin of the form of capture in marriage ceremonies ( McLennan 1865 ). The terms exogamy (the custom of marrying outside a clan or group) and endogamy (the custom of marrying within a clan or group) were coined by McLennan ( OED ; see McLennan 1865 , pp.  48–9, 53). McLennan surmised that female infanticide resulted in a shortage of women in a tribe, and the consequent need to capture women for marriage from other groups ( McLennan 1865 , pp.  138–41). For Lubbock’ …
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