To Richard Owen [1847?]
Summary
Asks to meet RO to get his opinion on zoological points.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [1847?] |
Classmark: | Yale University Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library (MMS) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1044 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Owen, Richard …
- … To Richard Owen [1847? ] …
- … John Hay Whitney Medical Library (MMS) Charles Robert Darwin Down [1847? ] Richard Owen …
- … vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Owen, Richard Startin. 1894. …
- … The life of Richard Owen … With the scientific portions revised by C. Davies Sherborn; …
- … Owens’ London home for discussions with Richard Owen . On 7 January 1847 she wrote ( R. …
To Richard Owen 30 July [1853]
Summary
Bartholomew James Sulivan’s address is Guildford. Please to have CD’s copy [of Owen 1853] left at the Athenaeum Club or the Geological Society of London.
He and his family are in Eastbourne but the weather has been poor.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | 30 July [1853] |
Classmark: | Onondaga County Public Library (Autograph Manuscripts collection Box 1 Folder 44) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1526F |
To Richard Owen 11 November [1859]
Summary
Has asked his publisher to send a copy of Origin. Fears it will be "an abomination" in RO’s eyes. Urges him to read it straight through, as it is a condensed abstract and will otherwise be unintelligible.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | 11 Nov [1859] |
Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2515 |
To Richard Owen [April? 1848]
Summary
Pleased at RO’s praise of Coral reefs.
Has read with very great interest RO’s "Report on the archetype" [Rep. BAAS 16 (1846): 169–340]. RO should give name to every letter or number in his woodcuts.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [Apr? 1848] |
Classmark: | R. S. Owen 1894, 1: 209 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-997 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Owen, Richard …
- … To Richard Owen [April? 1848] …
- … R. S. Owen 1894, 1: 209 Charles Robert Darwin Down [Apr? 1848] Richard Owen …
- … Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845. Owen, Richard. 1848. On the archetypes and homologies …
- … of the vertebrate skeleton. London: John Van Voorst. Owen, Richard Startin. 1894. …
- … The life of Richard Owen … With the scientific portions revised by C. Davies Sherborn; …
From Richard Owen 11 June 1839
Summary
Thanks CD effusively [for Journal of researches] – "the most delightful book in my collection".
Author: | Richard Owen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 June 1839 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 183 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-519 |
To Richard Owen [January 1838]
Summary
Would like to call upon RO to discuss the last engravings sent by George Scharf. CD assumes that the revise of Toxodon [see 395] was received.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [Jan 1838] |
Classmark: | Kenneth W. Rendell (dealer) (1990) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-399A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Owen, Richard …
- … To Richard Owen [January 1838] …
- … dealer) (1990) Charles Robert Darwin London, Gt Marlborough St, 36 [Jan 1838] Richard Owen …
- … by the relationship to the letters to Richard Owen , [28 December 1837] and 28 [December …
- … Correspondence vol. 2, letter to Richard Owen, [28 December 1837] . George Brettingham …
To Richard Owen [before 28 April 1850]
Summary
Asks to borrow a cirripede specimen from collection of Frederick Dixon.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [before 28 Apr 1850] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.89) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1357 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Owen, Richard …
- … To Richard Owen [before 28 April 1850] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.89) Charles Robert Darwin Down [before 28 Apr 1850] Richard Owen …
- … from the relationship to the letter to Richard Owen, 28 April [1850] (see n. 2, below). …
- … whom Owen directed CD (see letter to Richard Owen, 28 April [1850] ). Tab. XIV, figs. 3 …
To Richard Owen 10 September [1850]
Summary
Asks to borrow specimen of Balanus glacialis from the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. It will be necessary to disarticulate it, but CD will return the valves to the Museum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | 10 Sept [1850] |
Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections Owen correspondence 9/199) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1356 |
To Richard Owen [24 February 1849]
Summary
Thanks RO for his note on Conchoderma hunteri [see Living Cirripedia 1: 153].
Has been very unwell; has lost four-fifths of his time. Will go to Malvern to try the water-cure for his vomiting, which regular doctors cannot cure.
Has done some pretty homological work with cirripedes.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [24 Feb 1849] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1228 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Owen, Richard …
- … To Richard Owen [24 February 1849] …
- … cirripedes. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1851. Owen, Richard Startin. 1894. …
- … Charles Finney Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down [24 Feb 1849] Richard Owen …
- … The life of Richard Owen … With the scientific portions revised by C. Davies Sherborn; …
- … coast of Patagonia (see letter to Richard Owen, 28 April [1850] ). Sulivan had returned to …
- … see Correspondence vol. 3, letter to Richard Owen, 21 [June 1846] ). R. Owen 1849a , …
From Richard Owen [17 September 1841?]
Summary
CD and [Emma Darwin] are invited to "a holiday musical evening".
Author: | Richard Owen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [17 Sept 1841?] |
Classmark: | The Royal College of Surgeons of England (MS0456/1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-608F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Owen, Richard Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Richard Owen [17 September 1841? ] …
- … Bibliography Owen, Richard Startin. 1894. …
- … College of Surgeons of England (MS0456/1) Richard Owen Park Village East [17 Sept 1841? ] …
- … The life of Richard Owen … With the scientific portions revised by C. Davies Sherborn; …
To Richard Owen [January – 23 March 1850]
Summary
CD regrets the trouble RO has had about C. G. Ehrenberg’s parcel.
He is reading On the nature of limbs [1849] with uncommon interest and admires the way Owen worked out the toes.
Also has read On parthenogenesis [1849] with great interest.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [Jan – 23 Mar 1850] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1231 |
To Richard Owen [November 1847–51]
Summary
"I had not heard before of Whench [Whewell?] having scolded you; I am rather glad of it …
What a grand number of novelties Hooker no doubt will bring home".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [Nov 1847–51] |
Classmark: | John K. Lattimer (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13833 |
To Richard Owen [1849?]
Summary
CD proposes to call for tea if he is well enough on Thursday.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [1849?] |
Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1089 |
To Richard Owen [c. December 1837]
Summary
Sends remaining proofs of RO’s description of Toxodon [Fossil Mammalia] and a revise of first part. Will Owen want a second revise? CD has made "plenty of remarks".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [c. Dec 1837] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.14) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-389 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Owen, Richard …
- … To Richard Owen [ c. December 1837] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin London, Gt Marlborough St, 36 [c. Dec 1837] Richard Owen …
- … Pitois-Levrault et Cie, P. Bertrand. Owen, Richard. 1837. A description of the cranium of …
- … it on 28 December (see letter to Richard Owen, [28 December 1837] ). Owen described it …
To Richard Owen [March 1843 – 15 May 1846]
Summary
Invites the Owens to stay at Down, joining Falconer and a few others.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [Mar 1843 – 15 May 1846] |
Classmark: | Michael H. McHugh (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-657 |
To Richard Owen [1839 – April 1840]
Summary
Delighted by RO’s discussion in this sheet. RO should return revises to printer and get remaining ones.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [1839 – Apr 1840] |
Classmark: | Charles Hamilton (dealer) (13 June 1974) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-397 |
To Richard Owen [21 April 1846]
Summary
Asks to visit RO to talk about mammifers of the [Rio] Plata.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [21 Apr 1846] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.48) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-959 |
From Richard Owen [7 August 1837]
Summary
Dissected beak of Rhynchops shows no extensive innervation. But beak may nevertheless be a sensitive organ of touch as CD suggests.
Author: | Richard Owen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [7 Aug 1837] |
Classmark: | Birds 144 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-371 |
To Richard Owen 10 September [1850]
Summary
About to go to press with "wearyful" Fossil Cirripedia [vol. 1 (1851)];
would like to borrow proof-sheets of Frederick Dixon’s work [The geology and fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous formations of Sussex (1850)]. Would also like to borrow a specimen of Balanus glacialis from Royal College of Surgeons. Encloses formal request [see 1356].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | 10 Sept [1850] |
Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections Owen correspondence 9/198) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1355 |
To Richard Owen 25 August [1841–2]
Summary
Sends elephant tooth from Africa. Suggests it may be interesting in light of his [mistaken] memory of Cuvier’s opinion about tusk brought from Peru by Humboldt.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | 25 Aug [1841-2] |
Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections Owen correspondence 9/207) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-608 |
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