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To J. D. Hooker [19 July 1847]
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Congratulations on JDH’s engagement.
Sorry JDH is so determined on an expedition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [19 July 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1101 |
To Susan Darwin [1 April 1838]
Summary
FitzRoy is hard at work on his book [Narrative, vol. 2].
CD’s health is improved.
Describes his visit to zoo.
Gives news of E. A. Darwin and Harriet Martineau.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Apr 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 223: 39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-407 |
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- … Wedgwood , Mrs Hensleigh Wedgwood . Harriet Martineau’s impression of CD was altogether complimentary. In her autobiography, reminiscing about ‘eminent men who were not vain’, she writes of ‘the simple, childlike, painstaking, effective Charles Darwin , who established himself presently at the head of living English naturalists’ ( Martineau 1877 , 1: 355). See letter to J. S. Henslow, [ …
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Addressee
| Darwin, S. E. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, S. E. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
