From G. B. Thornbery 27 March 1873
Summary
Has read several of CD’s books; is curious about his remarks on "movements which are no longer useful but still inherited". Asks CD’s opinion on why people still swing arms with opposite leg in walking.
| Author: | Gregory Beddome Thornbery |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Mar 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 316 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8827 |
From N. D. Doedes 27 March 1873
Summary
Thanks CD for photograph – sends one in return,
questions CD on his religious views.
| Author: | Nicolaas Dirk Doedes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Mar 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 201 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8828 |
From A. G. Butler 27 March 1873
Summary
On ocelli and relation to sexual selection;
instance of rejection of male by female butterfly.
| Author: | Arthur Gardiner Butler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Mar 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 96–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8829 |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Butler, A. G. | (1) |
| Doedes, N. D. | (1) |
| Thornbery, G. B. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
