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To J. D. Hooker [November–December 1854]
Summary
[Recto:] CD defines "aberrant genus".
[Verso:] JDH’s list of families, [presumably] with aberrant genera, and [presumably] the number of species in each genus.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [Nov–Dec 1854] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 222a |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1596 |
To J. D. Hooker 5 November [1854]
Summary
Congratulates JDH on receipt of Royal Medal.
CD gathering facts on aberrant genera of insects.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 5 Nov [1854] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 152 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1597 |
To J. D. Hooker 15 November [1854]
Summary
Calculating small number of species in aberrant genera of insects and plants.
Joachim Barrande’s "Colonies", Élie de Beaumont’s "lines of Elevation", Forbes’s "Polarity" make CD despair, as these theories lead to conclusions opposite to CD’s from the same classes of facts.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 15 Nov [1854] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 156 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1601 |