From Thomas Belt [before 18] January 1877
Summary
TB is seeking a Government grant through the Royal Society so that he can give up his business and pursue his work on the glacial period; wants CD to support him with a note to Hooker.
Author: | Thomas Belt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 18] Jan 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 202: 14 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10761 |
From J. D. Hooker 18 January 1877
Summary
JDH discusses his and others’ experiments on survival of seeds. Impressed with resistance of some seeds and rapid decomposition of others. He wonders about "vitality" in the abstract.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Jan 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 74–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10802 |
From Friedrich Hildebrand 18 January 1877
Summary
Praise for Cross and self-fertilisation: most important point proved is benefit of crossing between related individuals grown under different conditions. This explains adaptive value of dispersal mechanisms.
Author: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Jan 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 215 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10803 |
To Thomas Belt 18 January 1877
Summary
Thinks it would be a serious mistake for TB to give up his profession. How the Royal Society will distribute funds is as yet very uncertain, and CD feels that TB may well receive no support as his proposal is too theoretical.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Belt |
Date: | 18 Jan 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 83 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10804 |
letter | (4) |
Belt, Thomas | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Hildebrand, Friedrich | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Belt, Thomas | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Belt, Thomas | (2) |
Hildebrand, Friedrich | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (1) |