From J. D. Hooker 1 January 1865
Summary
Forwards H. T. Stainton letter for reply.
Finds many Cucurbita have tendrils with sticking ends.
The "potentiality of so many organs in plants to play so many parts is one of the most wonderful of your discoveries . . . one day it will itself play a prodigious part in the interpretation of both morphological and physiological facts".
Is disgusted with Sabine’s address [see 4708] because of its mutilation of what JDH wrote.
THH’s slashing leader in Reader ["Science and ""Church policy"" ", 4 (1864): 821] – as usual he destroys all in his path.
Encloses letter from G. H. K. Thwaites with a message for CD [see encl].
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Jan 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 1–3; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Directors’ Correspondence 162: 224 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4734 |
Matches: 23 hits
- … p. 437. See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [19 September …
- … see Guy 1983 and Correspondence vol. 12, letter from E. A. Darwin, 1 February [1864] …
- … 3 and 5; see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 February 1864 ). …
- … undertaken (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. D. Hooker, 16 September 1864 …
- … p. 78. See Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1864] and n. …
- … conditions (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 28 May [1864] , letter from …
- … pp. 708–9 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 December 1864] ). …
- … the Royal Society (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Elizabeth Juliana Sabine, 7 …
- … 1: 816–41). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 December 1864] . …
- … to the book (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [26 or 27 April …
- … June 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 21 June 1864 , …
- … for example, Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [1864] ). In …
- … House MS); see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to John Lubbock, 19 November [1864] ). …
- … plant Nepenthes (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 9 [March] 1864 , …
- … James Veitch (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters to J. D. Hooker, 10 June [1864] and [ …
- … Melastomataceae). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [26–7 April …
- … in September 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 September …
- … 1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12; see also letter to J. D. Hooker, [ c. 23 September …
- … Hooker in his letter of 10 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12) that he expected to …
- … distribution in his letter of 10 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). Hooker and CD …
- … 816. In his letter to Hooker of 10 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), CD reported …
- … 3. In his letter to Hooker of 10 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), CD had asked …
- … 12, Appendix II) that he had finished the paper on climbing plants on 15 September; however, he continued his observations and made small changes to the manuscript until it was sent to the Linnean Society of London on 18 January (see letter …
From John Scott 20 January 1865
Summary
Comments on his Primula paper [see 4213].
Describes his situation in Calcutta.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Jan 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 114 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4751 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … for Scott (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. D. Hooker, [4 June 1864] and [ …
- … 28 August 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 30 August 1864 , …
- … alterations (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 7 January [1864] , and …
- … to Asa Gray (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] ). Gray …
- … read the paper (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [20–]22 February [ …
- … to review it (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 September [1864] , …
- … 3 June 1863] , and Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 28 May 1864 ). CD and …
- … 10 June 1863 , and Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 April [1864] , and …
- … support (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to John Scott, 9 April 1864 ). Scott …
- … Scott at Down (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 April [1864] ). He …
- … duties (see Correspondence vol. 12, enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 6 April …
- … 1863] ). In his letter of 16 May [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), Scott remarked: ‘the …
- … letter from John Scott has not been found. He had left his position at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in March 1864 and, on the advice of CD and Joseph Dalton Hooker , decided to seek employment in India (see Correspondence vol. 12). …
From Benjamin Dann Walsh 1 March 1865
Summary
Sends his paper on "Willow-galls" [Proc. Entomol. Soc. Philadelphia 3 (1864): 543–644].
Lengthy criticism of Agassiz’s views on species as stated in his Essay on classification [1857].
Interested by CD’s trimorphism in Lythrum. Thinks some great mystery may lie in the fact that in some genera, some species are tri-, some di-, and some monomorphic, and in other genera, Apis, Vespa, Bombus, all the known species are dimorphic.
Author: | Benjamin Dann Walsh |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Mar 1865 |
Classmark: | Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4778 |
Matches: 18 hits
- … See Correspondence vol. 12, letters to B. D. Walsh, 4 December [1864] and [4 December …
- … Westwood (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. D. Walsh, 7 November 1864 ). …
- … Cantab. ; see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. D. Walsh, 29 April – 19 May …
- … 1 and 3). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. O. Westwood, 2 December 1864 . CD …
- … A44a–b); see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 28 May [1864] . There is an …
- … 333–5. See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] , and …
- … OED ). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter to B. D. Walsh, 4 December [1864] . In Walsh …
- … pp. 138–41 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. D. Walsh, 29 April [– 19 May] …
- … of Walsh 1864c (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. D. Walsh, 7 November 1864 ); …
- … and 19, above, and Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. D. Walsh, 4 December [1864] …
- … p. 341). See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. D. Walsh, 7 November 1864 . …
- … Bombus copulation in Correspondence vol. 12, letter to B. D. Walsh, 4 December [1864] . …
- … the frontispiece to Correspondence vol. 12; see also letter from W. E. Darwin, [19 May …
- … paper in his letter to Walsh of 4 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). CD wrote an …
- … vol. 5, letter from T. V. Wollaston, 2 March [1855] and nn. 11 and 12, and Wollaston …
- … in his letter to B. D. Walsh, [4 December 1864? ] ( Correspondence vol. 12). Thomas …
- … 12 and Appendix IV). The award was announced in the January 1865 issue of the American Journal of Science and Arts , p. 114. See letter …
- … letter from Asa Gray, 7 July 1863 . The journal was known as ‘Silliman’s Journal’ after its founder and first editor, Benjamin Silliman. Walsh refers to the footnote on pp. 191–2 of ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ ( Collected papers 2: 125, 130–1), which begins with a reference to Origin 3d ed. , p. 101, where CD expressed his belief that in all plant and animal reproduction distinct individuals at least occasionally cross together. See also n. 12, …
From John Scott 10 April 1865
Summary
Comments on CD’s Lythrum paper [Collected papers 2: 106–31]
and on H. Crüger’s orchid paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35].
May take position at Calcutta Botanic Garden.
Regrets he cannot be elected to Linnean Society.
Pleased Asa Gray has commented on JS’s paper.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Apr 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 115 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4810 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … Scott 1864c (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and n. …
- … 1864c to CD for comments (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from John Scott , 28 March …
- … March 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and n. …
- … 1863] , and Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and n. 16. CD …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 …
- … on 4 February 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. D. Hooker, 5 February …
- … its contents (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] , and …
- … and otherwise, see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 , n. 1, …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [after 12] April [1863] and 21 May [ …
- … available from 12 June 1865 (see Freeman 1977 , p. 117). In a missing letter to Scott ( …
- … 12–16, and Orchids 2d ed. , pp. 167–71). Scott had taken a position at Rungbee, a Cinchona plantation near Darjeeling, India, in December 1864 (see letter …
- … letter of 10 June [1864] ). CD communicated both papers to the Linnean Society in June 1864. ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ . Scott is comparing CD’s work on the trimorphic Lythrum with CD’s work on the structure and functions of the reproductive organs in the dimorphic Primula , ‘Dimorphic condition in Primula ’ , which had stimulated Scott’s study of this genus ( Scott 1864b ). For Scott and CD’s discussions of the Primulaceae, see Correspondence vols. 10–12. …
To Henry Holland 6 November [1864]
Summary
Thanks for congratulations on award of Copley Medal by the Royal Society.
Discusses his long period of ill health.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Holland, 1st baronet |
Date: | 6 Nov [1864] |
Classmark: | Peter Harrington (dealer) (September 2020) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4661F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … s travels, see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Henry Holland, 4 November [1864] , nn. …
- … Medal in 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Henry Holland, 4 November [1864] ). …
- … Spencer 1860–2 ; see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Henry Holland, 4 November [1864] …
- … and the letter from Henry Holland, 4 November [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). The Royal …
To W. E. Darwin [19 May 1864]
Summary
Mentions WED’s extraordinary discovery of some pollen-grains of different sizes. The observations must be followed up.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | [19 May 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 186 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5333 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from W. E. Darwin, 18 May [1864] . William had …
- … some time (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from H. E. Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [18 …
- … annotations, see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from W. E. Darwin, 18 May [1864] . For …
- … vol. 12). For CD’s interest in Rhamnus (buckthorn), see ibid. , letter from H. E. …
- … letters from W. E. Darwin, 18 May [1864] and [20 May 1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 2 February [1864]
Summary
Returns WBT’s box of skulls. One or two skulls may be elsewhere, but CD does not have the strength to search for them.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 2 Feb [1864] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5389 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … months of 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 25 February [1864] and …
- … Covent Garden (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 1 February …
- … of crossed fowls (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 1 February …
- … nn. 5 and 7). In his letter of 1 February 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12), Tegetmeier had …
- … the letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 1 February 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12). CD refers …
From Alfred Newton 31 October 1863
Summary
Tells CD where to pick up the partridge’s foot with the ball of earth attached; sends a copy of his remarks on the same. [See Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 13 (1864): 99–101.]
Author: | Alfred Newton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Oct 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4326 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Museum . See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Alfred Newton, 29 March [1864] , and …
- … 63/’. See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Alfred Newton, 29 March [1864] . Newton …
- … 1863] . See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March 1864 , …
- … DNB ). See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Alfred Newton, 2 April 1864 , and …
From A. R. Wallace 31 January [1865]
Summary
Sends papers with comments. Convinced that the Aru pig is a species peculiar to New Guinea fauna, not a domestic animal that ran wild.
Admires CD’s paper ["Three forms of Lythrum", Collected papers 2: 106–31].
Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Jan [1865] |
Classmark: | DAR 106: B22–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4759 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … not been found (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from A. R. Wallace, 2 January 1864 ; …
- … in May 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 and …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Hermann Crüger, 21 January 1864 , …
- … 12, Appendix III). Wallace refers to ‘Climbing plants’ . An abstract of the paper was read at the Linnean Society on 2 February 1865. Richard Spruce had travelled with Wallace in the Amazon basin from 1848 to 1850. Spruce continued to collect plants in South America until his return to England at the end of May 1864 ( Wallace 1905 , 1: 276–9; Spruce 1908 , 1: xxxiv–xxxv, xlvi; DNB ). CD had written to Spruce for botanical information in 1863, although this letter …
From John Scott 21 July 1865
Summary
JS has now taken post of Curator of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta.
Wishes to vindicate himself of the charge that he pursued his experiments at Edinburgh to the detriment of his work.
Apologises for poor quality of his Verbascum paper, which was written from his notes during the passage to India [J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 36 (1865) pt 2: 145–74].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 July 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 109: B120a–b |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4876 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … superiors (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 28 March 1864 ). Hooker …
- … garden work (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. D. Hooker, [4 April 1864] , …
- … the experiments, see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to John Scott, 20 May [1864] and n. …
- … William Bennett (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] …
- … July 1863] , and Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [15 May 1864] and n. …
- … 12. James McNab was curator of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, and had been Scott’s immediate supervisor. McNab had found fault with Scott for spending too much time on his own experiments to the detriment of his regular duties (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters …
To Fritz Müller 17 October [1865]
Summary
Is sending FM’s two letters on climbing plants as a paper to the Linnean Society ["Notes on some of the climbing plants near Desterro, in south Brazil", J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 9 (1867): 344–9].
Adaptations for pollination in Catasetum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 17 Oct [1865] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 3) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4916 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … pp. 205–6). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Hermann Crüger, 21 January 1864 and …
- … Botany ); see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Hermann Crüger, 21 January 1864 , and …
- … s first letter on climbing plants was the letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 . …
- … See the letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] , for the …
- … in this volume as the letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August and 10 October 1865] . …
- … Müller 1865b , p. 344, and letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October …
- … paper (see Müller 1865b and letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October …
From Thomas Henry Huxley 1 January 1865
Summary
Sends photograph.
THH wishes he could write the popular zoology but writing is a boring and slow process when he is not interested, and he is overburdened with lectures.
Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Jan 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 304 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4732 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … in 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Ernst Haeckel, 21 November [1864] ). A …
- … See Correspondence vol. 12, letter to T. H. Huxley, 5 November [1864] . …
- … to John Lubbock (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters to John Lubbock , 19 November [1864] …
- … In his letter to Huxley of 5 November [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), CD encouraged him …
- … In his letter to Huxley of 5 November [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), CD included some …
To Charles Kingsley 2 June [1865]
Summary
Thanks for note; sends photograph taken by one of his sons.
His continued ill-health has prevented him making the acquaintance of many.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Kingsley |
Date: | 2 June [1865] |
Classmark: | Bonhams, New York (dealers) (4 December 2019, lot 19) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3174F |
To Fritz Müller 20 September [1865]
Summary
Thanks for interesting letter on climbing plants.
FM’s view on Anelasma seems probable.
Difficulty quoted by FM from A. Agassiz on embryology of Echinodermata is quite beyond CD.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 20 Sept [1865] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4895 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … in Catasetum , see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Hermann Crüger, 21 January 1864 , …
- … is contained in the section of the 12 August 1865 letter from Fritz Müller that was later …
- … pp. 135–40). The section of Müller’s letter of 12 August 1865 in which he discussed …
- … of the letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 (see letter from Fritz Müller, 10 October …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 . …
- … See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 and n. …
- … 1, and letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] . CD had not yet …
- … 344–9 ( see Müller 1865b and letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October …
- … 1865] and n. 1; see also the letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 and n. 11). …
- … 2d ed. , p. 36 n. (see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] …
- … plants’ , pp. 21–2 (see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] …
- … Oliver, 17 February [1864] . The letter from Müller of 12 August 1865 is incomplete. The …
- … August [1865] when he wrote his own letter to CD on 12 August 1865 , it appears that the …
To Asa Gray 15 August [1865]
Summary
Gratified by AG’s praise of "Climbing plants".
Thanks for Specularia seed.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 15 Aug [1865] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (87) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4882 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 1858 in 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Daniel Oliver, [1 April 1864] ). …
- … of the war (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 29 October [1864] and n. …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] and …
- … affected. See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 29 October [1864] ). CD …
From J. D. Hooker [7–8 April 1865]
Summary
Reforms at Kew.
X Club Dinner. H. B. Wilson and J. W. Colenso as guests.
Troubled by Lubbock’s going into Parliament – loss to science.
Has written to Busk.
Sending Botanische Zeitung.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [7–8 Apr 1865] |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 15–16 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4807 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Trimen in 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters to Roland Trimen , 13 May 1864 and …
- … curator, see also Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. D. Hooker, [4 June 1864] and …
- … his defence funds. See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from E. A. Darwin, 1 February [ …
- … of the X Club, see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 February 1864 …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 April [1865] . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 April [ …
- … in his letters of [2 April 1864] and 8 April 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12). Smith became …
- … his letters of [2 April 1864], [4 June 1864], and 15 June 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12). …
From Emma Darwin to John Scott 19 November [1863]
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 19 Nov [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 93: B31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4343 |
From Fritz Müller 31 August 1865
Summary
Hopes CD has received his letter of 12 August.
Sends some new observations on climbing plants. [The observations are part of "Notes on some of the climbing-plants, near Desterro, in South Brazil", J. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) 9 (1867): 344–9.]
Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Aug 1865 |
Classmark: | Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 73–4. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4885A |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Hopes CD has received his letter of 12 August. Sends some new observations on climbing …
- … of the letter, see the letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] . …
- … See also letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 , n. 11. …
- … vol. 13, Appendix I. See also letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 , n. 1. For a …
- … vol. 13, p. 227. See also letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 , n. 1. ‘ …
- … Climbing plants’ . See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 . For …
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Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … Species theory In November 1845, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend and confidant Joseph …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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- … On 14 May 1856, Charles Darwin recorded in his journal that he ‘Began by Lyell’s advice writing …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
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- … The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
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- … ‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the making out the …
Darwin and vivisection
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Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
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- … Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. …
The writing of "Origin"
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From a quiet rural existence at Down in Kent, filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on the transmutation of species, Darwin was jolted into action in 1858 by the arrival of an unexpected letter (no longer extant) from Alfred Russel Wallace outlining a…
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- … When I was in spirits I sometimes fancied that my book w d be successful; but I never even …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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- … Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but …
Darwin on marriage
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On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and been accepted; they were married on 29 January 1839. Darwin appears to have written these two notes weighing up the pros and cons of…
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- … On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to his cousin, …
Visiting the Darwins
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'As for Mr Darwin, he is entirely fascinating…' In October 1868 Jane Gray and her husband spent several days as guests of the Darwins, and Jane wrote a charming account of the visit in a sixteen-page letter to her sister. She described Charles…
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- … As for Mr Darwin, he is entirely fascinating… Darwin often discouraged …