DCP-LETT-1826
Summary
Table of measurements of heights, lengths of body parts, and weight, made on Indian tigers in 1831, 1832, and 1853.
| Author: | Walter Elliot |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.10: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1826 |
Smith, William. 1826. On Dahlias. [Read 5 December 1826.] Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London 7 (1830): 141–67.
Lister, Thomas Henry. 1826. Granby. 3 vols. London.
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- … Lister, Thomas Henry. 1826. Granby. 3 vols. London. 1 …
From Caroline Darwin [27 February 1826]
Summary
Theatre at Shrewsbury.
Spark’s death.
Harry [Henry Allen] Wedgwood will make the circuit for the first time at the forthcoming assizes.
| Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [27 Feb 1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-24 |
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- … From Caroline Darwin [27 February 1826] …
- … Darwin/Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood [Shrewsbury] [27 Feb 1826] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Scenes of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland (1826) ‘all of which have been much esteemed’ ( …
- … at the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh, on 4 March 1826. Joseph Corbett . An Anti-Slavery Society …
- … Wedgwood was called to the Bar 10 February 1826. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Batty , amateur …
To Susan Darwin 29 January [1826]
Summary
Sends thanks to all for their letters.
News of dining and theatre at Edinburgh.
CD will learn to stuff birds from "a blackamoor".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Jan [1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: A3–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-22 |
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- … To Susan Darwin 29 January [1826] …
- … DAR 92: A3–4 Charles Robert Darwin Edinburgh 29 Jan [1826] Susan Elizabeth Darwin …
- … of London 33: 83–6. Lister, Thomas Henry. 1826. Granby. 3 vols. London. Ure, Andrew. 1823. …
- … Dr Andrew Duncan , the elder. Lister 1826 . Ure 1823 , p. 598. The article on ‘Nitrogen’ …
- … p. 112). Samuel Parr Eyre died 1 February 1826 ( Shrewsbury School Register ). Identified …
To Caroline Darwin 8 April [1826]
Summary
CD is studying the Bible, likes the gospels best.
Glad he stayed for T. C. Hope’s lectures on electricity.
Is running short of funds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 8 Apr [1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 154: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-30 |
From John Price [July 1826]
Summary
Tells CD he is recovering from the illness with which he was afflicted when CD visited.
| Author: | John Price |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [July 1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-32 |
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Cassini, Henri. 1826–34. Opuscules phytologiques. 3 vols. Paris: F. G. Levrault.
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- … Cassini, Henri. 1826–34. Opuscules phytologiques. 3 vols. Paris: F. G. Levrault. NC …
Constable, William George. 1927. John Flaxman, 1755–1826. London: University of London Press.
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- … William George. 1927. John Flaxman, 1755–1826. London: University of London Press. 7 …
Lesson, René Primevère and Garnot, Prosper. 1826–30. Zoologie. In Duperrey, Louis Isidore, Voyage autour du monde, sur la corvette de sa majesté La Coquille, pendant les années 1822–5. 2 vols. in 3 and atlas. Paris. 1826–30.
Bellot, Hugh Hale. 1929. University College London, 1826-1926. London: University of London Press.
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- … Hugh Hale. 1929. University College London, 1826-1926. London: University of London Press. …
Ross, James Clark. 1826. Zoology. Appendix, pp. 91–120, of Parry, William Edward, Journal of a third voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1824–25, in His Majesty’s Ships Hecla and Fury. London. 1826.
Rüppell, Eduard, 1826–8. 1845. Systematische Uebersicht der Vögel Nord-Ost- Afrikas. Frankfurt-am-Main.
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- … Rüppell, Eduard, 1826–8. 1845. Systematische Uebersicht der Vögel Nord-Ost- Afrikas. …
Brewster, David. 1826. Results of the thermometrical observations made at Leith Fort, every hour of the day and night, during the whole of the years 1824 and 1825. [Read 23 January 1826.] Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 10: 362-88; Edinburgh Journal of Science n.s. 5: 18–32.
Harris, J. H. (1826–86)
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- … John Hyde Harris 1826–86 New Zealand lawyer and politician. …
Oswald, Eugene (1826–1912)
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- … Ernst Eugen August Oswald Eugene 1826–1912 German born teacher and author. …
To Caroline Darwin 6 January 1826
Summary
CD comments on lectures and lecturers at Edinburgh.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 6 Jan 1826 |
| Classmark: | DAR 154: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-20 |
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- … To Caroline Darwin 6 January 1826 …
- … 28 Charles Robert Darwin Edinburgh 6 Jan 1826 Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin/Caroline …
- … Edinburgh. Jan. 6 th . | 1826— My dear Caroline, Many thanks for your very entertaining …
- … of zoological and botanical observations made in 1826. A notebook in DAR 118 of zoological …
- … University of Edinburgh on 27 March 1827 (not 1826, as CD states in the Autobiography , …
From E. A. Darwin 10 October [1826]
Summary
Medical studies in London. Compares lectures and students at London and Edinburgh. Comments on the cost of dissection.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Oct [1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-35 |
From James Farley Turner [28 July 1826]
Summary
Is coming to Shrewsbury. Finds little to do but hunt rabbits. Has heard from Nathan Hubbersty and Frederick Watkins.
| Author: | James Farley Turner |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 July 1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 187 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-33 |
From E. A. Darwin [9 March 1826]
Summary
Describes his trip by canal to Glasgow, and sightseeing there.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 Mar 1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-25 |
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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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- … R. Malthus’ An essay on the principle of population (1826) furnished him with a causal mechanism …
