Gaertner, Albin (1854–95)
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- … Lived in Vienna. https://www.geni.com/people/Dr-Albin-Gaertner/6000000022601107297 ( …
Harrison, M. J. (1846–1926)
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- … Heath-Caldwell, Biographies of interesting people , www.jjhc.info/harrisonmathew1926.htm ( …
Hill, E. S. (1819–80)
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- … Campaigned for the rights of indigenous peoples. Sydney Morning Herald , 25 March 1880, …
Ferretti, Gisberto (1845–86)
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- … d’Igiene 8 (1886): 339 https://www.geni.com/people/Gisberto-Ferretti/6000000037763856284 ( …
Evans, Margaret (1831/2–1909)
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- … the Darwins: the story of a house and the people who lived there. London: Royal College of …
Oliver, James (1801–80)
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- … 9 October 2007, http://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/scott/book.pdf (accessed 10 October 2007), …
Beveridge, Peter (1829–85)
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- … various ethnological works on Aboriginal peoples. Brother of Andrew Beveridge. Aust. dict. …
Hagenbeck, Carl (1844–1913)
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- … expeditions to capture animals. Put on ‘people’s shows’ (circuses) from 1874. Founded a …
Barstow, J. S. (1823–81)
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- … accessed 14 July 2015) www.geni.com/people/John-Barstow/ (accessed 14 July 2015) 30 …
Barstow, E. F. (1826–87)
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- … accessed 18 February 2021) www.geni.com/people/Eleonor-Condit/ (accessed 18 February 2021) …
Barstow, C. A. (1830–1910)
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- … accessed 18 February 2021) www.geni.com/people/Catherine-Andrew-Barstow/ 30 …
Galbraith, J. F. (1854–1934)
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- … Historical Society, www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/galbraith_jf.shtml (accessed 1 May 2012) …
Hartmann, Robert (1831/2–93)
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- … Wrote major ethnological studies of African peoples. Treiber 1993 , pp. 183–5 Bibliography …
Adanson, Michel (1727–1806)
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- … Studied the flora, fauna, geography, and peoples of Senegal, 1748–54; published L’histoire …
Morgan, L. H. (1818–81)
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- … the Iroquois and other Native American peoples. Published League of the Ho-de’no-sau-nee, …
Walter, Charles (1831–1907)
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- … his work recorded local Aboriginal people. Dictionary of Australian artists . Bibliography …
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Evolution in Commentary
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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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- … As with Darwin’s study of poultry and pigeons, many other people were drawn into his researches. …
- … He writes as one who has given his theory to the world for people to make of it what they will. ‘You …
- … W. D. Fox, 24 [March 1859] ). Yet he desperately wanted people to accept his work. It was now his …
The "wicked book": Origin at 157
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Origin is 157 years old. (Probably) the most famous book in science was published on 24 November 1859. To celebrate we have uploaded hundreds of new images of letters, bringing the total number you can look at here to over 9000 representing more than…
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- … see examples of letters to Darwin from nearly 250 different people, and letters he wrote to 150 more …
Natural selection
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How do new species arise? This was the ancient question that Charles Darwin tackled soon after returning to England from the Beagle voyage in October 1836. Darwin realised a crucial (and cruel) fact: far more individuals of each species were born than…
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- … then, that Darwin reached his insight while thinking about people. As part of a broader interest in …
