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List of correspondents

Summary

Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent.    "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…

Matches: 13 hits

  • … G. E. (1) Beaufort, Francis (5) …
  • … Boole, M. E. (3) Boott, Francis (7) …
  • … Darwin, Emma (191) Darwin, Francis (287) …
  • … Everest, Robert (1) Ewbank, Francis (1) …
  • … Fox, W. D. (225) Francis, George (1) …
  • … Galton, Erasmus (1) Galton, Francis (118) …
  • … Archibald (1) Lloyd, Francis (1) …
  • … Parker, Charles (2) Parker, Francis (1) …
  • … Walford, Edward (2) Walker, Francis (6) …
  • … George (2) Warner, Francis (1) …
  • … F. M. (2) Wedgwood, Francis (4) …
  • … (2) Wemyss-Charteris-Douglas, Francis (1) …
  • … White, Adam (2) White, Francis Buchanan (3) …

Jane Gray

Summary

Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and evidence suggests that she took an active interest in the scientific pursuits of her husband and his friends. Although she is only known to have…

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  • in her own name with botanists such as George Bentham and Francis BoottIn one letter Bentham
  • leaving Down. Two of the Darwinssons, George and Francis, saw the Grays when they toured

Interview with John Hedley Brooke

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John Hedley Brooke is President of the Science and Religion Forum as well as the author of the influential Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 1991). He has had a long career in the history of science and…

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  • … here: not Christians per se . One example is the botanist Francis Boott, who writes to Darwin …
  • … An example that I often use, taking us right back to Francis Bacon , who’s often seen as the, …

Darwin’s reading notebooks

Summary

In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…

Matches: 28 hits

  • … are not found listed here. The description given by Francis Darwin of his father’s method of …
  • … Darwin Library (AC.34). Darwin’s books were bequeathed to Francis Darwin, who, in 1908, gave all but …
  • … to be available to scholars using the archive. Books that Francis Darwin had kept were left to his …
  • … 1828] 31 An analysis of British Ferns. G. W. Francis 4 s  [Francis 1837]— plates of …
  • … work is listed again on p. [22]. 44  Probably Francis Boott. 45  Edward …
  • … Africa . London.  *119: 18v.; 119: 14a Bacon, Francis. 1825–36.  The works of Francis
  • … ed. London. [Darwin Library.]  128: 12 Castelnau, Francis, Comte de. 1846. M. de Castelnau …
  • … of   Linnæus . n.p.  119: 4a Davis, John Francis. 1852.  China, during war and since …
  • … the Second.  London. [Other eds.]  119: 17b Francis, George William. 1837.  An analysis …
  • … of J. Galt . 2 vols. London.  119: 21b Galton, Francis. 1853.  The narrative of an …
  • … Cowper . 4 vols. London.  119: 5a Head, Francis Bond. 1834.  Bubbles from the Brunnens …
  • … Leonard, ed. 1843.  Memoirs and correspondence of   Francis Horner.  Edited by Leonard Horner. 2 …
  • … . Boston. [Other eds.] *119: 18v. [Jeffrey, Francis]. 1811. Alison on taste.  Edinburgh …
  • … Library.] 128: 6 Jones, George. 1849.  Sir Francis Chantrey; recollections   of his …
  • … . 2 vols. London. [Other eds.]  119: 2a Larpent, Francis Seymour. 1853.  The private …
  • … [Darwin Library.]  119: 9a Macclintock, Francis Leopold. 1859.  The voyage of the   …
  • … [Darwin Library.]  *128: 149 Napier, William Francis Patrick. 1828–40.  History of the …
  • … [Other eds.]  *119: 23; 128: 5 Napier, William Francis Patrick. 1857.  The life and …
  • …  Weimar. [Darwin Library.]  128: 12 [Newman, Francis William]. 1847.  A history of the …
  • … North, Roger. 1826.  The lives of the Right Hon. Francis   North, Baron Guildford, … the Hon. Sir …
  • … A. Tulk. London: Ray Society.  119: 20a Oliphant, Francis Romano. 1859.  Narrative of the …
  • … of Vienna by the   Turks . Translated from the German by Francis Leveson Gower [afterwards …
  • … [Abstract in DAR 91: 5.]  *119: 5v. Smedley, Francis Edward. [1854–6].  Harry Coverdale’s …
  • … . London.  *128: 178; 128: 9 Stephens, James Francis. 1827–46.  Illustrations of British …
  • … eds.]  *128: 161 Thurstan, Henry J.  pseud . (Francis Turner Palgrave). 1858.  The …
  • … Cordillères de l’Amérique du   Sud . In Castelnau, Francis de,  Expédition dans les   parties …
  • … animals . London.  *128: 159 Willughby, Francis. 1678.  The ornithology of F. W… .   …
  • … foreign journals . Edited by R. Taylor, J. Tyndall, and W. Francis. London. 1837–52.  119: 2a …
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