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List of correspondents
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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,…
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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
- … E. W. (3) Baer, K. E. von (1) Baikie …
- … (1) Baumhauer, E. H. von (2) Baxter, E. B. …
- … (1) Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte …
- … (1) Carneri, Bartholomäus von (5) Carpenter, W …
- … C. G. (18) Eichwald, Eduard von (1) …
- … Alfred (3) Estorff, Karl von (1) …
- … Felice (1) Fischer, Johann von (2) …
- … J. B. (1) Giesl, Oskar von (1) …
- … Emma (1) Giźycki, Georg von (1) …
- … J. D., Jr (1) Gloeden, [–] von (1) …
- … Charles (1) Haast, Julius von (21) …
- … Krohn, Nicolai (2) Kölliker, R. A. von (2) …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 …
- … of dimorphic plants with William’s help; he also ordered a selection of new climbing plants for his …
- … physician-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria. Jenner prescribed a variety of antacids and purgatives, and …
- … of the five physicians Darwin had consulted in 1863. In a letter of 26[–7] March [1864] , Darwin …
- … continued throughout the summer. When he finished a preliminary draft of his paper on climbing …
- … and he received more letters of advice from Jenner. In a letter of 15 December [1864] to the …
- … As Darwin explained to his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of 30 November [1864] , ‘the …
- … arose over the grounds on which it was conferred, brought a dramatic conclusion to the year. Darwin …
- … his observations indoors ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] , Darwin …
- … However, the queries that Darwin, describing himself as ‘a broken-down brother-naturalist’, sent to …
- … for another specimen: ‘I want it fearfully for it is a leaf climber & therefore sacred’ ( …
- … transitional forms. Darwin came to think, for example, that a leaf, while still serving the …
- … eventually aborting to form true tendrils. After observing a variety of climbing plants, he argued …
- … we may conclude that L. nissolia is the result of a long series of changes . . .’ When he told …
- … of the paper, he noted: ‘I have been pleased to find what a capital guide for observation, a full …
- … dimorphic Primula and Linum species, that when a short-styled plant with long stamens was …
- … had descended from common parents and differentiated over a long period of time. Darwin …
- … Lythrum paper was published, Darwin remarked to Hooker in a letter of 26 November [1864] that …
- … the barnacle Scalpellum . as good species as a man & a Gorilla Darwin’s …
- … 5 September 1864 ). Fritz Müeller sent his book, Für Darwin , and Darwin had it translated by a …
- … Jean Pierre Flourens, he was far more upset by Rudolf Albert von Kölliker’s negative review; the …
- … on intellectual & moral qualities’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 [May 1864] ). …
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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- … was far more extensive than Darwin had anticipated. As a result, Descent , like Variation , …
- … the material on emotion; it would eventually appear as a separate book in 1872 ( Expression of the …
- … Lyell, ‘thank all the powers above & below, I shall be a man again & not a horrid grinding …
- … eighteen years of age. Darwin clearly expected her to make a considerable contribution, instructing …
- … He worried that parts of the book were ‘too like a Sermon: who wd ever have thought that I shd. turn …
- … disagreed: ‘Certainly to have you turned Parson will be a change I expect I shall want it enlarging …
- … looking exclusively into his own mind’, and himself, ‘a degraded wretch looking from the outside …
- … side of human descent. On 7 March 1870, Darwin made a note on the shape of human ears: ‘W. has seen …
- … made drawings of ears of monkeys & shortly afterwards he saw a man with tip & instantly …
- … statue of Puck, the mischievous fairy in Shakespeare’s A midsummer night’s dream. Darwin …
- … sketch in Descent , and discussed the ‘tip’ as a rudimentary organ, describing its frequency and …
- … 1: 22-3). Humans as animals: facial muscles A more troubling anatomical feature for …
- … photographs, later used by Darwin in Expression , showed a man whose platysma was severely …
- … most avid observers of facial expression. Browne sent a lengthy account of the movements of the …
- … research on emotions continued to draw on observations from a variety of domains, from the colonial …
- … screams: ‘does it wrinkle up the skin round the eyes like a Baby always does? . . Could you make it …
- … with infants, including his niece Lucy Wedgwood, who sent a sketch of a baby’s brows ( letter from …
- … Anton Dohrn, Albert Günther, Joseph Hooker, Rudolf Albert von Kölliker, Alfred Newton, Robert …
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