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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
Matches: 6 hits
- … ed. 1881, 2: 336). In April 1860, Lubbock travelled with Joseph Prestwich, Douglas Strutt Galton, …
- … then mentioned: 2 have struck out Galton & Prestwich at p. 11 who will be …
- … mistaken when he wrote in the first note that Galton and Prestwich accompanied Lubbock and Busk …
- … by Hugh Falconer that Lyell had failed to credit him and Joseph Prestwich properly for their work in …
- … of 1863, Darwin discussed the book in correspondence with Joseph Dalton Hooker, Asa Gray, and Huxley …
- … fine sense of delicacy on the part of the author and so with Prestwich also Lubbock …
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
- … Louis (1) Bertrand, Joseph (2) …
- … Buist, Robert (2) Bullar, Joseph (2) …
- … Fawcett, Henry (4) Fayrer, Joseph (15) …
- … Ernst von (3) Hewett, Joseph (1) …
- … Kaufman, K. P. von (2) Kay, Joseph (1) …
- … Lehmann, Emil (1) Leidy, Joseph (1) …
- … Lippert, Julius (1) Lister, Joseph (1) …
- … Playfair, Lyon (8) Plimsoll, Joseph (6) …
- … Preston, S. T. (7) Prestwich, Joseph (4) …
- … Simmons, F. W. C. (1) Simms, Joseph (1) …
- … Sinclair, James (1) Sinel, Joseph (1) …
- … Witte, Emil (1) Wolf, Joseph (1) …
- … T. V. (10) Wolstenholme, Joseph (1) …
Darwin & Glen Roy
Summary
Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…
Matches: 1 hits
- … To Charles Lyell, 14 October [1862] To Joseph Prestwich, 3 January 1880 …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
Summary
At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
Matches: 3 hits
- … a letter of 23 [June 1863] he wrote to his close friend Joseph Dalton Hooker: ‘I am languid & …
- … it gave insufficient credit to his own research and that of Joseph Prestwich. Hooker wrote: ‘I fear …
- … not surprised to hear from Hooker that the French botanists Joseph Decaisne and Charles Naudin …
