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Darwin & Glen Roy
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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…
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- … elevated, the movements having been interrupted by as many periods of rest as there are shelves.’ …
- … foot of the valley could have dammed Glen Roy and formed a glacial lake like those seen in the …
- … visit to North Wales in 1842, Darwin wrote that the signs of glacial action in the valley of Cwm …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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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…
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Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … his view, inspired by Ramsay’s work, that the extent of glacial action in Switzerland was so great …
- … Jukes, 30 May 1862 ). There was further evidence of glacial action in the antipodes, which …
- … geologist, Julius von Haast, who sent valuable evidence of glacial action, and more besides, from …
- … mountains, telling Hooker: ‘I will swear that the mundane glacial period is as true as gospel, so it …
- … view that it had been ‘populated by migration since the glacial epoch’ (letter from J. D. Hooker, …
- … of the specific characters of the mammoth over long periods of time. Falconer, anxious not to be …
Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
Essay: Natural selection & natural theology
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—by Asa Gray NATURAL SELECTION NOT INCONSISTENT WITH NATURAL THEOLOGY. Atlantic Monthly for July, August, and October, 1860, reprinted in 1861. I Novelties are enticing to most people; to us they are simply annoying. We cling to a long-accepted…
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- … has had all the time between the diluvial and the historic periods in which to set off a variation …
- … musk-ox, and with the serious disturbing intervention of the glacial period within a comparatively …
- … combine in their structure peculiarities which at later periods are only observed separately in …
- … structure within the same areas during the later geological periods ceases to be mysterious, and is …
- … Nature requires one to ‘believe that, at innumerable periods in the earth’s history, certain …
- … flora and fauna of our day, that is, from the close of the glacial period to the present time. With …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies
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The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…
