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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…
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- … to 1836 voyage, committed suicide at the end of April; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the …
- … there are a number of letters to and from the poultry expert William Bernhard Tegetmeier concerning …
- … contracted a throat infection, and Hooker’s father, William Jackson Hooker, who also caught it, …
- … All the children living away from home made frequent visits. William was working as a banker in …
- … novels’, Miriam Coles Harris’s Rutledge , and Laura Curtis Bullard’s Christine: or, woman’s …
- … Researches into the early history of mankind , and William Gifford Palgrave’s Narrative of a year …
- … in Mentone, sending orchid specimens, from Frederick William Farrar, writing on language, and from …
- … atmosphere. However, Darwin wrote poignantly to his son William on 30 November [1861]: ‘Mamma is in …
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