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Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
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The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
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- … civil servant Emil Rade , and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work …
- … Most of the people in the album were faculty members of German and Austrian universities. They were …
- … his wife Carolina. Eduard Koch took over as Darwin's German publisher in 1867 and published …
- … have been particularly delighted to see the picture of the German schoolteacher and botanist Hermann …
- … the science writer Ernst Krause, who edited Kosmos , a German journal of natural history …
- … of Darwin after it had been produced, including the German geologist, Melchior Neumayr , and the …
- … Wiesner . Missing people Some of Darwin's German colleagues were missing from …
- … Victor Carus, who had translated most of Darwin's works into German, wrote that he had not sent …
- … from J. V. Carus, 22 March 1877 ) The professor of zoology at Würzburg, Carl …
- … been a much better token of gratitude and devotion, if we German Naturalists would have presented to …
- … you, most esteemed Sir, will kindly incorporate it in the German album ( Letter from Carl Kraus …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
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Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
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- … wrote to Darwin stating his intention to prepare a second German edition of Origin (Bronn trans. …
- … Darwin would like to make any such changes to the existing German edition (see letter from H. G. …
- … these alterations in manuscript for inclusion in the first German edition, but he considered it …
- … a list of the changes that are incorporated in the second German edition of Origin , but that do …
- … as almost established by the recent admirable researches of Professor Rütimeyer. Page 19, …
People featured in the German and Austrian photograph album
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Biographical details of people from the Habsburg Empire that appeared in the album of German and Austrian scientists sent to Darwin on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Johannes Mattes for providing these details and for permission to make his…
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- … from the Habsburg Empire that appeared in the album of German and Austrian scientists sent to Darwin …
- … and Berlin (Dr., 1846). Habilitation in physics (1847) and professor in Bern (1849). Brunner was …
- … of the Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, extraordinary professor at the Technical College in …
- … archivist in the Hofkammer (ministry of finance). Professor of grammar and writing at the …
- … (1880) at the Technical College in Vienna, extraordinary professor (1881), full professor (1884) and …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
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- … 4 Ankum H.J. van (Hendrik Jan) Professor of Zoölogy and comparative Anatomy …
- … C.H.D. (Christophorus Henrikus Didericus Professor physics at Utrecht University and Chief …
- … Bemmelen Dr J.M. van. (Jacob Maarten) Professor of Chemistry at Leijden University …
- … Boogaard Dr J.A. (Johannes Adrianus) Professor of Pathological Anatomy at Leijden …
- … 31 Bosscha Dr J. (Johannes) Professor of physics at the Delft Royal …
- … Burger C.P. (Not G) (Combertus Pieter) Professor, Director of the Leeuwarden High …
- … Dibbits Dr H.C. (Hendrik Cornelis) Professor of Chemistry at Utrecht University …
- … Donders Dr F.C. (Franciscus Cornelis) Professor of Physiology at Utrecht University …
- … 65 Engelmann Dr. Th.W. Professor of Medicine at Utrecht University …
- … Dr. J.C.G. (Johan Christiaan Gottlob) Ex-professor of Clinics at Leijden University …
- … 79 Grothe D. (Peter Dietrich) Professor at the Delft Polytechnical School …
- … 85 Harting Dr. P. (Pieter) Professor of Zoology and Comperative Anatomy at …
- … Dr. H. (Heinrich Daniel Johann Joachim) Professor of Clinics and internal Pathology at the …
- … Hoffmann Dr C.K. (Christiaan Karel) Professor of Zoology and Comparative …
- … Hoffmann Dr. J.J. (Johann Joseph) Titulary Professor of the Chinese Language.— …
- … 120 Koster Dr W. (Willem) Professor of Amsterdam at Utrecht University …
- … 137 Mees Dr. R.A. (Ruud) Professor of Physics at Groningen University. …
- … 150 Oosting J. (Jan) Lecturer on the German Language and literature at …
- … 151 Oudemans Dr. J.A.C. Professor of Astronomy at Utrecht University …
- … Dr. N.W.P. (Nicolaas Wilhelm Pieter) Professor of Botany at Utrecht University. …
- … 187 Stokvis Dr. B.J. (Barend Joseph) Professor of Medicine at the Amsterdam …
- … Veth Dr. P.J. (Pieter Johannes) Professor, President of the Dutch Geographical …
- … 217 Zaaijer Dr. T. (Teunis) Professor of Anatomy 40 Leiden …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
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- … 4 Ankum H.J. van (Hendrik Jan) Professor of Zoölogy and Comparative Anatomy …
- … C.H.D. (Christophorus Henrikus Didericus Professor of Physics at Utrecht University and …
- … Bemmelen Dr J.M. van. (Jacob Maarten) Professor of Chemistry at Leijden University …
- … Boogaard Dr J.A. (Johannes Adrianus) Professor of Pathological Anatomy at Leijden …
- … 31 Bosscha Dr J. (Johannes) Professor of physics at the Delft Royal …
- … Burger C.P. (Not G) (Combertus Pieter) Professor, Director of the Leeuwarden High …
- … Gouda 5 March 1946 Rheden Son of professor C.P. Burger …
- … Dibbits Dr H.C. (Hendrik Cornelis) Professor of Chemistry at Utrecht University …
- … Donders Dr F.C. (Franciscus Cornelis) Professor of Physiology at Utrecht University …
- … 65 Engelmann Dr. Th.W. Professor of Medicine at Utrecht University …
- … Dr. J.C.G. (Johan Christiaan Gottlob) Ex-professor of Clinics at Leijden University …
- … 79 Grothe D. (Peter Dietrich) Professor at the Delft Polytechnical School …
- … 85 Harting Dr. P. (Pieter) Professor of Zoology and Comperative Anatomy at …
- … Dr. H. (Heinrich Daniel Johann Joachim) Professor of Clinics and Internal Pathology at the …
- … Hoffmann Dr C.K. (Christiaan Karel) Professor of Zoology and Comparative …
- … Hoffmann Dr. J.J. (Johann Joseph) Titulary Professor of the Chinese Language.— …
- … 120 Koster Dr W. (Willem) Professor of Amsterdam at Utrecht University …
- … 137 Mees Dr. R.A. (Ruud) Professor of Physics at Groningen University. …
- … 150 Oosting J. (Jan) Lecturer on the German Language and Literature at …
- … 151 Oudemans Dr. J.A.C. Professor of Astronomy at Utrecht University …
- … Dr. N.W.P. (Nicolaas Wilhelm Pieter) Professor of Botany at Utrecht University. …
- … 187 Stokvis Dr. B.J. (Barend Joseph) Professor of Medicine at the Amsterdam …
- … Veth Dr. P.J. (Pieter Johannes) Professor, President of the Dutch Geographical …
- … 217 Zaaijer Dr. T. (Teunis) Professor of Anatomy 40 Leiden …
4.59 'Simplicissimus' cartoon
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< Back to Introduction In 1909 the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus celebrated the centenary of Darwin’s birth with a whimsical cartoon by its resident artist Thomas Theodor Heine, titled ‘Zu Darwins hundertstem Geburtstag’ (‘On Darwin’s…
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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…
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- … editions, especially the US editions and the French and German translations, where Darwin was often …
- … and augmented’ edition published July 1860 1 st German translation, July 1860 3d …
- … 1 st French edition published May 1862 2d German translation, 1863 2d French …
- … second set. Gray passed on an account by Jeffries Wyman, a professor of anatomy, of correlation …
- … cells were also directed to an old contact, the Cambridge professor William Hallowes Miller, and …
- … term was well chosen was to be a recurring theme. A German translation by Heinrich Georg …
- … Bronn’s comments. (Like the US edition, Bronn’s second German translation, published in 1862, …
- … the list see ' Origin : the lost changes for the second German edition ') …
- … at least one change only previously made in the 3 rd German edition . I find old …
Living and fossil cirripedia
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Darwin published four volumes on barnacles, the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia, between 1851 and 1854, two on living species and two on fossil species. Written for a specialist audience, they are among the most challenging and least read of Darwin’s works…
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- … February, 1847, Darwin had expanded his study and informed a German correspondent, ‘ I have for the …
- … Darwin wrote a rather reflective letter to his former professor and friend, John Stevens Henslow, …
- … and to ask whether Johannes Japetus Smith Streenstrup, professor of zoology there, would make his …
- … him to be wary of multiplying species; his botany professor John Stevens Henslow had alerted his …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … is a good fellow but nurses a private ambition to be a “Professor”’, warned Thiselton-Dyer, who …
- … and consoled himself by sending the paper to the eminent German botanist Ferdinand Julius Cohn, who …
- … Translations of Darwin’s paper were prepared in French and German even before it was published in …
- … later sent his article and copies of Kosmos covering the German debate (letters to W. E. …
- … from W. E. Gladstone, 23 October 1877 ). Gifts of German and Dutch albums When the …
- … when Darwin received a large album with photographs of German and Austrian scientists. Production of …
- … before 16 February , he described the contributors as ‘German representatives of free scientific …
- … on the backs of slugs’ (Semper 1877b), to him. The German album had been in the making for …
- … facts and more dubious claims about human ancestry. The German zoologist and physician Carl Theodor …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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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…
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- … to Francis Darwin, who, in 1908, gave all but a few to the Professor of Botany at the University of …
- … to Kolreuter’s papers 14 Wiegman has pub. German pamphlet on crossing oats &c …
- … 21 recommends me to read Reimeruss on instinct in German [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands …
- … in Brazil [Wied-Neuwied 1820–1] Spix & Martius. German? [Spix and Martius 1824] …
- … of varieties Pœppig Travels in S. America. German [Pöppig 1835–6].— Zoologie Generale. …
- … l'Histoire Naturelle ] Art. Hyb. in Encyclop: German d[itt]o; 32 Dict. des Sci: …
- … on breeding &c &c Grabas. Ornith. Voyage to Feroe in German [Graba 1830] (read) …
- … ed. 1843]. Ref at end Mar 20. Sturm on variation (German) [Sturm 1825] Ap. 1. Blaine D …
- … [Dieffenbach 1843] 1844 Wiegman on Hybrids—German— [Wiegmann 1828] March 24 th …
- … of inventions and discoveries . Translated from the German by William Johnston. 4 vols. London. …
- … 1792. An essay on generation . Translated from the German [by Alexander Crichton]. London. …
- … 1818. Observations, systematical and geographical, on Professor Christian Smith’s collection of …
- … organization of the Trilobites. Translated from the German by Thomas Bell and Edward Forbes. …
- … southwards, to the Chinese frontier. Translated from the German by W. D. Cooley. 2 vols. London. …
- … Observations on the foundation of morals; suggested by Professor Whewell’s sermons on the …
- … of remarkable criminal trials. Translated from the German … by Lady Duff Gordon. London. …
- … 1846. The destination of man. Translated from the German by Mrs. P. Sinnett. London. 119: …
- … being a course of lectures. Translated from the German [by Samuel Mihlis]. 2 vols. London. [Other …
- … sur les cataractes de l’Orénoque . Translated from the German by J. B. B. Eyriès. 2 vols. Paris. …
- … 1845. The French in Algiers . Translated from the German and French by Lady Duff Gordon. (Murray …
- … Together with his autobiography . Translated from the German. 2 vols. (The Catholic Series.) …
- … the years 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806 . Translated from the German by A. Plumptre. 2 vols. London. …
- … général d’anatomie comparée . Translated from the German into French. 10 vols. Paris. *119: …
- … by her father, Abraham Schweidler. Translated from the German by Lady Duff Gordon. London. [Other …
- … Outlines of the geography of plants . Translated from the German by Margaret Johnston. London: Ray …
- … life and times of St. Bernard . Translated from the German by Matilda Wrench. London. 119: …
- … 1847. Elements of physiophilosophy . Translated from the German by A. Tulk. London: Ray Society. …
- … 1847. The soul in nature . Translated from the German by Leonora and Joanna B. Horner. (Bohn’s …
- … and seventeeth centuries . Translated from the German by Sarah Austin. 3 vols. London. [Other …
Fritz Müller
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Fritz Müller, a German who spent most of his life in political exile in Brazil, described Darwin as his second father, and Darwin's son, Francis, wrote that, although they never met 'the correspondence with Müller, which continued to the close of…
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- … On the origin of species , having received a copy of the German edition in 1861 from his good …
- … own original research was given a wider audience in the German scientific community and eventually …
- … and Darwin received a copy from Müller. Darwin found the German too difficult to understand, so …
- … him to publish his own observations in English as well as German periodicals. Müller had …
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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- … In the same month, Darwin began to consult William Jenner, professor of clinical medicine at …
- … of the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and professor of botany at University College, …
- … read with particular enthusiasm in Germany. Hermann Kindt, a German living in England, claimed that …
- … learned of the support that his theory was gaining among German and Swiss scientific practitioners, …
- … and Alexander Braun in Berlin. Darwin’s most ardent German supporter was undoubtedly Haeckel …
- … how the theory of natural selection had been prefigured in German thought, Haeckel placed Darwin in …
- … further and in the most loving manner often called me her German “Darwin–Mann” ’ ( letter from …
- … certain conditions. Darwin also heard of a discussion with a professor at Dijon University who …
Interview with Pietro Corsi
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Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
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- … Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book …
- … writing for him, articles showing the close link between German embryology and Saint-Hilaire and …
- … of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who had been to Germany and knew German anatomy but also knew [Immanuel] …
- … in succession, is a bit ridiculous. So, for instance, a German author, who will be the first …
Climbing plants
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Darwin’s book Climbing plants was published in 1865, but its gestation began much earlier. The start of Darwin’s work on the topic lay in his need, owing to severe bouts of illness in himself and his family, for diversions away from his much harder book on…
6430_10256
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From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hookerf1 25 October 1868Lund (Suède)25 Okt. 1868.Monsieur le Professeur! J’ai écrit à deux de mes amis qui ont des connaissances personnelles à la Lapponie, pour avoir les…
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … Victor Carus, who intended to translate the texts into German, pointed out several errors in the …
- … Perhaps Carus’s meticulous correction of errors in the German editions made Darwin less anxious …
- … July 1875, with a US edition published later that year and a German translation in 1876. ‘What is …
- … by replicating Darwin’s experiments. In contrast, the German physiologist Moritz Schiff was so …
- … reaction came from an ardent supporter of Darwin, the German zoologist Ernst Haeckel. Opposing …
- … ). The irony was probably not lost on Darwin when an unknown German correspondent wrote in November …
- … September, the Darwins were able to host lunches for eminent German visitors, first Haeckel on the …
- … however, was as nothing compared to noise generated when ‘Professor Cohn (quite deaf) & his wife …
- … the introduction was far from dull. Otto Zacharias, a young German journalist eager to review …
- … ). Darwin repeated the same warning to Julius Carus, his German translator. ‘You will have to decide …
- … more than in Germany. The physiological researches of German botanists had helped shape …
- … ongoing botanical conversation. Francis’s ability to read German had given Darwin much easier access …
Hermann Müller
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Hermann (Heinrich Ludwig Hermann) Müller, was born in Mühlberg near Erfurt in 1829. He was the younger brother of Fritz Müller (1822–97). Following the completion of his secondary education at Erfurt in 1848, he studied natural sciences at Halle and Berlin…
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- … and chemistry at all levels, as well as mathematics and German to younger students. Less than a year …
- … by 1859, a senior teacher in 1865, and in 1883 an honorary professor. In 1865, Müller devised a …
- … Fritz for a mentor. On Fritz’s recommendation, he read the German translation of Darwin’s On the …
Darwin and Design
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At the beginning of the nineteenth century in Britain, religion and the sciences were generally thought to be in harmony. The study of God’s word in the Bible, and of his works in nature, were considered to be part of the same truth. One version of this…
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- … treatise on geology. It was written by William Buckland, the professor of geology at Oxford. It …
- … Locke and The water babies, he would later become professor of modern history at Cambridge. Kingsley …
- … 1868, giving audience to a humble believer, in the form of a German naturalist. Like Gray, …
- … and the function of digestion. Asa Gray, Harvard professor of botany. William Herschel, …
- … (1863). Charles Kingsley, Anglican clergyman, later professor of modern history, Cambridge. …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … mixed language because we can trace the elements into Latin, German &c. but I see much the same …
- … F. T., 15 Aug [1867] Darwin asks Fritz Müller, a German naturalist who had emigrated to …
- … 1873 In the 1870s, Darwin corresponded with the German philologist and Oxford professor …
- … subject in Victorian anthropology. William Boyd Dawkins, professor of geology at Owens College, …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … selection by Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli, a Swiss botanist and professor at Munich (Nägeli 1865). Darwin …
- … Origin , published in June, formed the basis for a new German edition (Bronn and Carus trans. 1870) …
- … ( letter from Spiridion Brusina, 29 April 1869 ). The German zoologist Anton Dohrn solicited …
