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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,…
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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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- … has it Owens Brit. Mammalia [R. Owen 1846a]— Horner has it. (read) Reports to Brit. …
- … Eyres Narrative [?V. Eyre 1843].— May 7 th . F. Horner’s life & Correspondence [Horner …
- … [Other eds.] [Abstract in DAR 91: 13.] 119: 9b Horner, Leonard, ed. 1843. Memoirs and …
- … conflict . 3 vols. London. 128: 25 Jenyns, Leonard. 1838. Further remarks on the …
- … dit jardin. Augsbourg. 128: 16 [Knapp, John Leonard]. 1829. Journal of a …
- … waters. Philadelphia. 128: 8 Staunton, George Leonard. 1797. An authentic account of …
Darwin on marriage
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On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and been accepted; they were married on 29 January 1839. Darwin appears to have written these two notes weighing up the pros and cons of…
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- … in pencil on the three blank pages of the letter from Leonard Horner, 7 April [1838]. [2] …
The writing of "Origin"
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From a quiet rural existence at Down in Kent, filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on the transmutation of species, Darwin was jolted into action in 1858 by the arrival of an unexpected letter (no longer extant) from Alfred Russel Wallace outlining a…
Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin
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The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural existence filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred Russel Wallace…
