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List of correspondents
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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,…
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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
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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- … ties with both men and both sought his advice, but Darwin’s correspondence during this period …
- … These five articles later formed the basis of Lubbock’s book, Prehistoric times (Lubbock 1865). …
- … letter from Lubbock, discussing various aspects of Lyell’s book. Lyell requested that Lubbock give …
- … anatomy of human and ape brains. 6 Many of Lyell’s supporters were privately critical of …
- … publicly about any controversial aspect. Darwin’s chief complaint about the book was more …
- … 8 Darwin continued to feel aggrieved about Lyell’s failure to support him. In April 1863, in a …
- … of public controversy when he expressed support for Lyell’s recent response to Falconer’s accusation …
- … to tone down his attack on Lyell and agreed, on Hooker’s advice, to soften a passage in the …
- … ‘the whole tenor of his argument’ supported Darwin’s theory ([Lubbock] 1863b, p. 213). In …
- … between his previous work on human origins and Lyell’s Antiquity of man . In particular, he took …
- … been written after the chapter on shell-mounds in Lyell’s book. Lubbock would later argue that the …
- … in Lubbock 1865), combined with the wording of Lyell’s note, could lead some readers to the …
- … I suppose, on your part, has occurred. Lyell’s answer to Lubbock has not been found, but …
- … appear. When Lyell received a copy of Lubbock’s book, published in mid-May 1865, he …
- … Lubbock responded, expressing surprise at Lyell’s reaction, reiterating his own position, and adding …
- … Darwin to ask what he thought of the affair ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 June 1865] ). Hooker, …
- … reiterated his admiration for Lubbock’s book ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [4 June 1865] ). A week …
- … When Hooker pressed him for an opinion ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 July 1865 ), Darwin wrote …
- … of Antiquity of man (C. Lyell 1863c; see letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 June 1865] and n. 13) …
- … on the researches of the best Danish writers, especially Steenstrup and Forchhammer, whom he had …
- … 7. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] February [1863] . On Lyell’s …
- … ]. 10. Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1863] . …
- … have seen is milk & water’ (see enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 June 1865] ). …
- … by a mutual friend of ours’ (letter from John Lubbock to J. D. Hooker, 23 June 1865, in Royal …
- … Lubbock, 25 May 1865) to the letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] . …
- … Philosophical Magazine 29: 285–98. Steenstrup [one of the et al . in Forchhammer 1851-5] …
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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- … [A. von Humboldt 1811] Richardson’s Fauna Borealis [J. Richardson 1829–37] …
- … Playfair 1824] Hume’s Essay [?Hume 1741–2] J. Taylor Art of Dying [J. Taylor 1651] …
- … 1826] Lee Scot’s Narrative of Shipwreck in China [J. L. Scott 1841] Lockarts Life of …
- … by Tulk [Wagner 1845] (half through) —— 24 Steenstrup on Alternate Generations [Steenstrup …
- … Discourse on Study of Univers [Sedgwick 1850] 28 Steenstrup on Hermaphroditismus [Steenstrup …
- … ou, iconographie de toutes les espèces et variétés d’arbres, fruitiers cultivés dans cet …
- … augmentée d’un grand nombre de fruits, les uns échappés aux recherches de Duhamel, les autres …