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4.54 jubilees of Queen Victoria

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< Back to Introduction The golden and diamond jubilees of Queen Victoria’s reign in 1887 and 1897 prompted many pictorial commemorations, which often vaunted the national achievements that had occurred during her reign. A colour lithograph drawn by…

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  • … reign’ had, through the efforts of its scientists and engineers, witnessed technological innovations …

3.12 Edwards, second group of photos

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< Back to Introduction Despite the prior difficulties experienced by both photographer and sitter, it is evident that Ernest Edwards portrayed Darwin again in the late 1860s; but exactly when and in what circumstances is not known. There are strong…

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  • … Gallery, in a page given over to great scientists and engineers, mainly in photographs of the 1860s …

Darwin's 1874 letters go online

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The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…

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  • … him from overwork. His son Leonard, an officer in the Royal Engineers, took part in the transit of …

Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year

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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…

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  • … Darwin’s fourth son, Leonard, who had joined the Royal Engineers in 1871, went to New Zealand as …
  • … the sister of a friend of Leonard Darwin’s in the Royal Engineers, on 23 July 1874. The newly-weds …

1.3 Thomas Herbert Maguire, lithograph

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< Back to Introduction This striking portrait of Darwin, dating from 1849, belonged to a series of about sixty lithographic portraits of naturalists and other scientists drawn by Thomas Herbert Maguire. They were successively commissioned over a…

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  • … Michael Faraday , 6 vols (London: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1991–2012), vol. 4, pp. 305 …

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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  • … Constantijn) Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Engineers.   Den Haag …

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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  • … Constantijn) Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Engineers.   Den Haag …

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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  • … to Birmingham to lecture to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on the dead-weight rotary …

Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution

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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’.  Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…

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  • … success in the army. He gained a commission in the Royal Engineers, obtaining the second highest …

Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep

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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…

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  • … natural science & aids me in my work; a 4th son is in the R. Engineers & is getting on well; …
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