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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … – 25 March 2007 – 1 Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray …
- … respect Craig Baxter's right to be identified as the creator of this dramatisation, and that of …
- … to aid public reading. If you want to see the full texts of the letters that have been used here, …
- … There are three actors who predominantly read the words of the following: Actor 1 – Asa Gray …
- … the original text not, necessarily, a pause in the delivery of the line. A forward slash (/) …
- … dinner, though there had seemed some threatening of a cold, but he pronounced himself… GRAY …
- … stairs at noon, the doctor congratulating him on the success of the treatment. There seemed a …
- … will give me the credit (which I am content to wait for) of being one of the few who fought manfully …
- … answers are perhaps not the least valuable part. For Botany has been followed in so much more a …
- … nearly all reprinted in Silliman’s Journal, as a nut for [Professor] Agassiz to crack. …
- … will be abominable in your eyes. 67 My dear [Professor Agassiz]…. I hope that you …
- … to arrive at the truth. 68 My dear Professor Sedgwick… Darwin’s old tutor, …
- … GRAY: 118 I have no time nor heart to write of botany just now. DARWIN: 119 …
- … treats me with profound contempt, says on this subject that Professor Asa Gray could, with the …
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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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
- … were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119) …
- … a few odd entries, the record ends. Both notebooks consist of two different sections, headed ‘Books …
- … information more widely available. A previous transcript of the reading notebooks (Vorzimmer 1977) …
- … they were written. The reader should keep in mind that many of the comments about the works were …
- … that a work had been entered in an alphabetical listing of books read. This notebook (DAR 120) is a …
- … to Francis Darwin, who, in 1908, gave all but a few to the Professor of Botany at the University of …
- … ( Catalogue of the library of Charles Darwin now in the Botany School, Cambridge (1908)), …
- … vol of Annals of Vienna [Endlicher 1836]. sketch of S. sea Botany R. Brown has various …
- … Society ]: Asa Gray & Torrey have published Botany of N. America [Torrey and Gray 1838 …
- … & B [ Magazine of Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and …
- … Smiths grammar [J. E. Smith 1821] & introduct of Botany [J. E. Smith 1807]: former import: to me …
- … Fauna of Madagascar [Boisduval 1833]: Suite— Decandolle on Botany [A. de Candolle 1835]: Lacordaire …
- … Magazine must be studied [ Gardener's Magazine of Botany ]; many papers on Peas &c …
- … Blackhouse travels in Australia } Much Botany & [Backhouse …
- … by Taylor [ Scientific Memoirs ] Mag. of Zoology & Botany & continuation Annals of …
- … 2 d time of Reading 62 R. W. Darwin’s Botany [R. W. Darwin 1787].— References at end …
- … 1818. Observations, systematical and geographical, on Professor Christian Smith’s collection of …
- … Observations on the foundation of morals; suggested by Professor Whewell’s sermons on the …
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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- … Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his …
- … Age in 1877 Residence Date of birth Place of Birth Date of death …
- … 2 Albarda W. (Willem) President of the Dutch Entmological society …
- … 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 …
- … Mr. C. L. van (Coert Lambertus) Burgomaster of Lemsterland. School inspector, President of …
- … Bemmelen A.A. van (Adriaan Anthony) Director of the Rotterdam Zoological Gardens, …
- … Bemmelen Dr J.M. van. (Jacob Maarten) Professor of Chemistry at Leijden University …
- … 20 Boer P. de (Petrus) Pofessor of Botany at Groningen 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.— …
- … Dr. N.W.P. (Nicolaas Wilhelm Pieter) Professor of Botany at Utrecht University. …
4.5 William Beard, comic painting
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< Back to Introduction In June 1872, Darwin’s friend Asa Gray, the Harvard Professor of Botany, sent him a print or photograph of a comic painting by the American artist William Holbrook Beard. Titled The Youthful Darwin Expounding His Theories, it…
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- … In June 1872, Darwin’s friend Asa Gray, the Harvard Professor of Botany, sent him a print or …
- … Youthful Darwin Expounding His Theories , it shows a family of monkeys, seemingly in process of …
- … than his parents, excitedly shows them an assortment of animal specimens that he has collected, …
- … impersonate humans. They often resemble the comic taxidermy of the period, but are spiced with …
- … Beard’s Youthful Darwin a ‘ clever thing’, and Professor Ogden N. Rood of Columbia University …
- … original painting was later acquired by the American Museum of Natural History. Beard had assured …
- … he don’t expect it.’ When Darwin received his copy of the print (now lost) from Gray, he was …
- … In Britain, monkey dramas had characterised the first phase of satire reactive to Origin of …
- … humorist in paint. William H. Beard, N.A.’, Magazine of Art , 5 (1882), pp. 14-19. Glenn Branch, …
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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- … List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin …
- … Age in 1877 Residence Date of birth Place of Birth …
- … 2 Albarda W. (Willem) President of the Dutch Entmological Society …
- … 4 Ankum H.J. van (Hendrik Jan) Professor of Zoölogy and Comparative Anatomy …
- … the whole colection of his Natural History museum in Groningen burnt down. Only a squirrel …
- … Groningen Feminist and publicist. Died at the age of 24 by drinking a glass of ' …
- … 21 July 1897 Middelburg Father of Eliza Baart, administrator 9 …
- … Bemmelen Dr J.M. van. (Jacob Maarten) Professor of Chemistry at Leijden University …
- … 20 Boer P. de (Petrus) Pofessor of Botany at Groningen 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 …
- … Dr. N.W.P. (Nicolaas Wilhelm Pieter) Professor of Botany at Utrecht University. …
ESHS 2018: 19th century scientific correspondence networks
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Sunday 16 September, 16:00-18.00, Institute of Education, Room 802 Session chair: Paul White (Darwin Correspondence Project); Discussion chair: Francis Neary (Darwin Correspondence Project) This session marks the formal launch of Ɛpsilon …
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- … Sunday 16 September, 16:00-18.00, Institute of Education, Room 802 Session …
- … Project) This session marks the formal launch of Ɛpsilon ( epsilon.ac.uk ), the first …
- … across different correspondences can reveal a fuller picture of the different ways working-class …
- … people challenged borders and boundaries, including those of modern scientific disciplines. …
- … The Royal Society was a central node in the networks of communication of 19th century science and …
- … projects. Correspondence served as the vehicle for a wealth of scientific material (observations, …
- … material separated by time, we will ponder on some of the difficulties that remain to recreate the …
- … Although the contribution will draw from a variety of examples from the Royal Society archives, …
- … William Darlington (1782–1863) was a physician for whom botany was an important undertaking …
- … medicine in West Chester, Pennsylvania while studying botany and collecting specimens from the area. …
- … was involved not only in helping to nurture American botany, but in preserving its history as well. …
- … visible. Tina Gianquitto is an associate professor of literature at the Colorado …
- … in the launch of epsilon. Frank James is Professor of the History of Science at the …
- … search engine is available. Marco Segala is Professor of history of philosophy at …
- … projects. Stephen P. Weldon is Associate Professor of History of Science at the …
John Stevens Henslow
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The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at Cambridge University, were among the most significant of his life. It was a letter from Henslow that brought Darwin the invitation to sail round the world as…
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- … The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at …
- … a personable young gentleman, able to take advantage of the opportunity to study the natural world. …
- … Henslow that had fostered Darwin's interest in a range of plants and animals, and inspired …
- … goodness sake what is No. 223— it looks like the remains of an electric explosion ( from …
- … the voyage it was Henslow who received the vast numbers of specimens Darwin sent home, and Henslow …
- … and ship them. And the scientific world first took notice of a young traveller called Charles …
- … return Henslow continued to assist in the distribution of the specimens to various experts, though …
- … had assisted in cataloguing the zoological collections of the British Museum; as a student in …
- … 263 flowering plants. In 1822, Henslow was appointed Professor of Mineralogy at Cambridge University …
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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- … on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having …
- … after the long illness that had plagued him since the spring of 1863. Because of poor health, Darwin …
- … his health improved enough for him to make some observations of dimorphic plants with William’s help …
- … In the same month, Darwin began to consult William Jenner, professor of clinical medicine at …
- … enough for him to carry out tasks like counting seeds of Lythrum , crossing cowslips with …
- … throughout the summer. When he finished a preliminary draft of his paper on climbing plants in mid …
- … that on the very next day he resumed work on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants …
- … hours. As his health grew worse during the last two months of the year, he again complained to …
- … on whizzing & fainting feelings, when I cannot speak; & much of this makes me for days …
- … of the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and professor of botany at University College, …
- … being treated as one who was ignorant of the rudiments of botany, he continued to assemble evidence …
- … certain conditions. Darwin also heard of a discussion with a professor at Dijon University who …
Darwin’s introduction to geology
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Darwin collected minerals as a child and was introduced to the science of geology at the University of Edinburgh, but he only became actively interested in the subject as he was completing his degree at Cambridge.
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- … minerals as a child and was introduced to the science of geology during his abortive tenure as a …
- … completing his degree at Cambridge. Under the influence of the professor of botany (and former …
- … example, Darwin apprenticed himself to the Cambridge professor of geology, Adam Sedgwick, who had …
- … August 1831 and together they travelled to the Welsh town of Llangollen. Their geological excursion …
- … both Darwin and Sedgwick have survived, the exact sequence of their movements remains uncertain and …
- … back inland by himself, visiting the cliff-encircled lake of Cwm Idwal on his way to meet friends in …
- … his geological hammer when he learned that the endorsement of his Cambridge mentors had earned him …
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…
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- … in 1865, but its gestation began much earlier. The start of Darwin’s work on the topic lay in his …
- … easy plant to raise in pot ’. Gray immediately sent seeds of the two plants he had himself used to …
- … angulatus , [ Sicyos angulatus ; bur cucumber]—also of a more genteel Cucurbitacea, …
- … these, especially upon the first, I made my observations of tendrils coiling to the touch ’. …
- … interrupted by his poor health. He did not lose his sense of humour, though, and told his best …
- … Charles Darwin”; for I cannot think what has come over me of late; I always suffered from the …
- … Darwin’s journal for 1863 resolutely records each chapter of Variation as he finished writing it …
- … June 1863, Darwin reported to Gray that although the seeds of Sicyos failed to germinate, he had …
- … in another respect, namely the incessant rotatory movement of the leading shoots, which bring the …
- … I will perhaps write a letter to you for the chance of its being worth inserting in Silliman or …
- … a little paper on these movements ’. Clearly, the seeds of another ‘interruption’ to Variation …
- … very much amused by my tendrils— it is just the sort of niggling work which suits me & takes up …
- … proved fortuitous, because Darwin had made a great number of observations and experiments before …
- … to tendrils, What are Hooker & Oliver (the latter a Professor too) about, and where have …
- … English pay no attention to it, when you have got it ’. Botany in England was still overwhelmingly …
- … on systematics or geographical distribution. Physiological botany had hardly made an impression, but …
- … treated as what I am[:] quite ignorant of the rudiments of botany ’. ‘New sort of work …
- … a double issue of the Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ). In spite of his worries, CD …
- … and appeared in the Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) in November 1866. Darwin could …
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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- … such are probably among the most challenging and least read of Darwin’s works. Often dismissed as a …
- … by Darwin’s species theory. Every aspect, from the choice of subject to the production of the …
- … that challenged the purely morphological methodology of his predecessors. Background …
- … octopus and on planarian worms are included in his Journal of researches, his account of the …
- … to these specimens, he had also completed two outlines of his ‘species theory’ (1842 Pencil sketch …
- … that no one has hardly a right to examine the question of species who has not minutely described …
- … collected from the Chonos Archipelago in the southern tip of South America in January 1835. Darwin …
- … many segments, almost no shell, and bored into the shell of Concholepas , a Chilean abalone. By …
- … hard at work at pure Zoology & am dissecting various genera of Cirripedia, & am extremely …
- … animals’ was slowly moving towards a much larger work of comparative anatomy, but it was only at the …
- … he be allowed to soak, clean, and disarticulate one specimen of each species. He told Gray, ‘ I …
- … ’. In February 1848, Darwin received ‘ the good tidings of the great liberality of the Trustees ’ …
- … his work to the recently established Ray Society (minutes of council meeting, 4 February 1848), …
- … 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 …
- … predisposed him to be wary of multiplying species; his botany professor John Stevens Henslow had …
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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- … Francis Darwin, in Life and letters of Charles Darwin , wrote of Fritz Müller They …
- … suggestions and hints from him. The wonderful qualities of his character, this total freedom from …
- … judgement, this ungrudging, often too ready acknowledgement of others had to endear him to everyone; …
- … Theodor) Müller was born in the small Thuringian town of Windischholzhausen in 1822, the eldest son …
- … to complete his studies and where, under the supervision of Johannes Müller, he received his PhD in …
- … hampered by the Prussian state’s restrictions on freedom of belief. Four years of medical study at …
- … had profound personal and professional consequences. Most of his family broke off direct contact; …
- … took a job as a private tutor; by this time he had a family of his own and had begun to consider …
- … Colony in Santa Catarina, Brazil. After four years of living a frontier existence, Müller …
- … this ten-year period that he read Darwin’s On the origin of species , having received a copy of …
- … Earlier in 1861, Müller had discovered a new group of parasitic Crustacea, the Rhizocephala, while …
- … working on his follow-up book to Origin ( Variation of animals and plants under …
- … published a work on ‘Climbing plants’ in a double issue of the Journal of the Linnean Society ( …
- … with Müller that would last right up to his death. In spite of the fact that he was addressing a …
- … he asked Müller to settle a point concerning the nature of a barnacle organ, drew Müller’s attention …
- … publication in the Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ). The pattern was set for the …
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and …
- … In the nineteenth-century, letter writing was one of the most important activities for building and …
- … readers, observers, and experimenters across the globe, most of whom he never met. His contacts were …
- … and professions. He extended the social and geographic range of his contacts in large part by …
- … and George Frederick Cupples, introduced him to communities of pigeon fanciers and dog breeders. …
- … structures were largely absent. Darwin had a small circle of scientific friends with whom he shared …
- … thinking. He also looked to this circle for support in times of uncertainty, controversy, or …
- … personal ties could be built gradually through the exchange of scientific knowledge and the free …
- … knows Cambridge botanist J. S. Henslow has sent some of Darwin’s South American plants to his friend …
- … J. D., [11 Jan 1844] Darwin begins with an assessment of his views on Hooker. He relates some …
- … and island floras in general, as well as on the relationship of wide-ranging species to wide-ranging …
- … facts on variation and questions Gray on the alpine flora of the USA. He sends a list of plants from …
- … 1674 ]. He discusses the distribution and relationships of alpine flora in the USA. …
- … interest me; & what is more they have in simple truth been of the utmost value to me.” …
- … Darwin's close relationship with John Stevens Henslow, the professor of botany at Cambridge, is …
- … with a number of women, especially in the field of botany, drawing on their expertise and …
- … 30 Mar 1864 Becker sends Darwin a copy of her book [ Botany for novices (1864?)], intended …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
- … scientific correspondence. Six months later the volume of his correspondence dropped markedly, …
- … ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ), and in a letter of 23 [June 1863] he wrote to his …
- … Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, where he underwent a course of the water-cure. The treatment was not …
- … with the challenges presented by the publication in February of books by his friends Charles Lyell, …
- … Huxley, the zoologist and anatomist. Lyell’s Antiquity of man and Huxley’s Evidence as to man …
- … bearing on Darwin’s species theory and on the problem of human origins. Specifically, Darwin …
- … similarities between humans and apes, Darwin was full of praise. He especially admired its …
- … In the same letter, he gave his reaction to the Antiquity of man , complaining that he was …
- … Britain’s scientific circles following the publication of Lyell’s and Huxley’s books. Three …
- … 10 January [1860] ). In the same letter he reminded Lyell of his belief that human beings were ‘in …
- … the famous line: ‘Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history’ (p. 488). Since the …
- … plant movements: ‘What are Hooker & Oliver (the latter a Professor too) about, and where have …
- … following week. Three letters in August from John Goodsir, professor of anatomy at the University of …
- … in London overnight to consult George Busk, former Hunterian Professor at the Royal College of …
Insectivorous Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Plants that consume insects Darwin began his work with insectivorous plants in the mid 1860s, though his findings would not be published until 1875. In his autobiography Darwin reflected on the delay that…
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- … criticise his own work, almost as well as if it were that of another person." Several decades …
- … a "fluid... closely analogous to the digestive fluid of an an animal, was certainly a …
- … concluded that the plants would only react to the movements of 'prey'; Darwin believed …
- … collaboration The monograph is an excellent example of Darwin's interest in scientific …
- … letters from 1871-1876 about the behavior and mechanisms of these plants. Darwin corresponded more …
- … 1. Darwin, F. Ed. 1887. The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical …
- … on the same subjects; Darwin remarks that he has a wealth of material on Drosera and Dionaea …
- … 17 Oct [1860] Darwin thanks Daniel Oliver , a professor of botany at University College, …
- … his friend John Stevens Henslow about his observations of Drosera . Henslow was a professor …
- … In this long letter Treat describes her observations of the fly-catching Drosera longifolia . …
- … to advance his experimental interests? Does he make requests of his correspondents? Do you think …
- … from his other scientific correspondents? What do you think of the advice he gives her regarding her …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in …
- … During these years he published two books—his Journal of researches and The structure and …
- … In addition, he organised and superintended the publication of the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. …
- … Emma Wedgwood. The letters they exchanged during the period of preparation for their marriage are …
- … in 1839 the couple set up house in London and at the end of the year their first child, William …
- … to Down House in Kent, where Darwin was to spend the rest of his life enjoying the ‘extreme rurality …
- … a species theory Viewed retrospectively, in the light of his greatest theoretical achievement …
- … set himself to collect data and to make notes on any lines of inquiry that he thought might lead to …
- … notebooks with observations and ideas on a wide range of topics. Then, in September 1838, T. R. …
- … subsequently purchased by John Obadiah Westwood, first Hope Professor of Zoology at Oxford …
- … observations during the Beagle voyage. A little botany Some reference should be …
Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies
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The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…
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- … The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. By then, he had …
- … over twenty years, he now wished to explore the applications of natural selection that were of most …
- … he had made during enforced absences from his portfolios of notes on variation at Down House. During …
- … in dimorphism, awakened in 1860 following observations of Primula , developed into an intensive …
- … which cross-pollination is ensured, also became the subject of dedicated research. These studies, …
- … provide an unusually detailed and intimate understanding of Darwin’s problem-solving method of work …
- … publisher John Murray in November 1860 that a new edition of Origin was called for, Darwin took …
- … American and German editions, that included a discussion of works pre-dating Origin that …
- … Gray to reprint and distribute in Britain Gray’s series of review-essays on this topic previously …
- … [1861] ). Darwin drew up a carefully thought-out list of those individuals, societies, and journals …
- … studied morphology, geographical Distribution, systematic Botany, simple geology & palæontology. …
- … 9, Appendix X). Hybridisation and variation Botany became a major preoccupation of …
Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage
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Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…
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- … the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the five years of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle . In 1836 …
- … during the Beagle voyage. Other than a small group of curious letters written to his 'Dear …
- … Erasmus, and his sisters provide illuminating details of the character and interests of the …
- … and the Darwins and the informality that was the consequence of such closeness. Together these …
- … Eyton, among others, illustrate the scientific pursuits of the clergy and the gentry, display the …
- … in the chemical laboratory they installed in the garden of The Mount. From Cambridge Erasmus wrote …
- … medical student at Edinburgh University, Darwin devoted much of his time to natural history and …
- … Bream Glasspoole. Later, at Cambridge, led by the example of his cousin, Fox, he soon became an …
- … excursions, and undergraduate parties organised by the professor of botany. And it was Henslow who, …
- … Thomas Butler following his detailed instructions in search of particular beetles at Barmouth, …
Orchids
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A project to follow On the Origin of Species Darwin began to observe English orchids and collect specimens from abroad in the years immediately following the publication of On the Origin of Species. Examining…
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- … | Experiment A project to follow On the Origin of Species Darwin began to …
- … abroad in the years immediately following the publication of On the Origin of Species . …
- … to publish large synthetic works (including The Descent of Man in 1872 and The Expression of …
- … first specialized monograph ought to be seen as evidence of Darwin's lifelong development of a …
- … correspondence with Joseph Dalton Hooker , the director of Kew Gardens, Darwin relies on Hooker& …
- … . London: John Murray. (Chapter 1: "Structure of Orchis") Letters …
- … Darwin writes to JD Hooker, botanist and Director of Kew Gardens, about orchid anatomy. He is …
- … January 1862 Darwin tells Hooker about a specimen of Angraecum sequipedale which has a …
- … a long enough proboscis to reach the nectar at the bottom of the flower’s lengthy nectary. …
- … book was a “flank movement” on the “enemies” of Darwin’s theory of natural selection. The book was …
- … from 1887-1936. The flowers were originally created for Professor George Lincoln Goodale as a means …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
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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- … no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the making out the meaning …
- … gathering observations made by others. With the exception of bloom, each of these projects would …
- … and digestion. William, who had contributed to some of the early research on heterostyly, provided …
- … had befriended. The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. Darwin received two elaborate …
- … had been many months in preparation, and involved hundreds of contributors from Germany, Austria, …
- … reflections, Darwin remarked: ‘no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the …
- … different flower forms, distinguished in part by the lengths of their pistils and stamens, that …
- … to aid his research, and he alluded here to the complexity of the work, namely that the length of …
- … is a good fellow but nurses a private ambition to be a “Professor”’, warned Thiselton-Dyer, who …
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