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Darwin’s student booklist
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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
Dramatisation script
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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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- … such as are confined to the mountains of the US; / ‘Arctic Am.’ to such as are also found in …
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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- … Constitution of Man [Combe 1828] Macclintocks Arctic Voyage [Macclintock 1859] [DAR …
- … life [Napier 1857]. 2 vols July D r . Kane’s Arctic Voyage [Kane 1856] Sept. 12. Ch. …
- … Osborne’s Quedah [Osborn 1857] d[itt]o d[itt]o Arctic Journal [Osborn 1852] (many novels) …
- … *119: 10v.; 119: 12a Kane, Elisha Kent. 1856. Arctic explorations; the second …
- … Leopold. 1859. The voyage of the “Fox” in the Arctic Seas. A narrative of the discovery of …
- … 3 Osborn, Sherard. 1852. Stray leaves from an Arctic journal\. London. 128: 25 …
- … , pp. 12–30. *128: 159 ——. 1851. Arctic searching expedition: a journal of a boat …
- … circumnavigation of the globe, and three cruises to the Arctic regions in search of Sir J. …
Barnacles
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Darwin and barnacles Darwin’s interest in Cirripedia, a class of marine arthropods, was first piqued by the discovery of an odd burrowing barnacle, which he later named “Mr. Arthrobalanus," while he was…
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- … of Cirripidea on his upcoming expedition to the Arctic in search of the lost explorer John …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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- … cirripedes for him on Ross's forthcoming expedition to the Arctic in search of Sir John …
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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- … on variation along with a paper by Joseph Hooker on the Arctic. 4 th to 5 …
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…
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- … committee set up to provide advice for an expedition to Arctic North America. Several letters to …
Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
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'a humble toadyish follower…': Not all pictures of Darwin during the Beagle voyage are flattering. Published here for the first time is a complete transcript of a satirical account of the Beagle’s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands…
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- … to 1845, and ended his naval career with an unsuccessful Arctic expedition in 1852. Belcher visited …
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
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- … a list of corroborative works, including his own essays on Arctic and Australian floras, Darwin’s …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … Hooker’s recently published paper on the flora of the Arctic, commented that such papers were ‘the …
Review: The Origin of Species
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- by Asa Gray THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (American Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1860) This book is already exciting much attention. Two American editions are announced, through which it will become familiar to many…
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- … southward or in descending a mountain. When we reach the arctic regions, or snow-capped summits, or …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
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- … canvas in which the Captain or officer of the watch of the Arctic whalers sit upon the lookout for …
