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Barmouth, Wales
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'Mad about geology'
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- … field trip in Wales and his Beagle appointment; compares Barmouth stinkhorns with shropshire …
John Maurice Herbert
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John Maurice Herbert was a close friend of Darwin’s at Cambridge University. He was affectionately called ‘Cherbury’ by Darwin, a reference to the seventeenth-century philosopher Edward Herbert, Baron Cherbury, who, like John Herbert, hailed from…
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- … but their friendship was established during a study tour in Barmouth over the long vacation of 1828. …
- … to pursue entomology. Herbert later recalled that in Barmouth Darwin ‘gave up his mathematical …
- … beetles during their walks together. After leaving Barmouth, Darwin continued to regard Herbert as …
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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- … his detailed instructions in search of particular beetles at Barmouth, requests that prompted Fox to …
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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- … lake of Cwm Idwal on his way to meet friends in Barmouth. Darwin returned to Shrewsbury from …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … low spell in May prompted him to accompany his family to Barmouth in Wales, for an extended holiday. …
