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Frances Power Cobbe
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Cobbe was born in Dublin, Ireland, and educated at home, at Newbridge House, county Dublin, except for two years at a school in Brighton: she hated the school. After she left, she kept house for her mother and father, and after her mother's death for…
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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- … of Surgeons (2) Royal Dublin Survey (Geological) Office (1 …
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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- … [Loudon 1822]. ref. at end.— Sept 16 th Dublin Geolog. Journ. [ Journal of the …
- … Minas Geraes [Saint-Hilaire 1830] Read W. R. Wilde in Dublin University Magazine early month …
- … and several of his letters . 2 vols. London and Dublin. [Other eds.] *119: 15 …
- … and customs of the Christian and Indian inhabitants . Dublin. [Other eds.] 119: 18a …
- … poets and a criticism on their works. 3 vols. Dublin. [Other eds.] *119: 13 …
- … the life and times … of Valentine, Lord Cloncurry . Dublin. *119: 23; 119: 23b …
- … with a view to profit, and treatment under disease . Dublin. [Darwin Library.] 119: 21a …
- … Whately, Richard. 1847. On instinct. A lecture . Dublin. *128: 182 Whately, Thomas. …
- … food in early times—deer, goats, sheep, and swine. Dublin University Magazine 43: 127–46, …
- … 169; 128: 6 Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin . Dublin. 1838–. 119: 12a …
- … 13a Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy . Dublin. 1787–. 119: 3a …
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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- … Den Haag 15 october 1847 Dublin (Thomastown?) …
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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- … Den Haag 15 October 1847 Dublin (Thomastown?) …
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…
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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- … 1874] ). At the other end of the spectrum, the Dublin accounts clerk Thomas Cooke Copland …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … entered on the list. Blake eventually obtained an MD from Dublin and went on to practise medicine in …
