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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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- … William (2) Aitken, Thomas (1) …
- … Allen, John (1) Allen, Thomas (2) …
- … Bell, Robert (b) (2) Bell, Thomas (2) …
- … Birch, Samuel (5) Birkett, Thomas (1) …
- … Blow, T. B. (1) Blunt, Thomas (2) …
- … Brace, C. L. (5) Bradfield, Thomas (2) …
- … Brewer, T. M. (1) Bridges, Thomas (b) (2) …
- … British Museum (1) Brittain, Thomas (2) …
- … Burgers, T. F. (2) Burgess, Thomas (3) …
- … Anthony (2) Carlyle, Thomas (1) …
- … Church, G. (1) Churton, Thomas (1) …
- … Colvile, J. W. (1) Comber, Thomas (1) …
- … Auguste (2) Davidson, Thomas (6) …
- … Druce, G. C. (1) Druitt, Thomas (3) …
- … [–] von (1) Glover, Thomas (1) …
- … Grece, C. J. (2) Green, Thomas (1) …
- … Grey, George (3) Grey, Thomas de (1) …
- … Gurney, J. H. (1) Guthrie, Thomas (1) …
- … Howell, W. G. (1) Howie, Thomas (1) …
- … Hutton, Robert (2) Hutton, Thomas (1) …
- … William (1) Laxton, Thomas (3) …
- … Masters, William (3) Maston, Thomas (1) …
- … Frigyes (1) Meehan, Thomas (12) …
- … Society (5) Palmer, Thomas (1) …
- … Rimpau, Wilhelm (3) Rivers, Thomas (31) …
- … Salt, G. M. (3) Salt, Thomas (15) …
- … Scudder, S. H. (1) Seare, Thomas (1) …
- … Spruce, Richard (5) St Barbe, John (1) …
Thomas Henry Huxley
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Dubbed “Darwin’s bulldog” for his combative role in controversies over evolution, Huxley was a leading Victorian zoologist, science popularizer, and education reformer. He was born in Ealing, a small village west of London, in 1825. With only two years of…
Charles Thomas Whitley
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Born in Liverpool in 1808, Charles Thomas Whitley, like Darwin, attended Shrewsbury School and then Cambridge University where they were clearly very close, exchanging letters during the summer holidays. Whitley was a mathematician, a subject that held…
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- … Born in Liverpool in 1808, Charles Thomas Whitley, like Darwin, attended Shrewsbury School and then …
- … in mathematics in a given year) and been elected a fellow of St. Johns, in 1833 he was appointed to …
- … his cousin Frances Whitley in 1836 (having to give up his St John’s fellowship as a result), a …
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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- … natural selection to humans from Alfred Russel Wallace and St George Jackson Mivart, and heated …
- … (DAR 80: B120). The reference here is to the sculptor Thomas Woolner, and to his statue of Puck, the …
- … J. D. Hooker, 26 November [1868] ; this volume, letter to Thomas Woolner, 10 March [1870] ). …
- … ( letter to H. W. Bates, [22 May 1870] ). St George Jackson Mivart Another set of …
- … laborious & valuable labours on the Primates’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 23 April [1870] ). …
- … such an Ape differs from a lump of granite’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 22 April 1870 ). …
- … whatever may have been his “origin” ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 25 April 1870 ). In his …
- … an honorary degree. Among the other candidates had been Thomas Huxley, who wrote to Darwin about the …
- … to the British Association for the Advancement of Science by Thomas Huxley, who had identified bits …
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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- … raised. On 22 April, he told his old Shropshire friend Thomas Eyton , who had evidently mentioned …
- … to ignore the accusation made by the comparative anatomist St George Jackson Mivart in his Lessons …
- … the impoverished Scottish shoemaker and ardent naturalist Thomas Edward ( letter from F. M. Balfour …
- … December 1876] ). A more typical British reaction came from Thomas Farrer, who was struck by Darwin …
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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- … the world. Key dates: 1 st edition published, 24 November 1859 …
- … proof sheets on 26 December 1859 ; published 1860 1 st US ‘revised and augmented’ edition …
- … in November 1860 ; it appeared in April 1861 1 st French edition published May 1862 …
- … English edition published, 1872 1 st to 2 nd editions I …
- … now approached through his assistant, Arabella Buckley ), Thomas Henry Huxley , Osbert Salvin …
- … damaging criticisms published by the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. Responding cost …
- … appetite for vengeance had already been whetted by Thomas Henry Huxley’s review of Mivart: ‘I have …
- … that after all, Truth doesn’t die. Thomas Henry Huxley, 28 September 1871 …
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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- … *119: Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838 Stoke’s Library 1 …
- … intelligence very good Endlicher has pub. in 1 st vol of Annals of Vienna [Endlicher 1836] …
- … the Caledonian Horticultural Society ].— Flora of St Helena 1825 [A. Watson 1825] in Library …
- … [Pöppig 1835–6].— Zoologie Generale. Iside. St Hilaire [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1841]— Some …
- … ch. 7 & Book II. Ch. 8. Book. VII. ch 8, 11. read 1 st . vol of Lamarck. Animaux sans …
- … — Considerations generales sur les Mammif. Isid. G. St. Hilaire. 1826? [I. Geoffroy Saint …
- … 1844]. The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] St. John’s Highlands [C. W. G. Saint John …
- … Hybrids [Gérard 1844]) Bought (read) G. St. Hilaire Progress de un Naturalist [E. …
- … Ramsay B.M. 6. 6. Black Edin. Longman [Ramsay 1848] St. John’s Nat. Hist. of Sutherlanshire, …
- … [Tocqueville 1835–40] Fellow’s Lycia (1 st Travels) [Fellows 1839] Catherine 48 …
- … Nov. 42. ——Most important books & ‹mo›st periodicals, [ under ] Journal & [ …
- … of the Entomological Society of London ]— Vol 1 & 1 st No of Vol 2. (read remainder when …
- … 1838] Walter Scott’s life [Lockhart 1837–8] 1 st 2 nd & 7 th vols. …
- … Animal reproduction [Spallanzani 1769] Zoonomia. 1 st Volume Darwin [E. Darwin 1794–6] …
- … Coral Theory 12 th Dampier [Dampier 1697]. 1 st Volume d[itt]o. & transmut.— …
- … of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ]. from the 1 st Volume to October 1838— not much: scarcely …
- … 1 (1847) in Darwin Library.] *128: 179 Arnold, Thomas. 1838–43. History of Rome . 3 …
- … de Pekin . 16 vols. Paris. 128: 18 Beale, Thomas. 1839. The natural history of the …
- … ed. (1874) in Darwin Library.] 119: 5a Bell, Thomas. 1837. A history of British …
- … Croker. 5 vols. London. 119: 4a, 9b Boteler, Thomas. 1835. Narrative of a voyage of …
- … of natural history . London. 119: 20a Browne, Thomas. 1643. Religio Medici . First …
- … 125–7.] *119: 18v.; 119: 8a, 21a Buckle, Henry Thomas. 1857. History of civilization in …
- … the native tribes. London. 119: 21a Burgess, Thomas Henry. 1839. The physiology or …
- … of the Trilobites. Translated from the German by Thomas Bell and Edward Forbes. London: Ray …
- … *119: 13 Buxton, Charles. 1848. Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet. With …
- … . 3 vols. London. *119: 23; 119: 23b Campbell, Thomas. 1828. The poetical works of …
- … Irish famine . Belfast. 119: 22b Carlyle, Thomas. 1834. Sartor Resartus. London. …
- … of the Mancha . Translated from the Spanish [by Thomas Shelton]. London. [Other eds.] 119: …
- … la mer du sud, commencé sous les ordres de M. [Nicolas Thomas] Marion [du Fresne] … Cette …
- … . London. [Darwin Library.] 128: 10 De Quincey, Thomas. 1822. Confessions of an English …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … November 1880 and in an abusive letter about Darwin in the St James’s Gazette on 8 December. …
- … its publication & call me & Krause liars’. Thomas Huxley’s advice was to …
- … of Darwin’s originality and approach. The geologist Thomas Reade wrote on 6 November , ‘It seems …
- … Darwins. They found the cynical tone of and revelations in Thomas Carlyle’s posthumously published …
- … That was nearly 40 years ago!’ Darwin, himself, told Thomas Farrer on 28 August , ‘The death of …
4.21 Gegeef, 'Our National Church', 1
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< Back to Introduction A print with the ironic title Our National Church: The Aegis of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity was issued by the London publisher Edmund Appleyard in c.1872-3, and sold at a penny. The artist who drew it signed himself …
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- … Church of England’, symbolised by the ‘umbrella’ of St Paul’s cathedral dome, with ‘the various …
- … Cambridge University Library. Another copy survives in the Thomas Henry Huxley archive at Imperial …
- … Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Papers of the Rt. Hon. Thomas Henry Huxley . . . preserved in the …
Volume appendices
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Here is a list of the appendices from the print volumes of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin with links to adapted online versions where they are available. Appendix I in each volume contains translations of letters in foreign languages and these can…
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- … 9 IX Letters between Thomas Francis Jamieson and Charles Lyell on the geology …
- … V Reports from the Scottish press on Thomas Henry Huxley’s Edinburgh lectures …
- … 17 IV Thomas Henry Farrer's notes on Passiflora and Tacsonia …
- … 21 V Draft subscription list for Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … 22 V St George Jackson Mivart, George Howard Darwin, and the Quarterly …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … them’ ( letter from W. B. Dawkins, 23 February 1871 ). Thomas Henry Huxley marvelled that Darwin …
- … corrections or contributions. A German emigrant in St Louis claimed that new races arriving …
- … By far the most vexing critic for Darwin was the zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. An expert on …
- … found only the ‘most guarded expressions’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 23 January [1871] ). …
- … and their ‘irreligious deductions’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 24 January 1871 ). The men did …
- … 1871 ). He pursued a similar query with the artist Thomas Woolner, inquiring on 7 April …
- … [15 December 1871] ). Francis was now studying medicine at St George’s Hospital in London, although …
- … resemblance to a ‘venerable old Ape’ ( letter from D. Thomas, [after 11 March 1871] ). …
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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- … The end came on 19 April. Plans were made for a burial in St Mary’s churchyard in Down, where his …
- … to John Collier, 16 February 1882 ). Collier had married Thomas Henry Huxley’s daughter Marian. He …
- … making observations of geological uplift ( letter from Thomas Sutcliffe, [28 August – 5 September …
- … theory of ice dams causing glacial lakes was presented by Thomas Francis Jamieson in a paper to the …
- … was used by Darwin against his most aggressive critic, St George Jackson Mivart, who claimed that …
Darwin and religion in America
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Thomas Dixon, 'America’s Difficulty with Darwin', History Today (2009), reproduced by permission. Darwin has not been forgotten. But he has, in some respects, been misremembered. That has certainly been true when it comes to the relationship…
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- … America’s Difficulty with Darwin Thomas Dixon __________ Does anything …
- … the page are the words: ‘Down, Bromley, Kent, October 1 st , 1859.’ Down House was Darwin’s home, …
- … about evolution, and a famous spat between Darwin’s friend Thomas Huxley and the Bishop of Oxford in …
- … an establishment of religion.’ The First Amendment, which Thomas Jefferson hoped would build a ‘wall …
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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- … the psychic researcher Frederick William Henry Myers, and Thomas Henry Huxley, who sent a long …
- … 2d ed., p. 258 n. 99). The former bishop of Honolulu, Thomas Nettleship Staley, and Titus Munson …
- … in order to check population’. The review was by St George Jackson Mivart, one of the most …
- … with Mivart (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To …
- … on the digestibility of various substances on his behalf. Thomas Lauder Brunton sent the results of …
- … At the other end of the spectrum, the Dublin accounts clerk Thomas Cooke Copland sent Darwin details …
- … letter from S. W. Pennypacker, 14 September 1874 ). Thomas Lauder Brunton sent Darwin …
- … you have to do—It is enough to kill anyone’, and asked Thomas Henry Farrer to attempt to influence …
2.26 Linnean Society medal
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< Back to Introduction In 1908 the Linnean Society celebrated the jubilee of ‘the greatest event’ in its whole history, which had occurred on 1 July 1858: the presentation by Charles Lyell and Joseph Hooker of papers by Darwin and Alfred Russel…
Darwin and vivisection
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Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
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- … of physiology. He reiterated these concerns in a letter to Thomas Henry Huxley ten days later, …
- … leading physiologists, John Scott Burdon Sanderson, Thomas Lauder Brunton, Michael Foster, and …
- … Lyon Playfair, an eminent chemist and MP for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities, to present the …
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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Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … more criticisms’, he wrote to the comparative anatomist St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. …
- … good wishes Mivart enclosed a copy of an article replying to Thomas Henry Huxley’s scathing review …
- … as I am made to appear’, complained Darwin ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 5 January 1872 ). Piqued, …
- … renounce `fundamental intellectual errors’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 6 January 1872 ). …
- … enough to think he felt friendly towards me’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 8 January [1872] ). …
- … reconciliation, if only `in another world’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 10 January 1872 ). …
- … but asked Mivart not to acknowledge it ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). 'I …
- … to dinner the following week together with the sculptor Thomas Woolner. The difficulty of getting …
- … 23 December 1872, CD note ), and he exclaimed to Thomas Huxley that he would like a society formed, …
- … a letter that rivals Darwin’s own in wit and warmth, and Thomas Huxley proudly signed himself, `One …
- … sought out old schoolfriends such as the ornithologist Thomas Campbell Eyton. Admiral Sulivan sent …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … the conclusion of a long-running dispute with the zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. In April and …
- … the affair by the loyalty of his close friends, Hooker and Thomas Henry Huxley. Because …
- … In January 1875, he received details of experiments by Thomas Lauder Brunton and Joseph Fayrer on …
- … house nearby at Keston, placed their home at the disposal of Thomas Carlyle, who visited Down no …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … 26). Darwin Library–Down. ‡ De la Beche, Henry Thomas. A selection of the geological …
- … p. 14). Darwin Library–Down. ‡ De la Beche, Henry Thomas. A geological manual. London, …
- … to J. S. Henslow, 30 October 1831). ‡ Falkner, Thomas. A description of Patagonia, and the …
- … Darwin Buenos Ayres’). Darwin Library–CUL. Jones, Thomas. A companion to the mountain …
- … de l’Océan Pacifique dressé par M. de Krusenstern. St Petersburg, 1824–7. ( Narrative 2: 506). …
- … à l’Atlas de l’océan Pacifique. 2 vols. St Petersburg, 1827. ( Narrative 2: 506). …
- … and 1817. London, 1818. (DAR 38.2: 906). Dalyell, Thomas. Observations on the Planariae. …
