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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 year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
- … words to celebrate what would have been the naturalist and traveller Alexander von Humboldt’s 105th …
- … Fox, to reminiscence about their university days together, and the long-abandoned pleasures of …
- … takes everything more quietly, as not signifying so much. And … one looks backwards much more than …
- … Haeckel, 26 October 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and sceptics Darwin excused …
- … house. The event was led by the medium Charles E. Williams, and was attended by George Henry Lewes …
- … the psychic researcher Frederick William Henry Myers, and Thomas Henry Huxley, who sent a long …
- … over old ground New editions of Coral reefs and Descent consumed the first three …
- … published in 1842 ( Correspondence vol. 21, letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 17 December [1873 …
- … he applied first to his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker, and finally borrowed one from Charles Lyell ( …
- … for the ‘dreadfully written’ parts of the draft sent to Smith, Elder & Co, and he was able to …
- … came out in June with the later chapters on the formation and distribution of coral-reefs …
- … have been increased by the publication in 1872 of Corals and coral islands , by James Dwight Dana …
- … fully account for the absence of coral-reefs in some areas, and a volcano cannot affect the whole …
- … for the communication of a surprising number of new facts and remarks’ ( Descent 2d ed., p. v). …
- … who forwarded Darwin’s queries about the numbers of males and females born into, and preserved in, …
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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- … (3) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1) …
- … & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) Annals and Magazine of Natural History …
- … M. L. (1) Baxter, Payne, and Lepper (1) …
- … Desrousseaux, E. (1) Dew-Smith, A. G. (5) …
- … (19) Easton and Anderson (1) Eck, F. A. …
- … Lamont, James (4) Land and Water (1) …
- … (23) Linnean Society, President and council (1) …
- … Victor et fils (1) Master and Fellows, Caius College Cambridge …
- … Pozzi, S. J. (3) President and council, Linnean Society (1 …
- … Putnam, F. W. (1) Pye-Smith, P. H. (3) …
- … Smiles, Samuel (2) Smith, A. C. (1) …
- … Sutton, S. (1) Swale and Wilson (1) …
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological …
- … —Geological notes made during a survey of the east and west coasts of South America, in the years …
- … pp. 35-7. F1646] —On certain areas of elevation and subsidence in the Pacific and Indian …
- … connexion of certain volcanic phenomena in South America; and on the formation of mountain chains …
- … —Observations on the parallel roads of Glen Roy, and of other parts of Lochaber in Scotland, with an …
- … F266.] —On the distribution of erratic boulders and on the contemporaneous unstratified …
- … , pp. 147-162. F1661.] — The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first …
- … during the years 1832 to 1836 . By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. [F271.] …
- … together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the …
- … during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1844. [F272.] …
- … during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1846. [F273.] …
- … —Origin of saliferous deposits: salt-lakes of Patagonia and La Plata. Proceedings of the …
- … enquiry; prepared for the use of Her Majesty’s Navy: and adapted for travellers in general , edited …
- … , pp. 342-5. F1724.] — The structure and distribution of coral reefs . By Charles Darwin. …
- … sketch , edited by James Geikie, pp. 141-2. Also, Life and letters of Charles Darwin , edited by …
- … search for a theory of the earth: symmetry, simplicity, and speculation. British Journal for the …
- … 133–57. Stoddart, David R. 1976. Darwin, Lyell, and the geological significance of coral …
- … Mott C. 1982. Geology in the nineteenth century . Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. …
Darwin's 1876 letters online
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Birth, tragic death . . . and cardigan jackets. To mark the 211th anniversary of Darwin's birth, we have released online the transcripts and footnotes of over 460 letters written to and from him in 1876 and a supplement of 180 letters written before…
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- … Birth, tragic death . . . and cardigan jackets. To mark the 211th anniversary of Darwin's birth …
- … on the fertilisation of plants. The manuscript of Cross and self fertilisation was finished in …
- … all my books for the future; that is to correct them once and never touch them again, so as to use …
- … Darwin had to be disciplined about his urge to correct and improve, for new editions and …
- … that came out of the Beagle voyage, Volcanic islands and South America , was published …
- … Amy, died a few days after giving birth to her and Francis’s son, Bernard, in September. Francis and …
- … before moving back into Down House with his parents; Emma and Charles took on the care of the baby. …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species and varieties. In …
- … two books on geology, Volcanic islands (1844) and Geological observations on South America …
- … on the geological results of the Beagle voyage, and extensively revised his Journal of …
- … of London, acting as one of four vice-presidents in 1844 and remaining on the council from 1845 …
- … of Beagle plant specimens by the young botanist and traveller, Joseph Dalton Hooker. More than …
- … Henslow, Leonard Horner, Leonard Jenyns, Edward Forbes, and Richard Owen shows. These friends, with …
- … people he turned to when he wished to discuss the problems and various scientific issues that arose …
- … species mutability with Hooker, Horner, Jenyns, Lyell, Owen, and Charles James Fox Bunbury; he may …
- … friends were not outraged by Darwin’s heterodox opinions and later in the year both Jenyns and …
- … Darwin was naturally protective of his untried theory and seems to have shied away from the risk of …
- … sometimes confident, but often uneasy about his work, and always attempting to gauge the kind of …
- … of the author. One candidate, known to be working on species and varieties, was Darwin himself: as …
- … as his letters to Hooker show, Darwin carefully considered and then rejected almost all of the …
- … that the essay would be published in the event of his death and stipulated a sum of money to be …
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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- … Darwin working on the first draft of his book on the cross- and self-fertilisation of plants, and …
- … Amy, had settled in as his father’s botanical assistant, and their close working relationship is …
- … was away from Down. The usual rhythm of visits with family and friends took place against the …
- … was finishing work on the second edition of Orchids and checking the page-proofs of Cross and …
- … member of the next generation of the family, with Francis and Amy’s child expected in September. …
- … sought solace for the loss of his beloved daughter-in-law and relief from his anxiety about Francis. …
- … He would in future revise his published books only once and never touch them again, so as to use the …
- … the second edition of Variation had involved much time and effort the previous year, and Darwin …
- … the sixth edition of Origin for the very last time, and made minor changes to a reprint of the …
- … Darwin focused instead on the second edition of Orchids , and he devoted much effort between May …
- … II)). During a two-week holiday after finishing Cross and self fertilisation , Darwin took up the …
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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- … the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became …
- … he published two books—his Journal of researches and The structure and distribution of coral …
- … , for which he described the locations of the fossils and the habitats and behaviour of the living …
- … of a book on the volcanic islands visited during the voyage and had served as a Secretary and Vice …
- … activities, Darwin found time to re-establish family ties and friendships, and to make new friends …
- … of preparation for their marriage are amusing, loving, and sometimes touching in the concern they …
- … Early in 1839 the couple set up house in London and at the end of the year their first child, …
- … the years 1837–43 was unquestionably his work on species and their origin. By the middle of March …
- … hypothesis he immediately set himself to collect data and to make notes on any lines of inquiry that …
- … came to be as they are (Kohn 1980). Between April 1837 and September 1838 he filled several …
- … point of departure Darwin continued to make notes and explore new avenues of thought, and by the …
- … selection’. Seventeen more years of data collecting and the fuller development of the argument were …
- … investigation of the species question went on, literally and figuratively, in the background of his …
- … findings had been spread by the publication by J. S. Henslow and Adam Sedgwick of excerpts from his …
- … caused great excitement. The fuller account of the voyage and Darwin’s discoveries was therefore …
- … and living members of the sub-class Cirripedia (see S. Smith 1968). The Beagle specimens …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
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George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…
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- … She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from …
- … ended when she was required to come home to nurse her mother and, following her mother's death, …
- … at that time. In 1851 she met the philosopher, writer and critic George Henry Lewes, who was to …
- … was already married but living separately from his wife and unable to obtain a divorce. He and Evans …
- … lived happily; she referred to herself as Marian Lewes and her novels, under her pen name, achieved …
- … 219.11: 14). A few days later Darwin asked if his daughter and son-in-law, Henrietta and Richard …
- … 1904, 2: 269); Charles was also present but found it too hot and left before the manifestations …
- … Leweses’ on 30 April 1876 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) and Charles Darwin’s letter to Francis …
- … 'great effect in the scientific world, causing a thorough and open discussion of a question …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … In November 1845, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend and confidant Joseph Dalton Hooker: ‘I hope …
- … out to be a study of barnacles that spanned eight years and resulted in two monographs, each of two …
- … investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and then into what became an …
- … relationship between Darwin’s systematic descriptive work and the species theory that provided the …
- … try the fashionable water-cure. After several months therapy and rigorous regimen, explained in …
- … twenty lengthy letters to Charles Lyell from these years and a series of interesting exchanges on …
- … geological issues. Further correspondence with American and European geologists and naturalists, …
- … his expedition in the Himalayas. They describe his dramatic and frequently dangerous travels through …
- … geology of the area, of the community of scholars and officials in British India, of rajahs and …
- … debate over the origin of coal deposits, about barnacles and species, and by their easy familiarity …
- … designed to guide the scientific work of naval officers and travellers in general. Darwin was asked …
- … F. W. Herschel, 4 February [1848] ). Letters between Darwin and Richard Owen, author of the …
- … on his Beagle experiences; his instructions are clear and simply stated, with attention being …
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