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Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter

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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…

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  • … The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. …
  • … scientific work, single-mindedly committed to the completion of his cirripede monographs. …
  • … Malvern to Emma, who was confined to Down awaiting the birth of their ninth child. After Anne’s …
  • … spending so much time on the group. He was surely thinking of these years: the exciting discoveries …
  • … his efforts were rewarded with the first public recognition of his scientific achievements when, in …
  • … and plates and settling publication details with the Ray Society for  Living Cirripedia  (1851) …
  • … developed into a valued friendship. London scientific society As letters in this …
  • … as revealed in a series of letters pertaining to the Royal Society. In April 1854, when his …
  • … became the first naturalist to receive the award for entomological pursuits. dissipation, …
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