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2.7 Joseph Moore, Midland Union medal
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< Back to Introduction The Midland Union was an association of natural history societies and field clubs across the Midland counties, intended to facilitate – especially through its journal The Midland Naturalist – ‘the interchange of ideas’ and…
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- … entrusted to the Birmingham medallist and die-sinker Joseph Moore, who, like many of the naturalists …
- … Darwin in three-quarter view, signed in capitals ‘Jos h Moore f.’ (fecit), is probably based on …
- … English Heritage originator of image Joseph Moore date of creation …
- … gold or bronze references and bibliography letter to E. W. Badger, [19 July 1880], DCP …
- … Spink & Son, 1909), pp. 136–140. On the background: David Elliston Allen, The Naturalist in …
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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- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … *119: 9v.] 1839. Decemb. Advertised . David Low “Treatise on Domestic Animals”; …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … Keppells(?) voyage to Borneo [Keppel 1846] Life of David Hume— (new Edit) by Bell [Hume 1778] …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … in N. America [H. Martineau 1838b] Burtons Life of David Hume [Burton 1846] Society in …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … 119: 5a] Mar 26 Treatise on Domestic Pigeons [J. Moore] 1765] Ap 5 D r Edwards on …
- … at end 23 d . Moores Life of Byron 6 volumes [T. Moore 1837].— poor.— —— T. Carlyles …
- … partly read—— Nov 4 th . Mem. of Sheridan [T. Moore 1825] & Liebers remains of Niebuhr …
- … . Meredith Van Diemens Land [Twamley 1852] Life of T. Moore [?T. Moore 1853–6] have read vol …
- … [DAR *128: 176] Moores Life of Sheridan [T. Moore 1825] Huc’s China [Huc 1855] —read …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … Galtons Tour in S. Africa [Galton 1853] good Aug 23. Moore’s Life. L d J. Russel [T. Moore …
- … —— 28 Vol. IV. Moores life by Lord J. Russell [T. Moore 1853–6] [DAR 128: 6] 1853. …
- … [Warren 1832–8]. (detestable) Nov. 27 th . Moore’s Life by Lord J. Russell [T. Moore 1853–6 …
- … , no. 632, 7 December 1839, p. 933, announced that David Low’s Illustrations of the breeds of …
- … of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
- … ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). 55 The letter was addressed to Nicholas Aylward Vigors …
- … to William Jackson Hooker. See Correspondence vol. 3, letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 or 12 November …
- … Knowledge.) London. *119: 13 Badham, Charles David. 1845. Insect life . Edinburgh and …
- … from the Swedish. London. 119: 13b Brewster, David. 1831. The life of Sir Isaac Newton …
- … 119: 21b Broughton, William Grant. 1832. A letter in vindication of the principles of …
- … Burton, John Hill. 1846. Life and correspondence of David Hume . 2 vols. Edinburgh. *119: …
- … of remarkable trials . London. 128: 3 Cranz, David. 1767. The history of Greenland: …
- … 23b Cunningham, Allan. 1843. The life of Sir David Wilkie; with his journals, tours, …
- … vols. London. *128: 173; 128: 20 Forbes, James David. 1843. Travels through the Alps of …
Suggested reading
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There is an extensive secondary literature on Darwin's life and work. Here are some suggested titles that focus Darwin’s correspondence, as well as scientific correspondence and letter-writing more generally. Collections of Darwin’s letters …
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- … correspondence, as well as scientific correspondence and letter-writing more generally. …
- … Murray. Sources on scientific correspondence and letter-writing On Darwin’s …
- … a social history, in The Darwinian heritage , edited by David Kohn. Princeton: Princeton …
- … of Chicago Press. Chapter 2. On the history of letter writing: Altman, J. G. …
- … and the social grounding of differentiated genres, in Letter writing as a social practice , …
- … R. 1997. An ordinary kind of writing: model letters and letter-writing in Ancien Régime France, in …
- … Earle, R., ed. 1999. Epistolary selves: etters and letter-writers, 1600–1945 . Aldershot: Ashgate …
- … Pp. 83–108. Hornbeak, K. G. 1934. The compleat letter-writer in English, 1568–1800. Smith …
- … Press. Pp. 36–43. Some 19th-century sources on letter writing: Davies, J. …
- … Magazine 77 : 509–17. Lyell, A. 1896. English letter writing in the nineteenth century. …
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … & I can see it even through a grove of Palms.—’ (letter to Caroline Darwin, 25–6 April [1832] …
- … wrote to the contrary: ‘I am sorry to see in your last letter that you still look forward to the …
- … near the British Museum or some other learned place’ (letter from E. A. Darwin, 18 August [1832] …
- … it is a sort of scene I never ought to think about—’ (letter to W. D. Fox, [9–12 August] 1835 ). …
- … Elizabeth were all interred in the churchyard at Downe (Moore 1985 and n. 19). Much of the …
- … However, what remains is cordial; in the first extant letter of the correspondence, Darwin wrote to …
- … (a local charity), which he administered from 1848 to 1869 (letter to J. B. Innes, [8 May 1848] …
- … he would make an excellent Guardian [of the Poor Fund]’ (letter to J. W. Lubbock, 28 March [1854] …
- … allowed the club the use of his own lawn for its meetings (Moore 1985; letter to J. S. Henslow, 17 …
- … the family’s dog, Quiz, when he moved away from Down (letter to J. B. Innes, 15 December [1861] ) …
- … was considered to be a cross between a cow and a red deer (letter from J. B. Innes, 7 December …
- … ancestor. Please think of my request favourably—’ (letter from J. B. Innes, 26 May 1871 ). Indeed …
- … and leaves Moses to take care of himself. Letter from J. B. Innes, 1 December 1878 …
- … take care of the financial complications he left behind (letter from S. J. O’H. Horsman, 2 June …
- … seemed to have made off with the church’s organ fund (letter to J. B. Innes, 15 June [1868] ). So …
- … by Horsman relating to the Down school and organ funds (letter to J. B. Innes, 13 January 1871 ). …
- … Dissenters’ chapel, rather than the Down parish church (letter to J. B. Innes, 1 December 1868 ). …
- … in the Parish, but preaches, I hear, very dull sermons’ (letter to J. B. Innes, 18 January [1871] …
- … and Clothing Club, as well as the Anglican National School (Moore 1985). Nevertheless, however …
- … He came to Down determined to take charge of the village (Moore 1985). However, he came with rather …
- … capital testimonials to his wife’s qualifications’ (letter from J. B. Innes, 5 June 1871 ). …
- … support, and presented their answer to the School Committee (letter to Down School Board, [after …
- … of letters to both men, vainly seeking to reconcile them (letter from John Lubbock, 5 April [1875] …
- … order to allow Emma and the children to attend his services (Moore 1985). All this is not to …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … I omitted to observe, which I ought to have observed” ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] …
- … work your wicked will on it—root leaf & branch!” ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 ) …
- … parts of the flower would become modified & correlated” ( letter to T. H. Farrer, 14 August …
- … it again, “for Heaven knows when it will be ready” ( letter to John Murray, 4 May [1873] ). …
- … we take notes and take tracings of their burrows” ( letter from Francis Darwin, 14 August [1873] ) …
- … in importance; and if so more places will be created” ( letter to E. A. Darwin, 20 September 1873 …
- … our unfortunate family being fit for continuous work” ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 25 September …
- … on any point; for I knew my own ignorance before hand” ( letter to George Cupples, 28 April [1873] …
- … “he would fly at the Empr’s throat like a bulldog” ( letter from L. M. Forster to H. E. Litchfield, …
- … force & truth of the great principle of inheritance!” ( letter to F. S. B. F. de Chaumont, 3 …
- … the heavy breathing that accompanied sexual intercourse? (letter from ?, [1873?]). The Scottish …
- … with up lines; & sadness & decay with the reverse—” ( letter from William Main, 2 April …
- … with the advance of civilisation and good breeding ( letter from Henry Reeks, 3 March 1873 ). …
- … have never felt an inclination to have a second dose” ( letter from Robert Swinhoe, 26 March 1873 …
- … of an orbital one produces snapping of the jaws” ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 April 1873 …
- … paralysis, in conjunction with leading physiologists such as David Ferrier and John Hughlings …
- … that illustrated the physiognomy of the disease ( letter to James Crichton-Browne, 30 December 1873 …
- … by an individual could be transmitted to its offspring ( letter from J. T. Moggridge, 1 February …
- … a related discussion in Nature magazine, forwarding a letter from William Huggins on a case of …
- … Kepler who was fearful of butchers and butcher’s shops ( letter to Nature , [before 13 February …
- … smell. Darwin joined the debate, writing to Nature ( letter to Nature , [before 13 March …
- … The debate later shifted to ants when Darwin forwarded a letter from the mining engineer James …
- … disperse wildly after he had smashed some with his finger ( letter to Nature , [before 3 April …
- … danger by seeing the corpses of a fellow species” ( letter to Nature , [before 24 July 1873] ). …
- … cousin’s aims but regarded the project as “utopian” ( letter to Francis Galton, 4 January [1873] ) …
- … in correspondence, and investing money very well” ( letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ). Among …
- … his father’s virtues: “sober, honest & industrious” ( letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ). …
- … who thought it would offend his father ( enclosure to letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 December 1873 ). …
- … unorthodoxy, troubling and potentially undermining (J. R. Moore 1985, pp. 471–2). A courted …
Interview with John Hedley Brooke
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John Hedley Brooke is President of the Science and Religion Forum as well as the author of the influential Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 1991). He has had a long career in the history of science and…
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- … look at the Presbyterian response to Darwin, for example, as David Livingstone has done ? and the …
- … I’m looking back now to a book that was published by James Moore in the late 1970s called The post …
- … to the fear displayed by monkeys. He writes about this in a letter in 1881 to William Graham : …
- … press one’s heterodoxy onto others. And you refer to a letter from Joseph Hooker to Darwin in 1865 …
Who we were
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Many people have contributed to the Darwin Correspondence Project since it was first founded in 1974. Some names are now lost to us, and we would appreciate hearing from anyone who has contributed in the past and is not listed here. The final staff of…
