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2.19 Montford, bust at the Royal Society
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< Back to Introduction Horace Montford’s marble bust of Darwin at the Royal Society, dating from 1898, derives from his bronze statue at Shrewsbury. It was normal for sculptors to re-use their models in this way for the creation of busts and…
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- … to Introduction Horace Montford’s marble bust of Darwin at the Royal Society, dating from …
- … to re-use their models in this way for the creation of busts and statuettes, in order to capitalise …
- … learned societies and private collectors for the likenesses of famous men, and attract new …
- … had married Katherine Euphemia (Effie) Wedgwood, daughter of Hensleigh Wedgwood; Hensleigh was …
- … 1 st Baron Bridges, who presented the bust to the Royal Society, of which he was a Fellow, in …
- … apparently exhibited at an ‘At-Home’ gathering of the Society on 23 January 1902, but then returned …
- … model for that bust to the National Portrait Gallery, London, in January 1905, and also one of Lord …
- … kindly supplied by Ellen Embleton, Picture Curator of the Royal Society, from the Society’s records. …
- … of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors , 8 vols (London: Henry Graves and George Bell and …
- … H. Robinson, The Royal Society Catalogue of Portraits (London: Royal Society, 1980), pp. 80–81. …
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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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
- … were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119) …
- … a few odd entries, the record ends. Both notebooks consist of two different sections, headed ‘Books …
- … Darwin’s copy of the catalogue of scientific books in the Royal Society of London (Royal Society of …
- … Library 1 Cambridge. Library 2 Royal Coll of Surgeons [DAR *119: 1] …
- … on the Horse in N. America— [Harlan 1835] Owen has it. & Royal Soc Lord Brougham Dissert. …
- … Transact 15 [ Transactions of the Horticultural Society ] Mr Coxe “view of the …
- … Transactions [ ?Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural Society ]: Asa Gray & Torrey …
- … [ Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India ; Proceedings of the …
- … Transactions [ Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London ].— [DAR *119: 8v.] …
- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … Transact [ Transactions of the Linnean Society of London ] Wernerian d[itt]o [ Memoirs …
- … ].— Brit. Agricult. Association [ Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England …
- … of Books at end of Catalogue of Royal Soc. [Royal Society of London 1839]— Meckel’s Anatomy. …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … Man. Bailliere. 1.10 [Prichard 1843] must be studied . London Library read [DAR *119: …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
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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- … This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the …
- … numbers refer to R. B. Freeman’s standard bibliography of Darwin’s works. —Extracts from …
- … for private distribution by the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1 December 1835. [ Shorter …
- … by Capt. FitzRoy, R.N. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 446-9. [ …
- … neighbourhood of the Plata. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 542-4. [ …
- … study of coral formations. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 552-4. [ …
- … the formation of mould. Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2nd ser., pt. 3, 5 …
- … continents are elevated. Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2nd ser., pt. 3, 5 …
- … are of marine origin. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1839) pt 1: 39 …
- … seen on an iceberg in 61° south latitude. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 9 …
- … F1660.] —Remarks on the preceding paper, in a letter from Charles Darwin, Esq., to Mr. …
- … volcanic rocks with that of glaciers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2 (1844-50): …
Epsilon: building a collaborative digital framework for c19 letters of science
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ƐPSILON is both a research consortium and a developing, flexible, technical infrastructure for recreating the network of practitioners who expanded scientific knowledge in the long nineteenth century. Have letters? Have ideas? Please join us.
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- … technical infrastructure for recreating the network of practitioners who expanded scientific …
- … supports the digital creation, delivery, and preservation of scientific correspondence. Designed to …
- … The John Stevens Henslow Project Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel …
- … Correspondence Project at Kew The Correspondence of Michael Faraday Ferdinand …
- … to: Maintain the independent identity of ongoing projects Recognise the right …
- … Print only projects, completed, in progress, in and out of copyright Print and digital …
- … We are most grateful to the editors and publishers of the various collections represented …
- … Your contact details The full bibliographical details of the material The exact and full …
- … authorised representative thereof. Upon receipt of notification, the Epsilon team will …
James Crichton-Browne
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James Crichton-Browne became one of the most distinguished psychiatrists of the late nineteenth-century, but the letters he exchanged with Charles Darwin as the young and overworked superintendent of the largest mental asylum in England, are almost the…
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- … James Crichton-Browne became one of the most distinguished psychiatrists of the late nineteenth …
- … researched human emotional expression, and reveal the lives of Crichton-Browne's patients - …
- … a reputation as an energetic pioneer not only in the spheres of diagnosis and treatment, but also of …
- … Darwin had recently resumed work on what became Descent of Man and selection in relation to sex …
- … and writing Expression; he sent lists and lists of questions and received immensely detailed …
- … getting information on subjects such as the bristling of the hair, baring of teeth, and blushing, in …
- … time for his son George Darwin’s research into the effects of cousin-marriage on the health of …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and plants …
- … projects came to fruition in 1865, including the publication of his long paper on climbing plants in …
- … of the year, Darwin was elected an honorary member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The …
- … end of April; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and J. D. …
- … The death of Hugh Falconer Darwin’s first letter to Hooker of 1865 suggests that the family …
- … having all the Boys at home: they make the house jolly’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] …
- … seconded Darwin’s nomination for the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1864, had …
- … origin of species ( Origin ), which the Council of the Royal Society had failed to include among …
- … his letters to Darwin, and Darwin responded warmly: ‘Your letter is by far the grandest eulogium …
- … may well rest content that I have not laboured in vain’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 6 January [1865] …
- … always a most kind friend to me. So the world goes.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 February [1865] …
- … fever), and was wondering whether to send it to the Linnean Society, or to the Royal Society of …
- … suggested to Scott in 1862, when Scott was working at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, that he …
- … the duke of Argyll, had delivered an address to the Royal Society of Edinburgh criticising Origin …
- … Hooker to convalesce, first with friends in Notting Hill, London, then in Buxton, Derbyshire. …
- … and Leonard were still at school in Clapham, south-west London, and Horace was seeing a private …
- … foolish’;. In November, Darwin and Emma visited Erasmus in London ( Correspondence vol. 13, CD’s …
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 …
- … his scientific achievements when, in 1853, he was awarded a Royal Medal by the Royal Society of …
- … and plates and settling publication details with the Ray Society for Living Cirripedia (1851) …
- … Fossil Cirripedia (1854), again published by the Ray Society and the Palaeontographical Society. …
- … Darwin that soon developed into a valued friendship. London scientific society As …
- … was extended into the political realm of scientific life in London, as revealed in a series of …
- … Milne-Edwards, for the Copley Medal and suggesting for the Royal Medal lesser-known naturalists whom …
- … Darwin’s decision to take a more active interest in London scientific life was prompted by a general …
- … in his health was indicated by his comment in a letter to Hooker on 29 [May 1854] : ‘Very far …
- … large-scale geological changes. As he told Hooker in a letter of 5 June [1855] , ‘it shocks my …
- … he had written to Hooker ( Correspondence vol. 4, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 [June 1850] ), …
- … interested in animal breeding. As Darwin told Fox in a letter of 27 March [1855] , the object of …
- … ‘all nature is perverse & will not do as I wish it’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 7 May [1855] ). But …
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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- … return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in …
- … During these years he published two books—his Journal of researches and The structure and …
- … In addition, he organised and superintended the publication of the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. …
- … served as a Secretary and Vice-President of the Geological Society of London. All this was …
- … sensibilities. Early in 1839 the couple set up house in London and at the end of the year their …
- … read the fourth of a series of papers to the Geological Society of London. Three of the papers …
- … William Buckland called it (in his referee’s report to the Society of 9 March 1838), had been …
- … and the reviews of his papers for the Geological Society Transactions provide ample evidence …
- … in Scotland. This tour resulted in a major paper for the Royal Society in which he advanced the …
- … their mutual involvement in the affairs of the Geological Society. During the Beagle voyage …
- … are preserved (187 of them in the American Philosophical Society’s collection) but some are missing, …
- … letters have suffered an even more severe loss. In a letter to Lyell’s sister-in-law, Katharine …
- … of fact . . . on the origin & variation of species” ( Letter to J. S. Henslow, [November 1839] …
- … that he had a sound solution to what J. F. W. Herschel in a letter to Lyell had called the ‘mystery …
- … about searching for evidence to support his hypothesis. In a letter to Lyell, [14] September [1838 …
- … just the same, though I know what I am looking for' ( Letter to G. R. Waterhouse, [26 July …
- … there were no doubts as to how one ought to act’ ( Letter from Emma Darwin, [ c. February 1839] …
- … for several months (See Correspondence vol. 1, letter to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 , …
- … notebook). See also Allan 1977, pp. 128–30). The letter, on ‘Double flowers’ to the …
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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- … Captain FitzRoy in the Narrative (2: 18). CD, in his letter to Henslow, 9 [September 1831] , …
- … he felt he would need, even if it meant duplicating some of FitzRoy’s own: ‘You are of course …
- … to leaving mine behind . . . There will be plenty of room for Books.’ (Letter from Robert …
- … feet. The books in the Poop Cabin are at the Service of all the Officers of the Beagle who …
- … the ‘immense stock’ which CD mentions may be had from a letter FitzRoy wrote to his sister during an …
- … on board the Beagle § — mentioned in a letter or other source as being on board …
- … papers . . . of . . . Lord Anson . . . by Richard Walter . London, 1748. ( ‘Beagle’ diary p. 62) …
- … atlas, constructed from the latest authorities. London and Edinburgh, 1823. (Contemporary …
- … and Beering’s Strait . . . 1825, 26, 27, 28 . London, 1831. (DAR 31.1: 276v.; 33: 253v.). …
- … Naturelle 3 (1834): 84–115. (DAR 37.1: 677v.; letter to J. S. Henslow, 12 July 1835). * …
- … d’histoire naturelle . 17 vols. Paris, 1822–31. (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 15–21 January [1833]). …
- … round the world. Translated by John Reinhold Forster. London, 1772. ( Voyage , p. 178; DAR …
- … Science. Report of the 2d meeting . . . Oxford, 1832 . London, 1833. (Letter to J. S. Henslow …
- … . . . by John Black. With Notes . . . by Robert Jameson. London, 1813. (DAR 30.2: 154). Darwin …
- … Anniversary address (1834). Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1833–8): 44–70. …
- … of Anglesea. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 1, pt 2 (18): 359–452. (DAR 33: …
- … the southern extremity of South America. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 1 (1832): 155 …
- … . . . of earthquakes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 51 (1760): 566 …
- … insect . . . Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 4 (1833): 209–17. (Letter to J. …
- … a map of cotidal lines. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 123 (1833): 147 …
- … that have not been located. Administration du Muséum Royal d’Histoire Naturelle. …
- … age of the veins of Cornwall. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 2 (1822): …
- … the mines of Cornwall. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 120 (1830): 399 …
- … and of Ascidiæ. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 126 (1834): 365–88. ( …
Dipsacus and Drosera: Frank’s favourite carnivores
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In Autumn of 1875, Francis Darwin was busy researching aggregation in the tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia (F. Darwin 1876). This phenomenon occurs when coloured particles within either protoplasm or the fluid in the cell vacuole (the cell sap) cluster…
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- … Drosera rotundifolia on an English heath, the Origin of Species author wrote, ‘ I care more …
- … killer vegetables culminated in 1875 with the publication of Insectivorous Plants . This treatise …
- … son, Francis, carried on his father’s legacy in a variety of ways, including through his own …
- … he is credited with illustrating the tiny underwater traps of Aldrovanda and Utricularia . …
- … and Darwin senior submitted his son’s discovery to the Royal Society of London. Only fellows of the …
- … of the common teasel ( Dipsacus sylvestris )’ at the Royal Society on 1 March 1877 (F. Darwin …
- … An abstract of Francis’ paper was published in the Royal Society’s Proceedings , but to his …
- … by the beginning of August. Still displeased by the Royal Society’s decision not to publish the full …
- … Darwin’s request, Cohn agreed to allow an excerpt of his letter to be published in Nature , …
- … August 1877, p. 339). Although, as Darwin pointed out in a letter to G.J. Romanes, Cohn was hesitant …
- … Insectivorous plants . 2d ed. Revised by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. Darwin, F. …
- … ). (Abstract.) [Read 1 March 1877.] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 26: 4–8. …
- … Drosera rotundifolia . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 17 (98), 17–31. …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having …
- … after the long illness that had plagued him since the spring of 1863. Because of poor health, Darwin …
- … professor of clinical medicine at University College, London, and physician-in-ordinary to Queen …
- … of the five physicians Darwin had consulted in 1863. In a letter of 26[–7] March [1864] , Darwin …
- … of Lythrum salicaria ’) and sent it to the Linnean Society of London, thus completing the work he …
- … and he received more letters of advice from Jenner. In a letter of 15 December [1864] to the …
- … and December were also marked by the award to Darwin of the Royal Society’s Copley Medal; he had …
- … As Darwin explained to his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of 30 November [1864] , ‘the …
- … the gold medal was considered the greatest accolade that the Royal Society could bestow. The …
- … observations indoors ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] , Darwin …
- … sent to Daniel Oliver, keeper of the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and professor of …
- … gradation by which leaves produce tendrils’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1864] ). …
- … fearfully for it is a leaf climber & therefore sacred’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 June [1864] …
- … plants’), which Darwin submitted to the Linnean Society in January 1865. Climbers and twiners …
- … Origin . He communicated Crüger’s paper to the Linnean Society, in addition to a paper on Bonatea …
- … had been initiated by Scott, a gardener at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in 1862 with a …
- … Scott’s papers on the orchid Oncidium to the Linnean Society in 1864 (Scott 1864b). Recognising …
- … with the staff he supervised as assistant director of the Royal Botanic Gardens. He noted, for …
- … socialising with Charles Lyell and other members of the London scientific circle. Another …
- … Council’s judgment. The declaration, drafted by a group of London chemists and signed by over 200 …
- … Roderick Impey Murchison that were first presented at the Royal Geographical Society, and later …
- … officers of the recently formed Anthropological Society of London, many of whose members sought a …
- … The Copley medal controversy After the award of the Royal Society’s Copley Medal, Darwin may …
1.19 John Collier, oil in NPG
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< Back to Introduction Very soon after the delivery of Collier’s portrait of Darwin to the Linnean Society, Darwin’s eldest son William decided to commission a replica to add to the family collection of pictures, which he had inherited. The new…
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- … Back to Introduction Very soon after the delivery of Collier’s portrait of Darwin to the …
- … Replica 1883’, but in fact it was not an exact copy of the Linnean’s picture. As William Darwin …
- … than the original, also the eyes are bluish with a trace of green, and not brownish as in the other …
- … that the present generation should have no public portrait of him . . . The Collier from its size is …
- … a painting on this scale, and anyway ‘the chance of any of us or the children finally settling at …
- … far back as April 1882, Sir John Everett Millais, then one of the NPG’s Directors, had written …
- … the first version of the portrait, destined for the Linnean Society, might instead go to the NPG. As …
- … collection must have weighed with William Darwin, who in his letter to George of December 1895, had …
- … became better known than the first version in the Linnean Society’s building. William’s action was …
- … at Down. The copy of Collier’s portrait of Darwin at the Royal Society was painted by Mabel Messer …
- … copies at Christ’s College Cambridge, and in the Royal College of Surgeons. physical …
- … or ledger, National Portrait Gallery archive, NPG 110348. Letter from Millais to Collier, and …
- … of Celebrated Characters of England, Scotland and Ireland (London: George Bell, 1897), pp. 221-2. …
- … and Other Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures in the Royal College of Surgeons of England …
- … A sale, Valuable Books and Manuscripts, at Christie’s, London, on 15 December 2021 included (lot …
- … Collier’s portrait, published by Nicolas Sarony & Co., London. See also other references and …
3.2 Maull and Polyblank photo 1
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< Back to Introduction The rise of professional photographic studios in the mid nineteenth century was a key factor in the shaping of Darwinian iconography, but Darwin’s relationship with these firms was from the start a cautious and sometimes a…
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- … < Back to Introduction The rise of professional photographic studios in the mid …
- … a difficult one. In 1854-5 the newly established firm of Henry Maull and George Henry Polyblank …
- … for inclusion, and he was invited for a sitting in their London studio, probably in 1855. Portrait …
- … Maull and Polyblank were offering photographs in a variety of formats – ‘cabinet’ pictures or …
- … single friend is surprising’. If Hooker wanted an image of him, a photograph of Samuel Laurence’s …
- … look atrociously wicked’. Hooker himself acknowledged in a letter of 1864 that the existing …
- … between this troubled image and the calm, philosophical aura of photographs taken by members of …
- … references and bibliography National Portrait Gallery, London, online catalogue of the Literary …
- … [1855] (DCP-LETT-1688) and 17 Dec. [1860] (DCP-LETT-3024). Letter from Hooker to Darwin, 24 Jan. …
- … Historical Embodiments of Natural Knowledge (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998 …
- … ‘The Maull photographic portrait collection held at the Royal Society’, Notes and Records of the …
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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- … I am merely slaving over the sickening work of preparing new Editions Plants …
- … species, and botanical research had often been a source of personal satisfaction, providing relief …
- … on a book manuscript for some nine months. The pleasures of observation and experiment had given way …
- … was also revising another manuscript, the second edition of Climbing plants , which he hoped to …
- … with fresh enthusiasm to the new assistant director at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, William …
- … Edwin Ray Lankester, who was up for election to the Linnean Society. The ‘malcontents’ of the …
- … On 8 January , he told Hooker: ‘I will write a savage letter & that will do me some good, if I …
- … Mivart was a distinguished zoologist, a fellow of the Royal Society of London, and a secretary of …
- … respecting codes of conduct and communication in scientific society. Huxley chose journalism, …
- … Hooker was hampered by his position as president of the Royal Society from spurning Mivart in public …
- … to the Editor … Poor Murray shuddered again & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January …
- … when the chance arose. On 28 January , he sent a note on Royal Society business to Edward Burnett …
- … opinion on vivisection, the government decided to appoint a Royal Commission to advise on future …
- … when performing a painful experiment ( Report of the Royal Commission on vivisection , p. 183). …
- … with Klein when his son Francis was studying medicine in London. Klein had assisted in some of …
- … offered to pay the costs for printing an additional 250 ( letter to John Murray, 3 May 1875 ). …
- … & bless the day That ever you were born (letter from E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 …
- … that the originally red half has become wholly white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 …
- … pp. 188–90). He drew attention to this discussion in a letter to George Rolleston, remarking on 2 …
- … had been opened in the village, and a local temperance society had been established by a Down …
- … her large private collection. She tried to meet Darwin in London on several occasions and finally …
- … quickly: ‘I do not see how I could get a sort of living Royal Duke out of my house within the short …
- … been appointed professor of zoology at University College, London. Darwin learned about the …
- … had helped to introduce Darwin to scientific society in London, and offered much advice on his early …
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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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
- … scientific correspondence. Six months later the volume of his correspondence dropped markedly, …
- … that he was ‘unwell & must write briefly’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ), and in a …
- … persevered with his work on Variation until 20 July, his letter-writing dwindled considerably. The …
- … Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, where he underwent a course of the water-cure. The treatment was not …
- … from ‘some Quadrumanum animal’, as he put it in a letter to J. D. Hooker of 24[–5] February [1863] …
- … ‘I declare I never in my life read anything grander’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 26 [February 1863] …
- … than Origin had (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). …
- … the first part of his presidential address at the Linnean Society of London to British and foreign …
- … included his election as a corresponding member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin …
- … in November when Darwin heard that his nomination for the Royal Society’s Copley Medal had been …
- … failure to win the award was Edward Sabine, President of the Royal Society ( see letter from Edward …
- … in species of Linum ’) was read before the Linnean Society. In the paper, Darwin presented …
- … the end of the previous year. John Scott, a gardener at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, had …
- … communicated Scott’s Primula work to the Linnean Society in a paper that was read in February …
- … Scotland; he warned Darwin that at the Edinburgh Botanical Society, where he read his orchid paper, …
- … and Herschelea Darwin communicated to the Linnean Society ( see letter to Roland Trimen, 23 …
- … On the way to Malvern Wells, Darwin stopped in London overnight to consult George Busk, former …
- … Brinton, a stomach specialist at St Thomas’s Hospital, London ( letter from George Busk, [ c. 27 …
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 …
- … dispute over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second …
- … be done by observation during prolonged intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August …
- … pleasures of shooting and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such …
- … And … one looks backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). …
- … The year started for Darwin with a week’s visit to London, staying at his brother Erasmus’s house. …
- … was an illusory hope.— I feel very old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] …
- … inferred that he was well from his silence on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October …
- … opportunity to contact the spirit world. While Darwin was in London, his son George organised a …
- … in such rubbish’, he confided to Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] …
- … John Tyndall, professor at and superintendent of the Royal Institution of Great Britain was informed …
- … suggested having him removed as secretary of the Linnean Society ( letter From J. D. Hooker, 29 …
- … of June, Darwin’s fourth son, Leonard, who had joined the Royal Engineers in 1871, went to New …
- … he had with Hubert Airy, the son of the Astronomer Royal, George Biddell Airy, to help Leonard gain …
- … Ruck, the sister of a friend of Leonard Darwin’s in the Royal Engineers, on 23 July 1874. The newly …
- … by botanists from Kew and around the country, and by London chemists and animal physiologists. …
- … physiologists at the Brown Animal Sanatory Institution in London, who performed comparative animal …
- … Dionaea (Venus fly trap) to help with his lecture at the Royal Institution ( letter to J. S. …
- … Balfour; Darwin offered to try to get it exhibited at a Royal Society of London soirée (see …
- … his time in China, in his candidacy for election to the Royal Society of London ( see letter to H. …
- … the colour of their surroundings to the Entomological Society of London ( letter from H. W. Bates, …
- … Charles Lyell’s plan to leave a bequest to the Geological Society of London and an annual medal ( …
- … February 1874 ), and honorary member of the Entomological Society of France ( letter to Eugène …
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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- … broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of …
- … prosecution was unsuccessful, but it gave rise to a series of campaigns to increase public awareness …
- … It called upon the RSPCA to investigate the nature and scope of vivisections performed in physiology …
- … Darwin was sympathetic to the cause, but found some of Cobbe’s rhetoric inflammatory, and he …
- … me) attack on Virchow for experimenting on the Trichinae’ (letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January …
- … I love with all my heart’ ( Correspondence vol. 19, letter to ?, 19 May [1871] ). As a …
- … farmers and their staff (see Correspondence vol. 14, letter to a local landowner, [1866?] ). …
- … by the prospect of animals suffering for science. In a letter to E. Ray Lankester, he wrote: ‘You …
- … I shall not sleep to-night’ ( Correspondence vol. 19, letter to E. R. Lankester, 22 March [1871 …
- … was a sensitive subject within Darwin’s family. In his letter of 14 January 1875 to Huxley, …
- … In the course of the public debate, Emma wrote a letter to a London newspaper renewing her appeal …
- … J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 12 February 1875 ). Darwin was in London from 31 March to 12 April, and …
- … was approved by Huxley, Burdon Sanderson, and John Simon, a London pathologist and public health …
- … Dalton Hooker requesting his approval as president of the Royal Society of London (letter to J. D. …
- … a lengthy paragraph on the treatment of animals in human society, the pain and death they suffered …
- … to make an experiment on a live animal … ( Report of the Royal Commission on vivisection , …
- … Lyon Playfair, 27 May 1875 ). In his testimony before the Royal Commission (see below), Darwin …
- … on a living vertebrate animal ( Report of the Royal Commission on vivisection , Appendix III, pp. …
- … home secretary, Richard Cross, announced on 24 May that a Royal Commission would be appointed to …
- … Debates , 3d ser., vol. 224 (1875), col. 794). A Royal Commission was a standard governmental …
- … quoted in the committee’s final summary ( Report of the Royal Commission on vivisection , p. x), …
Darwin’s student booklist
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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … very enjoyable or profitable, would find the discipline of medicine more congenial. In October 1826 …
- … anatomy and dissection; and much later in life he wrote of surgery: I also attended on …
- … to make me do so; this being long before the blessed days of chloroform. The two cases fairly …
- … By the time Charles returned to Shrewsbury in the summer of 1827 he had decided not to continue the …
- … However, Granby follows Cuvier: Darwin’s own copy of this is the fifth edition of 1827. Of …
- … suitable reading for a medical student: John Abernethy was a London surgeon whose lectures were …
- … took Darwin to meetings of the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh. Hugh Blair, although …
- … work in 1879 Darwin judged it ‘a wretched production’ (letter to Ernst Krause, 19 March 1879 ); …
- … Dr Darwin had Lichfield connections, but the writer left for London about twenty years before the …
- … 12 Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society . Vols 1–8i (1808–39). 13 …
- … CD described Lister 1826 as an ‘entertaining book’ (see letter to S. E. Darwin, 29 January [1826] …
- … Hunterian oration, for the year 1819: delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons, in London. …
- … opinions respecting diseases, delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons, in London . New …
- … his researches in comparative anatomy: delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons, in the year …
- … opinions respecting life and diseases: delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons, London, in …
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals …
- … Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had himself made of human gestures and expressions. He also …
- … association had extended beyond work on The Expression of the Emotions. In April of that year, …
- … I gladly complied with his request to take several photos of me, and these I imagine he intends to …
- … that Darwin agreed to be photographed by Rejlander as a way of compensating him for the relatively …
- … photographed Darwin’s relatives on request. A family album of ‘cartes de visite’ now in the …
- … as William or Leonard Darwin, as well as the profile of Darwin himself. The reverse of the …
- … traits. Darwin is known to have met Rejlander in London in the first week of April 1871, …
- … by Rejlander in April 1871, and reproduced in the London Journal in June 1872. Darwin also sent …
- … Apology for Art-Photography, read at a Meeting of the South London Photographic Society, February 12 …
- … of Manchester, English MS 1404, pp. 52–3, with a letter to Dresser from Darwin, dated 10 Sept. 1875 …
- … Wood engraved vignette, paired with one of Huxley, in The London Journal , 55:1426 (8 June 1872), …
- … pp. xi-xii (DAR 140.1.5; also in the Lindley Library, Royal Horticultural Society). Wood engraving …
- … Darwin: The Power of Place. Volume II of a Biography (London: Jonathan Cape, 2002), p. 367. …
- … Science and the Periodical Press, 1870 – 1890 (London and New York: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020 …
1.18 John Collier, oil in Linnean
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< Back to Introduction By 1881 it was clear to Darwin’s intimates that he was increasingly frail, and that, as he approached death, he had finally escaped from religious controversy to become a heroic figure, loved and venerated for his achievements…
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- … by the public at large. It was therefore a matter of urgency to fashion a definitive image of him …
- … with the spectator, while William Richmond’s portrait of him in academic robes failed to convey …
- … as a thinker. George Romanes and other members of Darwin’s circle therefore gained his …
- … newly published Primer on Art , and received a pleasant letter of thanks. Darwin assured Collier …
- … he would be proud to see himself ‘suspended at the Linnean Society’. In the event, he did not live …
- … Room there. It ‘was about to be hung in the rooms of the society’ in April 1882, when his death was …
- … moving truth to nature. By the time it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in May 1882, Darwin was …
- … world.’ physical location Linnean Society accession or collection number …
- … . Linnean Society archive, manuscript letter LL/8, Darwin to Romanes, 27 May 1881. Correspondence …
- … (21 April 1882), p. 5. John Collier, A Primer of Art (London: Macmillan, 1882). Collier, A …
- … Seward (eds), More Letters of Charles Darwin , 2 vols (London: John Murray, 1903), vol. 1, pp. …
- … Annual 1914. John Collier, The Religion of an Artist (London: Watts & Co., 1926). ‘When …
