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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times , …
- … species such as the mammoth ( Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 4 May [1860] and n. …
- … Galton. In February 1863, Lubbock received a letter from Lyell, evidently in response …
- … about Lyell’s failure to support him. In April 1863, in a letter to the Athenæum , he discussed a …
- … transmutation; he also wrote to Lyell telling him about the letter to the Athenæum . 9 …
- … 1863b, p. 213). In May 1864, Lubbock received a letter from Falconer, who reiterated his …
- … speak of their own original researches’. He then added: 12 Very many other parts …
- … and went on to say that he intended to make a copy of his letter to show to friends. 18 In …
- … wrote to Darwin to ask what he thought of the affair ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 June 1865] ). …
- … he reiterated his admiration for Lubbock’s book ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [4 June 1865] ). A week …
- … in the dispute. When Hooker pressed him for an opinion ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 July 1865 ), …
- … was ‘unintentional’ ([Lubbock] 1863b, p. 214). 12. Letter from Hugh Falconer to John …
- … Gesellschaft in Zürich 9 (1853–6): 65–100; 12 (1857–8): 111–56; 13 (1858–63): i–x; 14 (1858–63): 1 …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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- … Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the …
- … correspondence that Darwin undertook throughout his lifetime. His close friend and botanist Joseph …
- … to the copy he had sent five years previously in his 1860 letter to Hooker , Darwin exclaimed …
- … In 1867, he was approached by a photographer named Ernest Edwards, who is now primarily known for …
- … London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after Ernest Edwards, NPG x5939, © National …
- … gaze. These photographs were rarely included in a Darwin letter, save for perhaps a very few close …
- … probably continued to send the cartes made by Ernest Edwards. Image: Charles Darwin, …
- … taken for public consumption. Responding to a letter from a German translator – Adolph …
- … can be procured at Messrs Elliot & Fry, or Messrs Edwards & Bult both residing in Baker St …
- … which you do me the honour to wish to possess.” As the letter and photograph had to travel from Down …
- … a new photograph of Darwin – probably one of the Ernest Edwards portraits – that “I was not a …
- … News used various earlier portraits, including the Ernest Edwards cartes from 17 years earlier. …
- … as an Icon.” in Culture and Organization , 2006, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 341-357. Prodger, …
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 …
- … read There appears to be good art. on Entozore 12 by Owen in Encyclop. of Anat. & …
- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … on distribution of forms said to be Poor Sir. J. Edwards Botanical Tour [?J. E. Smith 1793] …
- … all Vols. Marshall’s Rural Economy of Yorkshire, 12 s [Marshall 1788]—— often quoted by …
- … Palaces. Fourth Edition with Woodcuts. 2 vols. fcap. 8vo., 12 s . 30 [Jesse 1838] …
- … Reptiles [Duméril and Bibron 1834–54]: Crustacea Milne Edwards [Milne-Edwards 1834–40]: In Portfolio …
- … Animals (Deer, Antelopes, &c.) [Jardine 1835–6] 12. Ruminating Animals (Goats, Sheep, …
- … et Culture. 4to. Avec 10 planches. Amsterdam, 1768. 12 s . 41 Bailliére [Saint-Simon] 1768] …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … of Vertebrate animals 54 folio Plates. Maclise 2”12.6. [Maclise 1847] good for woodcuts. (Roy. …
- … [Catlin 1841] Edwardes. Voyage up Amazon [W. H. Edwards 1847].— Cunningham Life of …
- … Huntsmans life [Cumming 1850] Edwards Voyage up Amazon [W. H. Edwards 1847] …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … Malthus on Population [Malthus 1826] Oct 12 th W. Earle’s 60 Eastern Seas [Earl 1837]. …
- … vol. 19 Mungo Parks travels [Park 1799] Feb 12 Sir H. Davy consolations in travel [H. …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species , …
- … he told Hooker, did not at all concern his main argument ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1860] …
- … his theory would have been ‘ utterly smashed’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 3 July [1860] ). (A …
- … from right principles of scientific investigation.—’ ( letter to J. S. Henslow, 8 May [1860] ). …
- … a theory solely by explaining an ample lot of facts.’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 18 February [1860] ). …
- … phenomena it comes in time to be admitted as real.’ ( letter to C. J. F. Bunbury, 9 February [1860] …
- … natural selection did not necessarily lead to progression ( letter to Charles Lyell, 18 [and 19 …
- … considered it more a failure than a success ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 February [1860] ). …
- … naturalists because more accustomed to reasoning.’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 18 May 1860 ). …
- … two physiologists, and five botanists ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 March [1860] ). Others, like …
- … tail, whenever I gaze at it, makes me sick!’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 3 April [1860] ). By the …
- … favour of change of form’, namely those of embryology ( letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] ). …
- … his study of the geographical distribution of species ( see letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 August 1860 …
- … further supporting evidence ( letter to Edward Cresy, 12 December [1860] ). This work was not …
- … observing is than writing.—’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 12 September [1860] ). Despite the fact …
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
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- … The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now …
- … Pound foolish, Penurious, Pragmatical Prigs’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [29 December 1866] ). But …
- … able to write easy work for about 1½ hours every day’ ( letter to H. B. Jones, 3 January [1866] ). …
- … once daily to make the chemistry go on better’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). …
- … see you out with our beagles before the season is over’ ( letter from John Lubbock, 4 August 1866 …
- … work doing me any harm—any how I can’t be idle’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 24 August [1866] ). …
- … production of which Tegetmeier had agreed to supervise ( letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 16 January …
- … of “Domestic Animals & Cult. Plants” to Printers’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1866] …
- … good deal I think, & have come to more definite views’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 December …
- … ‘I quite follow you in thinking Agassiz glacier-mad’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 8[–9] September …
- … ten times more than the belief of a dozen physicists’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 February 1866] …
- … a number of social calls, sit for the photographer Ernest Edwards, and visit the gardens of the …
- … past few years. Emma described the Royal Society event in a letter to George: ‘Your father … entered …
- … from admirers and followers. A photograph of Darwin by Edwards was published with a biographical …
- … though I dread all exertion’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 May 1866] ). Darwin’s interest in …
- … development ( see for example, letter to C. W. Nägeli, 12 June [1866] ). Also in March, however, …
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 …
- … quantity of work’ left in him for ‘new matter’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). The …
- … to a reprint of the second edition of Climbing plants ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 23 February …
- … & I for blundering’, he cheerfully observed to Carus. ( Letter to J. V. Carus, 24 April 1876. …
- … provided evidence for the ‘advantages of crossing’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). Revising …
- … year to write about his life ( Correspondence vol. 23, letter from Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg, 20 …
- … nowadays is evolution and it is the correct one’ ( letter from Nemo, [1876?] ). …
- … him ‘basely’ and who had succeeded in giving him pain ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 17 June 1876 ). …
- … disgrace’ of blackballing so distinguished a zoologist ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 January 1876 ) …
- … must have been cast by the ‘poorest curs in London’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [4 February …
- … her questions were ‘too silly to deserve an answer’ ( letter from S. B. Herrick, 12 February 1876 …
- … on Dionaea ‘to test the insect eating theory’ ( letter from Peter Henderson, 15 November 1876 …
- … sending Darwin small amendments to his results ( letter from Moritz Schiff, 8 May 1876 ). …
- … of mind’, he told the botanist and entomologist Henry Edwards on 1 March, before going on to confuse …
- … for one so poor at figures as I am’, Gray conceded on 12 November , although he could reassure …
- … Darwin’s oldest son William (see Correspondence vol. 12 and the Supplement to vol. 24). By the …
3.15 George Charles Wallich, photo
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< Back to Introduction In the years around 1868–1871, when professional photographers competed for sittings with Darwin, a doctor called George Charles Wallich approached him with a similar request. Wallich was planning to publish a set of his own…
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Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
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- … and if none be so – before the publication [ f.152v p.12 ] of my new work – I shall then give …
- … information. Seeing however, that I was in Sydney from the 12 th to the 30 th inclusive of …
- … this planet” – V. “Until the 12 th everyone was actively occupied – Our …
- … which are given in the plan *[3] V. Until the 12 th everyone was actively employed – …
- … to be a circular group of low Islands extending from Lat 12˚ 4' S. to 12˚ 23 [an error of nine …
- … Colonial laws of Java under the British Government.” *[12] “If so (said Captain S.) upon what …
- … a moment longer to come home as he deserved to do.” That letter they shewed to Mr Ross and requested …
- … to somewhere else” – so now read “your brother's letter and then we may have something sure to …
- … and I wrote by the Hippomanes to [ f.181v p.70 ] Capt Edwards whom you know [who had been …
- … wrote to him immediately before leaving for Sumatra – a letter calculated to elicit something …
- … – not all exaggerated – and Mr R sent him back with a letter [ f.183r p.73 ] as he proposed. …
- … was not of any profitable description but of what Mr H in letter to Mr R denominated “fiddle faddle” …
- … to a note from Mr H concerning the last mentioned fugitive a letter which – Mr H sent to Mr R – …
- … ] The three or four runaways mentioned in the forgoing letter had run to apply to Mr Ross – and on …
- … from frequenting your islands &c” and in this his second letter he writes “I told you how it …
- … at present only as by the bye” – In reply to Mr Ross’ letter which he sent with the paper –Mr H …
- … the Eastern one may be seen by the following extract from a letter dated 19 th May and sent by Mr …
- … South Latitude. Hence the fact being that it is in 12˚&c. The guess that I have made respecting …
- … Copy Extract Of a letter sent to Captain Ross by Captain Harding of H.M …
- … *[11] Copied from the previous Editions. *[12] That Government enacted – that all …
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…
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- … Correspondence Project since it was first founded in 1974. Some names are now lost to us, and we …
- … the public. She also keeps the office running, transcribes letter texts, researches obscure …
- … Sophie Defrance Mario Di Gregorio Rhonda Edwards Katie Ericksen Baca Deborah …
2.6 Adolf von Hildebrand bust
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< Back to Introduction In 1873, the German biologist Anton Dohrn commissioned a plaster bust of Darwin for the ‘fresco room’ of his new research centre, the Stazione Zoologica in Naples. It was a fitting memorial of a long association between the two…
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- … computer-readable date 1873-01-01 to 1873-12-31 medium and material plaster bust …
- … Nature 8 (29 May 1873), p. 81. Thomas Huxley’s letter to Dohrn, 15 Nov. 1873, explaining plans …
- … for the Stazione: DCP-LETT-9412. Darwin’s follow-up letter to Dohrn, enclosing his personal …
- … of the Zoological Station of Naples’, Nature 12 (6 May 1875), pp. 11–13. Dohrn, ‘The Zoological …
