To Karl von Scherzer 1 April 1878
Summary
Glad to hear of Ernst Haeckel’s reception in Vienna.
R. Virchow’s address ["Liberty of science", Nature 17 (1877–8): 72–4, 92–4, 111–13] very arrogant.
Sorry to hear of death of Arthur Lane.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Date: | 1 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | University of Southern California Libraries, Special Collections, Feuchtwanger Memorial Library (Collection no. 0204, Lion Feuchtwanger papers, Box 01) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11460 |
To Karl von Scherzer 24 December 1876
Summary
Thanks for volume on craniology
and for suggestion to Austrian Government that CD receive volumes on Novara voyage.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Date: | 24 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10733 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Vol. 2 (part 1) Geologische Beobachtungen. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und …
- … B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. 9 vols. in 19. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und …
- … Theil. Zweite Abtheilung, ‘Körpermessungen’. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und …
- … Fregatte Novara: 1. Abtheilung: Cranien der Novara-Sammlung. Vienna: Carl Gerold’s Sohn. …
To Karl von Scherzer 24 January [1876]
Summary
Thanks for KHvS’s book [La province de Smyrne (1873)].
Discusses possible meeting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Date: | 24 Jan [1876] |
| Classmark: | John Hay Library, Brown University (Albert E. Lownes Manuscript Collection, Ms. 84.2 (Box 3, Folder 38)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10364 |
To Karl von Scherzer 14 May [1877]
Summary
Received Moritz Wagner’s essays [Das Ausland (May 1875)] and sent him a long letter [10643] disagreeing with his views because they do not explain adaptation.
Thanks for Büchner’s essay [Die Darwin’sche Theorie, 4th ed. (1876)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Date: | 14 May [1877] |
| Classmark: | Uppsala University Library: Manuscripts and Music (Waller Ms gb-00526) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10961 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Theil. Zweite Abtheilung, ‘Körpermessungen’. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und …
- … Fregatte Novara: 1. Abtheilung: Cranien der Novara-Sammlung. Vienna: Carl Gerold’s Sohn. …
- … Vol. 2 (part 1) Geologische Beobachtungen. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und …
- … B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. 9 vols. in 19. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und …
To Karl von Scherzer 13 February 1877
Summary
Has read a large part of the Novara voyage [Narrative of the circumnavigation of the globe by the Austrian frigate "Novara" (1861–3)] with pleasure. CD was particularly interested in the scandalous French behaviour at Tahiti.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center (Joseph Halle Schaffner collection, box 1, folder 2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10843 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. 9 vols. in 19. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und …
To Karl von Scherzer 26 April 1878
Summary
Congratulates correspondent on appointment to important post.
Leaving tomorrow for visit [with William Darwin].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Date: | 26 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | John Hay Library, Brown University (Albert E. Lownes Manuscript Collection, MS.84.2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11485 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Serbien. Vol. 2 of Von Kaisern, Konsuln und Kaufleuten . Vienna and Berlin: LIT Verlag. …
| letter | (6) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Scherzer, Karl von | (6) |
Vienna, Austria
Summary
Expedition to Eastern Asia
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- … A copy of Darwin's queries on expression has been provided to an expedition to China, Japan, and …
People featured in the German and Austrian photograph album
Summary
Biographical details of people from the Habsburg Empire that appeared in the album of German and Austrian scientists sent to Darwin on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Johannes Mattes for providing these details and for permission to make his…
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- … officer in the Finanz-Landesdirektion in Vienna; Oberfinanzrat (1892); Hofrat and …
- … Bartsch became member of the Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, served there as librarian (1874 …
- … served as librarian of the Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna and later became a board member of …
- … He studied jurisprudence (Dr.) and worked as a lawyer in Vienna. Additionally, Berggruen became a …
- … graphischen Künste”. He co-founded the Scientific Club in Vienna (1876) and moved from Vienna to …
- … became director of the Imperial Telegraph Office (1857) in Vienna and high official ( …
- … major in the Mexican Army. In 1867, Equevilley went back to Vienna, where he lived as an independent …
- … 1876, Gagern served as secretary of the Scientific Club in Vienna. U. Jütte: Carlos de …
- … at the Imperial Geological Survey (1864–67) in Vienna. Afterwards, Groeger traveled to South Africa …
- … became a member of the Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, collected algae (particularly …
- … assigned to the uniform depot in the casern Arsenal in Vienna. There, Hausner became member of …
- … of the uniform depot in Brno (ca. 1881) and moved back to Vienna after retirement. J. …
- … serving as a volunteer in the Imperial Natural Cabinet in Vienna, Heller obtained a position as …
- … natural history in the Theresianische Akademie in Vienna and published the books “Darwin und der …
- … After studying jurisprudence at the University of Vienna (1863–68) and working for the Ministry of …
- … Carnuntum (1884) and the Scientific Club (1876) in Vienna. Doblhoff-Dier J. v.: Doblhoff …
- … and cooperated with the Natural History Museum in Vienna. Keller undertook long collecting journeys …
- … as board member of the Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna for 25 years. F. Spaeth: …
- … as the assistant of Ludwig Schmarda at the University of Vienna and finally got a position at the …
- … vice-president (1896) of the Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, extraordinary professor at the …
- … 1854–1925 Geographer As the son of Vienna’s chief constable, he studied geography at …
- … and vice-president of the Geographical Society in Vienna. N.N.: Sektionschef Le Monnier. In …
- … scholar Student of philosophy at the University of Vienna during the 1870s, co-founder and …
- … science. In later years, Nußbaumer became board member of Vienna's society for women’s rights …
- … 1837, he became Amanuensis of the Imperial Library in Vienna and four years later archivist in …
- … of grammar and writing at the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna (1847), editor-in-chief of the …
- … the Education of Blind ( Blinden-Erziehungsinstitut ) in Vienna. A. Melhuber: Pablasek, …
- … natural sciences and mathematics at the University of Vienna, he became teacher at different Ober …
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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- … (8) Anthropological Society, Vienna (1) …
4.45 'Puck' cartoon 2
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< Back to Introduction In Reason Against Unreason, a cartoon published shortly before Darwin’s death, the American humorous magazine Puck had celebrated him as the embodiment of ‘Reason’. Now, a month after his death, an imaginative drawing in the…
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- … and also contributed to satirical and political magazines in Vienna. physical …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
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…
Matches: 7 hits
- … good Endlicher has pub. in 1 st vol of Annals of Vienna [Endlicher 1836]. sketch of S. sea …
- … Home Library L d Ellsmere Siege of Vienna [Schimmer 1847] …
- … 2 d . vol very good —— L. Ellsmere Siege of Vienna [Schimmer 1847].— good Sept 12 …
- … 1852] 85 Read F. Unger. Versuch einer Gesichte Vienna 1852 [Unger 1852]. 86 p.p. 364. 8 …
- … 4v. Schimmer, Karl August. 1847. The sieges of Vienna by the Turks . Translated from …
- … 1852. Versuch einer Geschichte der Pflanzenwelt . Vienna. [Darwin Library.] *128: 182 …
- … Die Naturgeschichte der nutzbaren Haussäugethiere . Vienna. [Darwin Library.] 128: 16 …
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … 20 Oct 1868 Ministry of Commerce, Vienna, Austria will …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical …
