To Charles Babbage 26 May [1840]
Summary
Asks if he can bring his guests, J. C. L. and Mme [Simonde de] Sismondi and [Fanny] Allen, to CB’s parties.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Babbage |
| Date: | 26 May [1840] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 37191: 294–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-570 |
From Otto Hahn 1 September 1879
Summary
Sends copy of Die Urzelle [1879].
Clerical party in Germany rejoicing because science cannot explain all facts at once.
| Author: | Otto Hahn |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Sept 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 82 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12211 |
To A. P. Tilt 16 December 1881
Summary
Explains he was not a member of the congress [7th International Medical Conference, August 1881], and hence it would be inappropriate to introduce his likeness into the correspondent’s composition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Archibald Preston Tilt |
| Date: | 16 Dec 1881 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.605) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13554 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 1982. Baroness Burdett-Coutts’ garden party: the International Medical Congress, London, …
- … Burdett-Coutts inviting CD to her garden party has been found. The event took place at …
- … guests (see Sakula 1982 for more on the party and painting). No image of CD was included …
- … I was asked to Lady Burdett-Coutts party, but I did not attend. Under these circumstances …
From Henry Colburn to Robert Fitzroy 22 September 1837
Summary
Cancelled. Third party letter. For text see letter to William Shoberl, [22 or 23 September 1837], n. 1 (Correspondence 2: 49.
| Author: | Henry Colburn |
| Addressee: | Robert FitzRoy |
| Date: | 22 Sept 1837 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Darwin 9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-379 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Cancelled. Third party letter. For text see letter to William Shoberl, [22 or 23 September …
From B. J. Sulivan 25 December 1866
Summary
Discusses the South American mission.
Has been busy digging out fossil leaves from local Eocene deposits.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Dec 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 287 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5325 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … to you and M rs . Darwin as well as all your party. The last account of your health was so …
- … to say I can say the same of all our party so I hope Bournemouth will suit us all— A few …
- … them. It would amuse you to see me with a party of five or six young ladies working away …
- … remained on the Beagle while Sulivan and a party of men surveyed Chiloé (see Journal of …
- … Old Stokes”— There is another lad of that party who has been at the Falkland Station, and …
- … Island of Chiloe, after you left our boat party, when after three weeks wet by night and …
- … egg hunting for the pudding finding the party in the Priest’s house, which a kind head …
To Charles Babbage [1838]
Summary
CD is much obliged for invitations to CB’s parties, but is afraid to accept because he would meet people to whom he has sworn he never goes out.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Babbage |
| Date: | [1838] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 37191: 81) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-351 |
To Charles Babbage [1839 – August 1842]
Summary
Is so unwell today that he is unable to come [to CB’s party].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Babbage |
| Date: | [1839 – Aug 1842] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 37191: 297) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-476 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Is so unwell today that he is unable to come [to CB’s party]. …
Timiriazeff, Clément [Timiryazev, Kliment Arkadievich]. 1877. Recherches sur la décomposition de l’acide carbonique dans le spectre solaire, par les parties vertes des végétaux. Annales de chimie et de physique 5th ser. 12: 355–96.
Matches: 1 hit
- … carbonique dans le spectre solaire, par les parties vertes des végétaux. Annales de chimie …
Castelnau, Francis de. 1850–1. Histoire du voyage. 6 vols. Pt 1 of Expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud … exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847, sous la direction de Comte Francis de Castelnau. 7 pts in 13 vols. Paris: P. Betrand. 1850–7.
Matches: 1 hit
- … 6 vols. Pt 1 of Expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud … exécutée par …
Castelnau, Francis de. 1850–7. Expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud … exécutée par ordre du gouvernement français pendant les années 1843 à 1847, sous la direction de F. de Castelnau. 7 parts. Paris: P. Bertrand, Libraire-éditeur.
Matches: 1 hit
- … Francis de. 1850–7. Expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud … exécutée …
Troisième et dernière encyclopédie théologique: Troisième et dernière encyclopédie théologique, ou troisième et dernière série de dictionnaires sur toutes les parties de la science religieuse … publieé par M. l’abbé Migne.Vols. 59–60: Dictionnaire des Missions Catholiques.Paris. 1863–4. Tschudi, Johann Jacob von. 1851. Antiguedades Peruanas.\ Atlas. Vienna.
Matches: 1 hit
- … série de dictionnaires sur toutes les parties de la science religieuse … publieé par M. l’ …
To George Robert Waterhouse [6 February 1848]
Summary
Invites GRW to a dinner party with other scientists.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Robert Waterhouse |
| Date: | [6 Feb 1848] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.69) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1154 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Invites GRW to a dinner party with other scientists. …
To J. D. Hooker 21 [July 1866]
Summary
Asks help in naming a lupin, enclosed. Nurseryman said parties who make experiments should find the names. He might have added "and not trouble their friends".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 [July 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 293 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5162 |
Guzmán, A. L. (1801–84)
Matches: 1 hit
- … and politician. Founder of the Liberal party in Venezuela, 1840. Diccionario de historia …
From H. E. Litchfield to Charles and Emma Darwin [5 November 1871]
Summary
Describes the wedding party given for herself and Richard Buckley Litchfield at the Working Men’s College in London.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [5 Nov 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 245: 2, 9, 252 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8053F |
From B. J. Sulivan 9 June 1879
Summary
Reports on his family’s illnesses and other domestic matters.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 309 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12097 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to M rs . Darwin & yourself and all your party. I hope your dear little grandchild that I …
- … and since then at one time our whole party, of four, were unable to walk. I have had …
- … months on crutches: so we have been a lame party: though now I trust all right again. You …
- … I have not heard from any of our old party for some months. Mellersh was very unwell and …
From John Higgins 16 June 1860
Summary
Has not received any replies from the parties.
Either he or his son will value the property after JH’s return to Alford.
| Author: | John Higgins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 June 1860 |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/3/7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2837F |
To W. D. Fox [3 November 1829]
Summary
CD’s father has been very ill, but is now slowly improving.
Writes of Leonard Jenyns’ cabinet and J. S. Henslow’s parties.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [3 Nov 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 24) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-74 |
From Hermann Müller 14 February 1879
Summary
HM’s teaching methods and his ideas are under attack in Germany along with the works of Ernst Krause.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 313 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11883 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Mr. Dodel is as follows: In this moment the party of bigot obscurants is favoured by our …
- … balancing position. Now some weeks ago this party in our “Abgeordnetenhaus” had chosen my …
- … Falk was minister of culture; ‘this Party’ refers to the Ultramontanists, Catholics who …
- … as representants some members of this party covered me during three sessions with …
Weddell, Hugh Algernon. 1855–7. Chloris Andina. Essai d’une flore de la région alpine des Cordillères de l’Amérique du Sud. 2 vols. Pt 6 of Expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud … exécutée par ordre du gouvernment français pendant les années 1843 a 1847, sous la direction de Comte Francis de Castelnau. 7 pts in 13 vols. Paris: P. Betrand. 1850–7.
Matches: 1 hit
- … Sud. 2 vols. Pt 6 of Expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud … exécutée …
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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
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…
Anne Schlabach Burkhardt (1916–2012)
Summary
Anne Burkhardt was associated with the Darwin Correspondence Project from its beginning in 1974, and her contribution to its work helped ensure the regular publication of the volumes of correspondence. Anne was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and studied…
Matches: 1 hits
- … it became positively dangerous to attend Bennington cocktail parties, for even the slightest hint of …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
Matches: 1 hits
- … composed specially for the occasion. He avoided dinner parties and used his spare time to scout …
St George Jackson Mivart
Summary
In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…
Matches: 1 hits
- … be attended to by requiring a clean bill of health in both parties before marriage, and ultimately …
Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage
Summary
Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…
Matches: 1 hits
- … at the botanical lectures, excursions, and undergraduate parties organised by the professor of …
Darwin’s first love
Summary
Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
Matches: 1 hits
- … visiting Brighton in January 1828 and attending balls and parties almost every night. They show how …
Darwin and vivisection
Summary
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…
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
Summary
‘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…
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
Summary
[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…
Matches: 6 hits
- … that time – the frequent predatory excursions of minor parties of Indians have prevented the …
- … was settled in full independence of Mr H’s dictation – parties of them resorted to him with …
- … as many as might come to him to beg for it – as the former parties had done – [ f.184v p.76 ] …
- … by any other designation than “Excursions” of picnic ^parties^ “on pleasure bent” &c. …
- … been drawn up for us – by able and disinterested third parties – than draw these for one another – …
- … ] Arbitrator between both parties – but felt disposed to lean to the …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
Summary
Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
Matches: 1 hits
- … teaching under certain conditions, but the Bill left many parties unsatisfied and the controversy …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
Summary
Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
Matches: 1 hits
- … Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, …
Was Darwin an ecologist?
Summary
One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the experiments he performed at his home in Down, in the English county of Kent, seem to prefigure modern scientific work in ecology.
Matches: 1 hits
- … an earlier passage, describes it as a race from which both parties benefit. Nowadays, we are …
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: 1 hits
- … . In Castelnau, Francis de, Expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud … …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
Summary
In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Darwin spent over a month corresponding with the various parties, repeatedly revising his own letter …
