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Interlibrum Establishment (dealers), Vaduz, Liechtenstein

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  • … Interlibrum Establishment (dealers), Vaduz, Liechtenstein Interlibrum …

Monro, Alexander (a) (c. 1814–83)

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  • … circa 1844–64. Conducted a hydropathic establishment at Angusfield, 1850–1; at Lochhead, …
  • … superintendent at Cluny Hill hydropathic establishment, near Forres, Morayshire, 1864–9, …
  • … 1873–81; at Waverley hydropathic establishment, Melrose, Roxburghshire, 1869–73; at …
  • … Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 11 Congregational churches hydropathic establishment Cluny …
  • … Hill hydropathic establishment Waverley …
  • … hydropathic establishment Scotland Aberdeenshire Angusfield Lochhead Forres Morayshire …

Scott, David (fl. 1850s)

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  • … 1850s Assistant surgeon in the Bengal Medical Establishment. East-India register and army …
  • … list, for 1856 . 6 Bengal Medical Establishment Bengal Surgeon …

From John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone   20 June 1872

Summary

Encloses a memorial concerning the Botanical Gardens at Kew signed by ‘some of our most eminent scientific men’ (including CD).

Author:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Addressee:  William Ewart Gladstone
Date:  20 June 1872
Classmark:  Parliamentary Papers 1872 (335) XLVII.527, pp. 41–9.
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8403F

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  • … introduced as regards the botanical establishment at Kew. The signatures have been …
  • … the eminent Director of the Botanical Establishment at Kew has systematically received at …
  • … maintained as a national scientific establishment, which should form a centre of reception …
  • … express object of enriching a public establishment. On his return he waived his claim to …
  • … the scientific branches of the Kew establishment. In 1847, Dr.  Hooker was sent to India …
  • … and his son in the interest of the establishment to which they had consecrated their best …
  • … by himself, and the results given to the establishment of which he is a director. We place …
  • … half of it voluntarily devoted to the establishment which it had been the continual object …
  • … than in the possession of Kew. The establishment is not only without a rival, but there is …
  • … to a great extent remodelled, and the establishment wholly re-organised. A great saving in …
  • … that there is scarcely a horticultural establishment at home or abroad which would not be …
  • … subversive of discipline in the Kew establishment and fraught with mischief to the public …
  • … be treated as the head of the local establishment at Kew, of course in subordination to …
  • … museums, and warming apparatus in this establishment. This warrant has been cancelled, …
  • … usefulness, not until we saw the noble establishment of which he has hitherto been the …
  • … and in particular to the India Office’s establishment of Cinchona plantations, see R.   …
  • … defined as that of head of the local establishment at Kew, of course in subordination to …
  • … of the relations of that important establishment, to the Office of the Board of Works, in …
  • … of Glasgow. The founding of an establishment like that contemplated at Kew harmonised so …
  • … the extension and improvement of the establishment being always the origination and work …
  • … the heating apparatus throughout the establishment, and this led to the construction at …
  • … to the subversion of discipline in this establishment; and I have evidently no protection …
  • … heating apparatus throughout this establishment. “Subsequently to Mr.  Ayrton’s accession …
  • … I would add, that in all similar establishments with which I am acquainted in England or …
  • … of discipline, and injurious to this establishment, the Director felt it to be his duty to …
  • … scientific and other appointments in the establishment have been absolutely set at nought. …
  • … basis of all order and discipline in the establishment is thus sapped, and the position of …

Hardwicke, Thomas (1756/7–1835)

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  • … 1835 Soldier. Joined the Bengal Military Establishment in 1778. Rose to the rank of major- …
  • … Philippart] 1823–6. 6 Bengal Military Establishment Indian Army Bengal artillery Bengal …

Grayson, Donald K. 1983. The establishment of human antiquity. New York: Academic Press.

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  • … Grayson, Donald K. 1983. The establishment of human antiquity. New York: Academic Press. …

Malcolmson, J. G. (1803–44)

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  • … Forres, Scotland. Surgeon, Madras Medical Establishment. Died in India while with the firm …
  • … 2,24,25 fellow FRS Madras Medical Establishment Forbes and Co Geological Society Madras …

From W. D. Fox   29 May [1863]

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Recommends that CD visit Dr MacLeod’s [hydropathic] establishment near Ilkley.

Author:  William Darwin Fox
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 May [1863]
Classmark:  DAR 164: 179
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4193

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  • … Recommends that CD visit Dr MacLeod’s [hydropathic] establishment near Ilkley. …
  • … and proprietor of a hydropathic establishment in Malvern, Worcestershire, was suffering …
  • … senior physician at the hydropathic establishment at Ben Rhydding, near Otley, Yorkshire ( …

To Elizabeth Drysdale   [22 or 29 October 1859]

Summary

Declines an invitation to visit [Moor] Park.

He hopes that Dr Lane is arranging things to his satisfaction.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Elizabeth Pew, Lady Drysdale; Elizabeth Copland, Lady Drysdale; Elizabeth Drysdale, Lady Drysdale
Date:  [22 or 29] Oct 1859
Classmark:  John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 88); Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupré (dealers) (Catalogue 55); B & L Rootenberg (dealers) (May 1991)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2498A

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  • … was planning to visit the hydropathic establishment, on 2 October 1859, and left there for …
  • … Head Southwark London. I staid in the establishment for a fortnight and then took a House …
  • … It is wonderful how these northern Establishments seem to answer. — My wife begs to send …
  • … Moor Park, Surrey, was the hydropathic establishment owned by Lane at which the Darwins …
  • … this invitation has been found. Lane was trying to acquire a new establishment. In  …
  • … 1860, he moved to a hydropathic establishment at Sudbrook Park, Richmond, Surrey ( …
  • … at Ilkley Wells House, a hydropathic establishment (see Metcalfe 1906 , pp.  107–8, and …

To W. D. Fox   [30 April 1857]

Summary

His impressions of the hydropathic establishment and E. W. Lane. Is convinced the only thing for "chronic cases" is the water-cure.

Asks if WDF knows of any breed of pig that originated or was modified by a cross with a Chinese or Neapolitan pig, and whether the crossbreed bred true.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  [30 Apr 1857]
Classmark:  Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 103)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2085

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  • … of CD’s previous treatment at Gully’s establishment in Malvern. Lane described his method …
  • … His impressions of the hydropathic establishment and E. W. Lane. Is convinced the only …
  • … who are the proprietors of this establishment very much. — D r . L.  is too young,—that is …
  • … had turned the house into a hydropathic establishment in or around 1850; by 1855, Lane had …
  • … recently visited Gully’s hydropathic establishment in Malvern for treatment. See letter to …
  • … in some cases, in his water-cure establishment in Malvern. For CD’s opinion of these …

To W. D. Fox   [6 October 1859]

Summary

First impressions of the water-cure establishment are not favourable – "I always hate everything new".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  [6 Oct 1859]
Classmark:  Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 123)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2502

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  • … First impressions of the water-cure establishment are not favourable – "I always hate …
  • … Down for the Ilkley Wells hydropathic establishment on 2 October 1859. He remained there …
  • … Thursday My dear Fox I am in the establishment & have a sitting room & bedroom. — I came …
  • … how I could do my water-cure out of Establishment. — So everything is utterly uncertain. I …

MacLeod, William (1818/19–75)

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  • … Square School of Medicine Wharfedale hydropathic establishment Institute for Diseases …
  • … of Females hydropathic establishment Edinburgh Yorkshire Wharfedale Bradford Ben Rhydding …
  • … physician at the Wharfedale hydropathic establishment, and at the Institute for Diseases …
  • … Bradford. Physician at the hydropathic establishment at Ben Rhydding, Otley, Yorkshire, …

To Leonard Jenyns   18 April [1858]

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Thanks LJ for his MS [of "Variation of species", Rep. BAAS 26 (1856): 101–5].

Will read it at his hydropathic establishment [Moor Park], where he is going for a rest.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield
Date:  18 Apr [1858]
Classmark:  Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2259

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  • … 101–5]. Will read it at his hydropathic establishment [Moor Park], where he is going for a …
  • … take unopened to my Hydropathic Establishment & read it there & then or soon afterwards …
  • … CD went to the Moor Park hydropathic establishment on 20 April 1858 and returned to Down …

Parratt, Henry. 1889. Guide book to all the hydropathic establishments in Great Britain, with full particulars. London: E. W. Allen.

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  • … Guide book to all the hydropathic establishments in Great Britain, with full particulars . …

Wilson, James (b) (1807–67)

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  • … England in 1842 and set up a hydropathic establishment in Malvern where he was joined by …
  • … Kent & Co. 4 Gully, J. M. hydropathic establishment London Paris Liverpool Graefenberg …

To W. D. Fox   10 April [1859]

Summary

Sympathises with family on death of WDF’s mother [Anne Fox née Darwin].

Sends details of fees at Moor Park hydropathic establishment.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  10 Apr [1859]
Classmark:  Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 121)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2451

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  • … Anne Fox née Darwin]. Sends details of fees at Moor Park hydropathic establishment. …
  • … to undergo the water-cure at an establishment in Ilkley, Yorkshire, in the summer. …
  • … proprietor of the Moor Park hydropathic establishment. For the two weeks CD stayed at Moor …

Davis, V. D. 1932. A history of Manchester College from its foundation in Manchester to its establishment in Oxford. London: George Allen & Unwin.

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  • … from its foundation in Manchester to its establishment in Oxford . London: George Allen & …

Gully, J. M. (1808–83)

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  • … London, 1830–42. Set up a hydropathic establishment in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, in …
  • … 2004. 4,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,WSL hydropathic establishment London Great Malvern Worcestershire …

Thom, J. P. (b. 1828/9)

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  • … Edward Wickstead Lane’s hydropathic establishment in the 1850s. Sub-editor of the colonial …
  • … 7,10,11,WSL Lane, E. W. hydropathic establishment Queensland Australia Home News …

From John Brodie Innes to Emma Darwin   16 January [1864]

Summary

Urges Emma to bring CD to hydropathic establishment at Forres.

Author:  John Brodie Innes
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  16 Jan [1864]
Classmark:  DAR 167: 3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4387

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  • … Urges Emma to bring CD to hydropathic establishment at Forres. …
  • … 1978 ). Innes refers to the Cluny Hill hydropathic establishment near Forres, Morayshire. …
  • … Building started in 1863, and the establishment formally opened in August 1865. See …
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Darwin and religion in America

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Thomas Dixon, 'America’s Difficulty with Darwin', History Today (2009), reproduced by permission.  Darwin has not been forgotten. But he has, in some respects, been misremembered. That has certainly been true when it comes to the relationship…

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  • … to the acceptance of his ideas within the scientific establishment. For all these reasons, he did …
  • … that God does not act by constant miracles but ‘by the establishment of general laws’. The second is …
  • … Darwin died, his theory had been accepted by the scientific establishment and was well on the way to …
  • … forbade Congress from passing any law ‘respecting an establishment of religion.’ The First Amendment …
  • … in publicly funded schools in this country, from the establishment of the first state schools by the …

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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  • … for Aarene. Grayson, Donald K. 1983.  The establishment of human antiquity . New York: …

Darwin's health

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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…

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  • … where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his …
  • … to W. D. Fox, 13 November [1858] ). He first visited the establishment of James Manby Gully at …
  • … vols. 6 and 7). He also stayed at Lane’s new establishment in Sudbrook Park, Surrey, at the end of …

Charles Harrison Blackley

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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…

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  • … homeopathic treatments that were scorned by the medical establishment.  Himself a hay fever sufferer …

British Association meeting 1860

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Several letters refer to events at the British Association for the Advancement of Science held in Oxford, 26 June – 3 July 1860. Darwin had planned to attend the meeting but in the end was unable to. The most famous incident of the meeting was the verbal…

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  • … week of the meeting at Edward Wickstead Lane’s hydropathic establishment at Sudbrook Park in …

Darwin’s Women: Short Film

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In a short film based on her research on the “Darwin and Gender” project funded by the Parasol Foundation and part of the Darwin Correspondence Project based at Cambridge University Library, Dr Philippa Hardman suggests a different, more nuanced picture of…

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  • … Hardman discusses how Darwin seems to bolster an establishment perspective in print, while privately …

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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  • … at Anne’s bedside at James Manby Gully’s hydropathic establishment in Malvern to Emma, who was …

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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  • … on 2 September for more than a month at a hydropathic establishment in Malvern Wells, Worcestershire …

George Peacock

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George Peacock was born 9 April 1791 in Denton near Darlington in Yorkshire. He was the son of a clergyman, the Rev. Thomas Peacock, curate of Denton for 50 years and school master. George was educated at Sedbergh School, Cumbria and Richmond School in…

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  • … Astronomical Society in London and a keen promoter of the establishment of an astronomical …

Editorial policy and practice

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Full texts are added to this site four years after the letter is published in the print edition of the Correspondence. Transcriptions are made from the original or a facsimile where these are available. Where they are not, texts are taken from the best…

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  • … or simply the day of the week. This practice has made the establishment of firm dates one of the …

Instinct and the Evolution of Mind

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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Slave-making ants For Darwin, slave-making ants were a powerful example of the force of instinct. He used the case of the ant Formica sanguinea in the On the Origin of Species to show how instinct operates—how…

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  • … 1858] Written from Moor Park, a hydropathic medical establishment where Darwin was being …

Clémence Auguste Royer

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Getting Origin translated into French was harder than Darwin had expected. The first translator he approached, Madame Belloc, turned him down on the grounds that the content was ‘too scientific‘, and then in 1860 the French political exile  Pierre…

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  • … de Paris , she criticized a male-controlled scientific establishment in no uncertain terms: “Up …

The writing of "Origin"

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From a quiet rural existence at Down in Kent, filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on the transmutation of species, Darwin was jolted into action in 1858 by the arrival of an unexpected letter (no longer extant) from Alfred Russel Wallace outlining a…

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  • … begun to write the abstract, Darwin left for a hydropathic establishment at Ilkley in Yorkshire to …
  • … Henrietta would benefit from the treatment at the new establishment, but in this he was disappointed …

Essay: What is Darwinism?

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—by Asa Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge asks he promptly and decisively answers: ‘What is Darwinism? it is atheism.’ Leaving aside all subsidiary and incidental matters, let us consider–1. What the…

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  • … work, and in the words of Whewell and Bishop Butler: 1. The establishment by divine power of general …

St George Jackson Mivart

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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,…

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  • … ‘Another triumph of the ... Christian period has been the establishment of at least a pure theory of …

Review: The Origin of Species

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- by Asa Gray THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (American Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1860) This book is already exciting much attention. Two American editions are announced, through which it will become familiar to many…

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  • … to view real causes which have been largely operative in the establishment of the actual association …
  • … it is not thought, at least at the present day, that the establishment of the Newtonian theory was a …
  • … of one force, atheistical in its tendency? The supposed establishment of this view is reckoned as …
  • … has not established that doctrine, nor advanced toward its establishment, but has accumulated …

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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  • … whose subjects have been or may be benifited by the establishment of the Settlement. Mr Hare …
  • … to favour it – not even perhaps to allow of it’s establishment – on terms suitable to Mr Ross' …
  • … object – I could not help making – would result in the establishment of even better Order than that …
  • … exonerates them from contributing to bear the expense of its establishment – as they would have to …
  • … on the Cocos^ – the erection of a cathedral and the establishment of a Puseyite Bishop with Chapter …
  • … absent at Batavia – we were however visited by some of his establishment – and after the duties of …
  • … of the Southern Keeling Island – bringing with him an Establishment of Malays – including a Seraglio …

Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin

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The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural existence filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred Russel Wallace…

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  • … begun to write the abstract, Darwin left for a hydropathic establishment at Ilkley in Yorkshire to …
  • … Henrietta would benefit from the treatment at the new establishment, but in this he was disappointed …

Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours

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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…

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  • … to send you anything you want and would transfer the whole establishment to Down if it lay in my …

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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  • … Whewell, and other prominent members of the scientific establishment, he obtained a Treasury grant …
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