From G. H. Darwin [13 June 1871]
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Reports the passing of [Universities Tests] Bill and the consequent end to a bother.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 June 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7818 |
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- … p. 9). The ‘limited mail’ was a mail train that carried a limited number of passengers ( …
What is an experiment?
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Darwin is not usually regarded as an experimenter, but rather as an astute observer and a grand theorist. His early career seems to confirm this. He began with detailed note-taking, collecting and cataloguing on the Beagle, and edited a descriptive zoology…
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- … his shoulder and eyes gazing intently, as if following a train of thought. This portrait fits nicely …
Darwin on marriage
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On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and been accepted; they were married on 29 January 1839. Darwin appears to have written these two notes weighing up the pros and cons of…
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- … as Lyell does, correcting & adding up new information to old train & I do not see what line …
Visiting the Darwins
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'As for Mr Darwin, he is entirely fascinating…' In October 1868 Jane Gray and her husband spent several days as guests of the Darwins, and Jane wrote a charming account of the visit in a sixteen-page letter to her sister. She described Charles…
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … [before 31 July 1879] ). Darwin advised travelling by train, although it took eight hours, assuring …
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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- … 1876 ). By the time the Darwins were organising a special train carriage to get Caroline home, they …
