From William Winwood Reade [c. 8 or 9 April 1870]
Summary
Brief observations on expression in Africa.
Alexander Agassiz is a good investigator, who differs with his father on evolution.
The behaviour of women and savages is a little easier to understand than that of civilised men.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [8 or 9] Apr 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7069 |
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- … Friedrich Rohlfs. Reade arrived back in London in August 1870 ( letter from W. W. …
- … between this letter and the letter from Reade of 24 April 1870 , in which he says that he …
- … 4, and letter to Asa Gray, 15 March [1870] ). See Correspondence vol. 17, letter from …
- … Agassiz and Asa Gray (see letter from Asa Gray, 27 February and 1 March 1870 and n. …
- … Reade, 3 September 1870 ). See Correspondence vol. 17, letter from W. W. Reade, 28 …
- … was at Akropong (see letter from W. W. Reade, 24 April 1870 ). Akropong is now in Ghana. …
From W. W. Reade 11 November 1870
Summary
Pleased CD is quoting him in Descent.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Nov 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7367 |
From W. W. Reade 9 November 1870
Summary
Ideas of female beauty of W. African Negroes are on the whole the same as those of Europeans.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Nov 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 85: 109–112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7363 |
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- … is a port in Ghana. In his letter of 3 September 1870 , Reade reported that he had seen …
- … addressed the question in his letters of 4 June 1870, 3 September 1870, and 6 November …
- … See letter from W. W. Reade, 3 September 1870 and n. 2. On Reade’ …
- … see Reade 1873 , 2: 508–9; see also letter from W. W. Reade, 4 June 1870 and n. 15. …
- … that has not been found; see letter to W. W. Reade, 30 June [1870] and n. 8. S a Leone: …
- … and Russia ( Dixon 1865 , 1867, and 1870). See the postscript to the letter from W. W. …
- … the postscript to the letter from W. W. Reade, 6 November 1870 . James Cowles Prichard …
- … 1870 . For CD’s first query to Reade regarding perceptions of beauty among different peoples, see Correspondence vol. 16, letter …
From W. W. Reade 6 November 1870
Summary
W. C. Wells’s theory relating black skin-colour and immunity to malaria may be true. Has seen Negroes come down with fever, but these were generally light in colour.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Nov 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7359 |
From W. W. Reade 4 June 1870
Summary
The Negro’s idea of beauty is the same as white man’s.
Believes the Jollops select for blackness.
Native immunity from coast fever is not complete.
Has found stone instruments.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 June 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7216 |
From W. W. Reade 6 January [1871]
Summary
On sexual selection and the sense of beauty among the W. African Negroes.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Jan [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 170–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7429 |
From W. W. Reade 20 September 1871
Summary
Surprised at Mivart’s harsh review [Q. Rev. 131 (1871): 47–90], considering courteous tone of his book. Assures CD he has not been converted by Mivart.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Sept 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7955 |
From W. W. Reade 3 September 1870
Summary
Could not go up the Niger, as trading steamers are trying to keep their trade in the dark.
Has seen several albinos, but no blushing. Thinks blacks do blush.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Sept 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7315 |
From W. W. Reade 18 February 1872
Summary
Compares Origin to Newton’s Principia and Adam Smith’s Wealth of nations.
His view of CD’s response to Mivart.
On mammae;
gradualism of evolution;
suicide among savages.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Feb 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 74–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8218 |
From W. W. Reade 20 December 1870
Summary
CD is correct; his notes are on the Jollof, not the Tollof, tribe.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Dec 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7399 |
From W. W. Reade 10 January 1871
Summary
Sends quotation about Lycurgus and Spartan exposure of infants who were deemed defective.
Bibliographic references on sense of beauty and morals.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 87: 140 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7435 |
From W. W. Reade 24 April 1870
Summary
Sends insect that carries dead ants, dead leaves, etc., on its back, as protective imitation.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Apr 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7172 |
From W. W. Reade 21 February 1871
Summary
Various comments on Descent;
on suicide on Gold Coast;
on mulattoes’ not being prolific.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 172–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7501 |
From W. W. Reade 6 April [1874]
Summary
Just back from Gold Coast.
Would like to become a member of the Royal Institution.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9392 |
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| Reade, W. W. | (14) |
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
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- … The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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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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- … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
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Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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Francis Darwin
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Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished scientist. He was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, initially studying mathematics, but then transferring to natural sciences. Francis completed…
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- … Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished …
Jane Gray
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Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and evidence suggests that she took an active interest in the scientific pursuits of her husband and his friends. Although she is only known to have…
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Casting about: Darwin on worms
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Earthworms were the subject of a citizen science project to map the distribution of earthworms across Britain (BBC Today programme, 26 May 2014). The general understanding of the role earthworms play in improving soils and providing nutrients for plants to…
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- … Earthworms featured in the news announcement in May 2014 that a citizen science project had …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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Darwin and Gender Projects by Harvard Students
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Working in collaboration with Professor Sarah Richardson and Dr Myrna Perez, Darwin Correspondence Project staff developed a customised set of 'Darwin and Gender' themed resources for a course on Gender, Sex and Evolution first taught at Harvard…
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Science: A Man’s World?
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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
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Experimenting with emotions
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Darwin’s interest in emotions can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by the sounds and gestures of the peoples of Tierra del Fuego. On his return, he started recording observations in a set of notebooks, later labelled '…
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- … Darwin’s interest in emotions can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by …
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
John Lubbock
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John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…
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Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
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- … This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific …
Darwin in public and private
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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
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- … The following extracts and selected letters explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In …
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … < Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The …
Moral Nature
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In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
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- … Letters | Selected Readings In Descent of Man , Darwin argued that human …
