From Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther to S. P. Woodward 14 June 1861
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Discusses transport of fish to Lake Constance by flooding.
| Author: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Addressee: | Samuel Pickworth Woodward |
| Date: | 14 June 1861 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.2: 235 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3605 |
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- … freshwater fish of Germany ( Günther 1853 and 1855). Rapp 1854 . The number of CD’s portfolio of notes on the means of dispersal of plants …
From S. P. Woodward [after 4 June 1856]
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Note on cases of representative shells that are not clearly either varieties or species.
| Author: | Samuel Pickworth Woodward |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 4 June 1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.9: 403 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1807 |
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- … freshwater molluscs identical, or nearly identical, to European species. Woodward proposed that these species ‘strengthen the evidence … of a land-way across the north Atlantic having remained till after the epoch of the existing animals and plants. ’ ( …
To S. P. Woodward [after 4 June 1856]
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Queries from CD on the distribution of molluscan genera referring to SPW’s Manual of the Mollusca [pt 3 (1856)], with SPW’s answers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Samuel Pickworth Woodward |
| Date: | [after 4 June 1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR 72: 59–61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1890 |
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- … plant grows; H. vitrinoides in like manner accompanies the Arum esculentum ” Gould. ’ CD refers to Pfeiffer 1848 . Woodward drew the following diagram to illustrate his point. CD underlined ‘individuals’ in pencil. Woodward wrote: ‘Yes! This is not my experience only—it is the conviction of all collectors . ’ Woodward wrote: ‘There are no recent sea -shells in Eocene strata—but there are land & freshwater …
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John Stevens Henslow
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The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at Cambridge University, were among the most significant of his life. It was a letter from Henslow that brought Darwin the invitation to sail round the world as…
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- … The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at …
Biogeography
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Observations aboard the Beagle During his five year journey around the world on HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin encountered many different landscapes and an enormous variety of flora and fauna. Some of his most…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Observations aboard the Beagle …
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 …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘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…
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- … I am merely slaving over the sickening work of preparing new Editions …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
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Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
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- … In March 1862, Heinrich Georg Bronn wrote to Darwin stating his intention to prepare a second …
Before Origin: the ‘big book’
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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…
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- … Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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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…
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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
