To J. D. Hooker 9 January [1867]
Summary
Criticisms and comments on JDH’s "Insular floras" in Gardeners’ Chronicle [(1867): 6].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 9 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 3–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5353 |
To J. D. Hooker 15 January [1867]
Summary
More comments on "Insular floras": community of peculiar genera in the Atlantic islands descended from European plants now extinct.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 15 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 5–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5361 |
From J. D. Hooker [12 January 1867]
Summary
Responds to CD’s criticisms. JDH is sometimes confused as to what he has borrowed from CD.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [12 Jan 1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 131–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5358 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
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- … The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was …
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 …
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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- … - by Asa Gray THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (American Journal …
