From Anton Dohrn 11 February 1880
Summary
Sends birthday greetings
and the good news of a subvention for the Zoological Station received from the German government. There are now 20 naturalists working at the Station.
| Author: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 218 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12471 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … vol. 27, telegram from the Naples Zoological Station, 12 February 1879 . Dohrn …
- … Abschnitte. Publication of the Zoological Station of Naples. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. …
- … the German Empire to include the Zoological Station at Naples in the regular budget of the …
- … financial difficulties of the Zoological Station at Naples, see Correspondence vol. 21, …
- … Naples and neighbouring seas. ” If all fits in,—if we are especially not drowned in a great European war, —then I hope to give soon proof of a very active scientific life, and I wish to be able to present for many coming years the congratulations of the Zoological Station …
- … Zoological Station; rental periods varied from one to five years and renewal was not always assured (see Heuss 1991 , pp. 237–40). The monograph series, Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte , began publication in 1880 with the works Die Ctenophoren des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte (Ctenophorae of the Gulf of Naples …
To Williams & Norgate 16 November 1880
Summary
Although he cannot use the Neapolitan work, his respect for the service to science rendered by the Zoological Station at Naples leads him to subscribe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 16 Nov 1880 |
| Classmark: | Swann Auction Galleries (dealers) (4 November 2010, lot 46) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12823A |
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- … service to science rendered by the Zoological Station at Naples leads him to subscribe. …
- … Abschnitte. Publication of the Zoological Station of Naples. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. …
- … On CD’s previous support for the Zoological Station at Naples, see Correspondence vol. 22, …
From Anton Dohrn 21 February 1880
Summary
Thanks CD for his offer. Suggests it be used to start a fund to pay travel expenses of English naturalists who want to come to the Station.
| Author: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 219 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12497 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … donate £100 for equipment for the Naples Zoological Station . On Dohrn’s attempts to get a …
- … Charles Lincoln. 1910. The Zoological Station at Naples. Popular Science Monthly 77: 209– …
- … Naples than has hitherto been the case,—an event which would give me the greatest satisfaction, the Zoological Station …
- … Naples, due to lack of funds ( Heuss 1991 , p. 211). The University of Cambridge and the British Association rented tables at the Zoological Station ( …
From W. E. Darwin 6 January [1880]
Summary
Delighted by honour CD has received from Turin. Agrees with Horace that the money ought to be given to the Zoological Station at Naples.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Jan [1880] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 79) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12404F |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Agrees with Horace that the money ought to be given to the Zoological Station at Naples. …
- … CD give the prize money to the Zoological Station at Naples. Henrietta Emma Litchfield and …
From J. V. Carus 20 November 1880
Summary
Some sheets [of Movement in plants] are missing. Is delighted with its "lesson of methods of observation patience and thought".
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 114 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12831 |
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- … Jahresbericht , published by the Zoological Station, Naples (see Correspondence vol. 29, …
To Anton Dohrn 15 February 1880
Summary
Thanks AD and the naturalists at the Station for their birthday congratulations.
CD has been awarded the Bressa prize of the Accademia delle Scienze in Turin, and it occurs to him that if the Station wanted some apparatus costing about £100, he would like to pay for it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Date: | 15 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 704) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12483 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … birthday greetings to CD. The Zoological Station at Naples, of which Dohrn was director, …
From Anton Dohrn 3 March 1880
Summary
Thanks CD for his cheque for £100. Has told Secretary of BAAS Committee [for the Station], so that he may report it. [See O. J. R. Howarth, The British Association (1931), pp. 196–7.]
| Author: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 220 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12508 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … English naturalists visiting the Zoological Station at Naples. The British Association for …
From G. H. Schneider 2 April 1880
Summary
Describes studies with Ernst Haeckel
and research on psychology of lower animals.
Sends book [Der thierische Wille (1880)] and describes his views on the subject.
| Author: | Georg Heinrich Schneider |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12559 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … with the director of the Zoological Station at Naples, Anton Dohrn , who had refused to …
- … Naples for five years, and having made observations of volition among lower animals, partly in the aquarium of the zoological station, …
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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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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
2.6 Adolf von Hildebrand bust
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< Back to Introduction In 1873, the German biologist Anton Dohrn commissioned a plaster bust of Darwin for the ‘fresco room’ of his new research centre, the Stazione Zoologica in Naples. It was a fitting memorial of a long association between the two…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1873, the German biologist Anton Dohrn commissioned a …
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 …
List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of …
