From T. H. Huxley to Anton Dohrn 15 November 1873
Summary
THH sends to AD a draft, prepared by himself and CD, of a statement for a subscription fund to assist AD’s Naples Zoological Station.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Date: | 15 Nov 1873 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 13: 249) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9412 |
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- … and CD, of a statement for a subscription fund to assist AD’s Naples Zoological Station. …
- … financial difficulties of the Zoological Station at Naples, see the letter from F. M. …
- … Royal Society to be sent to the Zoological Station at Naples for its library ( letter from …
- … r . Anton Dohrn, is building a Zoological Station at Naples, not as a private speculation …
- … after due deliberation that a Zoological Station at Naples founded and carried on in …
From T. H. Huxley 31 March 1874
Summary
His note on brain [in man and apes for 2d ed. of Descent] nearly finished.
Has heard nothing about Dohrn.
THH has been invited to lecture in America.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 332 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9380 |
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- … to help Anton Dohrn fund the Naples Zoological Station ; Foster’s students, Alfred George …
From T. H. Huxley [13 November 1873]
Summary
Arrangements for meeting in London.
Glad CD has heard about Dohrn’s affairs.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Nov 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 331 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9183 |
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- … appealing for funds for the Zoological Station in Naples, which he had founded. In April …
To T. H. Huxley 5 December [1873]
Summary
Sorry to hear of Dohrn’s troubles. Has written to prospective donors saying that nothing can be done because of attitude of Dohrn’s father.
New [2d] edition of Descent is an awful job.
Diet no longer doing much for his health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 5 Dec [1873] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 305) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9173 |
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- … to raise money for the zoological station at Naples; his father had already contributed a …
To T. H. Huxley 28 March [1874]
Summary
Asks for THH’s description of brain and skull [of man and apes] for 2d ed. of Descent [supplement to ch. 7].
Asks about Dohrn affair and contributions for Naples station. Doubts subscriptions will be successful.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 28 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 293) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9376 |
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- … the difficulty of financing his new Zoological Station in Naples (see letter from T. H. …
From T. H. Huxley 6 March 1874
Summary
Has heard from Dohrn about his financial problems. Asks CD’s advice on what to do.
THH’s article in Contemporary Review ["Universities: actual and ideal" (1874), Collected essays, vol. 3 (1894)].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 193–4; Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (Huxley: 13.256, 13.258) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9336 |
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- … in order to complete the zoological station he was building in Naples (see Correspondence …
- … Zoological Station; it was not until Murray published the eighth edition of 1878 that the contents of the Naples …
From T. H. Huxley 3 December 1873
Summary
A letter from Anton Dohrn declines the proposed fund [that THH and others suggested be raised in England for marine biological station at Naples].
Hooker’s inaugural as President of Royal Society a success.
R. Owen distinguished himself in his way.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Dec 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 330; Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 13: 252) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9169 |
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- … raising money for the zoological station he had built at Naples. Dohrn’s father was Carl …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
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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 …
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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 …
