From Ernst Haeckel 28 June 1867
Summary
Is engaged to marry Agnes Huschke. Will make wedding trip to Switzerland and Italy in autumn; therefore cannot visit CD as hoped.
Discusses present research. Comments on Protoamoeba with respect to origin of life. Says it makes question of common or separate origin of phyla unimportant.
CD to receive honorary diploma from Imperial Zoological Botanical Society in Vienna.
Sends photograph of Viennese botanist, August Kanitz.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 June 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5576 |
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- … Imperial Zoological Botanical Society in Vienna. Sends photograph of Viennese botanist, …
- … K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft of Vienna. Its secretary sent it to me with the …
- … to notify the Zool. bot. Gesellschaft in Vienna directly to formally confirm your receipt …
- … very same researcher (cand. jur. Aug. Kanitz, Blutgasse 3, Vienna), who has worked very …
- … zealously for our cause in Vienna and especially in Hungary , sends you through me his …
From Ernst Haeckel 24 February 1871
Summary
Received copy of Descent.
Discusses CD’s comments on EH’s work.
Speculates about reception by press and scientists.
Remarks on sexual selection;
on human relationship to catarrhine apes.
Has rejected offer of chair at Vienna.
Compares Jena to Down.
Describes growth of his salary.
Mentions birth of Emma Haeckel.
A. M. Norman’s collection of calcareous sponges is very valuable.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Feb 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 55 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7510 |
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- … apes. Has rejected offer of chair at Vienna. Compares Jena to Down. Describes growth of …
- … was an Austrian city, and the University of Vienna maintained a marine zoological station …
- … chair for zoology at the university of Vienna. I was very tempted by the brilliant …
- … facilities and the large audiences at Vienna. I hesitated for a month, but in the end …
- … any respect here. If I were told: “But at Vienna your sphere of influence would be so much …
From Ernst Haeckel 12 July 1879
Summary
Thanks CD for comments on Freie Wissenschaft und freie Lehre [1878].
Describes work on Medusae.
Describes work on Challenger Radiolaria and publication plans.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12148 |
From Ernst Haeckel 9 February 1877
Summary
Sends birthday wishes. Album of photographs from German admirers has been sent.
Plans trip to Mediterranean.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10835 |
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- … on the Adriatic Sea. The University of Vienna maintained a marine zoological station at …
From Ernst Haeckel 1 March 1872
Summary
Thanks CD for Origin, 6th ed.
Has declined chair at Strasbourg.
Describes research on calcareous sponges.
Criticises Pangenesis.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8232 |
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- … down the tempting offer of the chair at Vienna. I am convinced that I’ll be able to serve …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Haeckel, Ernst | (5) |
Vienna, Austria
Summary
Expedition to Eastern Asia
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- … A copy of Darwin's queries on expression has been provided to an expedition to China, Japan, and …
People featured in the German and Austrian photograph album
Summary
Biographical details of people from the Habsburg Empire that appeared in the album of German and Austrian scientists sent to Darwin on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Johannes Mattes for providing these details and for permission to make his…
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- … officer in the Finanz-Landesdirektion in Vienna; Oberfinanzrat (1892); Hofrat and …
- … Bartsch became member of the Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, served there as librarian (1874 …
- … served as librarian of the Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna and later became a board member of …
- … He studied jurisprudence (Dr.) and worked as a lawyer in Vienna. Additionally, Berggruen became a …
- … graphischen Künste”. He co-founded the Scientific Club in Vienna (1876) and moved from Vienna to …
- … became director of the Imperial Telegraph Office (1857) in Vienna and high official ( …
- … major in the Mexican Army. In 1867, Equevilley went back to Vienna, where he lived as an independent …
- … 1876, Gagern served as secretary of the Scientific Club in Vienna. U. Jütte: Carlos de …
- … at the Imperial Geological Survey (1864–67) in Vienna. Afterwards, Groeger traveled to South Africa …
- … became a member of the Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, collected algae (particularly …
- … assigned to the uniform depot in the casern Arsenal in Vienna. There, Hausner became member of …
- … of the uniform depot in Brno (ca. 1881) and moved back to Vienna after retirement. J. …
- … serving as a volunteer in the Imperial Natural Cabinet in Vienna, Heller obtained a position as …
- … natural history in the Theresianische Akademie in Vienna and published the books “Darwin und der …
- … After studying jurisprudence at the University of Vienna (1863–68) and working for the Ministry of …
- … Carnuntum (1884) and the Scientific Club (1876) in Vienna. Doblhoff-Dier J. v.: Doblhoff …
- … and cooperated with the Natural History Museum in Vienna. Keller undertook long collecting journeys …
- … as board member of the Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna for 25 years. F. Spaeth: …
- … as the assistant of Ludwig Schmarda at the University of Vienna and finally got a position at the …
- … vice-president (1896) of the Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, extraordinary professor at the …
- … 1854–1925 Geographer As the son of Vienna’s chief constable, he studied geography at …
- … and vice-president of the Geographical Society in Vienna. N.N.: Sektionschef Le Monnier. In …
- … scholar Student of philosophy at the University of Vienna during the 1870s, co-founder and …
- … science. In later years, Nußbaumer became board member of Vienna's society for women’s rights …
- … 1837, he became Amanuensis of the Imperial Library in Vienna and four years later archivist in …
- … of grammar and writing at the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna (1847), editor-in-chief of the …
- … the Education of Blind ( Blinden-Erziehungsinstitut ) in Vienna. A. Melhuber: Pablasek, …
- … natural sciences and mathematics at the University of Vienna, he became teacher at different Ober …
List of correspondents
Summary
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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- … (8) Anthropological Society, Vienna (1) …
4.45 'Puck' cartoon 2
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< Back to Introduction In Reason Against Unreason, a cartoon published shortly before Darwin’s death, the American humorous magazine Puck had celebrated him as the embodiment of ‘Reason’. Now, a month after his death, an imaginative drawing in the…
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- … and also contributed to satirical and political magazines in Vienna. physical …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
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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- … good Endlicher has pub. in 1 st vol of Annals of Vienna [Endlicher 1836]. sketch of S. sea …
- … Home Library L d Ellsmere Siege of Vienna [Schimmer 1847] …
- … 2 d . vol very good —— L. Ellsmere Siege of Vienna [Schimmer 1847].— good Sept 12 …
- … 1852] 85 Read F. Unger. Versuch einer Gesichte Vienna 1852 [Unger 1852]. 86 p.p. 364. 8 …
- … 4v. Schimmer, Karl August. 1847. The sieges of Vienna by the Turks . Translated from …
- … 1852. Versuch einer Geschichte der Pflanzenwelt . Vienna. [Darwin Library.] *128: 182 …
- … Die Naturgeschichte der nutzbaren Haussäugethiere . Vienna. [Darwin Library.] 128: 16 …
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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- … 20 Oct 1868 Ministry of Commerce, Vienna, Austria will …
Movement in Plants
Summary
The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical …
