From J. D. Hooker [23] December 1865
Summary
No one believes in Karsten.
Surprised by CD’s observations that illegitimate crosses within a species produce hybrid-like offspring.
JDH’s scepticism of Scott’s observations.
On proposing James Hector vs Julius von Haast for Royal Society; on learned society honours.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [23] Dec 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 47–50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4954 |
From Fritz Müller 5 November 1865
Summary
Thanks CD for the copy of Orchids and papers on Linum and Lythrum [Collected papers 2: 93–105; 106–31].
Intends to travel to the River Itajahy and will make observations on climbing plants. Is not sure whether Dalbergia is a winding plant.
CD has changed FM’s whole perception of nature.
CD has helped him to understand distribution of coastal flora.
The vegetation on Desterro is changing.
Louis Agassiz is seeking evidence against transmutation in the distribution of the fish in the Amazon.
| Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Nov 1865 |
| Classmark: | Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 76–7. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4929A |
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- … disposita. With 4 supplements; in 2 vols. Vienna: Friedrich Beck. ‘Fertilization of …
From Fritz Müller 12 August 1865
Summary
Thanks CD for his paper on climbing plants. Lists the many genera that he has found in his area in a short period since reading CD’s paper. [See 4881.]
| Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Aug 1865 |
| Classmark: | Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 72–3. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4881A |
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- … disposita. With 4 supplements; in 2 vols. Vienna: Friedrich Beck. Möller, Alfred, ed. …
From Fritz Müller [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865]
Summary
FM’s comments on Climbing Plants.
| Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 and 31 Aug 1865 and 10 Oct 1865 |
| Classmark: | Notes on some of the climbing-plants near Desterro, in South Brazil. By Herr Fritz Müller, in a letter to C. Darwin. [Read 7 December 1865.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 9 (1866): 344–9. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4881F |
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- … ordines naturales disposita. With 4 supplements; in 2 vols. Vienna: Friedrich Beck. …
From Charles Lyell 16 January 1865
Summary
His view of Origin.
Belief of Duke of Argyll that substituting "variation" and "selection" for creation deifies them.
Thinks Argyll would accept evolution except for man.
A’s view of humming-birds.
Describes discussion with [Victoria,] Princess Royal of Prussia, about evolution.
New edition of Elements consistent with Origin.
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Jan 1865 |
| Classmark: | K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 384–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4746 |
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- … Vorträge gehalten im Ständehause im Winter des Jahres 1860. Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller. …
| letter | (5) |
| Müller, Fritz | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Müller, Fritz | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
Vienna, Austria
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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
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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
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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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- … (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
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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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- … 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
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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 …
