From John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone 20 June 1872
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Encloses a memorial concerning the Botanical Gardens at Kew signed by ‘some of our most eminent scientific men’ (including CD).
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Date: | 20 June 1872 |
| Classmark: | Parliamentary Papers 1872 (335) XLVII.527, pp. 41–9. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8403F |
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Scientific Networks
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Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If …
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 …
