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Royal Zoological Gardens

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Sutton, S. (fl. 1860s)

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Schmidt, Max (1834–88)

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  • … practice in Frankfurt am Main in 1856. Director of the Zoological Gardens from 1859. …
  • … Director of Berlin Zoological Gardens from 1885. DBE . Bibliography DBE : Deutsche …
  • … 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000. 17 Zoological Garden Frankfurt-am-Main German zoologist …

Bodinus, Heinrich (1818–84)

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  • … and Greifswald. Appointed to construct the Cologne Zoological Garden in 1859; senior …
  • … director of Berlin Zoological Garden, 1869. DBE . Bibliography DBE : Deutsche …

Bélanger, C. P. (1805–81)

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  • … plants, 1829. Director of the zoological gardens in Martinique, 1850. DBF . Bibliography …
  • … French government botanic garden zoological gardens Pondicherry India Coramandel Burma …

Natura Artis Magistra (Artis).

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  • … Natura Artis Magistra (Artis). Zoological gardens in Amsterdam. Founded in 1838 by command …

Hunt, James (a) (nd)

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Fischer, Johann von (1850–1901)

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  • … Gotha in the 1870s. Director of the zoological gardens in Dusseldorf, 1880–90. Director of …

Tiemann, Friedrich (d. 1901)

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  • … curator. Curator, Botanical museum and zoological gardens, University of Breslau. American …

Vekemans, Jacobus (1815–88)

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  • … ornithologist. Director of the Antwerp Zoological Gardens from 1865. BNB . Bibliography …

Jäger, Gustav (1832–1917)

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  • … 11,14,16,17,18,20,23,24,25,26,27,28,29 Vienna zoological garden Hohenheim Academy …
  • … Co-founder and director of the Vienna zoological garden, 1858–66. Professor of zoology and …

Müller, Albert (1844–1922)

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  • … Kunstanstalt Frobenius A.G. 14,16 gall insects zoological garden Basel Swiss entomologist …
  • … Swiss entomologist. Director of the zoological garden in Basel, 1874. Published chiefly on …

Bemmelen, A. A. van (1830–97)

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  • … assistant, 1865. Director, Rotterdam Zoological Garden, 1876. Chairman of the Netherlands …

Hilgendorf, Franz (1839–1904)

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  • … research at Steinheim. Director, zoological garden and aquarium, Hamburg, 1868–70. Docent, …

Neill, Patrick (1776–1851)

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  • … establishment of the Edinburgh Zoological Garden. R. Desmond 1994 , Gardeners’ Chronicle ( …

Linden, J. J. (1817–98)

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  • … 1869. Scientific director of the zoological garden in Brussels, 1852–61. Known for his …

Black, Thomas (1798/9–1894)

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  • … 1858; appointed member of the Zoological Gardens (of Melbourne) Management Committee …

Brehm, A. E. (1829–84)

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  • … Vienna, 1853–6. Director of the zoological gardens, Hamburg, 1862–7. Founded the aquarium …

Thompson, John (1810/11–59)

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  • … Stanley, E. G. G. S. menagerie gardens Zoological Society Derby Knowsley London Zookeeper …
  • … 1851. Superintendent of the gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1852–9. Modern …

Thomson, James (1819/20–69)

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  • … and library. London: Cassell. 7 pheasants gardens Zoological Society London India Himalaya …
  • … 69 Zookeeper. Keeper of the gardens of the Zoological Society of London; head keeper, …
  • Zoological Society of London: a sketch of its foundation and development and the story of its farm, museum, gardens, …
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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 …

Women’s scientific participation

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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…

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  • … Observers |  Fieldwork |  Experimentation |  Editors and critics  |  Assistants …

Before Origin: the ‘big book’

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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…

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  • … Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his …

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 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 …

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 …

Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage

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Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…

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  • … Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through his school …

What is an experiment?

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Darwin is not usually regarded as an experimenter, but rather as an astute observer and a grand theorist. His early career seems to confirm this. He began with detailed note-taking, collecting and cataloguing on the Beagle, and edited a descriptive zoology…

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  • … Darwin is not usually regarded as an experimenter, but rather as an astute observer and a grand …

Darwin's bad days

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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:

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  • … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …

2.11 Christian Lehr, plaster bust

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< Back to Introduction A plaster bust of Darwin by the German artist Christian Wilhelm Jacob Lehr the younger, dating from 1883, has found its way to a historic zoological library in the Netherlands. This is the Artis Bibliotheek, Natura Artis…

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  • … < Back to Introduction A plaster bust of Darwin by the German artist Christian …

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,1870: Human evolution

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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’.  Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…

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  • … The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the …

John Stevens Henslow

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The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at Cambridge University, were among the most significant of his life. It was a letter from Henslow that brought Darwin the invitation to sail round the world as…

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  • … The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at …

About Darwin

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To many of us, Darwin’s name is synonymous with his theory of evolution by natural selection.  But even before the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, he was publicly known through his popular book about the voyage of the Beagle, and he was…

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  • … To many of us, Darwin’s name is synonymous with his theory of evolution by natural selection.  But …

About Darwin

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To many of us, Darwin’s name is synonymous with his theory of evolution by natural selection.  But even before the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, he was publicly known through his popular book about the voyage of the Beagle, and he was…

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  • … To many of us, Darwin’s name is synonymous with his theory of evolution by natural selection.  But …

Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'

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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…

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  • … On 14 May 1856, Charles Darwin recorded in his journal that he ‘Began by Lyell’s advice  writing …

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 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, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad

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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…

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  • … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of  The variation of …

Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of  Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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  • … The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was …
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