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 …
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 …
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 …
From A. D. Bartlett 9 December 1867
Summary
On the summer, or breeding, plumage of birds.
| Author: | Abraham Dee Bartlett |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 84.1: 38–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5720 |
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- … 38–9 Abraham Dee Bartlett Zoological Society Gardens 9 Dec 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … citing Bartlett on specimens in the Zoological Gardens in London failing to develop their …
- … Zoological Society’s Gardens, | Regent’s Park, | London, N.W. Dec r 9 th . 18 67. My Dear …
Bemmelen, A. A. van (1830–97)
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- … assistant, 1865. Director, Rotterdam Zoological Garden, 1876. Chairman of the Netherlands …
From Edward Blyth 13 [December] 1866
Summary
Gives CD reference to case of the saiga, an antelope, fearless of man.
Reports observations by New Zealander who has seen heaps of pebbles presumably voided by Dinornis.
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 [Dec] 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 207 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4975 |
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- … one saiga, which was received at the Zoological Gardens in Regent’s Park on 21 November ( …
- … seen the saigas when he visited the Zoological Gardens in November 1866 (see letter to …
- … 150–1). The animal arrived at the Zoological Gardens on 11 December 1866 ( Proceedings of …
- … Dee Bartlett was superintendent of the Zoological Gardens, Regent’s Park ( Modern English …
- … substances to aid digestion. The Zoological Society’s gardens first received a cassowary …
From Edward Blyth 31 August 1868
Summary
EB is moving to Wiltshire for a week.
Tells CD of animals acquired, or about to be acquired, by the Zoological Garden.
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Aug 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 215 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6336 |
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- … a week. Tells CD of animals acquired, or about to be acquired, by the Zoological Garden. …
- … Emmanuel II. Z.G. : the society’s Zoological Gardens in Regent’s Park, London. A hoolock …
To Joseph Wolf 3 March 1871
Summary
Asks for a drawing from life of a "laughing monkey" (Cynopithecus niger) for Expression [p. 136].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Wolf |
| Date: | 3 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | Palmer 1895, p. 193 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7535 |
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- … Macaca sylvanus ) on a visit to the Zoological Gardens in London, in March 1868 (DAR 189: …
- … Bartlett was superintendent of the zoological gardens. Seth Sutton . No image of a leopard …
- … but is dead. I found, however, in the Zoological Gardens a species that does fairly well, …
From Osbert Salvin 30 October 1871
Summary
Sends CD some more ducks’ skins so that he can examine the lamellae.
| Author: | Osbert Salvin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8035 |
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- … Dee Bartlett was the superintendent of the Zoological Gardens, Regent’s Park, London. …
- … are plenty of living specimens in the Zoological Gardens which M r Bartlett might examine. …
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 ( …
From J. J. Weir 14 August 1872
Summary
Hostility of birds toward others with same colour;
nuptial plumage.
Spiza cyanea and Spiza ciris.
| Author: | John Jenner Weir |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 177–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8470 |
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- … female has a white head. Weir refers to the Zoological Gardens in Regent’s Park, London. …
- … remained unmolested I was at the Zoological Gardens several days lately, & saw what I …
To Abraham Dee Bartlett 30 January [1865]
Summary
Orders that one of CD’s Porto Santo rabbits be killed and sent to him.
Asks whether ADB has got young from mating these with females of other breeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Abraham Dee Bartlett |
| Date: | 30 Jan [1865] |
| Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (Joseph Bradley Murray Collection (MS 363) Box 1, folder 4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4758 |
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- … noting that he had examined the feathers of some hybrids raised at the Zoological Gardens. …
- … 1861, and placed them at the Zoological Gardens, Regents Park, London (see Correspondence …
- … any other breed of rabbit at the Zoological Gardens. CD noted that, had the history of …
From Francis Galton 17 March 1870
Summary
Experiments are not going well, but the quantity of blood transfused was small.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Mar 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: 7–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7139 |
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- … refers to Abraham Dee Bartlett , the superintendent of the Zoological Gardens of London. …
- … Galton kept his rabbits in the Zoological Gardens partly so that he could be advised by …
Linden, J. J. (1817–98)
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- … 1869. Scientific director of the zoological garden in Brussels, 1852–61. Known for his …
To Abraham Dee Bartlett 26 May [1861]
Summary
Bearer brings three Porto Santo rabbits. Will ADB keep them and see whether they can be crossed with some other breed? CD believes they have become much reduced in size and modified in colour since their introduction into the island.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Abraham Dee Bartlett |
| Date: | 26 May [1861] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3159 |
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- … two rabbits were deposited at the zoological gardens on 21 May 1861 and entered in the …
- … resident superintendent of the zoological gardens of the Zoological Society of London . …
To Ludwig Rütimeyer 11 February [1862]
Summary
Chillingham cattle leg bones will be sent to LR.
J. E. Gray has read a paper on unusual Japanese domesticated pig at the Zoological Garden ["On the skull of the Japanese pig", Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1862): 13–17].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl Ludwig (Ludwig) Rütimeyer |
| Date: | 11 Feb [1862] |
| Classmark: | Universitätsbibliothek Basel, Handschriften (G IV 91, 2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3443 |
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- … Japanese domesticated pig at the Zoological Garden ["On the skull of the Japanese pig", …
- … domestic Pig, now living in the Zoological Gardens of London from Japan. It is most …
From C. H. Blackley 13 January 1879
Summary
Relates anecdote about a provincial girl’s reaction to being told men descended from monkeys.
| Author: | Charles Harrison Blackley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Jan 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 194 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11826 |
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- … Joe the chimpanzee, of the Zoological Gardens in London, died in 1874. He was known for …
- … the late chimpanze “Joe” at the London Zoological Gardens. I give it just as it came to me …
To John Thompson 26 November [1856]
Summary
Thanks for promise of rabbit carcase and for information about rabbit at Zoological Society’s Garden.
Requests correspondent to ask Mr Vivian for carcase of an old "Creve-coeur" cock. CD has found that the skull in this breed is modified to support its comb.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Thompson |
| Date: | 26 Nov [1856] |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library Add 4251: 337 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2001 |
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- … John Thompson was superintendent of the Zoological gardens in London from 1852 to 1859 ( …
- … s successor as superintendent of the Zoological gardens. The secretary of the Zoological …
- … for information about rabbit at Zoological Society’s Garden. Requests correspondent to ask …
- … of a Himalayan rabbit from the gardens of the Zoological Society. The letter also precedes …
- … 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
Summary
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 …
