Sutton, S. (fl. 1860s)
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- … S Sutton fl. 1860s Zookeeper. A keeper at the zoological gardens, London. Freeman, R. …
- … B. 1978 zoological gardens London Zookeeper …
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 …
Walker, Sally. 2001. Zoological gardens of India. In Zoo and aquarium history: ancient animal collections to zoological gardens, edited by Vernon N. Kisling, Jr. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press.
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- … Walker, Sally. 2001. Zoological gardens of India. In …
- … ancient animal collections to zoological gardens , edited by Vernon N. Kisling, Jr. Boca …
From Seth Sutton 8 August 1867
Summary
Reports observations, as requested by CD, on expression in chimpanzees and orangs at Zoological Garden, London [see Expression, p. 95].
Author: | S Sutton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Aug 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 322 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5602 |
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- … DAR 177: 322 S Sutton Zoological Gardens, London, Regents Park 8 Aug 1867 Charles Robert …
- … in chimpanzees and orangs at Zoological Garden, London [see Expression , p. 95]. …
- … Zoological Gardens | Regents Park Aug. 8 th . 67 Sir, In accordance with your request, I …
- … apes and monkeys at the London Zoological Society Gardens, where he was a keeper. CD may …
From C. Harris 20 May 1879
Author: | C. Harris |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 May 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 201: 13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12057 |
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- … Wants some Sunday tickets for the Zoological Garden. …
- … with tickets for Sunday visits to the Zoological Gardens, I have on two seperate occasions …
- … in East London. Admission to the Zoological Gardens of the Zoological Society of London on …
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 …
Buckland, Frank Trevelyan. 1863b. Italian cattle at the Zoological Gardens. The Field 21: 28–29.
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- … Trevelyan. 1863b. Italian cattle at the Zoological Gardens. The Field 21: 28–29. Tower ?? …
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 …
From William Johnson Raybould to Abraham Dee Bartlett 22 August 1870
Summary
Offers a polydactylous cat to the Zoological Gardens. [Offer declined and letter forwarded to CD.]
Author: | William Johnson Raybould |
Addressee: | Abraham Dee Bartlett |
Date: | 22 Aug 1870 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 25 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7307 |
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- … Offers a polydactylous cat to the Zoological Gardens. [Offer declined and letter forwarded …
- … To the Manager of the | Royal Zoological Gardens | London Sir/ I have a Tortoise shell …
- … was superintendent of the Zoological Society of London’s gardens in Regent’s Park and had …
From Erasmus Alvey Darwin [1864?]
Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1864?] |
Classmark: | DAR 105: B17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4365 |
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- … Asks CD to sign some "Sunday tickets" [for the Zoological Garden? ]. …
- … for admission of their friends to the Zoological Gardens on Saturdays and Sundays; these …
- … Zoological Society of London: a sketch of its foundation and development and the story of its farm, museum, gardens, …
From Max Schmidt 14 June 1869
Summary
Frankfurt Zoological Garden has only male mandrill. Does CD want description? Antwerp garden may have a pair.
Author: | Maximilian (Max) Schmidt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 June 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 57 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6781 |
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- … Frankfurt Zoological Garden has only male mandrill. Does CD want description? Antwerp …
- … respects | your most devoted | D r . Max Schmidt | Director of the Zoological Garden. …
- … more free time again. Whether the zoological garden at Antwerp has a pair of mandrills I …
Natura Artis Magistra (Artis).
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- … Natura Artis Magistra (Artis). Zoological gardens in Amsterdam. Founded in 1838 by command …
To A. D. Bartlett 24 August [1860]
Summary
Sends copy of Origin.
Discusses stripes on hybrid of donkey and wild ass.
Will let ADB know if lady consents to sending rabbits to [Zoological] Gardens.
Asks about gestation of Canidae.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Abraham Dee Bartlett |
Date: | 24 Aug [1860] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4273 |
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- … crossed with a domestic dog at the zoological gardens, appeared in Variation 1: 29–30 and …
- … lady consents to sending rabbits to [Zoological] Gardens. Asks about gestation of Canidae. …
- … Bartlett was superintendent of the gardens of the Zoological Society of London ( Modern …
- … James Hunt was head keeper at the gardens of the Zoological Society until 1859 ( Scherren …
- … evidently visited Bartlett at the gardens of the Zoological Society while in London on or …
- … of the Zoological Society of London of their receipt at the society’s gardens in Regent’s …
- … Zoological Society of London: a sketch of its foundation and development and the story of its farm, museum, gardens, …
To Edward Blyth [18 February 1867]
Summary
Asks to meet EB for a walk in the Zoological Gardens.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward Blyth |
Date: | [18 Feb 1867] |
Classmark: | McGill University Library, Department of Rare Books |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5406 |
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- … Asks to meet EB for a walk in the Zoological Gardens. …
- … 6 and 9). CD walked with Blyth in the Zoological Gardens in Regent’s Park during his visit …
Hunt, James (a) (nd)
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- … James Hunt nd Zookeeper. Head keeper at the Zoological Society’s gardens. …
- … 6 Zoological Society’s gardens Zookeeper …
Reichenbach, Herman. 1996. A tale of two zoos: the Hamburg Zoological Garden and Carl Hagenbeck’s Tierpark. In New worlds, new animals: from menagerie to zoological park in the nineteenth century, edited by R. J. Hoage and William A. Deiss. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
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- … 1996. A tale of two zoos: the Hamburg Zoological Garden and Carl Hagenbeck’s Tierpark. In …
From Alexander Dick-Cunyngham 12 March 1879
Summary
Report of wild ass crossed with tame one in India.
Author: | Alexander Dick-Cunyngham |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 279 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11926 |
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- … they were both sent to the Calcutta Zoological Gardens, where they are still— Apologising …
- … in British India. The Alipore Zoological Gardens in Calcutta (now Kolkata) had opened in …
- … Petropolitanae (1877 pt 2): 258–77. Walker, Sally. 2001. Zoological gardens of India. In …
- … ancient animal collections to zoological gardens , edited by Vernon N. Kisling, Jr. Boca …
To Edward Blyth [19 February 1867]
Summary
Is so unwell he must cancel appointment to meet at Zoological Gardens.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward Blyth |
Date: | [19 Feb 1867] |
Classmark: | McGill University Library, Department of Rare Books |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5407 |
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- … Is so unwell he must cancel appointment to meet at Zoological Gardens. …
Fischer, Johann von (1850–1901)
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- … Gotha in the 1870s. Director of the zoological gardens in Dusseldorf, 1880–90. Director of …
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Asa Gray in Commentary
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
Summary
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 …