From Julius Wiesner 1 October 1881
Summary
Sends copy of his Das Bewegungsvermögen der Pflanzen [1881]. Disagrees with CD about plant movement.
| Author: | Julius Wiesner |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13368 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Forscher, Herrn Charles Darwin in getreuer Opposition aber in unwandelbarer Verehrung | …
- … researcher, Mr Charles Darwin in faithful opposition though in unalterable veneration | …
- … sagte, dass ich wohl in getreuer Opposition, aber in unwandelbarer Verehrung Ihnen dieses …
- … am offering this work to you in loyal opposition, but in unwavering admiration, I beg you …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [19 December 1875]
Summary
CD’s attempts to get support for Lankester among Fellows of the Linnean Society. He has encountered opposition to the Council.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | [19 Dec 1875] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 52–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10308 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … among Fellows of the Linnean Society. He has encountered opposition to the Council. …
- … M r Mivart knew nothing whatever about the opposition to Lankester. — —Well it is a great …
- … that Murie has been the head of the opposition. I had got thus far when D r . Murie called …
Harvey, William Henry. 1860. An inquiry into the probable origin of the human animal, on the principles of Mr Darwin’s theory of natural selection, and in opposition to the Lamarckian notion of a monkey parentage. Dublin: privately printed.
Matches: 1 hit
- … s theory of natural selection, and in opposition to the Lamarckian notion of a monkey …
To J. D. Hooker 13 [May 1860]
Summary
J. S. Henslow’s defence of CD;
[Thomas?] Thomson’s opposition to Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 13 [May 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2798 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … J. S. Henslow’s defence of CD; [Thomas? ] Thomson’s opposition to Origin . …
From St G. J. Mivart 19 January 1871
Summary
Has sent CD his book [Genesis of species (1871)]. Has not said a word in opposition to CD except where his view of the truth necessitated it.
| Author: | St George Jackson Mivart |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Jan 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 189 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7447 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … of species (1871)]. Has not said a word in opposition to CD except where his view of the …
- … think that I have said a word in it of opposition to you beyond what my view of the truth …
From Georg von Seidlitz 22 April 1872
Summary
Discusses his book [Die Darwin’sche Theorie (1871)], in which he emphasises natural selection acts on inborn variation and is the exclusive cause of transmutation, in opposition to the theories of Haeckel and Moritz Wagner.
| Author: | Georg Karl Maria (Georg) von Seidlitz |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Apr 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 133 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8298 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … the exclusive cause of transmutation, in opposition to the theories of Haeckel and Moritz …
- … manifold misunderstandings
〈 and〉 stupid oppositions. Therefore I should〈 hav〉 e been very … - … species (see Wagner 1868b ). For CD’s opposition to Wagner’s view, see Origin 6th ed. , …
From J. D. Hooker 28 January 1876
Summary
Asks CD to come up to vote for Lankester.
Severely critical of R. L. Tait’s paper on Nepenthes communicated to the Royal Society.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 51–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10371 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … We cannot make out the tactics of the opposition— they were canvassing hard for black …
- … reported that they are going to withdraw opposition & we cannot afford to run any risk. I …
- … meeting on 2 December 1875 because of opposition to a council proposal to remit his fees. …
Rivadavia, Bernadino (1780–1845)
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- … of Argentina, 1826–7. Resigned because of opposition to his policy of a unified Argentina. …
Favre, Jules (1809–80)
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- … 80 French statesman. Leader of republican opposition to Napoleon III. Secretary-general, …
Michelis, Friedrich (1815–86)
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- … Excommunicated in 1871 as a result of his opposition to the dogma of papal infallibility. …
Döllinger, Ignaz von (1799–1890)
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- … 1826–90 (dismissed, 1847–50, for his opposition in the Lola Montez affair). Ennobled, …
From Louis Agassiz 22 July 1868
Summary
LA clarifies his opposition to CD’s views, which does not blind him to the great value of CD’s original researches.
Answers CD’s questions regarding sexual coloration of Amazonian fishes and the protuberances on the head of male Geophagus and Cichla during the spawning season [see Descent, pp. 520, 529].
| Author: | Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 July 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 82: B78–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6286 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … LA clarifies his opposition to CD’s views, which does not blind him to the great value of …
- … D. Hooker, 28 July [1868] . On Agassiz’s opposition to CD’s theory at this time, see S. …
- … to eliminate; but there is nothing in this opposition which should blind me to the great …
To J. D. Hooker 14 July 1868
Summary
Thinks JDH would be wise not to touch on Pangenesis; it has very few friends. Bentham is doubtful, Carus against, and Alphonse de Candolle likes it least in the book. CD still convinced it will be hereafter looked on as "best hypothesis of generation inheritance & development". If JDH means to cut up Pangenesis he has no word to say in opposition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 14 July 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 76–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6276 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … development". If JDH means to cut up Pangenesis he has no word to say in opposition. …
- … Perhaps you mean to cut up Pangenesis— if so, I have not a word to say in opposition …
From Wallis Nash 4 January 1880
Summary
Reports on the comfortable life of an immigrant in Oregon.
| Author: | Wallis Nash |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12400 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … US political party founded in 1874 in opposition to gold-backed currency; the Know Nothing …
- … a political party founded in the 1850s in opposition to immigration ( EB 27: 703, 721). …
Herapath, William (1796–1868)
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- … suspected poisoning, where he was frequently in opposition to Alfred Swaine Taylor. ODNB …
Wagner, Andreas (1797–1861)
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- … University of Munich, 1832. Wrote in opposition to the materialist views of Karl Hermann …
Chamberlain, Joseph (1836–1914)
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- … the colonies, 1895–1903; leader of the opposition in the Commons, 1906. ODNB Bibliography …
To Asa Gray 3 April [1860]
Summary
Thinks AG’s review [of Origin] will aid much in making people think about subject.
Has been savagely and unfairly reviewed by Adam Sedgwick in the Spectator [24 Mar 1860],
but thinks F. J. Pictet’s review in opposition ["Sur l’origine de l’espèce", Arch. Sci. Phys. & Nat. n.s. 7 (1860): 231–55] a very fair one.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 3 Apr [1860] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (47) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2743 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … but thinks F. J. Pictet’s review in opposition ["Sur l’origine de l’espèce", Arch. Sci. …
- … had this effect & has greatly mollified opposition to my Book. — I agree largely to what …
To J. D. Hooker 9 May [1856]
Summary
Lyell urges CD to publish a sketch of species theory; CD asks JDH’s opinion on best course.
Concerned about opposition, particularly by Owen, to Huxley’s admission to Athenaeum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 9 May [1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 161 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1870 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … s opinion on best course. Concerned about opposition, particularly by Owen, to Huxley’s …
From J. D. Hooker 5 September 1864
Summary
R. I. Murchison’s address [see 4595] smashes Ramsay’s glacial theory.
JDH defends his view that CD should not answer Kölliker.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Sept 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 238–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4608 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … is to Hugh Falconer . On Falconer’s opposition to Ramsay’s theory, see the letter from …
- … 10 August 1864 and n. 12. For Hooker’s opposition to the discussion of science in the …
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Variation in Commentary
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
Summary
On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … Monthly . Although intended to counter the powerful opposition to Origin in America by Louis …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
Summary
Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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- … Ernst Haeckel, to moderate his public attacks on the opposition. Darwin’s German translator, Julius …
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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- … during your life time— I am preparing to go into opposition— I can’t stand it’. Diplomas and …
