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
Summary
Wants some Sunday tickets for the Zoological Garden.
| 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?]
Summary
Asks CD to sign some "Sunday tickets" [for the Zoological Garden?].
| 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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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 …
