To G. J. Romanes 25 April 1881
Summary
Comments on GJR’s letter in the Times [25 Apr 1881] concerning vivisection. Mentions activity of anti-vivisectionists, G. R. Jesse and F. P. Cobbe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 25 Apr 1881 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.589) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13138 |
To J. C. Lyell 25 April 1881
Summary
Thanks for gift of JCL’s book on pigeons (J. C. Lyell 1881).
Declines to endorse it, because he lacks the time to read it with sufficient care.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Carmichael Lyell |
| Date: | 25 Apr 1881 |
| Classmark: | Private collection |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13138F |
From G. R. Jesse 25 April 1881
Summary
Regrets CD will not allow publication of his letter.
| Author: | George Richard Jesse |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Apr 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13139 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Jesse, G. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Lyell, J. C. | (1) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Jesse, G. R. | (1) |
| Lyell, J. C. | (1) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (1) |
4.25 'Punch' 1877 re. Cambridge doctorate
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< Back to Introduction Punch often ridiculed Darwin by showing him as a monkey or in other animalistic forms, but in 1877, when he at last received an honorary degree from Cambridge University, it paid its tribute to ‘wisdom’. ‘Punch to Dr. Darwin’…
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3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
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Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
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- … the southern tip of America have in common. Page 425, par. 1, line 25, substitute for …
Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of …
