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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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- … Forbes. Darwin declared to Hooker in July 1856 ‘y ou continental extensionists would remove …
- … to describe his views on species to a select group of fellow naturalists. Gray’s response was …
- … kindly, & told me “you will do more harm than any ten naturalists will do good”— “ I can see …
- … I sh d . have to quote from a work perhaps despised by naturalists & this would greatly injure …
- … the whole mystery, or to command the universal assent of naturalists, still the researches of one …
Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
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- … person, but the assumed name of a society of distinguished naturalists who, being afraid of the …
- … and animals could be better explained by land-bridges and continental extension . Darwin finally …
German and Dutch photograph albums
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Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
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- … two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs from continental admirers. The gifts were so …
- … Album with the portraits of so many honoured German naturalists as by far the greatest honour, which …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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- … He asks Huxley’s advice on presentation copies for continental naturalists. He compliments Huxley’s …
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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- … February [1868] ). Wallace commiserated: ‘I am sure all Naturalists will be disgusted at that …
- … examples even from Darwin’s inner circle of expert naturalists. The Swiss botanist Alphonse de …
- … correspondence with Fritz Müller, who was one of the few naturalists engaged in similar experimental …
- … publication abroad prompted considerable correspondence from continental naturalists, showing that …
- … have given to the minds of France! Other French naturalists were less reserved in their …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … to me simply hopeless. It seems to me almost like those naturalists who declare they will never …
- … in France even than in England’, though, in Germany, naturalists were beginning ‘with some rapidity …
- … he declared himself ‘more willing … to admit a recent continental extension there than almost …
