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Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … theory for religion. His local activities in the village of Down paint a fascinating picture of a …
- … but assuredly not that of a clergyman. The parish of Down In 1842, within six years of …
- … of the church in the community. The pastoral role of the village parson had traditionally involved …
- … involved. Although he was not the principal landowner in Down, Darwin was a gentleman of means, and …
- … times supported, the work of Non-conformist preachers in the village. John Brodie Innes …
- … Innes (1817–94). Innes was named perpetual curate of Down in 1846 (Crockford’s). Innes was a High …
- … two, as they would have seen each other frequently in the village. However, what remains is cordial; …
- … Innes to John William Lubbock, the principal landowner in Down, in a letter of 1854 in which he said …
- … entrusted the family’s dog, Quiz, when he moved away from Down (letter to J. B. Innes, 15 December …
- … Darwin was developed not only by years of daily contact in Down, but also by also by several decades …
- … sale of advowsons and the appointment of curates. The village of Down did not fare well under …
- … been sold. In fact, some years before the Darwins arrived in Down, the parsonage had actually been …
- … following Innes’s departure. In Innes’s absence, Down suffered through a succession of short …
- … yacht, and only on hearing about the consternation in Down at his absence did he write, not to Innes …
- … of the poor accommodation that was available to him in Down. Darwin immediately wrote to Innes and …
- … He came to Down determined to take charge of the village (Moore 1985). However, he came with rather …
- … decade. One of the most significant arguments involved a village schoolroom. Like the vast majority …
- … of their own denomination, rather than as extending to the village as a whole. The involvement of …
- … Darwin whole-heartedly supported Fegan’s work in the village, writing in 1880 or 1881: ‘your …
Virginia Isitt: Darwin’s secretary?
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In an undated and incomplete draft letter to a “Miss I.”, Emma Darwin appears to be arranging for Miss I. to come to Down for a trial period as a secretary. When the letter first came to light, no one had heard of the mysterious “Miss I.” and, as far as we…
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- … Emma Darwin appears to be arranging for Miss I. to come to Down for a trial period as a secretary. …
- … you may see whether the whole thing & accommodations in the village wd suit you; & if so Mr …
- … on 17 September 1871: Mr Powell [the vicar of Down] v. goodnaturedly hunted all the …
- … schemes, one is taking 1/2 the tool room. . . . I am going down this m[ornin]g to see if I can …
Darwin and Down
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Charles and Emma Darwin, with their first two children, settled at Down House in the village of Down (later ‘Downe’) in Kent, as a young family in 1842. The house came with eighteen acres of land, and a fifteen acre meadow. The village combined the…
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- … and Emma Darwin, with their first two children, settled at Down House in the village of Down (later …
- … eighteen acres of land, and a fifteen acre meadow. The village combined the benefits of rural …
- … over decades in his garden. Many locations around Down identifiable from his letters and …
- … the range they support today. The garden and grounds of Down House have been restored by English …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … with them. He encouraged Studer to visit him at Down and recommended Studer’s papers to others …
- … there, and that he continued to follow when he returned to Down in June, is the subject of several …
- … at least temporarily. This is borne out by his health diary (Down House MS) that he kept for the …
- … September 1849 and September 1850, Darwin’s Account Books (Down House MSS) record that his income …
- … and free to undergo expensive medical therapy. Village life As a man of wealth and …
Moves to Down, Kent
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The Darwins move to Down House, in the village of Down (later 'Downe'), Kent. Darwin, who spent the rest of his life there, described it as a "good, very ugly house".
Emma Darwin
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Emma Darwin, Charles Darwin's wife and first cousin, was born Emma Wedgwood, the eighth and youngest child of Josiah Wedgwood II and Bessy Allen. Her father was the eldest son of the famous pottery manufacturer, Josiah Wedgwood I. Her mother was one…
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- … Darwin was born in March 1841. In 1842, Charles bought Down House in the village of Down, Kent, …
- … but rural and quiet: the house was on the edge of the village, surrounded by fields. Eight more …
- … his birth. Emma took part in the social life of the village, running a lending library for …
- … entertain Charles's scientific friends and admirers at Down, although she preferred to try to …
- … After Charles's death, Emma divided her time between Down House and Cambridge, where she bought …
Darwin and ecological science
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The word ‘ecology’ did not exist until 1867, and was not used in an English publication until 1876; Darwin himself never used it, yet it was his work on the complex interactions of organisms and habitats that inspired the word’s creation and he is often…
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for ‘experimental purposes’ …
- … evidently built at least in part for his botanical work, at Down House since the winter of 1855–6 …
- … ). It was built by William Ledger, a builder from the nearby village of Hayes, and cost a total of …
- … Classed account book and his Account book–cash accounts (Down House MS)). When it was completed, …
- … greenhouse into a cool hothouse (Classed account book (Down House MS)). Subsequent references make …
3.9 Leonard Darwin, photo on horseback
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< Back to Introduction It is so rare to encounter an image of Darwin in a specific locale that a family photograph of him riding his horse Tommy takes on a special interest. He is at the front of Down House, the door of which is open; it seems as…
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- … Tommy takes on a special interest. He is at the front of Down House, the door of which is open; it …
- … the postman’: he inscribed one copy of the photo, now at Down House, ”Hurrah – no letters today!” …
- … Darwin persuaded the RSPCA to prosecute a man living in Down village in 1852 on a charge of cruelty …
- … archive, Cambridge University Library. Further copies at Down House, in the possession of English …
Interview with Randal Keynes
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Randal Keynes is a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and the author of Annie’s Box (Fourth Estate, 2001), which discusses Darwin’s home life, his relationship with his wife and children, and the ways in which these influenced his feelings about…
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Thomas Henry Huxley
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Dubbed “Darwin’s bulldog” for his combative role in controversies over evolution, Huxley was a leading Victorian zoologist, science popularizer, and education reformer. He was born in Ealing, a small village west of London, in 1825. With only two years of…
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- … and education reformer. He was born in Ealing, a small village west of London, in 1825. With only …
- … But he considered Huxley a valuable ally, and invited him to Down in 1856, showing him his many …
- … friend.” Over the years, Huxley made a number of visits to Down with his wife Henrietta and their …
1.13 Louisa Nash, drawing
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< Back to Introduction This sketch portrait of Darwin was drawn by Louisa A‘hmuty Nash as a memento of her friendship with the Darwin family and a token of her unbounded admiration and affection for Darwin himself. She and her husband, the lawyer…
Francis Darwin
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Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished scientist. He was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, initially studying mathematics, but then transferring to natural sciences. Francis completed…
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … played an active role in the affairs of St Mary's Church at Down village. The following three …
- … church, to the relationship between the church and school at Down, to the scandalous departure of S. …
- … after consultation with John Innes (perpetual curate of Down), on some difficulties that have arisen …
- … the school. Letter 9122 — Darwin, C. R. to Down School Board, [Nov–Dec 1873] …
- … gospel services there is not a drunkard left in the village. Curates and Scandal …
- … rumours about himself coupled with his unhappiness in Down, he will resign curacy of Down. …
- … B. to Darwin, C. R., 4 Dec 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down provides Darwin with the full …
Dipsacus and Drosera: Frank’s favourite carnivores
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In Autumn of 1875, Francis Darwin was busy researching aggregation in the tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia (F. Darwin 1876). This phenomenon occurs when coloured particles within either protoplasm or the fluid in the cell vacuole (the cell sap) cluster…
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- … the birth of their son. Unable to live in their home in Down village, which reminded him so much …
- … after her death. Bernard remained with his grandparents in Down. Worried that his son’s despair …
- … as a distraction from his grief, and returned to Down House in mid-October. He spent the …
- … plant’ and ‘form a pair of treacherous slides leading down to a pool of water.’ Francis stipulated …
Darwin's 1876 letters online
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Birth, tragic death . . . and cardigan jackets. To mark the 211th anniversary of Darwin's birth, we have released online the transcripts and footnotes of over 460 letters written to and from him in 1876 and a supplement of 180 letters written before…
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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- … nerve tissue of animals. Burdon Sanderson visited Darwin at Down in July and was drawn into the …
- … digestive acid in conjunction with a “ferment” to break down organic matter. The ferment would later …
- … it was arranged for Francis to rent a house in the village (Down Lodge), and Emma rejoiced that they …
- … from M. D. Conway, 10 September [1873] ). In the village of Down, Darwin and his family …
- … however seemed to regard the Darwins’ involvement in village affairs as a trespass on his own …
- … evenings during the winter months. Darwin wrote twice to the Down School Board, noting the value of …
- … be provided, and only tea and coffee served (letters to Down School Board, [after 29 November 1873 …
- … “You are quite at liberty to honour me by putting my name down as one of the Patrons … but let me …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
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- … Latin, Spanish, English, and French – prose and poetry – down to the Chilian newspapers of the other …
- … – here however, I shall (as Sir P.S. would say) “put down” that last one, at once, by stating the …
- … This System would gradually become the same as the Village one of India &c – which also was most …
- … miles distant from the land – of which fifty she had run down 24 at 8 o'clock – and going from …
- … copying Mr Ross’ Survey of those Isles – and in writing down that “Their lagoon is nearly filled up …
- … equivalent to nine tenths of any legal right or claim) I sat down to the work of writing an Essay on …
- … the former there is a grandeur in the regular beach crowned down to high water mark with green …
- … 3 rd Do these Isles ever appear – laid down on any somewhat ancient chart of the Indian Ocean – …
- … – That name will never become a current one but be melted down into that of Eastern Australia. [ …
- … 1825. He has given the name of – New Selma – to the village he has constructed there, for the …
- … under him, a vessel in distress may be assisted, or hove down, and receive any repairs which are not …
- … “I know Mr Hare better than you – once he has sat down anywhere – he will never get up until …
- … only in a season or two after the ^coco^ nuts have been cut down – as the sun and rain soon exhausts …
- … on the Isles – Mr H having supposed that he would set down on Direction isle set to work at putting …
- … of the place where the main body of the people were set down – and – after being visited once or …
- … 1500 in all] from those barrens where they were placed down to the alluvial soil along the course of …
- … the convict settlement having been placed and the ship laid down on it – all – at his (Mr Ross’s) …
- … put together so as to be removable in compartments, floated down to the Settlement – and there again …
- … violating the repose of my First Edition Volume by taking in down for reference – I here copy my …
- … p.122 ] twenty four hours round) composed, and wrote down my remarks and comments. These …
- … by one Island nearly of the same superficial extent. The Village (or Settlement) Isle and Horsburgh …
- … the utmost care to “nought enhance – nor ought set down” which has about it the least smack of …
- … there are some rates on Direction Isle and some mice on the Village Isle which last were carried …
- … a vessel was built.” I trust I shall not be set down as an egotist for merely pointing …
- … (which they were to rear by cutting [ f.217v p.138 ] down the coconut trees and raising maize …
- … made away with, he would have the guilty one or more hunted down and hung up on the first convenient …
- … employed under my orders – and have had railways laid down and carriages constructed for the …
- … your love – but you needed not attempt the kicking me down stairs.” “N.B. …
- … that those of ^which^ the Knight has specified – their village – eke their personnel – would …
- … as a natural consequence swarming with mosquitos. The Malay village was infinitely more inviting.” …
- … – darkness pervaded space.” **[37] Howbeit the Malay village having been laid out and constructed …
Darwin's 1874 letters go online
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The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … had improved so much that he was allowed to get up and go down stairs at noon, the doctor …
- … The next morning he seemed bright and well, but on going down to breakfast there came a slight shock …
- … made his home on the border of the little hamlet of Down, in Kent. Darwin appears, in hat …
- … part of [an unpublished] manuscript. Darwin settles down to write. His tone is hushed, …
- … were made; / who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the …
- … with Baby. 52 Three children have died in [the] village and others have been at death’s door …
- … out. DARWIN: 106 If I saw an angel come down to teach us good, and I was …
- … What I shall soon have to do, will be to erect a tablet in Down church ‘sacred to the memory. etc’ …
- … does not fail, and I think will not. Darwin puts down The Times and takes up the Daily News …
- … fade. GRAY PAYS DARWIN A VISIT AT DOWN: 1868 In which Gray announces his …
- … DARWIN: 176 You must pay us a visit at Down and see our solitary and very quiet life. …
