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The death of Anne Elizabeth Darwin
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Charles and Emma Darwin’s eldest daughter, Annie, died at the age of ten in 1851. Emma was heavily pregnant with their fifth son, Horace, at the time and could not go with Charles when he took Annie to Malvern to consult the hydrotherapist, Dr Gully.…
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- … Darwin’s eldest daughter, Annie, died at the age of ten in 1851. Emma was heavily pregnant with …
- … her dear joyous face. Blessings on her.— April 30. 1851. Notes: 1 …
- … Darwin’s reaction to her sister’s death Aug. 1851. Etty nearly 8 years old. She appeared for …
- … Letters related to Annie's illness and death To W. D. Fox, [ 27 March 1851 ] To …
Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia
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Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…
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- … he explained in the preface to Living Cirripedia (1851): vii, ‘to have described only a single …
- … In both volumes of Living Cirripedia (1851 and 1854), Darwin devoted an …
- … parts of the mature animal.’ ( Living Cirripedia (1851): 25). As a basis for his homologies, …
- … in the various genera of Lepadidae ( Living Cirripedia (1851): 286–7), which he later …
- … the highest classificatory value’ ( Living Cirripedia (1851): 285).^12^ For delineating …
- … the cement glands of the organism ( Living Cirripedia (1851): 20). This association suggested to …
- … feel no hesitation in advancing it. ( Living Cirripedia (1851): 37–8) In Living …
- … belonging to the same species!’ ( Living Cirripedia (1851): 293)—this discovery was unique in the …
- … devoted the first sixty-five pages of Living Cirripedia (1851), and a lengthy section in …
- … by a letter he wrote to Charles Spence Bate, 13 June [1851] ( Correspondence vol. 5), in …
- … mentioned both Coral reefs and Living Cirripedia (1851), but it was the latter work that …
- … to the analogy with plants in Living Cirripedia (1851): 214: ‘Although the existence of …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … pages of text copied from Notebook C and carries on through 1851; the second (DAR 128) continues the …
- … the University of Cambridge. These works, catalogued by H. W. Rutherford ( Catalogue of the library …
- … 4 [Pierquin de Gembloux 1839]. Said to be good by D r L. Lindsay 5 [DAR *119: 1v. …
- … on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol [Prichard 1836–47] Lawrence [W. …
- … Teneriffe. in Pers. Narr. [A. von Humboldt 1814–29] D r Royle on Himmalaya types [Royle …
- … 1822] Falconers remark on the influence of climate [W. Falconer 1781] [DAR *119: 2v. …
- … reference to authors about E. Indian Islands 8 consult D r Horsfield [Horsfield 1824] …
- … sheep [Youatt 1831, 1834, 1837]. Verey Philosophie d’Hist. Nat. [Virey 1835] read …
- … [Dampier 1697] Sportsman’s repository 4 to . [W. H. Scott 1820]— contains much on dogs …
- … Crawford Eastern Archipelago [Crawfurd 1820] Raffeles d[itt]o [T. S. B. Raffles 1817] …
- … [Temminck 1813–15] read Temminck has written Coup d’œil sur la Fauna des iles de la Sonde et …
- … Read M r Bennetts & other Edit. by Hon. & Rev. W. Herbert.— notes to White Nat. Hist of …
- … read 19 : French [? Annales de la Société Impériale d'Horticulture ] or Caledonian …
- … [DAR *119: 8v.] A history of British Birds by W. Macgillivray [W. Macgillivray 1837–52].— I …
- … The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824] at Maer? W. F. …
- … from Parent to offspring of some Forms of Disease. 1851 [Whitehead 1851]. Packard. A Guide to …
- … [Malcolm 1836] H. Dixon Life of Pen [W. H. Dixon 1851].— Southeys Life of Wesley [R. …
- … Humboldt 1849]. Liebigs Lectures on Chemistry [Liebig 1851]. Sir John Davies. China …
- … th Keppells Expedition to Borneo [Keppel 1846] 31. Fox’s Hist of James 2 d . [Fox 1808] …
- … Steenstrup on Hermaphroditismus [Steenstrup 1846]. 1851. Jan. 6 th . Pickering Races …
- … 1850].— April 5 Manual of Geology Lyell [Lyell 1851] —— 30 Annales des Sc. Phys. de …
- … nothing July 16 th Dixon. Pigeons [E. S. Dixon 1851].— Dec. 26. Count Odart’s …
- … and London. 128: 25 Bunbury, Charles James Fox. 1848. Journal of a residence at the …
- … and use of natural history . London. 119: 14a Fox, Charles James. 1808. A history of …
Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin
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The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural existence filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred Russel Wallace…
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- … at the end of 1859, ‘I sometimes fancied that my book w d be successful; but I never even built …
- … very perplexing’, he told his cousin William Darwin Fox, ‘from not knowing what to choose from the …
- … approval of his argument is evident. ‘Though I sh d . not have much cared about throwing away …
- … myself that all was much alike, & if you condemned that you w d . condemn all—my life’s work— …
- … ‘Your words have come true with a vengeance that I sh d . be forestalled’, he lamented to Lyell. …
- … Correspondence vol. 7, Appendix V.) Upon the advice of Fox, the family fled the epidemic and …
- … material would require a ‘small volume’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 October [1858] ). Begun while …
- … of Glen Roy, and his monograph on Fossil Cirripedia (1851 and 1854) ( Quarterly Journal of the …
- … appropriated the other’s ideas (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 2 March [1859] , 11 March [1859] …
- … ‘We have been here above 6 week,’ he wrote to Fox, ‘& I feel worse than when I came’ ( letter …
- … the fine points of Darwin’s theory ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 May 1859 ). Among the older …
- … at me & leaves me to their mercies’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 November 1859] ). Late in …
- … required a fresh act of intervention to supply the lacunas w h . he himself had made’ ( letter …
- … got much more larky since we run two horses’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 6 October [1858] ). …
- … of it what they will. ‘You do me injustice’, he wrote to Fox, ‘when you think that I work for fame: …
- … sort of instinct to try to make out truth’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 24 [March 1859] ). Yet he …
Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter
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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…
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- … to Darwin and to his contemporaries. Throughout 1851, Darwin concentrated on the pedunculated …
- … details with the Ray Society for Living Cirripedia (1851) and with the Palaeontographical …
- … been actively interested in animal breeding. As Darwin told Fox in a letter of 27 March [1855] , …
- … doubt whether the subject will not quite overpower me.—’ Fox supplied him with a steady stream of …
Darwin and Fatherhood
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Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten children. It is often assumed that Darwin was an exceptional Victorian father. But how extraordinary was he? The Correspondence Project allows an unusually…
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … Quadrumanum animal’, as he put it in a letter to J. D. Hooker of 24[–5] February [1863] . When …
- … his one-time mentor had not said a word ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] February [1863] ). …
- … in answering Owen unaided ’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 February 1863] ). Hugh Falconer was …
- … Lyell’s book being written by others’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 February 1863] ). Falconer …
- … to see men fighting so for a little fame’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1863] ). …
- … to capture his and others’ attention ( see letter to J. D. Dana, 20 February [1863] , and letter …
- … a letter to the Athenæum in response ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 March [1863] ). He later …
- … composed such a good letter (!)’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1863] ). At the same time …
- … Carpenter’s book on Foraminifera ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [29 March 1863] , and Appendix VII) …
- … as well think of origin of matter.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [29 March 1863] ). Owen’s …
- … first edition of Antiquity of man ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 February 1863] , and …
- … science before the public in this way ( see letter from J. D. Hooker, [7 May 1863] , and Appendix …
- … been gnashing my teeth at my own folly’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [9 May 1863] ). After his …
- … this subject seems to get rarer & rarer’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, 18 April [1863] ), …
- … for the Natural History Review ( see letter to H. W. Bates, 12 January [1863] ). Darwin added …
- … in all England … who dare speak out’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [9 May 1863] ). The others listed …
- … champion of true philosophic enquiry’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 April [1863] , and letter …
- … Naudin thought little of his theory ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 January [1863] ), but he was …
- … had placed Sedgwick in opposition to him ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [22–3 November 1863] ). …
- … than about honours like the Copley Medal ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 [December 1863] ). …
- … , letter to Asa Gray, 20 April [1863] , letter to J. D. Hooker, [9 May 1863] , and …
- … that Darwin was a ‘hard headed man’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [24 May 1863] ). Darwin finally …
- … give a rational explanation of phyllotaxy ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 May [1863] , and letter …
- … letter from John Scott, 22 May 1863 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 May [1863] ). Hooker …
- … on the bookcase and around the head of the sofa ( letter to W. E. Darwin, [25 July 1863], and …
- … ). The Darwins’ daughter, Annie, had died at Malvern in 1851, and Hooker’s news was a powerful …
- … in 1863, they wrote to Darwin’s cousin, William Darwin Fox, who had visited the grave seven years …
- … was hidden by overgrown trees and shrubs ( see letter from W. D. Fox, 7 September [1863] ). Emma …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … his oldest daughter Annie, who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 years old at …
