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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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- … naturalists whom he believed deserved recognition. In 1855, he nominated John Obadiah Westwood for …
- … changes. As he told Hooker in a letter of 5 June [1855] , ‘it shocks my philosophy to create land …
- … fertility of hybrids, Darwin began in the spring of 1855 a series of hybridising experiments with …
- … of specialists in his cirripede study, so Darwin began in 1855 to establish a comparable, yet even …
- … travelogues that described unusual domestic breeds. Early in 1855, following the advice of William …
- … breeding. As Darwin told Fox in a letter of 27 March [1855] , the object of his work was ‘to view …
- … wish it Throughout the correspondence of 1854 and 1855, the overwhelming impression given …
- … & will not do as I wish it’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 7 May [1855] ). But, whether successful or …
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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- … Life of Sheridan [T. Moore 1825] Huc’s China [Huc 1855] —read } recom by Erasmus. Watt …
- … Rev d Baden Powel on the Unity of Worlds [Powell 1855]—discusses Vestiges [Chambers] 1847], must …
- … 172] D r . Young’s Life by Peacock [Peacock 1855] praised by Erasmus.— Read …
- … 12. Begin vol. 13. 98 Huc’s “Chinese Empire” [Huc 1855] several Dogs & Cats described. (read) …
- … Impériale et Centrale d'Horticulture de Paris ] vol. 1 1855. (I have read p. 209 to 268.) …
- … recommends me to read Alexander Blain on Intellect [Bain 1855] 102 Eytons work on the …
- … Soc.? Maury sailing directions 18 55 [Maury 1855]. must be studied. Lyell has.— …
- … Horn [Castelnau 1846], or his Botanist [Weddell 1855–7] Brit. Mus. Catalogue. Ungulates …
- … 27. Gmelin Flora Siberica [Gmelin 1747–69] 1855. Wollastons Insecta Maderensia [Wollaston …
- … 1845]. 25. The Angler Piscator D r Davy [J. Davy 1855] Ap 27 th Zoologist [ …
- … ] Vol: 3. 1848–50. [DAR 128: 11] 1855. Sydney Smith life [S. Smith 1855] …
- … (good) Sept Private life of an E. King [Knighton] 1855]. (good) Dec 13 Wabash [Beste …
- … 1851]. May 28. Lyells Elements 5 th . Edit [Lyell 1855] —— 29 th Carpenters …
- … C. Nott and Gliddon 1854] [DAR 128: 14] 1855 Sept. Tegetmeier on …
- … Jan. 10. B. Powell. Unity of Worlds [Powell 1855]. —— Lepsius Auswahl der Wichtigsten …
- … 1856 Jan 21. Huc’s Chinese Empire [Huc 1855] Feb 16 th Pagets Hungary [John Paget …
- … March 20. Nat. Hist. of the Dee [W. Macgillivray 1855] —— Recherches sur l’Agriculture des …
- … [Wollaston 1856] F. Smith on Apidæ [F. Smith 1855] 15 H C. Watson Remarks on Geograph …
- … 1851] —— Heers Os. Paper on Madeira fossils [Heer 1855] —— 19 Von Tschudi Alpine life …
- … 1856] Dec. Young’s life of Peacock [Peacock 1855] Thackeray English Humourists …
- … Dec. Motley’s History of Dutch Republic [Motley 1855] [DAR 128: 24] 1859 …
- … Botanique de France ] Vol s . 1 & 2. 1854 & 1855.— [DAR 128: 27] …
- … the evening meeting of the Royal Institution on 9 February 1855. 91 The note “not …
