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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 most important of Darwin’s activities during the years 1837–43 was unquestionably his work on …
- … species came to be as they are (Kohn 1980). Between April 1837 and September 1838 he filled several …
- … voyage. The book was finished and set in type by November 1837, though not published until 1839, …
- … countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle . Also in November 1837, Darwin read the fourth of a series of …
- … by all the leading geologists of England—among them Charles Lyell, Sedgwick, and Buckland (see the …
- … May 1838] ). The new research Darwin undertook after 1837 was an extension and an …
- … lists of Darwin’s plants (see D. M. Porter 1981). Charles Lyell In the extensive …
- … correspondent, both scientifically and personally, was Charles Lyell. The letters Darwin and Lyell …
- … letters have suffered an even more severe loss. In a letter to Lyell’s sister-in-law, Katharine …
- … material for her Life, letters and journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., Darwin informs her that …
- … of fact . . . on the origin & variation of species” ( Letter to J. S. Henslow, [November 1839] …
- … that he had a sound solution to what J. F. W. Herschel in a letter to Lyell had called the ‘mystery …
- … about searching for evidence to support his hypothesis. In a letter to Lyell, [14] September [1838 …
- … species and varieties had no basis in reality (W. Herbert 1837, p. 341); species were only clearly …
- … just the same, though I know what I am looking for' ( Letter to G. R. Waterhouse, [26 July …
- … there were no doubts as to how one ought to act’ ( Letter from Emma Darwin, [ c. February 1839] …
- … Health Active and productive as the years 1837–43 were, they were also years during which …
- … In 1840 the illness was different. As he wrote to Charles Lyell, [19 February 1840] , “it is now …
- … for several months (See Correspondence vol. 1, letter to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 , …
- … notebook). See also Allan 1977, pp. 128–30). The letter, on ‘Double flowers’ to the …
- … seeds and other interests mentioned in the correspondence of 1837–43, which at first seem unrelated, …