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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, …