From Francis Darwin [1–15 March 1873]
Summary
Has sent Vichy water, discusses prescription. Tell Arthur Parslow not to continue on colchicum for gout if doesn’t suit him. May go to Pryor’s on Sunday.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1–15 Mar 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8714F |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [1–15 March 1873] …
- … DAR 274.1: 10 Francis Darwin [1–15 Mar 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Robert Pryor had visited Down with Moore on 1 March 1873. …
- … the Darwins left Down for London on 15 March 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George …
- … 294). Emma Darwin recorded in her diary, ‘began Arsenic’ on 13 March 1873, and ‘Left off …
- … Arsenic’ on 5 April 1873 (DAR 242). Moore, a friend of Francis’s …
- … at Cambridge University , qualified as a medical doctor on 30 January 1873 ( Medical Times …
- … and Gazette 1 (1873): 156; ODNB ). Arthur Parslow was the son of CD’ …
- … Joseph Parslow . Moore visited Down on 1 March 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Darwin had influenza from 26 February 1873 until about 6 March ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
- … letter from Emma Darwin to Horace Darwin, [6 March 1873] , DAR 258: 573). Marlborough …
To Francis Darwin 15 August [1873]
Summary
Observations on bees’ biting holes in Lathyrus.
Suggests an experiment FD could carry out with Drosera.
CD is working on Mimosa, and "everything has turned out as perversely as possible".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Aug [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9014 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 15 August [1873] …
- … DAR 271.3: 8 Charles Robert Darwin Southampton 15 Aug [1873] Francis Darwin …
- … to Abinger; this visit took place between 5 and 9 August 1873 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, 14 August [1873] and n. 2. CD …
- … maritimus . In a note dated 17 August 1873 (DAR 77: 33), CD listed Lathyrus pratensis , …
- … 43). Notes on further experiments carried out in August 1873 are in DAR 209.2: 44–7. …
- … In his letter of 14 August [1873] , Francis had noted that the worms in his worm garden …
- … also letter from Francis Darwin, 14 August [1873] and n. 3 Bombus lapidarius is the red- …
- … from Francis Darwin, [16 or 17 August 1873] ). In L. sylvestris , one side has a more …
- … on Coronilla in 1874. See letter to T. H. Farrer, 14 August 1873 and n. 3. …
- … In his letter of 14 August [1873] , Francis mentioned the worm garden he and Amy Ruck had …
- … February [1872] , and this volume, letter to Francis Darwin, [before 15 April 1873] ). See …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, 14 August [1873] and n. 4. Francis’s training in the natural …
- … by wet moss. In a note dated 15 August 1873, CD described the closing up of leaves of …
To Francis Darwin 10 October 1873
Summary
Asks for details about microscope parts.
Wants FD to ask Hooker for species of Desmodium; CD believes he has found new movements.
Also ask whether Hooker has Drosophyllum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Oct 1873 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/3/6 Insectivorous plants 1873-8 f.1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9095 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 10 October 1873 …
- … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/3/6 Insectivorous plants 1873-8 f.1) Charles Robert …
- … Darwin Down 10 Oct 1873 Francis Darwin …
- … but there is no record of one sent in 1873 (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Outwards book ). …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Oct 10. 1873 You had better take this note to Kew and read to …
- … microscope from the German maker, Edmund Hartnack , in June 1873 (see Correspondence vol. …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1873] ). Nouveau petite modèle : new small model ( …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1873] ). In his Classed account books (Down House …
- … of £16 8 s. for ‘Hartnack &c’ on 26 June 1873. CD discussed the movements of Desmodium …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1873] ). Immersion lenses were designed to view …
From Francis Darwin [26? October 1873]
Summary
Observations on the leaves of Desmodium. Most are trifoliate; none has tendrils. Gives some comments from Hooker.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26? Oct 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.2: 21–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9115 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [26? October 1873] …
- … DAR 209.2: 21–2 Francis Darwin unstated [26? Oct 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter’ is the letter to Francis Darwin of 23 October [1873] (the first being the letter …
- … to Francis of 22 October 1873) . Fugacious: easily shed. …
- … wrote this memorandum after visiting Kew on Sunday 26 October 1873 (see letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 23 October [1873] ). CD had asked Francis to look at Desmodium species …
- … at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (see letters to Francis Darwin , 10 October 1873 , 22 …
- … October 1873 , and …
- … 23 October [1873] ). He thought the plant might have evolved from a climber. Desmodium …
From Francis Darwin [after March 1873]
Summary
Has investigated whether it makes a difference if extracts [of alkaloid poisons] are made from leaves, seeds, or roots.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after Mar 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 133 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9199 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [after March 1873] …
- … 58.1: 133 Francis Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 [after Mar 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … The date is established by the publication of Klein et al. 1873 in …
- … late March 1873 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 1 April 1873, p. 222; see n. …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [after March 1873] and n. 2. Francis Darwin refers to Dalton …
- … Digestion and secretion’ in Klein et al. 1873, p. 422. Francis refers to Alfred Baring …
From Francis Darwin [11 October 1873]
Summary
Has got a cold, so will not go to Kew. Wrote to Hartnack about price of microscopes and describes own model. Told Hooker about Tisley Spiller’s microscope in Paris.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [11 Oct 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9095F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [11 October 1873] …
- … DAR 274.1: 9 Francis Darwin London [11 Oct 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … microscopes ( Chemical News , 5 December 1873, p. iv). Erasmus Alvey Darwin . Some notes …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 10 October 1873 . …
- … In 1873, the Saturday following 10 October was 11 October. CD had included questions …
- … in his letter to Francis of 10 October 1873 . Joseph Dalton Hooker was director of the …
- … s microscopes, in his letter of 10 October 1873 . Francis refers to Edward Emanuel Klein . …
To Francis Darwin 18 [August 1873]
Summary
Pollination and floral structure of Lathyrus. Asks where bees bite through the flowers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 18 [Aug 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 9; DAR 271.4: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9015 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 18 [August 1873] …
- … DAR 271.3: 9; DAR 271.4: 1 Charles Robert Darwin Southampton 18 [Aug 1873] Francis Darwin …
- … species, L. latifolius (see letter from Francis Darwin, [16 or 17 August 1873] ). CD …
- … returned to Down on Thursday 21 August 1873 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). ‘Jemmy’ was a …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, [16 or 17 August 1873] and n. 4. …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, 15 August [1873] and n. 5. In Flora Vectensis ( Bromfield …
- … maritimus have not been found. See also letter to Francis Darwin, 15 August [1873] . See …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, 14 August [1873] and n. 3. Although many Victorian botanists …
From Francis Darwin [30 September 1873]
Summary
He is travelling overnight by train from London to Pantlludw and will wake A. R. Ruck with a morningade on his flute.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Sept 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8942F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [30 September 1873] …
- … DAR 274.1: 27 Francis Darwin 6 Queen Anne St, London [30 Sept 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 1 October [1873] , which mentions Francis’s news about the ‘ …
- … his setting out on Tuesday evening or earlier. In 1873, 30 September was a Tuesday. …
- … On 3 October 1873 (a Friday letter dated by a postmark), Emma Darwin wrote to Horace …
- … letter to Edward Frankland, 21 September [1873] . Marshall 1867 . A fifth edition of John …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, [1 October 1873] . Pantlludw, Wales, was the home of Lawrence …
- … Sanderson with plants (see letters to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 15 August 1873 and …
- … 9 September [1873] ). In Insectivorous plants , pp. 36–7, CD reported that needles …
From Francis Darwin [25 August 1873]
Summary
Regrets that "our brush theory" is wrong.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Aug 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 77: 142–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9016 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [25 August 1873] …
- … DAR 77: 142–3 Francis Darwin Machynlleth [25 Aug 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Francis’s arrival from Wales on 2 September 1873. Francis refers to Richard Matthews Ruck …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 18 [August 1873] . …
- … The Monday following 18 August 1873 was 25 August. Francis had hypothesised that the …
- … form of the keel (see letter from Francis Darwin, [16 or 17 August 1873] , and letter to …
- … Francis Darwin, 18 [August 1873] ). Francis refers to Lathyrus latifolius ( …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, 18 [ August 1873] and n. 4). In papilionaceous flowers, the …
From Francis Darwin [15–18 September 1873]
Summary
FD has asked J. B. Sanderson about Mucin.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15–18 Sept 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10156F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [15–18 September 1873] …
- … 274.1: 5 Francis Darwin 6 Queen Anne St, London [15–18 Sept 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Venus fly trap, see letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 14 September [1873] and n. 2). …
- … letter, the letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 14 September [1873] , and the letter from …
- … Francis Darwin, [19 September 1873] . CD had asked John Scott Burdon Sanderson for small …
- … to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 14 September [1873] and n. 5). CD was performing experiments …
From Francis Darwin [19 September 1873]
Summary
Reports that S. W. Moore may be able to provide various substances for CD’s research on the digestive power of Drosera (sundew).
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [19 Sept 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9059F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [19 September 1873] …
- … DAR 274.1: 7 Francis Darwin [19 Sept 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [15–18 September 1873] and n. 2. Richard Matthews Ruck was an …
- … letter, the letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 14 September [1873] , and the letter to …
- … Edward Frankland, 21 September [1873] . …
- … The Friday before 21 September 1873 was 19 September. Francis’s references to two days …
To Francis Darwin [before 26 June 1873]
Summary
Sends FD £5 for the loan of his microscope.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [before 26 June 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13794 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [before 26 June 1873] …
- … DAR 211: 5 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [before 26 June 1873] Francis Darwin …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1873] . Francis had offered to lend CD his Hartnack …
- … CD was able to acquire one (see first letter from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1873] ). …
From Francis Darwin 14 August [1873]
Summary
Has found Lathyrus maritima on the cliffs near Barmouth.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Aug [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9009F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Darwin 14 August [1873] …
- … DAR 274.1: 26 Francis Darwin Pantlludw 14 Aug [1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 15 August [1873] . Lathyrus maritimus is now L. japonicus …
- … from Francis Darwin, [16 or 17 August 1873] ). The everlasting pea is either Lathyrus …
- … see letter to Mary Treat, 12 August 1873 ). ‘Jim’ was a nickname for Horace Darwin ( …
- … Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin , [23 April 1873] (DAR 258: 790)). Amy had sent CD information …
To Francis Darwin [before 15 April 1873]
Summary
Sends to Pantlludw [North Wales] bottle of formic acid. FD and Amy [Darwin] can search for spawn. If found, keep in two basins and add 6 drops of acid to one and look for differences.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [before 15 Apr 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8848A |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [before 15 April 1873] …
- … DAR 271.4: 6 Charles Robert Darwin [before 15 Apr 1873] Francis Darwin …
- … see letter to J. T. Moggridge, 10 March 1873 and n. 1). He may have decided to extend …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 April [1873] . Pantlludw was the home of the Ruck family …
To Francis Darwin 16 April [1873]
Summary
"Try only 1 or 2 drops of Formic A[cid]."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Apr [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8862 |
From Francis Darwin [after March 1873]
Summary
Fears [CD’s] albumen theory will not work because albumen is coagulated and filtered out in making extracts of belladonna, hyoscyamine, and colchicine [alkaloid poisons].
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after Mar 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 132 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9198 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [after March 1873] …
- … DAR 58.1: 132 Francis Darwin unstated [after Mar 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [after March 1873] . Francis refers to Atropa belladonna ( …
- … letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 25 July 1873 and n. 4. Casein is a milk protein, but …
From Francis Darwin [before 26 June 1873]
Summary
Has discussed with E. E. Klein about the purchase of a Hartnack microscope from Paris.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 26 June 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9092F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [before 26 June 1873] …
- … DAR 274.1: 8 Francis Darwin London [before 26 June 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … recording the purchase in his Classed account books (Down House MS) on 26 June 1873. …
- … of a Hartnack microscope on 26 June 1873 (see n. 9, below). Edward Emanuel Klein . Edmund …
From Francis Darwin [16 or 17 August 1873]
Summary
Gives his opinion on why tubes of peas split to the right of the loose stamens [inLathyrus sylvestris].
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [16 or 17 Aug 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 77: 140–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9012 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [16 or 17 August 1873] …
- … DAR 77: 140–1 Francis Darwin Machynlleth [16 or 17 Aug 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … relationship between this letter and the letters to Francis Darwin , 15 August [1873] and …
- … 18 [August 1873] . See …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, 14 August [1873] and n. 2. The reference is to Lathyrus …
To Francis Darwin 22 October 1873
Summary
Lists observations he would like FD to make on the dried species of Desmodium at Kew.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Oct 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9106 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 22 October 1873 …
- … DAR 271.3: 10 Charles Robert Darwin 22 Oct 1873 Down Francis Darwin …
- … Botanic Gardens at Kew, in his letter to Joseph Dalton Hooker of 23 October [1873] . See …
- … also letter to Francis Darwin, 10 October 1873 . CD discussed the movements and structure …
- … Down Oct 22 1873 My dear Frank Thanks for the capital case of inheritance. I want you to …
From Francis Darwin [1873]
Summary
Klein says water ought to be changed daily. Asks to tell G Revalenta shop shut. Klein reports discovery about toads’ ova does not bear on pangenesis.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8713F |
| letter | (23) |
| Darwin, Francis | (13) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (23) |
| Darwin, Francis |
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
Summary
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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- … and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved …
- … A large portion of the letters Darwin received in 1873 were in response to The expression of the …
- … to have observed” ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] ). Drosera was the main focus of …
- … leaf & branch!” ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 ). Darwin found that the …
- … copy of the Handbook for the physiological laboratory (1873), a detailed guide to animal …
- … Darwin’s other main focus of botanical investigation in 1873 was cross- and self-fertilisation, work …
- … & correlated” ( letter to T. H. Farrer, 14 August 1873 ). Darwin worried, however, that …
- … when it will be ready” ( letter to John Murray, 4 May [1873] ). Keeping it in the family …
- … their burrows” ( letter from Francis Darwin, 14 August [1873] ). In September, Darwin …
- … will be created” ( letter to E. A. Darwin, 20 September 1873 ). Erasmus, who had studied medicine …
- … work” ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 25 September [1873] ). Shortly afterwards, it was arranged for …
- … 1872 and sold quickly. He wrote to Hooker on 12 January [1873] , “Did I ever boast to you on the …
- … anonymously in the Edinburgh Review in April ([Baynes] 1873). Darwin asked one of his Scottish …
- … before hand” ( letter to George Cupples, 28 April [1873] ). Readers' lives …
- … letter from L. M. Forster to H. E. Litchfield, 20 February 1873 ). The surgeon Francis Stephen …
- … ( letter to F. S. B. F. de Chaumont, 3 February [1873] ). Some readers proposed alternative …
- … that accompanied sexual intercourse? (letter from ?, [1873?]). The Scottish physician William Main …
- … with the reverse—” ( letter from William Main, 2 April 1873 ). The zoologist Henry Reeks suspected …
- … and good breeding ( letter from Henry Reeks, 3 March 1873 ). Robert Swinhoe wrote from Ning …
- … a second dose” ( letter from Robert Swinhoe, 26 March 1873 ). One of the leading …
- … the jaws” ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 April 1873 ). Crichton-Browne was trying …
- … the disease ( letter to James Crichton-Browne, 30 December 1873 ). Instinct In …
- … to its offspring ( letter from J. T. Moggridge, 1 February 1873 ). Darwin soon became …
- … shops ( letter to Nature , [before 13 February 1873] ). Huggins’s letter prompted replies from …
- … to Nature ( letter to Nature , [before 13 March 1873] ) about a horse who had pulled a mail …
- … with his finger ( letter to Nature , [before 3 April 1873] ). Moggridge suggested the …
- … fellow species” ( letter to Nature , [before 24 July 1873] ). Character and genius …
- … as “utopian” ( letter to Francis Galton, 4 January [1873] ). Continuing the line of research he …
- … money very well” ( letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ). Among character traits, he listed …
- … honest & industrious” ( letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ). Supporting science, …
- … father ( enclosure to letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 December 1873 ). In April, Darwin also …
All Darwin's letters from 1873 go online for the anniversary of Origin
Summary
To celebrate the 158th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species on 24 November, the full transcripts and footnotes of over 500 letters from and to Charles Darwin in 1873 are now available online. Read about Darwin's life in 1873 through his…
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- … of over 500 letters from and to Charles Darwin in 1873 are now available online. We have also …
- … Here are some highlights from Darwin's correspondence in 1873: I do not think any …
- … in Drosera. ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 October [1873] ) In 1873, Darwin continued …
- … work to do ( Letter to E. A. Darwin, 20 September 1873 ) As well as working on …
- … of them sold! ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] ) Expression of the …
- … brother. ( Letter to T. H. Huxley, 23 April 1873 ) Darwin wrote this to Thomas …
- … and marvellous ( Letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ) Darwin was invited to …
Charles Harrison Blackley
Summary
You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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- … Darwin was very interested in hay fever. On 14 June [1873] he wrote to Blackley to thank him for …
- … Aestivus (hay-fever or hay-asthma). And on 5 July 1873 Darwin wrote again, saying: ‘The …
- … in every direction. (Letter to C. H. Blackley, 5 July [1873] ) Blackley wrote back …
- … regions of the atmosphere. Blackley wrote on 7 July 1873 that his high altitude experiments had …
- … remained elusive. He wrote to Darwin on 11 July 1873 : The problem of cure has still …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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- … 5 December 1871 ). When Darwin began writing in February 1873, he asked Hooker for names of …
- … system to follow ( To J. D. Hooker, 17 February 1873 ). Despite also working on experiments with …
- … with this & get it published’ ( To Asa Gray, 11 March [1873] ). In April 1873, the …
- … Translators, Reviewers, &c.’ ( To John Murray, 4 May [1873] ). In reply to his German …
- … when it will be published’ ( To J. V. Carus, 8 May [1873] ). Hermann Müller also wrote from …
- … my further working’ ( From Hermann Müller, 10 June 1873 ). Darwin, in turn, had found Müller’s …
- … them by different routes’ ( To Hermann Müller, 30 May 1873 ). Although Darwin had completed a …
- … must turn to the vegetable kingdom’ In June 1873, Delpino informed Darwin that …
- … to avoid crossing ( From Federico Delpino, 18 June 1873 ). Darwin was intrigued. ‘I am very glad …
- … Bees’, he told Delpino ( To Federico Delpino, 25 June [1873] ). Darwin’s suspicion that sweet peas …
- … his crossing experiments through the early summer, by August 1873, Darwin decided to shift focus …
- … effects of Interbreeding’ ( To J. V. Carus, 2 August [1873] ). In September, Darwin wrote a …
- … conditions of life’ ( To Nature , 20 September [1873] ). Just as the free-swimming barnacle …
- … of their parents’ ( To Fritz Müller, 25 September 1873 ). But by March 1874, some doubts seemed to …
Your letter eternalized before us: From N. D. Doedes, 27 March 1873
Summary
Geoff Belknap looks at his favourite set of letters between two Dutch student fans of Darwin and the photographs they exchanged with each other.
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- … Geoff Belknap looks at his favourite set of letters between two Dutch …
Frank Chance
Summary
The Darwin archive not only contains letters, manuscript material, photographs, books and articles but also all sorts of small, dry specimens, mostly enclosed with letters. Many of these enclosures have become separated from the letters or lost altogether,…
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Darwin and religion: a definitive web resource
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I am aware that if we admit a first cause, the mind still craves to know whence it came and how it arose. Charles Darwin to N. D. Doedes, 2 April 1873 Darwin is more famous, and more notorious than ever. Nowhere is this more evident than in the…
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- … Charles Darwin to N. D. Doedes, 2 April 1873 Darwin is more famous, and more …
Francis Galton
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Galton was a naturalist, statistician, and evolutionary theorist. He was a second cousin of Darwin’s, having descended from his grandfather, Erasmus. Born in Birmingham in 1822, Galton studied medicine at King’s College, London, and also read mathematics…
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- … including photography, anthropometry, and fingerprinting. In 1873, he proposed founding a society to …
- … difficult to judge on these latter heads” ( 4 January [1873] ). Like most of his contemporaries, …
- … particular inherited talents, except for business ( 28 May 1873 ). Galton grew increasingly …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … Andrew Clark, whom he had been consulting since August 1873. Darwin had originally thought that …
- … had suggested a new edition of the coral book in December 1873, when he realised the difficulty a …
- … vol. 21, letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 17 December [1873] ). Darwin himself had some trouble …
- … of human evolution and inheritance himself. In August 1873, he had published in the Contemporary …
- … the use of the Down schoolroom as a winter reading room in 1873 (see Correspondence , vol. 21, …
- … ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 July [1874] ). In 1873, Hooker had begun a series of …
- … vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin, [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted several weeks in …
- … Moulinié, who had died after a period of ill health in 1873. Edmond Barbier corrected defects in …
- … was a copy of Joseph Simms’s book on physiognomy (Simms 1873), which contained Darwin’s portrait to …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Letter 8701 - Lubbock, E. F . to Darwin, [1873] Ellen Lubbock, wife of naturalist …
- … Letter 8989 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [28 July 1873] Mary Treat reports in detail on her …
- … Letter 8989 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [28 July 1873] Mary Treat provides a detailed …
- … 9156 - Wallace, A. R . to Darwin, [19 November 1873] Wallace reassures Darwin that …
- … 9157 - Darwin to Da rwin, G. H., [20 November 1873] Darwin offers the work of …
- … Letter 8719 - Darwin to Treat, M., [1 January 1873] Darwin gives Mary Treat close …
- … 9157 - Darwin to Da rwin, G. H., [20 November 1873] Darwin offers the work of …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … 8962: Darwin, C. R. to Max Müller, Friedrich, 3 July 1873 In the 1870s, Darwin corresponded …
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…
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- … work” (letter from E. A. Darwin, 25 September [1873] ). Shortly afterwards, it was arranged for …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … in different species of Gasteria , 7 December 1873 F. F. Hallett's rough sketch …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
4.23 Gegeef, 'Battle Field of Science'
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< Back to Introduction Another satirical print by ‘Gegeëf’, The Battle Field of Science and the Churches, is signed and dated 30 November 1873. It survives as a foldout plate in a twopenny journal, The Gauntlet, which, like Our National Church and…
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- … Science and the Churches , is signed and dated 30 November 1873. It survives as a foldout plate …
- … not to have progressed beyond its first issue of December 1873. A detached and damaged copy of The …
- … (pseudonym) date of creation 30 November 1873 computer-readable date 1873-11 …
- … references and bibliography The Gauntlet 1 (Dec. 1873). Warren R. Dawson, The Huxley Papers: …
2.6 Adolf von Hildebrand bust
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< Back to Introduction In 1873, the German biologist Anton Dohrn commissioned a plaster bust of Darwin for the ‘fresco room’ of his new research centre, the Stazione Zoologica in Naples. It was a fitting memorial of a long association between the two…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1873, the German biologist Anton Dohrn commissioned a …
- … on at least two occasions during the construction (1872–1873). Most of the money for the building …
- … saloon where Darwin’s bust was to be placed in 1873, together with a bust of Karl Ernst von Baer, …
- … image Adolf von Hildebrand date of creation 1873 computer-readable date …
- … ‘The Zoological Station at Naples’, Nature 8 (29 May 1873), p. 81. Thomas Huxley’s letter to …
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
Darwin's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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- … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … Weale, J.P.M. [Jan 1873] Bedford, Cape of Good Hope, …
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
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- … Letter 9005b - Darwin to Treat, M., [12 August 1873] Darwin thanks Treat for sending over …
