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Darwin and working from home
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Ever wondered how Darwin worked? As part of our For the Curious series of simple interactives, ‘Darwin working from home’ lets you explore objects from Darwin’s study and garden at Down House to learn how he worked and what he had to say about it. And not…
Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
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'a humble toadyish follower…': Not all pictures of Darwin during the Beagle voyage are flattering. Published here for the first time is a complete transcript of a satirical account of the Beagle’s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands…
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- … The satire, which purports to be a new edition of Robert FitzRoy's Narrative of the …
- … them personally, Ross took bitter exception to Darwin and FitzRoy’s later accounts of both the …
- … , and especially the works published in 1839 by her captain, Robert FitzRoy and his naturalist …
- … wife and foreman on the one hand and the texts written by FitzRoy and Darwin on the other. We can …
- … servants, or wage labourers; the apparent contribution of FitzRoy’s visit to a subsequent …
- … the settlement at Cocos Keeling by Royal Navy captains like FitzRoy and Belcher; and, last but by no …
- … of historical interest. Ross’ picture of both FitzRoy and Darwin on this voyage is unlike …
- … man wrote well: Darwin was trite and conventional , while FitzRoy produced endlessly pompous …
- … today who dips into this manuscript will find his attacks on FitzRoy’s style a striking instance of …
- … Purportedly a prospectus and preamble to a new edition of FitzRoy’s Narrative , Ross produced …
- … of person – sometime Master of a Merchant Ship” and FitzRoy’s fictional amanuensis in preparing a …
- … his upper lip as he thought to himself.” He imagines “FitzRoy” in turn envisioning others reading …
- … is “a churnful of sour whey in a literary dairy” while FitzRoy with his “Peripatetic Academical mode …
- … in the satire is Ross’ mock authorial persona of Captain Robert FitzRoy (see above, and Anderson …
- … sections of two parallel columns. Eleven of these refer to FitzRoy’s Narrative and are marked in …
- … died in Bencoolen in Sumatra at the end of 1834. Robert FitzRoy (1805-1865) FitzRoy had a …
- … national meteorological office. Born in 1805 to Lord Charles FitzRoy, and grandson of the duke of …
- … to gather information on coral islands as indicated in FitzRoy’s instructions from “Headquarters” (i …
- … an Appendix volume. Ross also refers to the second stage of FitzRoy’s career. In 1843, FitzRoy …
- … before Capt Harding’s visit. He settled in Singapore from 1846 to his death. Capt. …
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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- … of the scientific books read from 1838 through 1846, but it was not kept up-to-date and contains …
- … 1845] (read) Keppells(?) voyage to Borneo [Keppel 1846] Life of David Hume— (new Edit) …
- … China [Bernard 1844]. The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] St. John’s Highlands [C. W. …
- … out of Hort Soc. 39 Lindley Veg. Kingdom [Lindley 1846]. worth having, especially …
- … [G. Jones 1849]. Grote’s History of Greece [Grote 1846–56]. Miss. Martineau Society in …
- … in Nat. Hist in Knowsly. L d . Derby [J. E. Gray 1846–50] ( Royal. Soc ) many facts on breeding …
- … [Graba 1830] (read) Gardner’s Brazil [Gardner 1846] in Geolog Soc. 43 Lindley’s …
- … } praised by Chevreul [Chevreul 1846]. not in Hort Soc.— …
- … von Tschudi 1847] Gardners Travels in Brazil [Gardner 1846] North’s lives of L d . …
- … [Lamb 1837] (read) Feuerbaches Trials [Feuerbach 1846] Godwins Work & Life [Godwin …
- … Geolog. Soc. Paris Studies on Chalk F. of France [Archiac 1846].— Gresly Mem. of Helvetic Soc …
- … references at end of each Chap. June 1. King & FitzRoy’s Voyages [King 1839 and FitzRoy …
- … [Brewster 1831] March. 8 Houdins the conjurer Life [Robert-Houdin [1859] 19 …
- … 21 Erasmus Alvey Darwin. 22 Robert Waring Darwin. 23 The …
- … The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology, edited by Robert Bentley Todd, was issued in parts. …
- … Pulteney. 1847. Instinct. In vol. 3, pp. 1–29, of Todd, Robert Bentley, The cyclopædia of anatomy …
- … on the progress of civilisation . Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers. 119: 22a Anon. …
- … Therry, Esq. Sydney. *119: 8v. Brown, Robert. 1814. General remarks, geographical …
- … … Translated by John Black. With notes … by Robert Jameson . London. [Darwin Library.] …
- … by her niece. 7 vols. London. 119: 12b, 18b Burns, Robert. 1786. Poems, chiefly in the …
- … London. [Other eds.] 119: 11b [Chambers, Robert]. 1844. Vestiges of the natural history …
- … 1847. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey . London. 119: 21b …
- … 3 vols. London. *119: 21, 23; 119: 22b Curzon, Robert. 1849. Visits to monasteries in …
- … pts. London. [Darwin Library.] 119: 12a [Darwin, Robert Waring]. 1787. Principia …
- … Useful Knowledge.) London. *119: 14, 22 Drury, Robert. 1729. Madagascar; or, Robert …
- … of those countries . London. *119: 13v. FitzRoy, Robert. 1839. Narrative of the …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
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- … intended for N o II of the foresaid works. By Captain Robert Fitzroy R.N. In the first …
- … green water. “April 6 th I accompanied Captain Fitzroy to the Islet which forms the S.E. …
- … when he saw this motive assigned to him! Bah! Captain Fitzroy cannot be such a Booby, as to have …
- … – but in most other respects they are (both by Captain Fitzroy and myself) considered as slaves.” …
- … at the expense of the working classes up to the blessed year 1846. Howbeit I have been assured by Mr …
- … think to themselves) “if he had been – Captain Fitzroy would surely have mentioned it.” …
- … The two concluding chapters of my volume – the “Fitzroy” – to wit first Edition – on the theological …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … (1844) and Geological observations on South America (1846), which completed his trilogy on the …
- … papers for all these organisations. Between 1844 and 1846 Darwin himself wrote ten papers, six of …
- … either, as the correspondence with Charles Lyell, George Robert Waterhouse, John Stevens Henslow, …
- … of his barnacle work, a study commenced towards the end of 1846. Hooker, ready with advice on …
Charles Darwin’s letters: a selection 1825-1859
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The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University of Edinburgh, to the end of 1859, when the Origin of Species was published. The early letters portray Darwin as a lively sixteen-year-old medical student. Two…
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- … him for the post of unoffical naturalist and companion to Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle , …
- … with notes on the habits and ranges of the species. By 1846, he had also published over twenty-five …
- … Darwin scholars and medical historians. On 1 October 1846, Darwin, noting in his diary that …
Living and fossil cirripedia
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Darwin published four volumes on barnacles, the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia, between 1851 and 1854, two on living species and two on fossil species. Written for a specialist audience, they are among the most challenging and least read of Darwin’s works…
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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…
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … series of interesting exchanges on geology with David Milne, Robert Chambers, John Phillips, and …
- … re-examined his own thesis in letters to Milne, Lyell, and Robert Chambers, and, in addition to …
- … would be too technical for his readers and forwarded it to Robert Jameson, editor of the Edinburgh …
- … geological results of the Beagle voyage, on 1 October 1846, Darwin at last found time to follow …
- … little animal forms new Genus.—’ By 1 October 1846 Darwin had written a short paper on his …
- … last half of 1848 and the beginning of 1849. When his father Robert Waring died on 13 November 1848, …
- … similar to the routine undertaken at Malvern. Robert Waring Darwin’s estate was a large one. …
Darwin in Conversation exhibition
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Meet Charles Darwin as you have never met him before. Come to our exhibition at Cambridge University Library, running from 9 July to 3 December 2022, and discover a fascinating series of interwoven conversations with Darwin's many hundreds of…
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- … 9 July – 3 December 2022 Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University …
