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List of correspondents
Summary
Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … (1) Athenæum (11) Atkin, J. R. (1) …
- … (3) Bosquet, J. A. H. de (11) Bostock, John …
- … (2) Breitenbach, Wilhelm (11) Brent, B. P. …
- … (2) Bunbury, C. J. F. (11) Bunbury, F. J. …
- … (1) Caspary, Robert (11) Cassell Petter & …
- … (40) Crick, W. D. (11) Crier, John …
- … (1) Crocker, C. W. (11) Crocq, Jean …
- … (1) Dobell, H. B. (11) Dobson, G. E. …
- … (7) Farrar, F. W. (11) Farrer, T. H. …
- … (280) Gray, G. R. (11) Gray, J. E. …
- … (1) Harvey, W. H. (11) Harward, John …
- … Higginson, T. W. (5) Hildebrand, Friedrich (39) …
- … (289) Hyatt, Alpheus (11) Hyndman, G. C. …
- … (1) Lewes, G. H. (11) Lewin, Friend …
- … Ludwig, Camilla (3) Ludwig, Friedrich (3) …
- … (3) Lynch, R. I. (11) Lónyay, Menyhért …
- … George (29) Max Müller, Friedrich (6) …
- … (1) Morgan, L. H. (11) Morley, John …
- … Rolfe, R. M. (9) Rolle, Friedrich (12) …
- … (3) Shaw, James (11) Shaw, Robert (3 …
- … (4) Sowerby, G. B. (11) Sowerby, G. B., Jr …
- … (1) Strickland, H. E. (11) Struthers, John …
- … Tiddeman, R. H. (1) Tiemann, Friedrich (1) …
- … (2) Wedgwood, Elizabeth (11) Wedgwood, Emma …
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…
Matches: 6 hits
- … I finish with this & get it published’ ( To Asa Gray, 11 March [1873] ). In April 1873, …
- … copies were mostly positive in their reaction to the book. Hildebrand wrote that ‘a peep into it has …
- … that it is again of very great value for science’ ( From Friedrich Hildebrand, 6 December 1876 ). …
- … the adaptation for wide dissemination of plants.’ ( From Friedrich Hildebrand, 18 January 1877 ). …
- … as he wanted to make corrections for a new edition. On 11 December, Darwin sent corrected sheets to …
- … repaged & the index a little altered’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 11 December [1877] ). These changes …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
Matches: 16 hits
- … regarding species change ( letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 ). The botanist Asa Gray, …
- … by descent put him ‘into despair’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). In the same letter, he …
- … bottom of seas, lakes, and rivers ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VII). Quarrels at …
- … Academy of Sciences, Berlin (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix III), and of the Société des …
- … Lyell, 17 March [1863] ). In January 1863, the geologist Friedrich Rolle, who had recently …
- … of reactions to his theory in Germany ( see letter from Friedrich Rolle, 26 January 1863 ). Darwin …
- … unsuccessful ( see letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] ). The council of …
- … [9 May 1863] , and memorandum from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 May 1863]) . As he struggled …
- … to drive the quietest man mad’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). Hooker and Gray agreed …
- … ). He reminded Huxley again of the German botanist Karl Friedrich von Gärtner’s experiments, which …
- … tropical plants than before (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI). He was fascinated with …
- … on orchids written by a German correspondent, the botanist Friedrich Hildebrand, to be published in …
- … experiments with the same results ( see letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 16 July 1863 ). …
- … pistils mature at different times ( see letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). The fertility of …
- … ‘Crossing & Sterility’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II). When Darwin finished, by …
- … animal suffering caused by them (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix IX). Francis Darwin later …
Forms of flowers
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Darwin’s book The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, published in 1877, investigated the structural differences in the sexual organs of flowers of the same species. It drew on and expanded five articles Darwin had published on the…
Matches: 5 hits
- … in several species of the genus Linum ’, between 11 and 21 December 1862. The paper was read at …
- … He also wrote to encourage the German botanist Friedrich Hildebrand who was working on Linum …
- … ’. In March 1867, Darwin received a small book from Hildebrand on plant sexuality. Hildebrand …
- … offspring appeared in Botanische Zeitung , and told Hildebrand, the author of the review, ‘ The …
- … pointed out fifteen years earlier. Darwin had also adopted Hildebrand’s term heterostyly in …
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…
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … to think of the future’, Darwin confessed to William on 11 September just hours after Amy’s …
- … naturalist Thomas Edward ( letter from F. M. Balfour, 11 December 1876 ; letter to Samuel Smiles …
- … who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 years old at the time of her death, would …
- … you are one of the best of all’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 11 September [1876] ). …
- … do I cannot conceive’, Darwin wrote anxiously to Hooker on 11 September. By the time Darwin …
- … from Hermann Muller, 6 December 1876 and 28 December 1876). Friedrich Hildebrand recognised its …
- … the origin of species and varieties’ ( letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 6 December 1876 , and …
- … stigma’, he told Gray on 4 December. Darwin also adopted Friedrich Hildebrand’s term ‘heterostyle’ …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
Matches: 5 hits
- … the enthusiastic breeder, who apologised in a letter of 11–13 May 1868 for his ‘voluminuous zeal …
- … Weir, 30 May [1868] ). Sexual selection On 11 February , Darwin wrote to the …
- … views differed. Of deer-hounds, Cupples wrote between 11 and 13 May , ‘much depends on the …
- … Support for Darwin in Germany was equally enthusiastic. Friedrich Hildebrand sent his praise for …
- … ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868], n. 11 ). ‘I am not sure’, Darwin reflected in a …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
Matches: 8 hits
- … renewing contact with correspondents such as Daniel Oliver, Friedrich Hildebrand, Fritz Müller, and …
- … the popularity of his book, writing to Robert Cooke on 11 April , ‘though I believe it is of …
- … for extended periods. In a letter to Thiselton-Dyer of 11 October , Darwin described how the …
- … Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the …
- … in the album, and a series of poems by the Austrian writer Friedrich Adler (see Appendix VI). One …
- … visits from distinguished persons. Gladstone came to Down on 11 March. ‘I expected a stern, …
- … not been a difficulty to me,’ he replied to Romanes on 11 June , ‘as I have never believed in a …
- … that they become quite tipsy’ ( letter to W. M. Moorsom, 11 September [1877] ). Moorsom replied …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
Matches: 6 hits
- … Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives …
- … continue his observations indoors ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] …
- … with Gray, Philip Henry Gosse, George Chichester Oxenden, Friedrich Hildebrand, and others mentioned …
- … at the new botanic garden in Castleton, Jamaica. Darwin and Friedrich Hildebrand in Germany compared …
- … two letters to the Athenæum ( Correspondence vol. 11). Darwin’s anxiety about the matter was …
- … and the question of human origins ( Correspondence vol. 11). Wallace, however, traced a possible …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
Matches: 4 hits
- … asking again for information on Fuegian expressions. On 11 January 1867, Sulivan replied , …
- … to Alfred Russel Wallace, who suggested in his response of 11 March [1867] that Darwin send his …
- … Darwin’s theory (letter from Fritz to Hermann Müller, 11 February 1867, in Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: …
- … with those of trusted correspondents like Müller and Friedrich Hildebrand. Supporters and …
