To J. V. Carus 8 October [1867]
Summary
CD provides explanations and advice on translating names and descriptions of breeds of fowls.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 8 Oct [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 14–15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5644 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 8 October [1867] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 14–15) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Oct [1867] Julius Victor Carus …
- … this letter and the letter from J. V. Carus, 5 October 1867 . See letter from J. …
- … V. Carus, 5 October 1867 and n. 1. See letter …
- … from J. V. Carus, 5 October 1867 and n. 2. See letter …
- … from J. V. Carus, 5 October 1867 and n. 3. See letter …
- … from J. V. Carus, 5 October 1867 and n. 5. Carus …
- … Variation in his letter to CD of 7 October 1867 . CD refers to Gottlob Neumeister’s book …
- … to Carus ( Neumeister 1837 ; see letter from J. V. Carus, 5 October 1867 and n. 7). …
To J. V. Carus 18 April [1867]
Summary
Reassures JVC [who had received the impression that CD would prefer Carl Vogt as translator of Variation].
CD surprised at receipt of an application for a Russian translation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 18 Apr [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 58–59) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5506 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 18 April [1867] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 58–59) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Apr [1867] Julius Victor Carus …
- … CD wrote to Ernst Haeckel on 12 April [1867]. Carus had asked CD to persuade Haeckel that …
- … no service (see letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 ). The publishers Trübner & Co. …
- … wrote to CD on 26 February 1867, asking for proof-sheets of Variation on behalf of …
- … to prepare a Russian translation. See also letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 15 March 1867 . …
- … between this letter and the letter from J. V. Carus, 15 April 1867 . CD refers …
- … to his letter to Carl Vogt, 12 April [1867] , in which he suggested that Vogt might …
- … the translation in his letter of 5 April 1867 , asking at the same time how long Variation …
- … when it would be published; CD answered his questions in his letter of 11 April [1867] . …
- … In his letter of 5 April 1867 , Carus had asked CD to send him proof-sheets to translate. …
To J. V. Carus 4 November [1867]
Summary
Sends corrected title of Variation and report of progress in printing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 4 Nov [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 51) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5669 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 4 November [1867] …
- … 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 51) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Nov [1867] Julius Victor Carus …
- … letter from J. V. Carus, 30 October 1867 ). Proof-sheets of Variation were being sent to …
- … him to translate (see also letter to J. V. Carus, 19 October [1867] , and letter from …
- … John Murray, 23 September [1867] ). …
- … and the letter from J. V. Carus, 30 October 1867 . The enclosure has not been found. See …
- … letter from J. V. Carus, 30 October 1867 . For the approved version of the …
- … see the letter to John Murray, 19 October [1867] . Carus had offered to write a short …
To J. V. Carus 22 January [1867]
Summary
Answers JVC’s questions about the rock-thrush, the tortoise-shell cat, and the logger-headed duck.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 22 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 64–65) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5375 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 22 January [1867] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 64–65) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Jan [1867] Julius Victor Carus …
- … brachypterus)’ (see Bronn and Carus trans. 1867, p. 369). The modern name for this bird …
- … this letter and the letter from J. V. Carus, 18 January 1867 . See letter from J. …
- … V. Carus, 18 January 1867 and nn. 2 and 3. In spite of CD’s information, Carus …
- … not include a scientific name (see Bronn and Carus trans. 1867, p. 113). See letter from …
- … J. V. Carus, 18 January 1867 and n. 4. Carus described the cat as ‘gelb, …
- … black, and white spotted’; see Bronn and Carus trans. 1867, p. 182). See letter from …
- … J. V. Carus, 18 January 1867 and n. 5. CD refers to Carl von Linné and to Thomas …
To J. V. Carus 14 November [1867]
Summary
Sends revision of vol. 1 [of Variation]. Advance sale at auction sold 1200 copies, to CD’s great surprise. Publication delayed by index.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 14 Nov [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 52–53) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5678 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 14 November [1867] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 52–53) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Nov [1867] Julius Victor Carus …
- … V. Carus, 11 November 1867 and n. 4. The word ‘gean’ is of Romance origin ( OED ). …
- … See letter from J. V. Carus, 11 November 1867 and n. 3. …
- … letter from J. V. Carus, 11 November 1867 . CD refers to the first volume of Variation. …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 16 September 1867 ). CD refers to the new director of the …
- … letter from J. V. Carus, 11 November 1867 and n. 5. The index was being compiled by …
- … letter from W. S. Dallas, 10 November 1867 ). Variation was published in January 1868 ( …
- … 1250 copies of Variation sold at John Murray’s autumn sale in 1867. See letter from J. …
To J. V. Carus 10 October [1867]
Summary
Sends a corrected revise to replace a sheet which has been lost in the mail.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 10 Oct [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 54–55) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5645 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky. See also letter from J. J. Moulinié, 11 October 1867 . …
- … To J. V. Carus 10 October [1867] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 54–55) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Oct [1867] Julius Victor Carus …
- … and the letter from J. V. Carus, 7 October 1867 . Carus was translating Variation into …
- … letter from J. V. Carus, 7 October 1867 ). Variation was being translated into French by …
To J. V. Carus 11 April [1867]
Summary
CD is delighted that JVC will undertake translation of Variation.
Agrees with JVC’s opinion of Haeckel’s book [Generelle Morphologie (1866)]. CD believes it is bad policy for Haeckel to speak so positively about a disputed theory [i.e., CD’s] and particularly regrets the severity of EH’s criticisms of other authors.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 11 Apr [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 8–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5498 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 11 April [1867] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 8–9) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Apr [1867] Julius Victor Carus …
- … brother, Hermann Müller , of 11 February 1867 (Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 115–16), that the …
- … that his combative style did CD no service ( letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 ). …
- … and the letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 . Carus had confirmed his willingness to …
- … of Variation in his letter of 5 April 1867 . CD’s letters to Christian Friedrich …
- … Schweizerbart’sche Buchhandlung of [19 March 1867] does not mention submitting the book to …
- … see letter to John Murray, 10 April [1867] . Carus had written that he would be very much …
- … see letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 . Carus had criticised the aggressive tone and …
- … 1866 ) in his letter to CD of 5 April 1867 . The letter to CD in which Müller criticised …
To J. V. Carus 19 October [1867]
Summary
Concerning German translation of Variation. Fears chapter 27 Pangenesis is very wild, but believes physiologists will some day be compelled to admit some such doctrine.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 19 Oct [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 27–28) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5653 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 19 October [1867] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 27–28) Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Oct [1867] Julius Victor Carus …
- … this letter and the letter from J. V. Carus, 16 October 1867 . See letter from J. …
- … V. Carus, 16 October 1867 and nn. 1 and 2. See …
- … letter from J. V. Carus, 16 October 1867 and n. 3. Carus’s name appears on CD’s …
To J. V. Carus 17 February [1867]
Summary
CD thinks JVC’s preface is fair to Bronn. Regrets JVC has not added notes of his own, but, having dropped Bronn’s appendix, it is perhaps best to leave the text without comment. Rejoices that the German public can now judge the Origin fairly.
Has written to W. B. Carpenter for a specimen of Eozoon to send to JVC.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 17 Feb [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 6–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5403 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 17 February [1867] …
- … to W. B. Carpenter, [13–16 February 1867] . The letter from Louisa Carpenter has not …
- … Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 Down letterhead 17 Feb [1867] Julius Victor Carus …
- … of the fourth edition of Origin (Bronn and Carus trans. 1867). Carus enclosed an …
- … English translation with his letter of 11 February 1867 . In the preface to …
- … Bronn and Carus trans. 1867, Carus referred to the two earlier editions of the …
To J. V. Carus 16 September 1867
Summary
Thanks JVC for his biography [of CD].
Has almost finished first proofs of Variation.
Has difficulty in answering JVC’s queries about dogs because of differences in German names and breeds. Refers him to A. E. Brehm’s Illustrirtes Thierleben [1868] and, on pigeons, to Gottlob Neumeister’s book [Das Ganze der Taubenzucht (1837)].
Hopes JVC is not discouraged by first volume. Thinks second will be more interesting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 16 Sept 1867 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 10–13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5628 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 16 September 1867 …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 10–13) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Sept 1867 Julius Victor Carus …
- … Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. Sep. 16 th . 1867 My dear Sir, First let me thank you for …
- … letter from J. V. Carus, 11 September 1867 ). CD refers to the first volume of Alfred …
- … letter from J. V. Carus, 11 September 1867 ). CD’s annotated copy of Neumeister 1837 …
- … see letter to V. O. Kovalevsky, 24 June [1867] ). Carus translated ‘bulldog’ as ‘der …
- … the letter from J. V. Carus, 11 September 1867 . Carus had been unable to find a copy of …
To J. V. Carus 10 December [1867]
Summary
Sends errata for German edition of Variation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 10 Dec [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 35–36) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5721 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 10 December [1867] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 35–36) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Dec [1867] Julius Victor Carus …
- … letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 December 1867 . The errors listed by CD were in the proof- …
- … See letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 December 1867 and nn. 1–3. The corrections were not …
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| Carus, J. V. | (11) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
Summary
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: 30 hits
- … Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The …
- … publisher in the final week of 1866. It would take all of 1867 to correct proofs, and just when …
- … becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in 1867, as he continued to circulate a list of …
- … transmutation theory. Three important new correspondents in 1867 were Hermann Müller and Anton Dohrn …
- … the New Year’s greeting, ‘may you be eupeptic through 1867 & your friends & the world in …
- … publisher, John Murray, he wrote to Murray on 3 January 1867 , ‘I cannot tell you how sorry I am …
- … for selling a Book’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 January [1867] ). A week later, Darwin had …
- … the additional chapter. In a letter written on 8 February [1867] to his close friend, Joseph …
- … Darwin’s time. The first proof-sheets arrived on 1 March 1867 and the tedious work of correction …
- … . In a letter to his son William dated 27 [March 1867] , he admitted, ‘I fear the book is by no …
- … papers with his first letter to Darwin of 15 March 1867 , although he described some of Alexander …
- … told his publisher, John Murray, in a letter of 4 April [1867] , not to send stereotypes of the …
- … had received other offers, notably one from Vogt in April 1867, to translate the new work. Carus had …
- … will be published’ ( letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 ). This hint of uncertainty caused …
- … to give up the task’ ( letter to Carl Vogt, 12 April [1867] ). Darwin need not have worried …
- … to the German public ( letter from J. V. Carus, 15 April 1867 ). Darwin may not have fully …
- … in preference to you’ ( letter to J. V. Carus, 18 April [1867] ). Darwin was not disappointed in …
- … the ‘wonderful discovery’ to Darwin on 14 March 1867 . Then, in April, Robert Trail wrote from …
- … in a mottled hybrid ( letter from Robert Trail, 5 April 1867 ). Darwin told his American friend …
- … physiological fact’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). Although he did not succeed in …
- … step in Biology’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 22 August [1867] ). Darwin’s insecurity persisted, …
- … ferocity’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 November [1867] ). Even when the corrections were …
- … to be introduced’ ( letter to W. S. Dallas, 8 November [1867] ). Dallas resisted the temptation to …
- … as I could wish’ (letter from W. S. Dallas, 20 November 1867). Dallas, like Carus, alerted Darwin to …
- … for information on Fuegian expressions. On 11 January 1867, Sulivan replied , enclosing belated …
- … 27 years old In a letter of 22 February [1867] to Fritz Müller in Brazil, in which …
- … Russel Wallace, who suggested in his response of 11 March [1867] that Darwin send his queries to …
- … ( letter to A. R. Wallace, [12–17] March [1867] ). Darwin’s doggedness in pursuing answers to his …
- … so do not want any more’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). Nevertheless, at some point …
- … in Notes and Queries on China and Japan , 31 August 1867. Another version, possibly derived from …
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
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…
Matches: 27 hits
- … expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to …
- … Barber, Mary E. [after Feb 1867] [Grahamstown, Cape …
- … Bowker, J.H. [10 Dec 1867] [Cape of Good Hope (South …
- … Bowman, William 5 Aug 1867 5 Clifford St, London, …
- … Darwin, Francis 20 June 1867 Unknown? …
- … Erskine, H. N. B. 1 Nov 1867 [Ahmednuggur, Bombay, …
- … Gaika, Christian 7 July 1867 Bedford [Cape of Good …
- … Geach, F.F. June 1867 Johore, Malaysia …
- … Gibbs, George 31 March 1867 Smithsonian Institution, …
- … Gray, Asa 26 March 1867 Cambridge, Massachusetts, …
- … Haast, J.F.J. von 12 May - 2 June 1867 Christchurch, …
- … Haast, J.F.J. von 4 Dec 1867 Christchurch, New …
- … Hagenauer, F.A. [12 Sept 1867] Lake Wellington, …
- … Huxley, H.A. 22 Mar [1867] Abbey Place, London, …
- … Kempson, L.F. 20 June 1867 Penmaenmawr, Conway, …
- … Lubbock, E.F. [1867-8?] Lombard Street, London? …
- … Muller, Fritz 22 Feb [1867] Down, Kent, England …
- … Paget, James 9 July 1867 1 Harewood Place, Hanover …
- … Rothrock, J.T. 31 March 1867 McVeytown [Pennsylvania …
- … Stack, James West 4 Dec 1867 Christchurch, New …
- … Sulivan, B.J. 11 Jan 1867 Bournemouth, England …
- … Sutton, Seth 8 Aug 1867 Zoological Gardens, Regents …
- … Swinhoe, Robert 5 Aug 1867 Amoy, China …
- … Wallace, A. R. 2 March [1867] 9 St. Mark’s Crescent, …
- … Wallace, A. R. 11 March [1867] 9 St. Mark’s Crescent …
- … Weale, J.P.M. 7 July 1867 Bedford, Cape of Good Hope …
- … Weale, J.P.M. [10 Dec 1867] Bedford, Cape of Good …
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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- … a series of experiments, reporting back to Bornet in August 1867 that all but one of the varieties …
- … ( To Fritz Müller, [late December 1866 and] 1 January 1867 ). The following year, his experiments …
- … to the conditions that might affect his results. In March 1867, he told his close friend Joseph …
- … two distinct plants’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1867] ). He noted another factor in a letter to …
- … & so have been rarely crossed’ ( To Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). One of these ‘exotics’ was …
- … for part of the year ( To J. T. Moggridge, 1 October [1867] ). Darwin was beginning to suspect …
A fly on the flower: From Hermann Müller, 23 October 1867
Summary
In March 1867, Hermann Müller, a young teacher of natural sciences at a provincial Realschule (a type of secondary school that emphasised the natural sciences) in Lippstadt in the Prussian province of Westphalia, sent Darwin two papers on the mosses of…
John Lubbock
Summary
John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…
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 5745 - Barber, M. E. to Darwin, [after February 1867] Mary Barber responds to …
- … Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., [8 June 1867 - 72] Darwin asks his niece, …
- … Letter 5602 - Sutton, S. to Darwin, [8 August 1867] Sutton, the keeper of the …
- … 5705 - Haast, J. F. J. von to Darwin, [4 December 1867] Explorer and geologist Haast …
- … Letter 5585 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [26 July 1867] Darwin praises Henrietta’s …
- … Letter 5403 - Darwin to Carus, J. V. [17 February 1867] Darwin thanks Carus for his …
- … 5410 - Darwin to Muller, J. F. T., [22 February 1867] Darwin thanks Muller for …
Language: key letters
Summary
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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- … Letter 5605: Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J. F. T., 15 Aug [1867] Darwin asks Fritz Müller, a …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … 1865 Letter to J. P. M. Weale, 27 August [1867] Letter from J P. M. Weale, [10 …
Edward Lumb
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Edward Lumb was born in Yorkshire. According to the memoirs of his daughter Anne, Lady Macdonell, he travelled to Buenos Aires aged sixteen with his merchant uncle, Charles Poynton, and after some fortunate enterprises set up in business there. In 1833…
A tale of two bees
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Darwinian evolution theory fundamentally changed the way we understand the environment and even led to the coining of the word 'ecology'. Darwin was fascinated by bees: he devised experiments to study the comb-building technique of honey bees and…
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- … much ahead of his time when, in a letter to Darwin in 1867 , he commented on Edward Wilson’s plan …
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
Sexual selection
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Although natural selection could explain the differences between species, Darwin realised that (other than in the reproductive organs themselves) it could not explain the often marked differences between the males and females of the same species. So what…
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … Letter 5457 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 23 Mar 1867 Müller explains how Origin …
- … 5471 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, H. L. H., 29 Mar [1867] Darwin learns that German botanist …
- … Letter 5481 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 1 Apr [1867] Müller thanks Darwin for the …
- … Letter 5657 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 23 Oct 1867 Müller thanks Darwin for the …
- … Letter 5585 — Darwin, C. R. to Darwin, H. E., 26 July [1867] Darwin writes to his daughter …
- … Letter 5745 — Barber, M. E. to Darwin, C. R., [after Feb 1867] In this letter, naturalist, …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
Controversy
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The best-known controversies over Darwinian theory took place in public or in printed reviews. Many of these were highly polemical, presenting an over-simplified picture of the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely…
Race, Civilization, and Progress
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Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … A GRAY 15 AUGUST 1868 177 TO A GRAY 15 APRIL 1867 178 C DARWIN TO JD …
