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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 seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle  voyage was one …
  • … a family Busy as he was with scientific activities, Darwin found time to re-establish family …
  • … whom his work brought him into close contact. In November 1838, two years after his return, Darwin …
  • … in London and at the end of the year their first child, William Erasmus, was born. In September 1842 …
  • … be as they are (Kohn 1980). Between April 1837 and September 1838 he filled several notebooks with …
  • … had been spread by the publication by J. S. Henslow and Adam Sedgwick of excerpts from his letters, …
  • … This explanation of a “new Geological Power”, as William Buckland called it (in his referee’s report …
  • … by all the leading geologists of England—among them Charles Lyell, Sedgwick, and Buckland (see the …
  • … of the  Beagle  voyage. With the help of J. S. Henslow, William Whewell, and other prominent …
  • … 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 …
  • … material for her  Life, letters and journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart.,  Darwin informs her that …
  • … to Lyell had called the ‘mystery of mysteries’ (see Babbage 1837 and Cannon 1961). In the  …
  • … all crosses between all domestic birds & animals dogs, cats &c &c very valuable—' …
  • … In 1840 the illness was different. As he wrote to Charles Lyell, [19 February 1840] , “it is now …