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List of correspondents
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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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- … Airy, Hubert (27) Aitchison, William (2) …
- … Baird, S. F. (1) Baird, William (1) …
- … Baxter, W. W. (36) Baxter, William (7) …
- … Bennett, A. W. (21) Bennett, William (2) …
- … Blanche (2) Blenkiron, William, Jr (1) …
- … Bowles, W. B. (2) Bowman, William (29) …
- … Frank (17) Buckland, William (6) …
- … Clephan, T. R. (1) Clift, William (1) …
- … Coldstream, John (2) Cole, William (3) …
- … Cooper, W. B. (1) Cooper, William (1) …
- … Croll, James (16) Crookes, William (1) …
- … la Beche, H. T. (3) Dealtry, William (1) …
- … Farr, John (2) Farr, William (7) …
- … Farrer, T. H. (137) Farrer, William (1) …
- … Graham, C. C. (3) Graham, William (5) …
- … Green, Thomas (1) Green, William (2) …
- … Hardy, R. P. (4) Hardy, William (1) …
- … Harris, J. (2) Harris, William (2) …
- … Harte, Richard (1) Harte, William (1) …
- … Henslow, J. S. (147) Henty, William (3) …
- … Herbert, M. A. (1) Herbert, William (4) …
- … Hopkins, A. N. (1) Hopkins, William (3) …
- … Horner, Susan (1) Horsfall, William (2) …
- … Hough, Arthur (1) Houghton, William (1) …
- … A. A. W. (3) Huggins, William (2) …
- … Jackson, Julian (4) Jackson, William (1) …
- … Hyacinth (4) Jardine, William (1) …
- … Jenkins, H. M. (1) Jenner, William (8) …
- … Wheler, E. A. (9) Whewell, William (8) …
Interview with John Hedley Brooke
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John Hedley Brooke is President of the Science and Religion Forum as well as the author of the influential Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 1991). He has had a long career in the history of science and…
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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- … June /41/ [Herschel 1841] I see I must study Whewell on Philosophy of Science [Whewell 1840] …
- … 119: 4a] Lessings Laocoon [Lessing 1836] Whewell inductive History [Whewell 1837] …
- … 1807] 24 th Well Skimmed (for second time) Whewell’s Bridgewater Treatise [Whewell …
- … 1841]. 2 d . vols. —— 30 th . Smollets William & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— …
- … M rs . Meredith. N.S. Wales [Twamley 1844] —— Whewell on Education [Whewell 1845–52]. …
- … [DAR *128: 149] Murray Geograph. Distrib. Price William & Norgate 2” 12” 6 [A. Murray …
- … Hind’s Solar System [Hind 1852] April 20 th William Humboldts letters [K. W. von Humboldt …
- … by Eaton [Eaton 1852]. —— 20 Plurality of Worlds (Whewell?) [Whewell] 1853] June 4 th …
- … 7 Probably a reference to the private library of William Jackson Hooker and his son, Joseph …
- … In February 1882, however, after reading the introduction to William Ogle’s translation of Aristotle …
- … Notebooks ). 19 According to the DNB , William Herbert provided notes for both …
- … is presumably the date and number of the part containing William Pulteney Alison’s article which was …
- … from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to which CD refers has …
- … listing the volumes in the Naturalist’s Library edited by William Jardine, a forty-volume series on …
- … 66 The bibliography provides the titles of the works by William Shakespeare that CD recorded …
- … CD’s collection is a presentation copy from the author to William Jackson Hooker. See …
- … edited by Robert Bentley Todd, was issued in parts. William Pulteney Alison’s article first …
- … crayon and the ‘O’ in pencil. It is not clear which of William Jackson Hooker’s journals is meant …
- … and London. [Other eds.] *119: 15 Alison, William Pulteney. 1847. Instinct. In vol. 3, pp …
- … influence on the progress of civilisation . Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers. 119: 22a …
- … written by himself . Translated by John Leyden and William Erskine. 2 vols. London. *119: 14 …
- … on the foundation of morals; suggested by Professor Whewell’s sermons on the same subject . …
- … [Darwin Library.] 119: 4a [——]. 1841. Whewell on the inductive sciences. Quarterly …
- … centuries . 2d ed., with a preface by William Whewell. Edinburgh. [Darwin Library. Abstract in …
- … of Shakespeare . London. [Other eds.] 119: 15b Whewell, William. 1837. History of the …
British Association meeting 1860
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Several letters refer to events at the British Association for the Advancement of Science held in Oxford, 26 June – 3 July 1860. Darwin had planned to attend the meeting but in the end was unable to. The most famous incident of the meeting was the verbal…
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- … 2: 335–6); John Lubbock (Hutchinson 1914, 1: 50); John William Draper (Fleming 1950); and also …
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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- … 4139 - Darwin, W. E. to Darwin, [4 May 1863] William sends the results of a recent …
- … 23rd 1887]: Emma Darwin tells her eldest son, William, that her third eldest son, Francis, …
- … 1862 - DAR 219.1:49) Emma Darwin updates her son, William, on family news. Henrietta has …
- … W. E., [9 January 1872] Darwin thanks his son William for checking the proofs of a new, …
- … to Clarke, W. B., [25 October 1861] Darwin asks William Clarke to pass on information on …
Interview with Pietro Corsi
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Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
Adam Sedgwick
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One of the early leaders of geology in Britain, Adam Sedgwick was born in the Yorkshire village of Dent in 1785. Attending Trinity College Cambridge, he was ordained as clergyman and in 1818 was appointed to the Woodwardian Chair of Geology, which offered…
Darwin and religion in America
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Thomas Dixon, 'America’s Difficulty with Darwin', History Today (2009), reproduced by permission. Darwin has not been forgotten. But he has, in some respects, been misremembered. That has certainly been true when it comes to the relationship…
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- … One is a statement by the Anglican clergyman and philosopher William Whewell, to the effect that God …
- … platform for one of the most famous politicians of the day, William Jennings Bryan, who came to …
- … swathe of the American electorate who continued to follow William Jennings Bryan in wanting children …
- … years earlier by the tub-thumping fundamentalist Democrat, William Jennings Bryan. He had seen that …
Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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- … also a thorough restructuring, as he explained to his cousin William Darwin Fox in March 1837: ‘ I …
- … had circulated the page proofs from early 1838, not least to William Whewell, president of the …
- … Journal and remarks he had received from the publisher. William Buckland praised its ‘ high …
- … ‘ as full of good original wholesome food as an egg ’; William Henry Fitton considered the geology …
- … & generous feeling that is visible in every part ’; and William Lonsdale also admired the ‘ …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … Darwin Library–CUL ††. ‡ Beechey, Frederick William. Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific …
- … , etc. London, 1743. (DAR 36.1: 447). Burchell, William John. Travels in the interior of …
- … . . . London, 1798. (DAR 31.2: 318v.). Conybeare, William Daniel and Phillips, William. …
- … 255v.; number of volumes on board unknown). Dampier, William. A new voyage round the world. …
- … (Letter to Caroline Darwin, 27 December 1835). Ellis, William. Polynesian researches, …
- … and western coasts of Australia (includes: Fitton, William. An account of some geological …
- … tracts’, Darwin Library–CUL †. Kirby, William and Spence, William. An introduction to …
- … de la Plata. London, 1825. (DAR 33: 269v.). Owen, William Fitz William. Narrative of …
- … Berlin 1769 ed. †† (vol. 2). Phillips, William. Elementary introducton to . . . mineralogy …
- … 28 June 1836, Collected papers 1: 26). Webster, William Henry Bayley. Narrative of a …
- … (Letter from Caroline Darwin, 28 October [1833]). § Whewell, William. Essay towards a first …
- … tracts’, Darwin Library–CUL †. Buckland, William. Considerations of the evidences of a recent …
- … I have got it in bedroom, Taxidermy’.). Possibly Swainson, William. The naturalist’s guide for …
Essay: What is Darwinism?
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—by Asa Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge asks he promptly and decisively answers: ‘What is Darwinism? it is atheism.’ Leaving aside all subsidiary and incidental matters, let us consider–1. What the…
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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- … in London and at the end of the year their first child, William Erasmus, was born. In September 1842 …
- … This explanation of a “new Geological Power”, as William Buckland called it (in his referee’s report …
- … of the Beagle voyage. With the help of J. S. Henslow, William Whewell, and other prominent …
- … by C. G. Ehrenberg; fungi by M. J. Berkeley; and corals by William Lonsdale ( Collected papers , 2 …
- … Towards the end of 1843, he increasingly hoped that William Jackson Hooker or his son Joseph might …
- … Henslow, Jenyns, Waterhouse, and his second cousin, William Darwin Fox—knew, as he said to Henslow, …
- … selection preserved from this period are the exchanges with William Herbert, Dean of Manchester, a …
- … the correspondence about the vitality of seeds discovered by William Kemp of Galashiels in a …
- … sea-water. The letters about Kemp’s seeds and the William Herbert correspondence, which was …
Darwin and Design
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At the beginning of the nineteenth century in Britain, religion and the sciences were generally thought to be in harmony. The study of God’s word in the Bible, and of his works in nature, were considered to be part of the same truth. One version of this…
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- … the same truth. One version of this harmony was presented in William Paley’s Natural theology, or …
- … at one example, the treatise on geology. It was written by William Buckland, the professor of …
- … Some natural philosophers and astronomers, such as William Herschel, speculated about the origins of …
- … other versions of natural theology, such as that of William Herschel. Indeed, the second edition of …
- … nature to the physical condition of man. Treatise III, by William Whewell. On astronomy and general …
- … with reference to natural theology. 2 vols. Treatise VI, by William Buckland. Geology and mineralogy …
- … and homologies of the vertebrate skeleton (1848). William Paley, Natural theology (1802) …
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…
