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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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  • … whom his work brought him into close contact. In November 1838, two years after his return, Darwin …
  • … 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, …
  • … it (in his referee’s report to the Society of 9 March 1838), had been developed by Darwin from a …
  • … of his  Beagle  work, and it too was in geology. In 1838 he set out on a geological tour in …
  • … Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle  from February 1838 to October 1843. The correspondence …
  • … C. Babington; the Chalcididae by Francis Walker; spiders by Adam White; infusoria by C. G. Ehrenberg …
  • … plant distribution and classification (see Henslow 1837a and 1838; W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott …
  • … his hypothesis. In a letter to Lyell, [14] September [1838] , he wrote: 'I have lately been …
  • … generation, fecundity, and inheritance. After mid-September 1838, when he had his ‘theory to work by …
  • … of Comte’s  Philosophie positive ([Brewster] 1838; see also Manier 1978, pp. 40–5) which …
  • … the task Darwin had set for himself when, in the spring of 1838, he wrote in his notebook: ' …

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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  • … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he …
  • … arranged alphabetically, of the scientific books read from 1838 through 1846, but it was not kept up …
  • … Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838 Stoke’s Library 1 …
  • … read L. Jenyns paper on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol …
  • … Cavernes d’Ossements 7 th  Ed. 10  8 vo . [Serres 1838] good to trace Europ. forms compared …
  • … 1827] Paxton on the culture of Dahlias [Paxton 1838] read Paper on consciousness in …
  • … [DAR *119: 4v.] Bevan’s work on Bees new Ed. 1838 [Bevan 1838] Harlaam Phys. & …
  • … [Anon. 1839b] Rev. on Walker on Intermarriage [A. Walker 1838] M me  Necker on Education [A …
  • … Torrey have published Botany of N. America [Torrey and Gray 1838–43]. both indigenous & imported …
  • … r  Yarrell has it?? Walker on Interriage [A. Walker 1838] refers to writings of …
  • … has published work on fossil shells of N. America [Conrad 1838] Atlas de la Geographie des …
  • … well worth reading. Read Loudon’s Arboretum [Loudon 1838] in Edinburgh Review July 1839 [Anon …
  • … worth reading [Beale 1839] Loudons Arboretum [Loudon 1838]. read D r . Moreton’s …
  • … immortality of Soul. amongst Ancients [Toland 1704] Adam Smith Moral Sentiments [A. Smith …
  • … with Plates and Woodcuts. Post 8vo., 9 s . 6 d . [Knapp] 1838] Read Gleanings in Natural …
  • … Woodcuts. 2 vols. fcap. 8vo., 12 s . 30  [Jesse 1838] Salmonia— Sir. H Davy [H. Davy …
  • … 1828] quoted by Weissenborn on Aurochs [Weissenborn 1838] Smiths grammar [J. E. Smith 1821] …
  • … Blacklock admirable little Treatise on Sheep [Blacklock 1838];  good  quotation in Royle [Royle …
  • … War and Peace [J. F. Davis 1852]. read Books Read, 1838–51 [DAR 119: Cover]  Books …
  • … d'Histoire Naturelle ] Loudon Arboretum [Loudon 1838] Lists at end of Royal Soc …
  • … ] 12. Sedgwicks Discourse on Study of Univers [Sedgwick 1850] 28 Steenstrup on …
  • … [R. H. Dana [1840] (good) Bertrams [Trollope 1859] & Adam Bede [Eliot 1859] (excellent) …
  • … Eliot, George,  pseud . (Marian Evans Cross). 1859.  Adam   Bede . 3 vols. Edinburgh. [Other …
  • … . London. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection.]  119: 1a Sedgwick, Adam. 1850.  A discourse on …
  • …   and conduct.  London.  128: 27 Smith, Adam. 1759.  The theory of moral sentiments. …
  • … 7 vols. (Vol. 7:  Account of the   life and writings of Adam Smith … Account of the life and   …

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…

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  • … 441 — Wedgwood, Emma to Darwin, C. R., [21–22 Nov 1838] In this letter, his soon-to-be wife, …
  • … intervention to bring change. Letter 2548 — Sedgwick, Adam to Darwin, C. R., 24 Nov …

Darwin & Geology

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The lessons Darwin learned from Adam Sedgwick at Cambridge, and in the field in North Wales, stood him in good stead during the Beagle voyage. While he was attached to the Beagle from 1831 to 1835, Darwin actually spent about two-thirds of his time ashore,…

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  • … The lessons Darwin learned from Adam Sedgwick at Cambridge, and in the field in North Wales, stood …
  • … Society of London before becoming its secretary in 1838. This job carried significant …
  • … Press. Rudwick, Martin J.S. 2008. Worlds before Adam .  Chicago:  University of Chicago …

Darwin & the Geological Society

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The science of geology in the early nineteenth century was a relatively new enterprise forged from the merging of several distinct traditions of inquiry, from mineralogy and the very practical business of mining, to theories of the earth’s origin and the…

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  • … preceded him at the society as his former geology teacher, Adam Sedgwick, had read out some of his …
  • … the Beagle returned.  Between January 1837 and March 1838, Darwin became a central figure in the …