From Francis Darwin [30 September 1873]
Summary
He is travelling overnight by train from London to Pantlludw and will wake A. R. Ruck with a morningade on his flute.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Sept 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8942F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [30 September 1873] …
- … DAR 274.1: 27 Francis Darwin 6 Queen Anne St, London [30 Sept 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 1 October [1873] , which mentions Francis’s news about the ‘ …
- … his setting out on Tuesday evening or earlier. In 1873, 30 September was a Tuesday. …
- … On 3 October 1873 (a Friday letter dated by a postmark), Emma Darwin wrote to Horace …
- … letter to Edward Frankland, 21 September [1873] . Marshall 1867 . A fifth edition of John …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, [1 October 1873] . Pantlludw, Wales, was the home of Lawrence …
- … Sanderson with plants (see letters to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 15 August 1873 and …
- … 9 September [1873] ). In Insectivorous plants , pp. 36–7, CD reported that needles …
From Francis Darwin [15–18 September 1873]
Summary
FD has asked J. B. Sanderson about Mucin.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15–18 Sept 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10156F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [15–18 September 1873] …
- … 274.1: 5 Francis Darwin 6 Queen Anne St, London [15–18 Sept 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Venus fly trap, see letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 14 September [1873] and n. 2). …
- … letter, the letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 14 September [1873] , and the letter from …
- … Francis Darwin, [19 September 1873] . CD had asked John Scott Burdon Sanderson for small …
- … to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 14 September [1873] and n. 5). CD was performing experiments …
From Francis Darwin [19 September 1873]
Summary
Reports that S. W. Moore may be able to provide various substances for CD’s research on the digestive power of Drosera (sundew).
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [19 Sept 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9059F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [19 September 1873] …
- … DAR 274.1: 7 Francis Darwin [19 Sept 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [15–18 September 1873] and n. 2. Richard Matthews Ruck was an …
- … letter, the letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 14 September [1873] , and the letter to …
- … Edward Frankland, 21 September [1873] . …
- … The Friday before 21 September 1873 was 19 September. Francis’s references to two days …
To W. W. Baxter 5 September [1873]
Summary
Orders salts of various metals; thinks chlorides (where soluble) would be better than nitrates.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 5 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.431) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9043 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To W. W. Baxter 5 September [1873] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.431) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Sept [1873] William Walmisley Baxter …
- … tincture of cayenne in brandy (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 January 1873 and n. 4). …
- … this letter and the letter to W. W. Baxter, 4 September 1873 . See letter to W. …
- … W. Baxter, 4 September 1873 . Silver nitrate was necessary because silver chloride is …
From G. H. Darwin [25 September – 3 October 1873]
Summary
Criticises CD’s letter to Nature ["Complemental males in certain cirripedes", Collected papers 2: 177–82].
On the elimination of useless parts.
GHD fails to see the point of CD’s use of the law of distribution about a mean.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Sept – 3 Oct 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.1: 74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9070 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin [25 September – 3 October 1873] …
- … DAR 205.1: 74 George Howard Darwin unstated [25 Sept – 3 Oct 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … by the publication of CD’s letter to Nature on 25 September 1873 (see letter to …
- … Nature , 20 September [1873] and n. 1), and the letter to Nature from …
- … G. H. Darwin, 4 October [1873]. CD had drawn on Adolphe Quetelet’s statistical work to …
- … rudimentary male cirripedes (see letter to Nature , 20 September [1873] and n. 10). …
To Edward Frankland 23 September 1873
Summary
Will follow EF’s suggestions as to securing purity of fibrin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Frankland |
| Date: | 23 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9064A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Edward Frankland 23 September 1873 …
- … The University of Manchester Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Sept 1873 Edward Frankland …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Sep 23. 1873 My dear Sir Many thanks for your renewed kindness. I …
- … letter from Edward Frankland, 22 September 1873 . CD’s letter to Samuel William Moore has …
- … to Edward Frankland, 21 September [1873] ). Hopkin & Williams was a firm of manufacturing …
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 14 September [1873]
Summary
Very pleased at JSBS’s discovery ["On the electrical phenomena which accompany the contractions of the leaf of Dionaea muscipula", Rep. BAAS 43 (1873): 133].
Asks for pure animal substances [proteins] for Drosera experiments. His other sources have been T. L. Brunton, Edward Frankland, W. A. Miller (now dead), and Hoffmann of Berlin [A. W. von Hofmann?].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 14 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9056 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 14 September [1873] …
- … 1-9) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Sept [1873] John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet …
- … leaf of Dionaea muscipula ", Rep. BAAS 43 (1873): 133]. Asks for pure animal substances [ …
- … to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 13 September [1873] . Francis Darwin was a medical student at …
- … held at Bradford from 17 to 24 September 1873 ( Report of the 43rd meeting of the British …
- … for the Advancement of Science, held at Bradford (1873), p. lxix). The paper has not been …
- … digestibility had been reported in Klein et al. 1873, 1: 486–7. Thomas Lauder Brunton . …
- … letter from Edward Frankland, 17 July 1873 ). August Wilhelm von Hofmann , his predecessor …
To Edward Frankland 21 September [1873]
Summary
Although CD’s experiments with pepsin were unsuccessful, he observed that the glands [of Drosera] as far as acid is concerned act just as the stomach of a mammal. Further experiments detailed. The secretion must contain something analogous to pepsin. [See 9062.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Frankland |
| Date: | 21 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9061A |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Edward Frankland 21 September [1873] …
- … The University of Manchester Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Sept [1873] Edward Frankland …
- … See letter from Edward Frankland, 17 July 1873 . Frankland had warned CD that the …
- … to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 14 September [1873] and n. 5). Oxalic acid is commonly used …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, [4 September 1873] , n. 1) that described the process. …
- … letter from Edward Frankland, 17 July 1873 ). For the erasures, see Manuscript alterations …
- … to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 14 September [1873] and nn. 5 and 9). Carbonate of soda is …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [19 September 1873] and n. 2. CD had also asked John Scott …
To E. A. Darwin 20 September 1873
Summary
Consults about the wisdom of Frank’s becoming CD’s assistant rather than practising medicine.
Outlines his finances.
[Copy in EAD’s hand.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B1–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9060 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To E. A. Darwin 20 September 1873 …
- … DAR 105: B1–3 Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Sept 1873 Erasmus Alvey Darwin …
- … be let (see letter to Frederick Allen’s agent, [October 1873] and n. 1). …
- … Erasmus Darwin was a banker. In October 1873, Emma Darwin found out that Down Lodge was to …
- … Sep 20 th . 1873. My dear Eras. As I have great confidence in your judgment, I much wish …
To Charles Lyell 24 September 1873
Summary
Discusses apple specimens received from CL; reversion to crab state. Cites passage on subject in Variation.
Comments on letter from Mr Wood on inheritance in fruit-trees.
Would like to cross flowers of "Hawthornden" with many distinct varieties.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 24 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.432) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9065 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Charles Lyell 24 September 1873 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.432) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Sept 1873 Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Sep. 24. 1873 My dear Lyell I was very glad to get your note, as …
- … V. Wood Jr to Charles Lyell, 19 September 1873 ). In J. D. Hooker 1859 , p. ix, quoted …
- … end of August (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 September [1873] and n. 5). Lyell does …
- … Down, but he did call on CD on 10 November 1873, when the Darwins were in London ( Emma …
- … V. Wood Jr to Charles Lyell, 19 September 1873 . In Cross and self fertilisation , pp. …
To T. F. Cheeseman 9 September [1873]
Summary
Thanks TFC for his extremely interesting paper ["On the fertilisation of the New Zealand species of Pterostyles", Trans. & Proc. N. Z. Inst. 5 (1872): 352–7]. Has no doubt his explanation [of the fertilisation mechanism] is correct. The case is analogous to that of the Cypripedium though TFC’s case is much more curious.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Frederick Cheeseman |
| Date: | 9 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | Auckland War Memorial Museum Library Tāmaki Paenga Hira (T. F. Cheeseman Papers MS-58) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9048 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To T. F. Cheeseman 9 September [1873] …
- … Papers MS-58) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Sept [1873] Thomas Frederick Cheeseman …
- … Institute 5: 352–7. Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten und …
- … and the letter from T. F. Cheeseman, 27 June 1873 . Cheeseman had sent CD a copy of his …
- … letter from T. F. Cheeseman, 27 June 1873 and nn. 1 and 3. CD had originally suggested …
- … near the anthers and stigma (see H. Müller 1873 , p. 76). Cheeseman observed that the …
To Nature 20 September [1873]
Summary
CD, in commenting on Wyville Thomson’s "Notes from the Challenger" [Nature 8 (1873): 347–9], recapitulates his work on rudimentary male cirripedes [Living Cirripedia], especially the complementary males attached to hermaphrodites. Offers an explanation, on evolutionary grounds, of their function and size.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 20 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 25 September 1873, pp. 431–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9061 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Nature 20 September [1873] …
- … Nature , 25 September 1873, pp. 431– …
- … 2 Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Sept [1873] Nature …
- … s "Notes from the Challenger " [ Nature 8 (1873): 347–9], recapitulates his work on …
- … date of this letter in Nature , 25 September 1873, pp. 431–2. Charles Wyville Thomson’s …
- … expedition published in Nature , 28 August 1873 (see Thomson 1873b , p. 348). Thomson’s …
From S. V. Wood Sr to Charles Lyell 30 September 1873
Summary
Sends proofs of pages on shells with revised species names. Discusses Crag Moll, Sutton and Butley Red Grag, and Scrobicularia beds. Son asks him to thank Lyell for extract from Darwin’s book.
| Author: | Searles Valentine Wood |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 30 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen.117/6422-3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9077F |
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- … From S. V. Wood Sr to Charles Lyell 30 September 1873 …
- … 3) Searles Valentine Wood Brentwood, Essex 30 Sept 1873 Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … For Wood’s view, see the letter from S. V. Wood Jr to Charles Lyell, 19 September 1873 . …
- … the supplement to his father’s work, Crag Mollusca ( Wood 1873 ; see letter from S. V. …
- … Wood Jr to Charles Lyell, 19 September 1873 and n. 1). Leda limatula , a fossil mollusc, …
- … i–xxxi, 1–98. Wood, Searles Valentine. 1873. Supplement to the crag Mollusca, Part II ( …
- … V. Wood Jr to Charles Lyell, 27 September 1873 ). In Variation 1: 350, CD had stated that …
To Edward Frankland 29 September 1873
Summary
Is sending washings of 445 leaves in EF’s distilled water with 20 grains of carbonate of soda. Details of the difficulties and complications involved.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Frankland |
| Date: | 29 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9077A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Edward Frankland 29 September 1873 …
- … The University of Manchester Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Sept 1873 Edward Frankland …
- … letter from Edward Frankland, 22 September 1873 ). Frankland had recommended that CD add …
- … letter from Edward Frankland, 22 September 1873 ). CD’s letter to William Odling has not …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Sep 29. 1873 My dear Sir I herewith send the washings of 445 …
From E. A. Darwin 25 September [1873]
Summary
EAD sees advantages to Frank’s becoming CD’s assistant.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B90–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9069 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From E. A. Darwin 25 September [1873] …
- … DAR 105: B90–1 Erasmus Alvey Darwin Abinger Hall 25 Sept [1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter to E. A. Darwin, 20 September 1873 . Francis Darwin wished to give up his medical …
- … see letter to E. A. Darwin, 20 September 1873 ). Amy Ruck was Francis Darwin’s fiancée. …
From M. D. Conway 10 September [1873]
Summary
Comparative study of "ethnical scriptures" shows that natural selection has operated in the evolution of religion.
| Author: | Moncure Daniel Conway |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 220 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9049 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From M. D. Conway 10 September [1873] …
- … DAR 161: 220 Moncure Daniel Conway Bayswater 10 Sept [1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Descent 2d ed. , pp. 88–9 nn. 62 and 63. In 1873, Max Müller also published Introduction …
- … letter to M. D. Conway, 12 September [1873] ); it was probably section 424, drawn from a …
- … in the New York Tribune , 23 August 1873, p. 2. CD had argued that the evolution of the …
- … s philosophy of language’, in March and April 1873 ( Max Müller 1873a ). CD’s annotated …
- … see letter to Friedrich Max Müller, 3 July 1873 ), are in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection– …
To J. J. Weir 18 September [1873]
Summary
JJW is quite at liberty to use CD’s name as patron of cat show.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 18 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | Boston Medical Library in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine (B MS Misc.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8524 |
To W. W. Baxter 21 September [1873]
Summary
Requests 6 2oz bottles with corks. Folic acid produces remarkable effect. Orders hydriodic acid.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 21 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 136 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9061F |
From John Murray 23 September [1873]
Summary
Sends CD an account that has the novelty of having a balance against CD.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 436 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9064 |
From Gerard Krefft 6 September 1873
Summary
Proud of CD’s good opinion of him. He worked in a merchant’s office in Germany for many years. Emigrated to Australia as a gold-digger and took up natural history after he was 30.
| Author: | Johann Louis Gerard (Gerard) Krefft |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 120 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9044 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Gerard Krefft 6 September 1873 …
- … Louis Gerard (Gerard) Krefft Australian Museum, Sydney 6 Sept 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to Gerard Krefft, 17 February 1873 ). Krefft refers to his son Rudolf. Krefft …
- … Australian Museum Sydney Septbr 6/ 1873 Dear Mr Darwin I thank you for your last letter …
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| Airy, Hubert | (1) |
| Clark, Andrew | (1) |
| Conway, M. D. | (1) |
| Crichton-Browne, James | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (29) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Frankland, Edward | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Keen, W. W. | (1) |
| Krefft, Gerard | (1) |
| Masters, M. T. | (1) |
| Murray, John (b) | (2) |
| Wade, W. S. | (1) |
| Wood, S. V. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (21) |
| Baxter, W. W. | (4) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (3) |
| Frankland, Edward | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (50) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
| Frankland, Edward | (5) |
| Baxter, W. W. | (4) |
| Darwin, Francis | (4) |
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved …
- … A large portion of the letters Darwin received in 1873 were in response to The expression of the …
- … to have observed” ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] ). Drosera was the main focus of …
- … leaf & branch!” ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 ). Darwin found that the …
- … copy of the Handbook for the physiological laboratory (1873), a detailed guide to animal …
- … Darwin’s other main focus of botanical investigation in 1873 was cross- and self-fertilisation, work …
- … & correlated” ( letter to T. H. Farrer, 14 August 1873 ). Darwin worried, however, that …
- … when it will be ready” ( letter to John Murray, 4 May [1873] ). Keeping it in the family …
- … their burrows” ( letter from Francis Darwin, 14 August [1873] ). In September, Darwin …
- … will be created” ( letter to E. A. Darwin, 20 September 1873 ). Erasmus, who had studied medicine …
- … work” ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 25 September [1873] ). Shortly afterwards, it was arranged for …
- … 1872 and sold quickly. He wrote to Hooker on 12 January [1873] , “Did I ever boast to you on the …
- … anonymously in the Edinburgh Review in April ([Baynes] 1873). Darwin asked one of his Scottish …
- … before hand” ( letter to George Cupples, 28 April [1873] ). Readers' lives …
- … letter from L. M. Forster to H. E. Litchfield, 20 February 1873 ). The surgeon Francis Stephen …
- … ( letter to F. S. B. F. de Chaumont, 3 February [1873] ). Some readers proposed alternative …
- … that accompanied sexual intercourse? (letter from ?, [1873?]). The Scottish physician William Main …
- … with the reverse—” ( letter from William Main, 2 April 1873 ). The zoologist Henry Reeks suspected …
- … and good breeding ( letter from Henry Reeks, 3 March 1873 ). Robert Swinhoe wrote from Ning …
- … a second dose” ( letter from Robert Swinhoe, 26 March 1873 ). One of the leading …
- … the jaws” ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 April 1873 ). Crichton-Browne was trying …
- … the disease ( letter to James Crichton-Browne, 30 December 1873 ). Instinct In …
- … to its offspring ( letter from J. T. Moggridge, 1 February 1873 ). Darwin soon became …
- … shops ( letter to Nature , [before 13 February 1873] ). Huggins’s letter prompted replies from …
- … to Nature ( letter to Nature , [before 13 March 1873] ) about a horse who had pulled a mail …
- … with his finger ( letter to Nature , [before 3 April 1873] ). Moggridge suggested the …
- … fellow species” ( letter to Nature , [before 24 July 1873] ). Character and genius …
- … as “utopian” ( letter to Francis Galton, 4 January [1873] ). Continuing the line of research he …
- … money very well” ( letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ). Among character traits, he listed …
- … honest & industrious” ( letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ). Supporting science, …
- … father ( enclosure to letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 December 1873 ). In April, Darwin also …
All Darwin's letters from 1873 go online for the anniversary of Origin
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To celebrate the 158th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species on 24 November, the full transcripts and footnotes of over 500 letters from and to Charles Darwin in 1873 are now available online. Read about Darwin's life in 1873 through his…
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- … of over 500 letters from and to Charles Darwin in 1873 are now available online. We have also …
- … Here are some highlights from Darwin's correspondence in 1873: I do not think any …
- … in Drosera. ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 October [1873] ) In 1873, Darwin continued …
- … work to do ( Letter to E. A. Darwin, 20 September 1873 ) As well as working on …
- … of them sold! ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] ) Expression of the …
- … brother. ( Letter to T. H. Huxley, 23 April 1873 ) Darwin wrote this to Thomas …
- … and marvellous ( Letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ) Darwin was invited to …
Charles Harrison Blackley
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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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- … Darwin was very interested in hay fever. On 14 June [1873] he wrote to Blackley to thank him for …
- … Aestivus (hay-fever or hay-asthma). And on 5 July 1873 Darwin wrote again, saying: ‘The …
- … in every direction. (Letter to C. H. Blackley, 5 July [1873] ) Blackley wrote back …
- … regions of the atmosphere. Blackley wrote on 7 July 1873 that his high altitude experiments had …
- … remained elusive. He wrote to Darwin on 11 July 1873 : The problem of cure has still …
Cross and self fertilisation
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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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- … 5 December 1871 ). When Darwin began writing in February 1873, he asked Hooker for names of …
- … system to follow ( To J. D. Hooker, 17 February 1873 ). Despite also working on experiments with …
- … with this & get it published’ ( To Asa Gray, 11 March [1873] ). In April 1873, the …
- … Translators, Reviewers, &c.’ ( To John Murray, 4 May [1873] ). In reply to his German …
- … when it will be published’ ( To J. V. Carus, 8 May [1873] ). Hermann Müller also wrote from …
- … my further working’ ( From Hermann Müller, 10 June 1873 ). Darwin, in turn, had found Müller’s …
- … them by different routes’ ( To Hermann Müller, 30 May 1873 ). Although Darwin had completed a …
- … must turn to the vegetable kingdom’ In June 1873, Delpino informed Darwin that …
- … to avoid crossing ( From Federico Delpino, 18 June 1873 ). Darwin was intrigued. ‘I am very glad …
- … Bees’, he told Delpino ( To Federico Delpino, 25 June [1873] ). Darwin’s suspicion that sweet peas …
- … his crossing experiments through the early summer, by August 1873, Darwin decided to shift focus …
- … effects of Interbreeding’ ( To J. V. Carus, 2 August [1873] ). In September, Darwin wrote a …
- … conditions of life’ ( To Nature , 20 September [1873] ). Just as the free-swimming barnacle …
- … of their parents’ ( To Fritz Müller, 25 September 1873 ). But by March 1874, some doubts seemed to …
Your letter eternalized before us: From N. D. Doedes, 27 March 1873
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Geoff Belknap looks at his favourite set of letters between two Dutch student fans of Darwin and the photographs they exchanged with each other.
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- … Geoff Belknap looks at his favourite set of letters between two Dutch …
Frank Chance
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The Darwin archive not only contains letters, manuscript material, photographs, books and articles but also all sorts of small, dry specimens, mostly enclosed with letters. Many of these enclosures have become separated from the letters or lost altogether,…
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Darwin and religion: a definitive web resource
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I am aware that if we admit a first cause, the mind still craves to know whence it came and how it arose. Charles Darwin to N. D. Doedes, 2 April 1873 Darwin is more famous, and more notorious than ever. Nowhere is this more evident than in the…
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- … Charles Darwin to N. D. Doedes, 2 April 1873 Darwin is more famous, and more …
Francis Galton
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Galton was a naturalist, statistician, and evolutionary theorist. He was a second cousin of Darwin’s, having descended from his grandfather, Erasmus. Born in Birmingham in 1822, Galton studied medicine at King’s College, London, and also read mathematics…
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- … including photography, anthropometry, and fingerprinting. In 1873, he proposed founding a society to …
- … difficult to judge on these latter heads” ( 4 January [1873] ). Like most of his contemporaries, …
- … particular inherited talents, except for business ( 28 May 1873 ). Galton grew increasingly …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … Andrew Clark, whom he had been consulting since August 1873. Darwin had originally thought that …
- … had suggested a new edition of the coral book in December 1873, when he realised the difficulty a …
- … vol. 21, letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 17 December [1873] ). Darwin himself had some trouble …
- … of human evolution and inheritance himself. In August 1873, he had published in the Contemporary …
- … the use of the Down schoolroom as a winter reading room in 1873 (see Correspondence , vol. 21, …
- … ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 July [1874] ). In 1873, Hooker had begun a series of …
- … vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin, [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted several weeks in …
- … Moulinié, who had died after a period of ill health in 1873. Edmond Barbier corrected defects in …
- … was a copy of Joseph Simms’s book on physiognomy (Simms 1873), which contained Darwin’s portrait to …
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 8701 - Lubbock, E. F . to Darwin, [1873] Ellen Lubbock, wife of naturalist …
- … Letter 8989 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [28 July 1873] Mary Treat reports in detail on her …
- … Letter 8989 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [28 July 1873] Mary Treat provides a detailed …
- … 9156 - Wallace, A. R . to Darwin, [19 November 1873] Wallace reassures Darwin that …
- … 9157 - Darwin to Da rwin, G. H., [20 November 1873] Darwin offers the work of …
- … Letter 8719 - Darwin to Treat, M., [1 January 1873] Darwin gives Mary Treat close …
- … 9157 - Darwin to Da rwin, G. H., [20 November 1873] Darwin offers the work of …
Language: key letters
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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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- … 8962: Darwin, C. R. to Max Müller, Friedrich, 3 July 1873 In the 1870s, Darwin corresponded …
Francis Darwin
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Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished scientist. He was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, initially studying mathematics, but then transferring to natural sciences. Francis completed…
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- … work” (letter from E. A. Darwin, 25 September [1873] ). Shortly afterwards, it was arranged for …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … in different species of Gasteria , 7 December 1873 F. F. Hallett's rough sketch …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
4.23 Gegeef, 'Battle Field of Science'
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< Back to Introduction Another satirical print by ‘Gegeëf’, The Battle Field of Science and the Churches, is signed and dated 30 November 1873. It survives as a foldout plate in a twopenny journal, The Gauntlet, which, like Our National Church and…
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- … Science and the Churches , is signed and dated 30 November 1873. It survives as a foldout plate …
- … not to have progressed beyond its first issue of December 1873. A detached and damaged copy of The …
- … (pseudonym) date of creation 30 November 1873 computer-readable date 1873-11 …
- … references and bibliography The Gauntlet 1 (Dec. 1873). Warren R. Dawson, The Huxley Papers: …
2.6 Adolf von Hildebrand bust
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< Back to Introduction In 1873, the German biologist Anton Dohrn commissioned a plaster bust of Darwin for the ‘fresco room’ of his new research centre, the Stazione Zoologica in Naples. It was a fitting memorial of a long association between the two…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1873, the German biologist Anton Dohrn commissioned a …
- … on at least two occasions during the construction (1872–1873). Most of the money for the building …
- … saloon where Darwin’s bust was to be placed in 1873, together with a bust of Karl Ernst von Baer, …
- … image Adolf von Hildebrand date of creation 1873 computer-readable date …
- … ‘The Zoological Station at Naples’, Nature 8 (29 May 1873), p. 81. Thomas Huxley’s letter to …
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
Darwin's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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- … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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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…
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- … Weale, J.P.M. [Jan 1873] Bedford, Cape of Good Hope, …
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
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- … Letter 9005b - Darwin to Treat, M., [12 August 1873] Darwin thanks Treat for sending over …
