To F. T. Köppen 18 November 1874
Summary
Thanks FTK for telling him of Jahn’s work [see 9719], of which CD had not heard. It would have been of greatest use in writing Descent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friedrich Theodor Köppen (Fedor Petrovich Keppen) |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1874 |
| Classmark: | Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg branch: SPBB ARAS (Fond 92. Register 1. Folder 112. P. 3, 3 r) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9722 |
From J. V. Carus 18 November 1874
Summary
An omission in a bibliographical note in Descent [2d English ed.].
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9723 |
To G. H. Darwin 18 November [1874]
Summary
Sends Murray’s report of November sales of CD’s books. "I am well content."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Nov [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9724 |
| letter | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Köppen, F. T. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Carus, J. V. | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Köppen, F. T. | (1) |
Darwin & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…
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- … Walk in Darwin’s footsteps: Click this link to download a field guide to Glen Roy written …
Climbing plants
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Darwin’s book Climbing plants was published in 1865, but its gestation began much earlier. The start of Darwin’s work on the topic lay in his need, owing to severe bouts of illness in himself and his family, for diversions away from his much harder book on…
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- … Darwin’s book Climbing plants was published in 1865, but its gestation began much earlier. The …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July …
