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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 wished …
- … used these notebooks extensively in dating and annotating Darwin’s letters; the full transcript …
- … *128). For clarity, the transcript does not record Darwin’s alterations. The spelling and …
- … book had been consulted. Those cases where it appears that Darwin made a genuine deletion have been …
- … a few instances, primarily in the ‘Books Read’ sections, Darwin recorded that a work had been …
- … of the books listed in the other two notebooks. Sometimes Darwin recorded that an abstract of the …
- … own. Soon after beginning his first reading notebook, Darwin began to separate the scientific …
- … 1819]. see p. 17 Note Book C. for reference to authors about E. Indian Islands 8 consult D r …
- … of variation in animals in the different isl ds of E Indian Archipelago— [DAR *119: 6v.] …
- … & Rev. W. Herbert.— notes to White Nat. Hist of Selbourne [E. T. Bennett ed. 1837 and [J. Rennie …
- … 2 vols. 8vo. avec 2 atlas 4to. ibid, 1818–23. £1 2 s [E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818–23] …
- … said to be Poor Sir. J. Edwards Botanical Tour [?J. E. Smith 1793] Fabricius (very old …
- … at Maer.— Lives of Kepler & Galileo. Drinkwater [J. E. Drinkwater] 1833]— Prof. …
- … 1841].— L d . Dudley’s Correspondence [Dudley 1844]. Hallam Constitut Hist: Hen VII …
- … on Aurochs [Weissenborn 1838] Smiths grammar [J. E. Smith 1821] & introduct of Botany [J. …
- … Hall’s voyage in the Nemesis to China [Bernard 1844]. The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] …
- … Observ. on Instinct [Etherington 1841–3]. Whittaker 1844. in Parts. cheap. 1.6 a part. 38 …
- … Jesses new Book. (April 44) on Nat. Hist [Jesse 1844] must be studied. J. Jarves “Scenes in …
- … Traite Elementair Palæontologie M. Pictet [Pictet 1844–5]— Forbes?? Waterhouse has it— 1844— read …
- … years 1838–1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York. [Abstract in DAR 71: 51–2.] …
- … years 1838–1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Philadelphia. [Abstract in DAR 205.3: …
- … ou, iconographie de toutes les espèces et variétés d’arbres, fruitiers cultivés dans cet …
- … sur la distribution géographique des animaux vertébrés, moins les oiseaux. Journal de Physique 94 …
- … Drury, Robert. 1729. Madagascar; or, Robert Drury’s journal, during fifteen years …
- … [Vols. 3 and 4 in Darwin Library.] 119: 3a Dugès, Antoine. 1832. Memoir sur la …
- … augmentée d’un grand nombre de fruits, les uns échappés aux recherches de Duhamel, les autres …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a …
- … The Archers , previously worked with us playing Charles Darwin in a dramatisation of the …
- … of a performance is available). This time Terry’s task was to bring some carefully selected …
- … Other female correspondents asked Darwin questions about the spiritual implications of his theories …
- … Kennard written on 9 January 1882 , only shortly before Darwin’s death, about the equality of …
- … from the youthful exuberance of the Beagle letters (e.g. letter to Caroline Darwin, 29 April …
- … in interpreting particular letters. How should one read Darwin’s politely worded rebuke to St G. J. …
- … he no longer believed in fixity of species [11 January 1844] ? And then there …
- … proofreading a draft chapter of Descent (letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). …
Natural Selection: the trouble with terminology Part I
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Darwin encountered problems with the term ‘natural selection’ even before Origin appeared. Everyone from the Harvard botanist Asa Gray to his own publisher came up with objections. Broadly these divided into concerns either that its meaning simply wasn’t…
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- … would make confusion worse confounded ( Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell 6 June [1860 …
- … was making the selection – precisely the implication Darwin was trying to avoid. By the time he was …
- … over many years. Much of the data that Darwin gathered to support the idea of species change …
- … by analogy with this practice of artificial selection that Darwin chose to name the adaptive process …
- … Natural Selection . With that letter to Gray, Darwin enclosed a brilliantly succinct …
- … for the good of each organic being’. It was Gray’s now missing response to that exposition …
- … of this enclosure to Gray , along with extracts from Darwin’s 1844 species essay , that was read …
- … of varieties and species by natural means of selection’ (Darwin and Wallace 1858). Overtaken …
- … not just for Origin , but for several other publications. Darwin enshrined its working title in …
- … as he had expected. ‘I am, also, sorry’ Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell, who had approached the …
- … Georg Bronn, working on a German translation of Origin , Darwin explained his thinking once again …
- … breeders. And in the second French edition, and at Darwin's insistence, ‘sélection’, a …
- … domestication & nature ’, other readers reinforced Gray’s original criticism that ‘natural …
- … instinct, as intellectual volition.’ And suggested that Darwin alter ‘some of the phrases which …
- … I must be a very bad explainer. ( Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 6 June [1860]) …
- … to: one correspondent suggested ‘ Natural Evolution ’; Darwin toyed with ‘Natural preservation’, …
- … varieties & would seem a truism; & would not bring man’s & nature’s selection under one …
- … preservation '. (There is now a hole in the letter where Darwin wrote 'natural …
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … activities for building and maintaining such connections. Darwin's networks extended from his …
- … when strong institutional structures were largely absent. Darwin had a small circle of scientific …
- … section contains two sets of letters. The first is between Darwin and his friend Kew botanist J. D. …
- … is like confessing a murder”. Letter 736 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 23 Feb [1844 …
- … of wide-ranging species to wide-ranging genera. Darwin and Gray Letter 1674 …
- … flora of the USA. He sends a list of plants from Gray’s Manual of botany [1848] and asks him to …
- … recalled meeting Darwin three years earlier at Hooker’s. Gray has filled up Darwin’s paper [see …
- … reform, Darwin opposes appending first describer’s name to specific name. Letter 1220 — …
- … relates personal matters. Hooker has received Darwin’s earlier letter [ 1202 ]. He thanks …
- … to Darwin and Lyell for Athenæum . He mentioned Darwin’s work on complemental males in barnacles …
- … Darwin took up a difficult group like barnacles. Darwin’s theories have progressed but Hooker is not …
- … He writes on Himalayan stratigraphy. He believes Hooker’s observations of glacial action are the …
- … impressed with variation. Here we see the effect of Darwin’s species sketch on Hooker’s view of …
- … . Letter 4260a — Darwin, C. R. to Becker, L. E., 2 Aug [1863] Darwin thanks Lydia …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
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- … List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in …
- … Died just a few months after the album was sent to Charles Darwin at the age of 53 …
- … Geologist, Economist an Darwinist. Corresponded with Darwin and translated The descent of Man in …
- … University. Leiden 16 July 1844 Heemstede 27 July 1903 …
- … Utrecht University. Utrecht March 1844 Leeuwarden 1920 …
- … Chemistry. Zierikzee 8 March 1844 Leiden 1897 …
Darwin’s observations on his children
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Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
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- … Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children,[1] began the research that …
- … is available below . As with much of his other work, Darwin gathered additional information on the …
- … lunatics, the blind, and animals. And as early as 1839 Darwin had begun to collect information on …
- … the expression of emotions. As the following transcript of Darwin’s notes reveals, he closely …
- … The tone of the manuscript reflects an aspect of Darwin’s character clearly perceived by Emma during …
- … “What does that prove”.’[6] For in these notes, Darwin’s deep scientific curiosity transcends his …
- … that on occasion he refers to William as ‘it’. Darwin possessed the ability to dissociate …
- … memories.[8] Yet, though the dissociation was essential for Darwin’s scientific goal, the notes here …
- … during this period but in far less detail. By September 1844, Henrietta Emma was one year old, and …
- … the record breaks off until January 1852, by which time the Darwin family had increased by five: …
- … the onset of frowning, smiling, etc., as was the focus of Darwin’s attention on William and Anne, …
- … until July 1856, when the observations ceased. Darwin’s later entries, like Emma’s, focus on the …
- … during first fortnight at sudden sounds. & at Emma’s moving 3 [11] When one month …
- … set him crying again He does not easily catch a person’s eye & is not easily attracted …
- … Anne’s weight Jan 20 the baby 3 weeks & 3 days …
- … possible unlike any other child I ever saw[55] Sep. 1844. Annie 3 years & ½ was looking …
- … Etruria pottery works. Emma Darwin visited there on 31 May 1844. [58] Betley Hall, home of …
- … books that she could recall encountering as a child (H. E. Litchfield papers, CUL). [60] …
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 …
- … the publication of the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle , for which he described the …
- … a family Busy as he was with scientific activities, Darwin found time to re-establish family …
- … close contact. In November 1838, two years after his return, Darwin became engaged to his cousin, …
- … touching in the concern they show for one another’s sensibilities. Early in 1839 the couple set up …
- … daughter, Anne Elizabeth, moved to Down House in Kent, where Darwin was to spend the rest of his …
- … his greatest theoretical achievement, the most important of Darwin’s activities during the years …
- … a result of thinking about the significance of John Gould’s and Richard Owen’s identifications of …
- … in species. With this new theoretical point of departure Darwin continued to make notes and explore …
- … present in the version of 1859. Young author Darwin’s investigation of the species …
- … the Beagle had returned to England, news of some of Darwin’s findings had been spread by the …
- … great excitement. The fuller account of the voyage and Darwin’s discoveries was therefore eagerly …
- … suitable categories for individual experts to work upon, Darwin applied himself to the revision of …
- … volume of the Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle. Darwin’s volume …
- … visited by H.M.S. Beagle . Also in November 1837, Darwin read the fourth of a series of papers to …
- … during the autumn of 1843, and Planariae, described in 1844. Another important specimen was the …
- … W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott 1836, 1841; J. D. Hooker 1844–7, 1845, 1846, 1853–5, and 1860). In …
- … true that, until he took J. D. Hooker into his confidence in 1844, Darwin does not appear to have …
- … to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 , and letter from R. E. Alison, 25 June 1835 ). Henry …
- … for Kemp, based on Kemp’s letters, and published in 1844 almost entirely as Darwin wrote it (see …
Controversy
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The best-known controversies over Darwinian theory took place in public or in printed reviews. Many of these were highly polemical, presenting an over-simplified picture of the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely…
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- … Disagreement & Respect | Conduct of Debate | Darwin & Wallace The best-known …
- … the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely variable. Many of …
- … was itself an important arena of debate, one that Darwin greatly preferred to the public sphere. …
- … and support sustained in spite of enduring differences. Darwin's correspondence can thus help …
- … Disagreement and Respect Darwin rarely engaged with critics publically. Letters exchanged …
- … Richard Owen, the eminent comparative anatomist, show how Darwin tried to manage strong disagreement …
- … were less severe, the relationship quickly deteriorated and Darwin came to regard him as a bitter …
- … of respect. Letter 2548 — Sedgwick, Adam to Darwin, C. R., 24 Nov 1859 Adam …
- … neither be proved nor disproved”. He says that Darwin’s “grand principle natural selection ” is …
- … of living species” and so could not regard Darwin’s attempt to demonstrate the nature of such …
- … Charles, [10 Dec 1859] Darwin discusses with King's College, London Professor of geology, …
- … he goes immense way with us”, but emphasises Owen’s unfriendly manner. Darwin remarks that Owen …
- … Owen, Richard, 13 Dec [1859] Darwin responds to Owen’s remarks that his book [ Origin ] is …
- … Harvard botanist Asa Gray. Darwin is annoyed at Owen’s malignity [ Edinburgh Rev. 111 (1860): 487 …
- … Letter 5500 — Darwin, C. R. to Haeckel, E. P. A., 12 Apr [1867] Darwin is sympathetic to …
- … the attacked person. Letter 5533 — Haeckel, E. P. A. to Darwin, C. R., 12 May 1867 …
- … of Origin [4th ed. (1866)]. He comments on Darwin’s criticism of the harsh tone of Generelle …
- … Darwin discusses his previous criticisms of Haeckel’s Generelle Morphologie . He fears Haeckel …
- … while at the same time wanting to acknowledge Wallace's contribution fully. The initial …
- … of Victorian science. Wallace would become one of Darwin's most valued correspondents and their …
- … Darwin writes to Lyell saying that everything in Wallace’s sketch also appears in his sketch of 1844 …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
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- … list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 …
- … University. Leiden 16 july 1844 Heemstede 27 july 1903 …
- … Utrecht University. Utrecht March 1844 Leeuwarden 1920 …
- … Chemistry. Zierikzee 8 march 1844 Leiden 1897 …
- … School. Deventer 05 june 1844 Rotterdam 12 september 1891 …
New material added to the American edition of Origin
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A ‘revised and augmented’ American edition of Origin came on the market in July 1860, and was the only authorised edition available in the US until 1873. It incorporated many of the changes Darwin made to the second English edition, but still contained…
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- … Introduction Soon after Origin was published, Darwin received a letter from Asa Gray …
- … book and to secure the author a share in possible profits. Darwin responded favourably to Gray’s …
- … an American Reprint; & could make, for my sake & Publisher’s, any arrangement for any profit …
- … the new Edit to be reprinted, & not the old.— Darwin was motivated by more than …
- … edition— and were preparing for distribution. Acting on Darwin’s behalf, Gray duly contacted D. …
- … States law to honour foreign copyright, they agreed to grant Darwin a share of the profits from …
- … preparing a new edition at some future date and asked Darwin to provide them with any changes he …
- … of species (two letters to Baden Powell, 18 January 1860), Darwin subsequently changed his mind. On …
- … espousing favourable views of the transmutation of species; Darwin sent this off to Gray enclosed in …
- … A month later, in his letter of 8 March [1860], Darwin sent Gray several more substantive …
- … Cottrell Watson in his letter of [3? January 1860]) that Darwin wanted inserted at the conclusion of …
- … published in March 1861 (see Freeman 1977, p. 83). As Gray’s biographer A. Hunter Dupree has noted, …
- … In 1843–44, Prof. Haldeman (in the Boston (U. S.) Journal of Nat. Hist., vol. iv., p. 468) has ably …
- … side of change. The Vestiges of Creation appeared in 1844. In the last or tenth and much …
- … animaux sauvages démontre déjà la variabilité limitée des espèces. Les expériences sur les …
- … cultivation; and the latter process he attributes to man’s power of selection. But he does not show …
- … of finality, ‘‘puissance mystérieuse, indéterminée; fatalité pour les uns; pour les autres, volonté …
- … de l’existence du monde, la forme, le volume et la durée de chacun d’eux, en raison de sa destinée …
- … Bromley, Kent, Feb. 1860 [Darwin’s response to early criticisms of the …
- … throughout the world. Hooker has recently shown that in the S. E. corner of Australia, where …
- … subject, for naturalists have not defined to each other’s satisfaction what is meant by an advance …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … Species theory In November 1845, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend and confidant Joseph …
- … and Fossil Cirripedia (1851, 1854). What led Darwin to engage in this work when he was …
- … group. Light is shed on the close relationship between Darwin’s systematic descriptive work and the …
- … often frustrating taxonomical maze. Throughout these years, Darwin was also struggling with a …
- … explained in detail in letters to friends and relatives, Darwin felt sufficiently restored in health …
- … Nevertheless, it is evident from his correspondence that Darwin’s two hours at the microscope did …
- … Phillips, and Daniel Sharpe, demonstrating the extent of Darwin’s continued involvement in …
- … and naturalists, most notably James Dwight Dana, Henry Darwin Rogers, and Bernhard Studer, and the …
- … In the midst of all this activity, Hooker responds to Darwin’s particular queries and sends …
- … Geology, and geological controversy Hooker’s letters illuminate the role of the British …
- … scientific work of naval officers and travellers in general. Darwin was asked by the editor, Sir …
- … to J. F. W. Herschel, 4 February [1848] ). Letters between Darwin and Richard Owen, author of the …
- … ( see letter to Richard Owen, [26 March 1848] ). Darwin’s chapter plainly calls on his Beagle …
- … blocked the valley. Darwin was much shaken by Milne’s evidence, especially as he realised that it …
- … asked for it to be destroyed. Only the draft of Darwin’s letter remains ( letter to the Scotsman …
- … found far from their native rock formations. Darwin’s explanation, originally suggested by Lyell, …
- … a great rush of water could carry them up hills. Darwin’s response was to explain such cases as a …
- … his Glen Roy argument—was later superseded by Agassiz’s glaciation theory. A third theme in …
- … Studer to visit him at Down and recommended Studer’s papers to others interested in the subject. …
- … intended that invertebrates be included in Zoology, but by 1844 it had become clear that the …
- … both had served ( Correspondence vol. 2, letters to H. E. Strickland). Darwin’s task was …
- … rule of priority for the sake of expedience ( letter to H. E. Strickland, [4 February 1849] ), but …
People featured in the German and Austrian photograph album
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Biographical details of people from the Habsburg Empire that appeared in the album of German and Austrian scientists sent to Darwin on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Johannes Mattes for providing these details and for permission to make his…
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- … in the album of German and Austrian scientists sent to Darwin on 12 February 1877. We are …
- … collection of plants and rare papers. F. Schmidt, S. Feiler: Franz Bartsch. Papiersammler …
- … Victor Vicomte de 1844– ca. 1897 Austrian/Mexican military officer …
- … p. 9. N.N.: Die Spielhölle in der Kärntnerstraße. In: Neues Wiener Blatt 270 (2 nd …
- … official ( Oberhüttenverwalter ) in Idrija. E. Tietze: Jahresbericht für 1912. In: …
- … Akademie in Vienna and published the books “Darwin und der Darwinismus” (1869) and “Leitfaden der …
- … Hoblhoff, Baron (Doblhoff-Dier, Josef von) 1844–1928 Traveler, writer and bureaucrat …
- … 1854–1925 Geographer As the son of Vienna’s chief constable, he studied geography at …
