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3.10 Ernest Edwards, 'Men of Eminence'

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< Back to Introduction In 1865 Darwin was invited to feature in another series of published photographs, Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art, with Biographical Memoirs . . . The Photographs from Life by Ernest Edwards, B.A.…

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  • been launched by Lovell Augustus Reeve in 1863, but by 1865 Edward Walford had taken over as editor, …
  • in the scale of the tipped-in photographs. Darwin wrote to Walford, probably in the spring of 1865, …
  • … ‘factshaving been supplied by Darwin himself. Walfords text, while acknowledging the
  • and his long crossed legs, but this was actually used in Walfords Representative Men of 1868.   …
  • Erasmus had seen at this stage: the group from which Walford selected the one actually used in Men
  • references and bibliography Letter from Darwin to Edward Walford, 22 [Jan. – April 1865?], (DCP
  • text of Men of Eminence , 3 May [1866], (DCP-LETT-5524). Edward Walford (ed.), Portraits of Men

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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  • … Atkin, J. R. (1) Atkinson, Edward (4) …
  • … A. D. (15) Bartlett, Edward (6) …
  • … Blyth, E. K. (1) Blyth, Edward (64) …
  • … Thomas (2) Bradford, Edward (1) …
  • … Carden, Robert (1) Cardwell, Edward (4) …
  • … Crawte, G. F. (1) Cresy, Edward (1) …
  • … Emery, Woodward (1) Enfield, Edward (1) …
  • … Forbes, David (13) Forbes, Edward (10) …
  • … George (1) Frankland, Edward (44) …
  • … Fry, C. E. (1) Fry, Edward (1) Fry, …
  • … Harris, C. (1) Harris, Edward (1) …
  • … Hewett, Joseph (1) Hewitt, Edward (4) …
  • … Charles (1) Hitchcock, Edward (1) …
  • … Holder, J. B. (1) Holland, Edward (2) …
  • … William (2) Horsman, Edward (1) …
  • … Jones, A. H. (2) Jones, Edward (1) …
  • … Ludwig, Rudolph (1) Lumb, Edward (4) …
  • … Samuel (6) Newman, Edward (1) Newman …
  • … Charles (1) Nicholson, Edward (1) …
  • … Charlotte (1) Parfitt, Edward (2) …
  • … Sabine, E. J. (1) Sabine, Edward (9) …
  • … Stanley, E. H. (4) Stanley, Edward (1) …
  • … Vines, S. H. (9) Vivian, Edward (2) …
  • … Wagner, Moritz (2) Walford, Edward (2) …
  • … Wilson, E. B. (2) Wilson, Edward (8) …

3.13 Edwards 'Representative Men'

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< Back to Introduction A sequel to Portraits of Men of Eminence appeared in 1868, published by the London firm of Alfred William Bennett and again edited by Edward Walford. It was titled Representative Men in Literature, Science, and Art. The…

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  • … London firm of Alfred William Bennett and again edited by Edward Walford. It was titled …

3.15 George Charles Wallich, photo

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< Back to Introduction In the years around 1868–1871, when professional photographers competed for sittings with Darwin, a doctor called George Charles Wallich approached him with a similar request. Wallich was planning to publish a set of his own…

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  • as Eminent Men of the Day. This was clearly patterned on Edward Walfords Portraits of Men of

Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of  Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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  • … a biographical sketch in a volume edited by Lovell Reeve and Edward Walford,  Portraits of men of …
  • … migration by means of continental extension, as proposed by Edward Forbes and others. He favoured …
  • … lobby for the criminal prosecution of the colonial governor Edward John Eyre. In his efforts to …