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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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  • … Bond, Frederick (2) Boner, Charles (5) …
  • … Edward (1) Bradlaugh, Charles (2) …
  • … Brayley, E. W. (1) Breese, Charles (1) …
  • … Samuel (b) (14) Buxton, Charles (2) …
  • … Chapman, John (4) Charles, R. F. (2) …
  • … Crawfurd, John (3) Crawley, Charles (2) …
  • … Virginius (3) Dallas, Charles (1) …
  • … Dixie, Florence (3) Dixon, Charles (1) …
  • … Lydekker, R. (1) Lyell, Charles (277) …

Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies

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The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…

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  • … , he had before thought wereunmeaning variability’ (p. 128). Darwin often expressed how much more
  • notably his faithfulbarometerof scientific opinion, Charles Lyell ( see letter to Charles Lyell
  • the fifth edition of his  System of logic  (Mill 1862, p. 18 n.). Later in the summer Fawcett
  • triumph in explaining adaptations’ (Bowler 1983, p. 29). Darwin suggested that Bates write a
  • like Cuthbert Collingwood and laymen such as the physician Charles Robert Bree and the Scottish
  • for effecting cross-pollination (see Autobiography , p. 133). Having observed orchids
  • and poultry. As he frequently admitted to friends such as Charles Lyell and interested supporters
  • prominently in the correspondence of 1861. Here, it was Charles Lyell who continued to act as Darwin
  • subsidence, and glaciation in Europe. Through his letters, Lyell involved Darwin in his
  • he had published a major paper twenty years earlier. Both Lyell and Darwin encouraged the young
  • the marine theory proposed by Darwin and since propounded by Lyell. Despite his belief that Jamieson
  • had beenone long gigantic blunder’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 September [1861] ). The
  • network in support of his son. On 1 August he wrote to Charles Lyell to ask whether he could suggest
  • His old and established friendsHooker, Gray, Huxley, and Lyellcontinued to support his doctrines, …
  • of the theories set forth in  Origin  ( see letter to P. L. Sclater, 12 [March 1861] ). …

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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  • at Erasmuss house. The event was led by the medium Charles E. Williams, and was attended by George
  • friend Joseph Dalton Hooker, and finally borrowed one from Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder
  • that the land had long remained stationary ( Coral reefs , p. vi). On receiving a presentation
  • retract his criticism in his own second edition (Dana 1875, p. 274). Descent
  • number of new facts and remarks’ ( Descent  2d ed., p. v). Among the many contributors was
  • practices might influence sex ratios ( Descent  2d ed., p. 258 n. 99). The former bishop of
  • at a much reduced price of nine shillings, in line with Charles Lyells  Students elements of
  • and as displayingamazing ignorance’ ([Mivart] 1874b, p. 45). He also circuitously implicated
  • sexual criminality of Pagan days’ ([Mivart] 1874b, p. 70). 'scurrilous libel' …
  • written before (see Correspondence vol. 22, Appendix V, p. 641).  give him the cold
  • … & yours’ (see Correspondence vol. 22appendix V, p. 644). In his dealings
  • with extracts from a dogs stomach ( letter from T. L. Brunton, 28 February 1874 ), and Edward
  • the face, with a physiological explanation ( letter from T. L. Brunton, [29] October [1874] ). …
  • appeal for funds, raising £860 ( Circular to John Lubbock, P. L. Sclater, Charles Lyell, W. B. …
  • Sharpe, 24 November [1874] ).  He wrote in admiration of Charles Lyells plan to leave a bequest to
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences ( see letter to J. P. Cooke, 20 February 1874 ), and
  • of the English editions. Darwins French publisher, Charles Reinwald, engaged new translators to
  • connotations of both Huxleys and Tyndalls addresses, Charles Lyell, who had spent his career
  • may be fairly said to have had an ovation’ ( letter from Charles Lyell, 1 September 1874 ). …

Who we were

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Many people have contributed to the Darwin Correspondence Project since it was first founded in 1974. Some names are now lost to us, and we would appreciate hearing from anyone who has contributed in the past and is not listed here. The final staff of…

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  • … 1986) and editions of the works of Mary Somerville, Charles Lyell, and Robert Chambers. Victorian …
  • … and edited a companion book, A Voyage Round the World: Charles Darwin and the Beagle Collections …
  • … for the production of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin volumes, including in-house …