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Adam Sedgwick
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One of the early leaders of geology in Britain, Adam Sedgwick was born in the Yorkshire village of Dent in 1785. Attending Trinity College Cambridge, he was ordained as clergyman and in 1818 was appointed to the Woodwardian Chair of Geology, which offered…
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- … One of the early leaders of geology in Britain, Adam Sedgwick was born in the Yorkshire village of …
- … Despite having little prior knowledge of the subject, Sedgwick soon commenced fieldwork, offered …
- … gatherings. In the summer of 1831 Darwin accompanied Sedgwick on a tour of the older fossil-bearing …
- … and 'set him up wonderfully', as he told Henslow in a letter , 'Tell Prof: …
- … three weeks, than in pounding the NW mountains.' Darwin and Sedgwick continued to correspond in …
- … Darwin sent a copy of the first edition of Origin . Sedgwick had long battled against …
- … friendly letters. In 1870 they met for the last time, and Sedgwick took Darwin on a long tour of …
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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- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … immortality of Soul. amongst Ancients [Toland 1704] Adam Smith Moral Sentiments [A. Smith …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … June /41/ [Herschel 1841] I see I must study Whewell on Philosophy of Science [Whewell 1840] …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … 119: 4a] Lessings Laocoon [Lessing 1836] Whewell inductive History [Whewell 1837] …
- … 1807] 24 th Well Skimmed (for second time) Whewell’s Bridgewater Treatise [Whewell …
- … 1841]. 2 d . vols. —— 30 th . Smollets William & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— …
- … M rs . Meredith. N.S. Wales [Twamley 1844] —— Whewell on Education [Whewell 1845–52]. …
- … ] 12. Sedgwicks Discourse on Study of Univers [Sedgwick 1850] 28 Steenstrup on …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … [DAR *128: 149] Murray Geograph. Distrib. Price William & Norgate 2” 12” 6 [A. Murray …
- … Hind’s Solar System [Hind 1852] April 20 th William Humboldts letters [K. W. von Humboldt …
- … [R. H. Dana [1840] (good) Bertrams [Trollope 1859] & Adam Bede [Eliot 1859] (excellent) …
- … 7 Probably a reference to the private library of William Jackson Hooker and his son, Joseph …
- … In February 1882, however, after reading the introduction to William Ogle’s translation of Aristotle …
- … Notebooks ). 19 According to the DNB , William Herbert provided notes for both …
- … is presumably the date and number of the part containing William Pulteney Alison’s article which was …
- … of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
- … Eliot, George, pseud . (Marian Evans Cross). 1859. Adam Bede . 3 vols. Edinburgh. [Other …
- … . London. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection.] 119: 1a Sedgwick, Adam. 1850. A discourse on …
- … and conduct. London. 128: 27 Smith, Adam. 1759. The theory of moral sentiments. …
- … 7 vols. (Vol. 7: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith … Account of the life and …
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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- … in London and at the end of the year their first child, William Erasmus, was born. In September 1842 …
- … had been spread by the publication by J. S. Henslow and Adam Sedgwick of excerpts from his letters, …
- … This explanation of a “new Geological Power”, as William Buckland called it (in his referee’s report …
- … of the Beagle voyage. With the help of J. S. Henslow, William Whewell, and other prominent …
- … C. Babington; the Chalcididae by Francis Walker; spiders by Adam White; infusoria by C. G. Ehrenberg …
- … Towards the end of 1843, he increasingly hoped that William Jackson Hooker or his son Joseph might …
- … letters have suffered an even more severe loss. In a letter to Lyell’s sister-in-law, Katharine …
- … Henslow, Jenyns, Waterhouse, and his second cousin, William Darwin Fox—knew, as he said to Henslow, …
- … of fact . . . on the origin & variation of species” ( Letter to J. S. Henslow, [November 1839] …
- … that he had a sound solution to what J. F. W. Herschel in a letter to Lyell had called the ‘mystery …
- … about searching for evidence to support his hypothesis. In a letter to Lyell, [14] September [1838 …
- … selection preserved from this period are the exchanges with William Herbert, Dean of Manchester, a …
- … just the same, though I know what I am looking for' ( Letter to G. R. Waterhouse, [26 July …
- … there were no doubts as to how one ought to act’ ( Letter from Emma Darwin, [ c. February 1839] …
- … for several months (See Correspondence vol. 1, letter to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 , …
- … the correspondence about the vitality of seeds discovered by William Kemp of Galashiels in a …
- … sea-water. The letters about Kemp’s seeds and the William Herbert correspondence, which was …
- … notebook). See also Allan 1977, pp. 128–30). The letter, on ‘Double flowers’ to the …
