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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,…

Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … contempt of me. I feel convinced it is by Owen’. John Edward Gray, a colleague of Richard Owen’s in …
- … to throw off thick dictionaries by flexing. On 5 April , Edward Blyth, who had supplied Darwin …
- … Harrison Weir, 28 March 1868 ). Writing on the same day, Edward Hewitt reported that female …
- … in Japan ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 September 1868 ); Edward Wilson, a neighbour of Darwin’s, …
- … sacrificed to Public life.’ Farrer replied: ‘You don’t know how kind I think your note. This …
- … for the philosophy of the future.’ Further afield, Edward Wilson remarked on 14 October …
- … life time— I am preparing to go into opposition— I can’t stand it’. Diplomas and honorary …