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3.8 Leonard Darwin, interior photo

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< Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his father sitting on the verandah at Down House, also portrayed him as a melancholy philosopher. His head, brightly lit from above, emerges from the enveloping darkness; he…

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… < Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his father …
… is here an obvious relationship to Ouless’s painting of Darwin, and to the photographs taken by …
… on a boy’s mind?’ This was written as late as 1929, when Leonard was himself nearly eighty, but it …
… descriptions of him. At the same time, photographs of Darwin taken by his family and friends have an …
… Magazine. Desmond and Moore, in their biography of Darwin, captioned it ‘about 1874’, while …
… would need to have been early in that year. A letter which Leonard wrote to his father from Brompton …
… (unspecified, and now absent) might refer to the portrait of Darwin, although a pencilled note on …
… he took it in 1878. It was this photograph which Leonard himself sent to Anthony Rich, a …
… and illustrator, created a bold wood-engraved image of Darwin’s head and shoulders from Leonard ’s …
… this was for a wood engraving to illustrate an obituary of Darwin by Dr Otto Zacharias in the …
… A portrait photograph ‘on china from the negative by Leonard Darwin’, lent to the 1909 exhibition by …
… University Library   originator of image Leonard Darwin   date of creation …
… references and bibliography DAR 186.34 (DCP-LETT-11484), Leonard Darwin’s letter to his father, …

3.7 Leonard Darwin, photo on verandah

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< Back to Introduction Like the anonymous photograph of Darwin on horseback in front of Down House, Leonard Darwin’s photograph of him sitting in a wicker chair on the verandah was originally just a family memento. However, as Darwin’s high…

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… to Introduction Like the anonymous photograph of Darwin on horseback in front of Down …
… entered the public sphere. Thus a wood engraving of Leonard Darwin’s photograph featured in the …
… Alfred Russel Wallace’s article ‘The debt of science to Darwin’. Furthermore, Wallace’s article was …
… greenhouses and paths – as the essential context of Darwin’s hallowed endeavours: his ‘loving, …
… scatter of shapes seen through the drawing-room window in Leonard ’s photograph, giving a stronger …
… to the frontispiece and in his catalogue of portraits of Darwin, Francis Darwin tentatively dated …
… Julius Bryant. However, John van Wyhe proposes 1878, as Emma Darwin’s diary records that Leonard …
… and perhaps not entirely fortuitous resemblance between Leonard ’s photograph of his father and …
… all attention directed to the subject’s characterful head. Darwin sits in his habitual pose – hands …
… as the main source for Boehm’s commemorative portrayal of Darwin in the marble statue installed in …
… University of Turin. physical location Darwin archive, Cambridge University Library …
… Library   originator of image Leonard Darwin   date of creation not …
… Century Magazine , 25:3 (Jan. 1883), with a facsimile of Darwin’s signature, and signed by the …
… p. 19, no. 92; p. 23, no. 118. Janet Browne, Charles Darwin: The Power of Place: Volume II of a …

Leonard Jenyns

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When Darwin returned from the Beagle voyage there was no-one available to describe the fish that he had collected. At Darwin’s request Jenyns, a friend from Cambridge days, took on the challenge. It was not an easy one: at that time Jenyns had only worked…

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… first of John Stevens Henslow, and then of Leonard Jenyns, the vicar of Swaffham Bulbeck and Henslow …
… of his parish responsibilities. Both men then agreed that Darwin ‘in all respects, would be a fit …
… and the appointment confirmed’. Jenyns had known Darwin since he was an undergraduate at …
… drew them together. Jenyns noted that in those early days Darwin was ‘a most zealous Entomologist, …
… home. Indeed a friendly rivalry developed such that Darwin’s delight in seeing his name in print for …
… he had got one over on Jenyns, who noted rather soberly that Darwin ‘made a number of successful …
… neighbourhood’. Some of the beetles that were collected by Darwin when he was an undergraduate are …
… whole science of Biology as then conceived’. When Darwin returned from the voyage there was …
… Cambridge. He humorously commented that just the mention of Darwin’s name brought on a fishy smell. …
… which remain of lasting value for scientists. After Darwin’s return from the voyage of the …

3.9 Leonard Darwin, photo on horseback

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< Back to Introduction It is so rare to encounter an image of Darwin in a specific locale that a family photograph of him riding his horse Tommy takes on a special interest. He is at the front of Down House, the door of which is open; it seems as…

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… It is so rare to encounter an image of Darwin in a specific locale that a family photograph of him …
… evidently moved his head during the exposure. According to Darwin’s biographers, Desmond and Moore, …
… it was apparently not circulated outside the family during Darwin’s lifetime. When shown in the …
… The fact that the photograph was lent to the exhibition by Darwin’s son William suggested to Janet …
… and John van Wyhe state that the photograph was taken by Leonard Darwin, who often photographed his …
… of the race’. Henrietta recalled in Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, ‘My …
… on Tommy’s fate thereafter. It is known, however, that Darwin himself was very solicitous over the …
… pleasing traits in his character’. On his home turf, Darwin persuaded the RSPCA to prosecute a man …
… horses’ necks were ‘badly galled’, saying that he, Darwin, must and would intervene again, ‘for the …
… originator of image unknown: assumed to be Leonard Darwin   date of creation unknown (c …
… print   references and bibliography Darwin’s draft letter to a local farmer, c.1866, about …
… (London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1894), vol. 2, p. 124. Darwin Centenary: The Portraits, Prints …

Leonard Darwin born

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The Darwins' eighth child and fourth son, Leonard, is born

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… The Darwins' eighth child and fourth son, Leonard, is born …

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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… Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
… Octavian (3) Blomefield, Leonard (42) …
… Dareste, Camille (9) Darwin family (1) …
… Darwin, Horace (30) Darwin, Leonard (37) …
… Horner, K. M. (5) Horner, Leonard (13) …
… Jenyns, G. L. (1) Jenyns, Leonard (42) …
… Ruck, M. A. (2) Rudd, Leonard (2) …

Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists

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The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…

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… The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil …
… and dedicated: ‘Dem Reformator der Naturgeschichte Charles Darwin’ (to the reformer of natural …
… of zoology students at Jena. On receiving the album, Darwin wrote to Haeckel: The album …
… the right, and click on an entry to jump to the page. Darwin’s age was miscalculated by the …
… his 69th birthday, the start of his 70th year, but Darwin was only 68 in 1877. Despite this …
… On reading about the album in the journal Nature , one of Darwin's oldest friends Leonard …
… first laid before the scientific world.— ( Letter from Leonard Blomefield, 12 March 1877 ) …
… in. The comparative anatomist exchanged over 90 letters with Darwin and was Darwin's most vocal …
… Haeckel was not satisfied with the final album. He wrote to Darwin on 9 February 1877 : ‘what …
… is not larger and the production is not more splendid’. Darwin replied: ' The album contains …
… physicians, and philosophers some were known personally to Darwin through correspondence. Ludwig …
… , Oskar Schmidt , and Fritz Schultze had all sent Darwin their works. Carl du Prel had …
… on his lectures on the theories of descent and selection. Darwin later praised the drawings in the …
… with his wife Carolina. Eduard Koch took over as Darwin's German publisher in 1867 and …
… sent his observations on orchids and the oxslip for Darwin's work on Forms of flowers . …
… Kosmos , a German journal of natural history founded in Darwin's and Haeckel's honour, …
… Caspari and Gustav Jäger . Krause wrote an essay on Darwin's grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, …
… More contributors to the album became correspondents of Darwin after it had been produced, including …
… Julius Wiesner . Missing people Some of Darwin's German colleagues were missing …
… Victor Carus, who had translated most of Darwin's works into German, wrote that he had not sent …
… at Würzburg, Carl Gottfried Semper, who had disputed Darwin's theory of coral reefs, felt that …

The Voyage of the Beagle

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It was a letter from his friend and former teacher, John Stevens Henslow, that brought the 22-year-old Charles Darwin news of the offer of a place on board the Admiralty surveying vessel HMS Beagle on a voyage to chart the coast of South America. During…

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… Mineralogy and Botany, that brought the 22-year-old Charles Darwin news of the offer of a place on …
… Letters also helped build the networks of locals Darwin relied on during the months he spent …
… was even letters sent back to Henslow and published without Darwin's knowledge that first …
… for Robert FitzRoy , the Beagle 's captain. Darwin was not the first choice for the trip …
… the top of the list when first Henslow himself, and then Leonard Jenyns , were forced to turn the …
… did not arrive back in England until 2 October 1836. Darwin later wrote that his education ‘ …

Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots

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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…

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… There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts …
… 27 of the print edition of The correspondence of Charles Darwin , published by Cambridge …
… to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an …
… the sensitivity of the tips. Despite this breakthrough, when Darwin first mentioned the book to his …
… 1879 ). He was also unsatisfied with his account of Erasmus Darwin, declaring, ‘My little biography …
… a holiday in the Lake District in August did little to raise Darwin’s spirits. ‘I wish that my …
… W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [after 26] July [1879] ). From July, Darwin had an additional worry: the …
… that his grandfather had felt the same way. In 1792, Erasmus Darwin had written: ‘The worst thing I …
… contained a warmer note and the promise of future happiness: Darwin learned he was to be visited by …
… Hacon, 31 December 1879 ). Seventy years old Darwin’s seventieth birthday on 12 …
… the veteran of Modern Zoology’, but it was in Germany that Darwin was most fêted. A German …
… ). The masters of Greiz College in Thuringia venerated Darwin as ‘the deep thinker’, while …
… accepted in Germany. ‘On this festive day’, Haeckel told Darwin, ‘you can look back, with justified …
… Hermann Müller wrote on 12 February to wish Darwin a ‘long and serene evening of life’. This …
… on the theory of development in connection with Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel. Kosmos was, as …
… it ‘very dull,—almost too dull to publish’, while Leonard Darwin considered that insufficient …
… ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and letter from Leonard Darwin, [before 12 July] 1879 …
… Darwin found the inn ‘ very comfortable’, but told Leonard Darwin on 12 August that there …

Darwin’s Photographic Portraits

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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…

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… Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of …
… portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that Darwin undertook throughout his lifetime …
… was jokingly lamenting his role as an intermediary for Darwin and his correspondents from around the …
… of friends and relatives was not a pursuit unique to Darwin (the exchange of photographic images was …
… reinforced his experimental and scientific network. Darwin’s Portraits Darwin sat for …
… famous photographers to studio portraitists looking to sell Darwin’s image to the masses. Between …
… in nineteenth-century photography. Darwin’s first photo-chemical experience …
… This particular daguerreotype is unique in terms of Darwin’s collection of photographs – it is the …
… exchanged, but rather was an object of display placed on a Darwin family mantlepiece. The image …
… in London and made at least four different exposures of Darwin between 1853 and 1857. They …
… Tommy. The man behind the camera was Darwin’s younger son, Leonard Darwin, who, six years later, …
… Image: Charles Darwin on his horse ‘Tommy’, 1868, Leonard Darwin, Dar 225:116, ©Cambridge University …
… and Fry return to make his carte , he asked his son, Leonard , to produce a more private image. …
… was also made as a memento for both Darwin and for Leonard . Leonard was soon to depart on his long …
… a postman’s bag. Image: Charles Darwin, 1878, Leonard Darwin, Dar 225:119, ©Cambridge …
… but well-kept garden. It was on this new veranda that Leonard took another portrait of his father, …

Casting about: Darwin on worms

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Earthworms were the subject of a citizen science project to map the distribution of earthworms across Britain (BBC Today programme, 26 May 2014). The general understanding of the role earthworms play in improving soils and providing nutrients for plants to…

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… for plants to flourish can be traced back to the last book Darwin wrote, snappily-titled The …
… on their habits, which was published in 1881. Despite Darwin’s fears that a book on earthworms might …
… out in his Natural History of Selborne of 1789 (a book Darwin claimed had ‘much influence on my …
… a new field in natural history, and almost a century later Darwin argued that all fields had passed …
… variety of strange things he persuaded people to do. Darwin concluded that worms had no sense …
… a metal whistle and to being shouted at, but also to Francis Darwin playing the bassoon, and to Emma …
… whether worms possessed the power to lift a pavement. Leonard and George made calculations about …
… realising that this negative evidence was also valuable to Darwin. Thomas Henry Farrer , …
… existence of worms at that altitude. By the 1870s, Darwin was also drawing on the work of …
… him. Soon worm excrement was trusted to postal services, and Darwin acquired casts from India and …
… observations he had gathered to write a book on the subject. Darwin brought to the topic the …
… bigger souls than anyone wd suppose’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 31 January [1881] (CUL DAR 210.6: …

Dramatisation script

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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007

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… Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig …
… as the creator of this dramatisation, and that of the Darwin Correspondence Project to be identified …
… correspondence or published writings of Asa Gray, Charles Darwin, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Jane Loring …
… Actor 1 – Asa Gray Actor 2 – Charles Darwin Actor 3 – In the dress of a modern day …
… Agassiz, Adam Sedgwick, A Friend of John Stuart Mill, Emma Darwin, Horace Darwin… and acts as a sort …
… the play unfolds and acting as a go-between between Gray and Darwin, and between the audience and …
… this, he sends out copies of his Review of the Life of Darwin. At this time in his life, Asa …
… friends in England, copies of his ‘Review of the Life of Darwin’… pencilling the address so that it …
… Joseph D Hooker GRAY: 3 Charles Darwin… made his home on the border of the little …
… are kept in check by a constitutional weakness. DARWIN: A plain but comfortable brick …
… by every blessing except that of vigorous health… DARWIN: 4 My confounded stomach …
… pursuits and the simplicity of his character. DARWIN: 5 I am allowed to work now …
… own house, where he was the most charming of hosts. DARWIN: 6 My life goes on …
… being a part of [an unpublished] manuscript. Darwin settles down to write. His tone is …
… THE CONCURRENCE OF BOTANISTS: 1855 In which Darwin initiates a long-running correspondence …
… gossip about difficult colleagues (Agassiz). Gray realizes Darwin is not revealing all of his …
… man, more formally attired and lighter on his feet than Darwin. He has many more demands on his time …
… catches his attention. He opens the letter. DARWIN: 8 April 25 th 1855. My …
… filled up the paper you sent me as well as I could. DARWIN: 10 My dear Dr Gray. I …
… is condensed in that little sheet of note-paper! DARWIN: 11 My dear Hooker… What …
… surprising good. GRAY: 12 My dear Mr Darwin, I rejoice in furnishing facts to …
… of the sort to the advancement of science… DARWIN: 13 I hope… before [the] end of …
… reasonably expect… Yours most sincerely Asa Gray. DARWIN: 16 My dear Gray… Your …
… Journal, as a nut for [Professor] Agassiz to crack. Darwin and Gray share a joke at the …
… In which Gray, while continuing to provide stamps for Leonard Darwin’s collection, fails to be …

Insectivorous plants

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Darwin’s work on insectivorous plants began by accident. While on holiday in the summer of 1860, staying with his wife’s relatives in Hartfield, Sussex, he went for long walks on the heathland and became curious about the large number of insects caught by…

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… Darwin’s work on insectivorous plants began by accident. While on holiday in …
… illness, probably typhoid fever. While caring for Etty, Darwin’s wife Emma wrote to a friend: …
… he hopes to end in proving it to be an animal.’ ( Emma Darwin 2: 177) By the end of August …
… In this song the lyrics are based on Darwin's statements about insectivorous plants in his …
… exchanging over twenty letters in the autumn of 1860 alone. Darwin started by asking Oliver to …
… as the Australian Drosera , and tried to reproduce Darwin’s results on the reaction of …
… certain nitrogenous compounds is marvellous. ’ Darwin turned his attention to the mechanism …
… viscid, dark red fluid. ’ By the end of November Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell: ‘ I will …
… of the Royal Society in February 1861 (Bonney 1919, p. 154), Darwin decided not to publish his …
… in Bournemouth in September 1862 for the sake of his son Leonard ’s and wife’s recovery from …
… analogous in constitution & function to nervous matter. ’ Darwin wrote to the surveyor Edward …
… plants for 10 years. Early in 1872, Asa Gray reminded Darwin ‘ pray don’t run off on some …
… about Drosera & Dionæa ’. By August and September, Darwin was ordering essential oils and …
… New Jersey with these remarkable observations and Darwin asked her to observe the North …
… sundew) . As part of his medical training, Darwin’s son Francis studied histology at the …
… performing comparative experiments on animals. After Darwin had sent Burdon Sanderson an abstract of …
… was so pleased with his results he excitedly telegraphed Darwin and presented them in paper to …
… Brown Institution’s staff, Thomas Lauder Brunton, assisted Darwin with the digestibility of chondrin …
… of Chemistry Edward Frankland supplied pure chemicals for Darwin’s study of digestion and …
… substance . After many careful experiments, in May 1874 Darwin proudly reported to his cousin …
… (the genus of tropical pitcher-plants) in parallel with Darwin’s study of Drosera and Dionaea …
… as your finger nail in 48 hours to lovely jelly ’, while Darwin could only reply: ‘ Poor Drosera …
… almost beyond their digestive power— ‘ Most of Darwin’s experimental work was on Drosera …
… , of all the other insectivorous plants he worked on, Darwin spent the most time studying …

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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… 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working …
… dispute over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second …
… and traveller Alexander von Humboldt’s 105th birthday, Darwin obliged with a reflection on his debt …
… ). The death of a Cambridge friend, Albert Way, caused Darwin’s cousin, William Darwin Fox, to …
… from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such reminiscences led Darwin to the self-assessment, ‘as for one …
… I feel very old & helpless The year started for Darwin with a week’s visit to …
… Andrew Clark, whom he had been consulting since August 1873. Darwin had originally thought that …
… ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor health so frequently in …
… 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and sceptics Darwin excused himself for reasons of …
… by George Henry Lewes and Marian Evans (George Eliot), but Darwin excused himself, finding it too …
… the month, another Williams séance was held at the home of Darwin’s cousin Hensleigh Wedgwood. Those …
… imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin agreed that it was ‘all imposture’ …
… stop word getting to America of the ‘strange news’ that Darwin had allowed ‘a spirit séance’ at his …
… the first three months of the year and, like many of Darwin’s enterprises in the 1870s, were family …
… 21, letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 17 December [1873] ). Darwin himself had some trouble in …
… and letter to Charles Lyell, [13 January 1874] ). Darwin blamed his illness for the …
… . In his preface ( Coral reefs 2d ed., pp. v–vii), Darwin reasserted the priority of his work. …
… for the absence of coral-reefs in certain locations. Darwin countered with the facts that low …
… whole coastline of a large island. Dana also thought that Darwin had seen fringing reefs as proof of …
… in sympathy: ‘If anybody tries that on with my boy Leonard the old wolf will shew all the fangs he …
… [1874] ). At the end of June, Darwin’s fourth son, Leonard , who had joined the Royal …
… son of the Astronomer Royal, George Biddell Airy, to help Leonard gain the commission ( …
… took twelve weeks aboard the immigrant ship Merope . Leonard joined a colourful collection of …
… son Francis married Amy Ruck, the sister of a friend of Leonard Darwin’s in the Royal Engineers, on …

Dining at Down House

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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…

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… Questions | Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life …
… chance for what share of happiness this world affords." ( Darwin to H.W. Bates , 26 …
… and they partook in his scientific endeavours. One of Darwin's defining characteristics …
… through his correspondence. Letters written to and from Darwin, as well as those exchanged between …
… provides into the bright and engaging personalities of the Darwin children and of family life in the …
… SOURCES Book Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species . 1859. London: John …
… Dining at Down House Letter 259 —Charles Darwin to Caroline Darwin, 13 October …
… South American cities, cultures, geography, flora and fauna) Darwin complains to his sister Caroline …
… while ill. Letter 465 —Emma Wedgwood (Emma Darwin) to Charles Darwin, [30 December 1838] …
… agreeable” for her sake. Letter 3626 —Emma Darwin to T. G. Appleton, 28 June [1862] …
… behalf to his American publisher, T. G. Appleton. Darwin, who is too ill to write himself, wishes to …
… cod liver oil and moderate work, among other things, for Darwin’s complaints. Emma Darwin …
… suffers a bout of “rocking & giddiness”. Emma Darwin to Henrietta Darwin, [5 September …
… and is “absolutely gloating over puddings”. Leonard Darwin to George Darwin, 8 February …

Darwin and working from home

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Ever wondered how Darwin worked? As part of our For the Curious series of simple interactives, ‘Darwin working from home’ lets you explore objects from Darwin’s study and garden at Down House to learn how he worked and what he had to say about it. And not…

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… fixed on the spot where I shall end it . Charles Darwin to Robert FitzRoy, 1 October 1846 …
… collaboration of his family. ► Darwin's Study Explore Darwin& …
… is the study that can be seen at Down House today. Darwin's daily routine …
… 6 pm Rested again in bedroom with ED [Emma Darwin] reading aloud. 7 …
… him. Account summarised in Charles Darwin: A Companion by R.B. Freeman, …

Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions

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Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...

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… Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive …

Emma Darwin

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Emma Darwin, Charles Darwin's wife and first cousin, was born Emma Wedgwood, the eighth and youngest child of Josiah Wedgwood II and Bessy Allen. Her father was the eldest son of the famous pottery manufacturer, Josiah Wedgwood I. Her mother was one…

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… Emma Darwin, Charles Darwin's wife and first cousin, was born Emma Wedgwood, the eighth and …
… father's eldest sister, Susannah, had married Robert Waring Darwin of Shrewsbury, and had six …
… (Mary, Henrietta Emma, George Howard, Elizabeth, Francis, Leonard, Horace, and Charles Waring). Two …
… home. A great deal of her correspondence survives in the Darwin Archive–CUL, along with her …

Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network

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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…

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… results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but throughout these …
… species and varieties. In contrast to the received image of Darwin as a recluse in Down, the letters …
… Down House was altered and extended to accommodate Darwin’s growing family and the many relatives …
… The geological publications In these years, Darwin published two books on geology, Volcanic …
… papers for all these organisations. Between 1844 and 1846 Darwin himself wrote ten papers, six of …
… 2, letter to A. Y. Spearman, 9 October 1843, n. 1). Darwin's inner circle: first …
… not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable Darwin’s earlier scientific friendships …
… Lyell, George Robert Waterhouse, John Stevens Henslow, Leonard Horner, Leonard Jenyns, Edward Forbes …
… scientific issues that arose out of his work on species. Darwin discussed his ideas on species …
… Only two months after their first exchange, early in 1844, Darwin told Hooker that he was engaged in …
… correspondence that his close friends were not outraged by Darwin’s heterodox opinions and later in …
… But although eager for the views of informed colleagues, Darwin was naturally protective of his …
… vol. 4, letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 [February 1847]). Darwin can be seen as a cautious strategist, …
… candidate, known to be working on species and varieties, was Darwin himself: as he told his cousin …
… the book to him. But, as his letters to Hooker show, Darwin carefully considered and then rejected …
… Perhaps the most interesting letter relating to Darwin’s species theory, which also bears on his …
… to his wife Emma, dated 5 July 1844 , just after Darwin had completed the final draft of his …
… who would undertake to see the work through the press. Darwin also listed possible editors: at first …
… on the work. But the list was subsequently altered after Darwin’s second, and possibly third, …
… Hooker’s was added. Much later, by the autumn of 1854 when Darwin began sorting out his notes in …
… the cover to that effect. The full consideration that Darwin gave to the future editing and …
… he was for much of the time too ill even to write letters, Darwin felt that his life was only too …
… in his health. Volcanoes, rocks, and fossils Darwin’s published work during this …
… elevation of extensive tracts of land relative to the sea. Darwin put forward a new explanation of …
… which formed the basis of discussions with Charles Lyell and Leonard Horner in letters in this …

1.15 Albert Goodwin, watercolour

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< Back to Introduction In 1880 the watercolourist Albert Goodwin was apparently invited to Down to produce that rare thing – a portrait of Darwin with members of his family. As Henrietta Litchfield, Darwin’s daughter, explained when she reproduced it…

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… invited to Down to produce that rare thing – a portrait of Darwin with members of his family. As …
… for a biography’, that, after she married and left Down, Darwin had adopted her dog Polly, and …
… on the garden side of Down House evidently became one of Darwin’s favourite places, as his decline …
… beds of flowers in bloom, the sunny sky and flocks of birds. Darwin’s children had particularly fond …
… these recollections. The work belonged to Horace Darwin, Darwin’s youngest surviving son, …
… watercolour of ‘The House at Down’, which belonged to Leonard Darwin. Though evidently intended as …
… of life at Down that were purveyed to the public after Darwin’s death. Many photographs were taken …
… by Alfred Parsons also depicted these places, especially Darwin’s favourite haunts: now poignantly …
… 1882, to accompany an article by Alfred Russel Wallace on Darwin’s scientific achievements, and a …
… London News in 1887 for an article headed ‘The late Mr. Darwin’ (see separate catalogue entry). …
… of incident, and grasp of topography evidently appealed to Darwin himself, as the family had already …
… in the drawing room at Down, and escaped the criticism which Darwin directed at much of the fine art …
… Alfred Russel Wallace , ‘The debt of science to Darwin’, Century Magazine , 25 (Nov. 1882 – …
… 1909), p. 5, nos. 16 and 17. Henrietta Litchfield, Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters 1792 …
… for a biography’, Cambridge University Library, Darwin archive, DAR 262.23: 1. Leonard Darwin, …

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