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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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- … writings of Asa Gray, Charles Darwin, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Jane Loring Gray Louis Agassiz, Adam …
- … this actor uses the words of Jane Loring Gray, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Hugh Falconer, Louis Agassiz, …
- … of natural selection to his friend, the botanist, Joseph D Hooker GRAY: 3 Charles …
- … year 1839, and copied and communicated to Messrs Lyell and Hooker in 1844, being a part of …
- … DARWIN: 7 January 1844. My dear Hooker. I have been …engaged in a very presumptuous work …
- … to various ends. THE CONCURRENCE OF BOTANISTS: 1855 In which Darwin initiates a long …
- … the letter. DARWIN: 8 April 25 th 1855. My dear [Dr Gray]. I hope you will …
- … ‘Arct. Asia’… GRAY: 9 May 22 nd 1855. Harvard University. My Dear Sir, I …
- … sheet of note-paper! DARWIN: 11 My dear Hooker… What a remarkably nice and kind …
- … 22 Hurrah I got yesterday my 41st Grass! Hooker is younger than Darwin and Gray by …
- … species before… DARWIN: 24 My dear Hooker… you cannot imagine how pleased I am …
- … on your bowels of immutability. Darwin passes to Hooker a brace of letters 25 …
- … there is a little rap for you. GRAY: 26 Hooker [is] dreadfully paradoxical to …
- … as well as any man. I send it… Darwin passes to Hooker an envelope of seeds. …
- … and Hawks have often been seen in mid Atlantic. HOOKER: 28 Thanks for your letter …
- … pleased to have. DARWIN: 33 My dear Hooker. Thanks, also, for [your] Photograph, …
- … JANUARY 1844 8 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 25 APRIL 1855 9 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, …
- … 24 AUGUST 1856 17 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 8 JUNE 1855 18 C DARWIN TO A …
- … 1857 22 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, 18 JULY 1855 23 JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, …
- … C DARWIN, 18–19 AUGUST 1862 149 C DARWIN TO J. D. HOOKER 26 JULY 1863 150 …
Darwin and Down
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Charles and Emma Darwin, with their first two children, settled at Down House in the village of Down (later ‘Downe’) in Kent, as a young family in 1842. The house came with eighteen acres of land, and a fifteen acre meadow. The village combined the…
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … purposes’ (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1862] , and …
- … for his botanical work, at Down House since the winter of 1855–6 (see CD’s Classed account book …
- … to touch (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). …
- … [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10) Darwin told Hooker: I have almost resolved to …
- … of prizes & is very observant. He believes that we sh d succeed with a little patience; …
- … mid-January, and completed by mid-February (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 13 January [1863] and …
- … plants for use in a wide variety of experiments. He told Hooker that he was ‘looking with much …
- … shall keep to curious & experimental plants’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 January [1863] ). …
- … with whom he had dealt over many years. In his letter to Hooker, Darwin mentioned that he hoped to …
- … ‘awful sums’ that he imagined they would cost to buy. Hooker’s response was unequivocal: ‘You will …
- … plants you want before going to Nurserymen’ (letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 January 1863] ). …
- … avoid[,] of course I must not have from Kew’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 January [1863] ). …
- … ‘I long to stock it, just like a school-boy’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 February [1863] ). On …
- … for, but which I did not like to ask for’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, [21 February 1863] ). He had, …
- … proffering further advice on cultivation (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 March 1863] ). …
Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter
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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…
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- … in zoological matters, just as he did on Joseph Dalton Hooker’s in botany. Moreover, this circle of …
- … naturalists whom he believed deserved recognition. In 1855, he nominated John Obadiah Westwood for …
- … in his health was indicated by his comment in a letter to Hooker on 29 [May 1854] : ‘Very far …
- … also drawing the botanist Miles Joseph Berkeley, his friend Hooker, and various readers of the …
- … such speculative, large-scale geological changes. As he told Hooker in a letter of 5 June [1855] …
- … arguments for the dispersal of animals and plants with Hooker who, with Charles Lyell and Edward …
- … out his species essay in full. In 1850, he had written to Hooker ( Correspondence vol. 4, …
- … fertility of hybrids, Darwin began in the spring of 1855 a series of hybridising experiments with …
- … of specialists in his cirripede study, so Darwin began in 1855 to establish a comparable, yet even …
- … travelogues that described unusual domestic breeds. Early in 1855, following the advice of William …
- … breeding. As Darwin told Fox in a letter of 27 March [1855] , the object of his work was ‘to view …
- … wish it Throughout the correspondence of 1854 and 1855, the overwhelming impression given …
- … is perverse & will not do as I wish it’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 7 May [1855] ). But, whether …
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … tapping into the networks of others, such as Joseph Dalton Hooker and Asa Gray, who were at leading …
- … of face-to-face contact. His correspondence with Joseph Hooker and Asa Gray illustrates how close …
- … The first is between Darwin and his friend Kew botanist J. D. Hooker. The second is between Darwin …
- … Letter 736 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 23 Feb [1844] Darwin begins with a charming …
- … Letter 1674 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 25 Apr [1855] Darwin opens by reminding Harvard …
- … Letter 1685 — Gray, Asa to Darwin, C. R., 22 May 1855 Gray recalled meeting Darwin three …
- … Letter 1202 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 6 Oct [1848] Darwin catches up on personal …
- … name to specific name. Letter 1220 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., 3 Feb 1849 In …
- … Letter 1260 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 12 Oct 1849 Darwin opens by discussing their …
- … Letter 1720 — Darwin, C. R. to Lubbock, John, 19 [July 1855] Darwin congratulates Lubbock on …
- … 1751 — Darwin, C. R. to Tegetmeier, W. B., 31 Aug [1855] Darwin thanks W. B. Tegetmeier for …
- … 1788 — Darwin, C. R. to Tegetmeier, W. B., [2 Dec 1855] Darwin raises queries resulting …
Darwin's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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- … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …
What is an experiment?
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Darwin is not usually regarded as an experimenter, but rather as an astute observer and a grand theorist. His early career seems to confirm this. He began with detailed note-taking, collecting and cataloguing on the Beagle, and edited a descriptive zoology…
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … in South Africa. Letter 6736 - Gray, A. & J. L to Darwin, [8 & 9 May 1869] …
- … of wormholes. Letter 8611 - Cupples, A. J. to Darwin, E., [8 November1872] …
- … Darwin’s behalf. Letter 8683 - Roberts, D. to Darwin, [17 December 1872] …
- … little treatise”. Letter 4436 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [26-27 March 1864] …
- … and orangs. Letter 5705 - Haast, J. F. J. von to Darwin, [4 December 1867] …
- … in a marble tablet”. Letter 6815 - Scott, J. to Darwin, [2 July 1869] John …
- … 1701 - Morris, M. H. to Prior, R. C. A., [17 June 1855] Margaretta Hare Morris …
- … Men: Letter 385 - Wedgwood, S. E. & J. to Darwin, [10 November 1837] …
- … at Maer Hall, Staffordshire. Letter 1219 - Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, [3 February …
- … - Henslow, G. to Darwin, [11 November 1865] J. S. Henslow’s son, George, passes on the …
- … 1701 - Morris, M. H. to Prior, R. C. A., [17 June 1855] Margaretta Hare Morris …
- … Men: Letter 1836 - Berkeley, M. J. to Darwin, [7 March 1856] Clergyman and …
- … The experiments were carried out “at the suggestion of Dr Hooker” and what little he has ascertained …
- … to feed to them. Letter 2069 - Tenant, J. to Darwin, [31 March 1857] James …
- … University of Bonn. Letter 6046 - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] …
- … Women: Letter 2345 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [20 October 1858] Darwin …
- … of style. Letter 2461 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [11 May 1859] Darwin …
- … as such”. Letter 2475 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [2 July 1859] Darwin …
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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- … 4 [Pierquin de Gembloux 1839]. Said to be good by D r L. Lindsay 5 [DAR *119: 1v. …
- … [A. von Humboldt 1811] Richardson’s Fauna Borealis [J. Richardson 1829–37] …
- … Brown 1814] & at the end of Congo voyage [R. Brown 1818]. (Hooker 923) 7 read …
- … on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol [Prichard 1836–47] Lawrence [W. …
- … Teneriffe. in Pers. Narr. [A. von Humboldt 1814–29] D r Royle on Himmalaya types [Royle …
- … reference to authors about E. Indian Islands 8 consult D r Horsfield [Horsfield 1824] …
- … sheep [Youatt 1831, 1834, 1837]. Verey Philosophie d’Hist. Nat. [Virey 1835] read …
- … Paper on consciousness in brutes Blackwood June 1838 [J. F. Ferrie 1838]. H. C. Watson on …
- … Crawford Eastern Archipelago [Crawfurd 1820] Raffeles d[itt]o [T. S. B. Raffles 1817] …
- … [Temminck 1813–15] read Temminck has written Coup d’œil sur la Fauna des iles de la Sonde et …
- … to White Nat. Hist of Selbourne [E. T. Bennett ed. 1837 and [J. Rennie] ed. 1833] read 19 : …
- … what have they written.? “Hunt” [J. Hunt 1806] p. 290 …
- … He is Horticulturist in France. Michaux, according to Hooker has written on topography of N. …
- … chiefly on distribution of forms said to be Poor Sir. J. Edwards Botanical Tour [?J. E. Smith …
- … Butler. 3. first sermons [Butler 1834] recommended by Sir. J. Mackintosh J. Long Moral Nature …
- … ]. many very useful papers for me:— not in Hort. Soc. Hooker? Rogets Bridgewater Treatise …
- … —— Mauritius & C. of Good Hope Hooker recommends order [Backhouse …
- … Decandolles Veg: Organ: } recommended by Hooker . [A. P. de …
- … C. Watson 1845]— gives up permanent species (alluded to by Hooker) Foreign & British Med. …
- … 43 Lindley’s Vegetable Kingdom [Lindley 1846]. Hooker says very good for my purpose …
- … Phytologist [ Phytologist ] must be read . Hooker. read Fortune’s Travels in China …
- … Life of Sheridan [T. Moore 1825] Huc’s China [Huc 1855] —read } recom by Erasmus. Watt …
- … Rev d Baden Powel on the Unity of Worlds [Powell 1855]—discusses Vestiges [Chambers] 1847], must …
- … 172] D r . Young’s Life by Peacock [Peacock 1855] praised by Erasmus.— Read …
- … 12. Begin vol. 13. 98 Huc’s “Chinese Empire” [Huc 1855] several Dogs & Cats described. (read) …
- … Impériale et Centrale d'Horticulture de Paris ] vol. 1 1855. (I have read p. 209 to 268.) …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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- … Letter 1635 — Darwin, C. R. to Huxley, T. H., 20 Feb [1855?] …
- … Letter 4895 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J. F. T., 20 Sept [1865] Darwin thanks Müller for …
- … thinks seems probable. Letter 5173 — Müller, J. F. T. to Darwin, C. R., 2 Aug 1866 …
- … to be dichogamous. Letter 5429 — Müller, J. F. T. to Darwin, C. R., 4 Mar 1867 …
- … of other species. Letter 5480 — Müller, J. F. T. to Darwin, C. R., 1 Apr 1867 …
- … Letter 5551 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J. F. T., 26 May [1867] Darwin thanks Müller for …
- … Letter 207 — Darwin, C. R. to Fox, W. D., 23 May 1833 Darwin tells Fox to buy a microscope. …
- … to geology. Letter 1018 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., [6 Nov 1846] Darwin …
- … full of observations on barnacles and he would like to meet Hooker in London. Letter 1166 …
- … Owen might discuss the topic [in his contribution to J. F. W. Herschel, ed., Manual of scientific …
- … superior”. Letter 1174 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 10 May 1848 Darwin …
- … result of applying it to cirripede sexual systems. He tells Hooker that he sent Owen an account of …
- … book. Letter 1140 — Darwin, C. R. to Ross, J. C., 31 Dec 1847 Darwin asks Ross to …
- … C. R. to Gould, A. A., 20 Aug [1849] Darwin thanks J. D. Dana for cirripede specimens. Darwin …
- … This collection of letters, written between Darwin and Hooker whilst Darwin was preparing his …
- … history. Letter 1202 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 6 Oct [1848] Darwin writes …
- … name to specific name. Letter 1220 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., 3 Feb 1849 …
- … descriptions. Letter 1260 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 12 Oct 1849 Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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- … in his immediate circle were Charles Lyell and Joseph Dalton Hooker, who were joined in 1856 by …
- … way before. ‘How very odd it is that no zoologist sh d . ever have thought it worth while to look …
- … to make my Book as perfect as ever I can.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 8 February [1857] ). …
- … experiments on plants. Expanding projects set up during 1855 and 1856 (see Correspondence vol. 5 …
- … than their lowland relatives. But a last-minute check with Hooker revealed that Darwin was mistaken: …
- … pretty effectually’ complained Darwin in 1857 ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [2 May 1857] ). …
- … calculations and different ways of working, in letters to Hooker, Gray, and Watson. The results …
- … an equally difficult problem that he took in turn to Watson, Hooker, George Bentham, and the Belfast …
- … show a separation of the sexes, a proposal that Asa Gray and Hooker confirmed during the course of …
- … (see Correspondence vol. 3), he had begun in 1855 a series of researches designed to explain how …
- … of his study was the series of experiments begun in 1855 based on soaking a wide variety of seeds in …
- … zoological gardens in London. As he cheerfully explained to Hooker: ‘I must tell you another of my …
- … bird had naturally eaten have grown well.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1856] ). …
- … in this area, for Charles Lyell thought that Wallace’s 1855 paper implied some kind of belief in …
- … [1856] ). It was after this meeting that Darwin wrote to Hooker to say that Lyell had pressed him …
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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- … specimens by the young botanist and traveller, Joseph Dalton Hooker. More than 1200 letters between …
- … and Richard Owen shows. These friends, with the addition of Hooker, were important to Darwin for …
- … Darwin discussed his ideas on species mutability with Hooker, Horner, Jenyns, Lyell, Owen, and …
- … after their first exchange, early in 1844, Darwin told Hooker that he was engaged in a ‘very …
- … (it is like confessing a murder) immutable’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [11 January 1844] ). Nine …
- … heterodox opinions and later in the year both Jenyns and Hooker were invited to read a manuscript …
- … In the event, it was not until the beginning of 1847 that Hooker was given a fair copy of the essay …
- … attributed the book to him. But, as his letters to Hooker show, Darwin carefully considered and then …
- … Forbes, and Owen were deleted, Henslow’s was queried, and J. D. Hooker’s was added. Much later, by …
- … on species ( Natural selection ), he had decided that Hooker was by far the best man for the task …
- … an argument against the French palaeontologist Alcide d’Orbigny, insisting that the vast pampas …
- … Journal of researches , and his species work. Joseph Hooker and the Beagle plant …
- … and apparently relieved to handover Darwin’s plants to Hooker, who had just returned from …
- … of the Southern Hemisphere. Darwin was quick to spot in Hooker a man he judged could become the …
- … laws of creation, Geographical Distribution’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 February 1845] ) and …
- … and European botanists. Darwin’s questions challenged Hooker to apply his particular knowledge to …
- … that is not touched upon in their correspondence. Hooker’s observations on classification provided …
- … that of Waterhouse with respect to the animal kingdom. Hooker was also ready to discuss contemporary …
- … from each other. The letters also document aspects of Hooker’s life: his search for a paid position, …
- … - Darwin's work on barnacles It was also Hooker who helped Darwin in the first stages of …
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
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On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
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- … and inflammation of the joints (see, for example, Holland 1855, p. 233, and Garrod 1863, pp. 263-4). …
New material added to the American edition of Origin
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A ‘revised and augmented’ American edition of Origin came on the market in July 1860, and was the only authorised edition available in the US until 1873. It incorporated many of the changes Darwin made to the second English edition, but still contained…
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- … way toward publishing the book. Indeed, by early in January D. Appleton & Co. had Origin in …
- … Acting on Darwin’s behalf, Gray duly contacted D. Appleton to inquire about author’s copyright and …
- … [17 January 1860], and 23 January 1860). Although D. Appleton was not obliged by United …
- … changed his mind. On 31 January he told Joseph Dalton Hooker that he was preparing a ‘historical …
- … to Asa Gray, 1 February [1860]). By 1 May 1860, D. Appleton had sold the bulk of the 2250 …
- … the only one available in the United States until 1873, when D. Appleton prepared a new edition …
- … prejudices. In 1846, the veteran geologist, M. J. d’Omalius d’Halloz, published in an …
- … the modification to the change of circumstances. The author (1855) has treated Psychology on the …
- … du monde, la forme, le volume et la durée de chacun d’eux, en raison de sa destinée dans l’ordre de …
- … the Rev. Baden Powell, in his Essays on the Unity of Worlds, 1855. Nothing can be more striking than …
- … edition of this work was published. In December, 1859, Dr. Hooker published his Introduction to the …
- … inordinate increase of specific forms throughout the world. Hooker has recently shown that in the S. …
- … having read the discussions on this subject by Lyell and by Hooker in regard to plants, concur only …
Suggested reading
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Contemporary writing Anon., The English matron: A practical manual for young wives, (London, 1846). Anon., The English gentlewoman: A practical manual for young ladies on their entrance to society, (Third edition, London, 1846). Becker, L. E.…
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- … Becker: A cameo life-sketch , (London, 1912). Hooker, J. D., On the flora of …
- … illustrations of character and conduct , (London, 1855). Stickney-Ellis, S., The …
- … 'Women and work' pp. 124-151. Bernstein, S. D., ‘‘Supposed differences’: Lydia …
- … scientific thinking (London, 2006). Browne, J. Darwin’s Origin of species : A b …
- … world, 1820 - 1885 , (Georgia, 2007). Harvey, J., ‘‘Darwin’s angels’: The women …
Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia
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Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…
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- … or elevating it to a separate class altogether (R. Owen 1855). Milne-Edwards and Owen also relied …
- … class between the Crustacea and the Annelida (R. Owen 1855).^7^ Darwin, however, with his particular …
- … to hermaphrodite cirripedes, for example, Darwin informed Hooker of this interesting discovery and …
- … Toward the end of his study of Balanus , in a letter to Hooker on 25 September [1853] ( …
- … of his theory of evolution can be recognised. Indeed, both Hooker and Huxley believed that the …
Darwin's health
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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
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- … was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, …
- … establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to Hooker’s letter which he put down to his …
- … he took Dr Gully’s water cure. In Darwin’s letter to Hooker, he described Dr Gully’s treatment: …
- … the years around 1848, 1852, 1859, and 1863. In a letter to Hooker in April of 1861, for example, …
- … vomiting wonderfully & I am gaining vigour .’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] ) …
- … (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 2, letter to J. S. Henslow, 14 October [1837] , …
- … House MS), which he kept between 1 July 1849 and 16 January 1855, describes almost daily occurrences …
- … attacks of ‘periodical vomiting’ in a letter to W. D. Fox, [7 June 1840] ( Correspondence vol …
- … 1849] , and ‘vomiting every week’ in his letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 March 1849 ( …
- … Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [6 May 1864] ). According to Emma …
- … decision to consult John Chapman. In a letter to J. D. Hooker, [20-] 22 February [1864] ( …
- … 1995, pp. 428-9. On his difficulties reading, see letters to J. D. Hooker, 1 June [1865] and …
- … from gout (see Correspondence vol. 1, letter to W. D. Fox, [25-9 January 1829] , and …
- … discussed in Colp 1977, pp. 31-2, 47, 98. In his letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 March [1863] ( …
- … also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1864] . …
- … (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 4, letter to W. D. Fox, 24 [March 1849] , and …
- … for several years (see Correspondence vol. 4, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 October 1849 , and …
- … his chronic vomiting ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] ). …
Thomas Henry Huxley
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Dubbed “Darwin’s bulldog” for his combative role in controversies over evolution, Huxley was a leading Victorian zoologist, science popularizer, and education reformer. He was born in Ealing, a small village west of London, in 1825. With only two years of…
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- … Huxley’ for the first time in a letter of 20 February [1855]. Darwin did have reservations about …
