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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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  • … (20) Wedgwood, Josiah, II (7) Wedgwood, Josiah …

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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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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  • … Letter 5756 - Langton, E. & C. to Wedgwood S. E., [after 9 November 1868] Darwin …
  • … passes on information and fieldwork results from her father, Josiah Wedgwood II. The fieldwork was …

Darwin and dogs

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Darwin was almost always in the company of dogs. Nina, Spark, Pincher, and Shiela. Snow, Dash, Bob, and Bran. The beloved terrier Polly (right). They were Darwin's constant companions at home and in the field, on walks and in sport, in his study and…

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  • … school, he was introduced to the sport by his uncles Josiah Wedgwood II and William Owen. While at …

Volume appendices

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Here is a list of the appendices from the print volumes of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin with links to adapted online versions where they are available. Appendix I in each volume contains translations of letters in foreign languages and these can…

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  • … letter is here ). When not specified Appendix II is a chronology of Darwin’s life in the …
  • …   1 II Darwin’s Beagle records …
  • …   4 II Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia …
  • …   5 II Death of Anne Elizabeth Darwin …
  • … Correspondence between Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood I, concerning the properties of ice …

Darwin’s observations on his children

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Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…

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  • … Sarah Wedgwood, Elizabeth (Bessy) Wedgwood, and Josiah Wedgwood II. According to Emma Darwin’s diary …

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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  • … developed by Darwin from a suggestion made by his uncle, Josiah Wedgwood II, during one of Darwin’s …
  • … 1961, p. 53). Marriage Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in January 1839. His hopes and …

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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  • … 1834]. Zoolog. Proceedings & Journal of Asiatic Soc. Vol. II & Vol. III [DAR *119: …
  • … account of birds of Geneva— Mem. de la Soc. Genev. Tom II p. 29 [L. A. Necker 1823] read …
  • … 1844]. Hallam Constitut Hist: Hen VII to Georg II d . death [Hallam 1827] Ranke’s …
  • … of Rural Sports [Blaine 1840] (at Athenæum?) Book II Chapt. 4 on variation by  Blaine .— & on …
  • … of Agriculture by Loudon [Loudon 1831]. Book I. ch. 7 & Book II. Ch. 8. Book. VII. ch 8, 11. …
  • … of world [Pliny 1601] Well 65  skimmed Lamarck II Vol Philos. Zoology [Lamarck 1809]— …
  • … as far as. p. 488 of 1839 or (Part. XIII) forming end of Vol II: perhaps worth reading on. …
  • … d . 2 d . poor. Henry IV [Shakespeare:  King Richard II ;  King Henry IV ] Northanger …
  • … } to end of vol Vol. II p. 1 to 240 30 th …
  • … of   the Highland Society of Scotland ]. Vol. I and Vol II 1803: Edited by H. Mackenzie nothing …
  • … 1846] skimmed 14 th  Wellington Despatches Vol I. II. III [Wellesley 1834–9] Dec 12 …
  • … —— 13 th  Phytologist [ Phytologist ]. Vol I &, II to p. 860 —— 28 th  Jardine’s …
  • … Philosophical Society, held at   Philadelphia ] Vols I & II. (2 Series) Sept. 3 d . …
  • … 1834] 9 th  Jukes Voyage [Jukes 1847]. Vol. I & II. W. F. Edwards Des Caracteres des …
  • … Nat. Hist of Ireland [Thompson 1849–56]. Vol. I. II & 3 May. St. John’s Tour in …
  • … Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle ] Tom. I (lost). II 1833. III 1834. & IV 1835: …
  • … Life. L d  J. Russel [T. Moore 1853–6]. Vol I. II. III. poorish. —— 26 Sir T. Moore’s life …
  • … of the   Entomological Society of London ] up to Vol II. Part IV. N.S. 1853 Sept. No s …
  • … 119: 17b ——. 1858–65.  History of Frederick II. of Prussia,   called Frederick the Great …
  • … England, from the   earliest times to the death of George II by Oliver   Goldsmith. The 11th …
  • … Containing the economy of vegetation . London, 1791. Part II:  The loves of the plants. With   …
  • …   from the accession of Henry VII to the death of George II . 2 vols. London [Other eds.]  *119: …
  • … The history of England, from the   accession of James II.  5 vols. London.  128: 21 …
  • … . 3 vols. Boston. [Other eds.]  119: 21b Nott, Josiah Clark and Gliddon, George Robbins. …
  • …   119: 9b ; King Lear   119: 11b ;  King Richard II   119: 9b ;  A midsummer night’s …
  • …   from the revolution in 1688, to the death of George II.   Designed as a continuation of Hume . …
  • … added, three discourses, I: Of the art of   fowling … II: Of the ordering of singing birds. III: …