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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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- … Airy, Hubert (27) Aitchison, William (2) …
- … Baird, S. F. (1) Baird, William (1) …
- … Bartlett, R. S. (1) Barwell, Richard (1) …
- … Baxter, W. W. (36) Baxter, William (7) …
- … Bennett, A. W. (21) Bennett, William (2) …
- … Bishop, I. P. (1) Bishop, Richard (1) …
- … Blanche (2) Blenkiron, William, Jr (1) …
- … Bowles, W. B. (2) Bowman, William (29) …
- … Frank (17) Buckland, William (6) …
- … Clephan, T. R. (1) Clift, William (1) …
- … Coldstream, John (2) Cole, William (3) …
- … Cooper, W. B. (1) Cooper, William (1) …
- … Croll, James (16) Crookes, William (1) …
- … la Beche, H. T. (3) Dealtry, William (1) …
- … Farr, John (2) Farr, William (7) …
- … Ford, R. S. (1) Fordman, Richard (1) …
- … (2) Frean, Richard (2) Frere, G. E. …
- … Hart, W. E. (1) Harte, Richard (1) …
- … Hill, Lewin (2) Hill, Richard (b) (5) …
- … College, London (1) Kippist, Richard (21) …
- … Ogle, William (38) Okes, Richard (1) …
- … Owen, G. S. (1) Owen, Richard (40) …
- … Ramu, H. (4) Randolph, Richard (2) …
- … Rich, Anthony (27) Richard, Henry (1) …
- … Rice, Thomas (2) Spruce, Richard (5) …
- … T. M. (2) Strachey, Richard (4) …
- … Wheler, E. A. (9) Whewell, William (8) …
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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- … 1832–7] contains all his fathers views Quoted by Owen [Hunter 1837] [DAR *119: 3v.] …
- … There appears to be good art. on Entozore 12 by Owen in Encyclop. of Anat. & Physiology [R. …
- … researches on the Horse in N. America— [Harlan 1835] Owen has it. & Royal Soc Lord …
- … June /41/ [Herschel 1841] I see I must study Whewell on Philosophy of Science [Whewell 1840] …
- … geological History of the Horse [Karkeek 1841]. (not read.) Owen not got these No s . …
- … read it— Erasmus has it Owens Brit. Mammalia [R. Owen 1846a]— Horner has it. (read) …
- … at end 59 Hunters animal economy edited by Owen [Hunter 1837], read several papers all …
- … 119: 4a] Lessings Laocoon [Lessing 1836] Whewell inductive History [Whewell 1837] …
- … 1807] 24 th Well Skimmed (for second time) Whewell’s Bridgewater Treatise [Whewell …
- … Rich d . 2 d . poor. Henry IV [Shakespeare: King Richard II ; King Henry IV ] …
- … 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]. …
- … [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 …
- … 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 …
- … British Association for the Advancement of Science (1854). Richard Owen gave the same paper at the …
- … is confused; the citation given is actually that of Richard Owen’s paper on Dinornis rather than …
- … all sorts of trees, shrubs, and flowers . Revised by Richard Bradley. London. *119: 19v.; 119: …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 13, 22; 119: 22b Beste, John Richard. 1855. The Wabash; or, …
- … Home life in Germany . London. 128: 11 Bradley, Richard. 1724. A general treatise of …
- … [Abstract in DAR 205.3: 143–51.] 128: 6 Dana, Richard Henry. [1840]. Two years before …
Interview with Pietro Corsi
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Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
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- … stressed the fact that Darwin insisted on his originality. Richard Owen started first, in a nasty …
- … is coming from France. However, they almost overreacted. William Whewell, in the review of the …
- … the issue was almost academic within a lot of people, and William Whewell, in 1837, wrongly thought …
Darwin and Design
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At the beginning of the nineteenth century in Britain, religion and the sciences were generally thought to be in harmony. The study of God’s word in the Bible, and of his works in nature, were considered to be part of the same truth. One version of this…
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- … the same truth. One version of this harmony was presented in William Paley’s Natural theology, or …
- … at one example, the treatise on geology. It was written by William Buckland, the professor of …
- … can be found in the work of the comparative anatomist Richard Owen. In a series of publications in …
- … birds, reptiles, and mammals). These ‘archetypes’, as Owen called them, were originally conceived in …
- … connected these divisions into a single order of creation. Owen developed this theory of underlying …
- … sum of a series of essentially similar segments. Owen went on to extend this theory of …
- … thus showing the unity of plan of God’s creation. Owen’s highly theoretical anatomy was quite …
- … purposes. In comparing the work of Paley, Buckland, and Owen, it becomes clear that natural theology …
- … Some natural philosophers and astronomers, such as William Herschel, speculated about the origins of …
- … other versions of natural theology, such as that of William Herschel. Indeed, the second edition of …
- … nature to the physical condition of man. Treatise III, by William Whewell. On astronomy and general …
- … with reference to natural theology. 2 vols. Treatise VI, by William Buckland. Geology and mineralogy …
- … Hugh Miller, Footprints of the creator (1849). Richard Owen, On the archetype and …
Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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- … also a thorough restructuring, as he explained to his cousin William Darwin Fox in March 1837: ‘ I …
- … had circulated the page proofs from early 1838, not least to William Whewell, president of the …
- … Journal and remarks he had received from the publisher. William Buckland praised its ‘ high …
- … & generous feeling that is visible in every part ’; and William Lonsdale also admired the ‘ …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … . . compiled from papers . . . of . . . Lord Anson . . . by Richard Walter . London, 1748. ( …
- … Darwin Library–CUL ††. ‡ Beechey, Frederick William. Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific …
- … , etc. London, 1743. (DAR 36.1: 447). Burchell, William John. Travels in the interior of …
- … . . . London, 1798. (DAR 31.2: 318v.). Conybeare, William Daniel and Phillips, William. …
- … 255v.; number of volumes on board unknown). Dampier, William. A new voyage round the world. …
- … (Letter to Caroline Darwin, 27 December 1835). Ellis, William. Polynesian researches, …
- … and western coasts of Australia (includes: Fitton, William. An account of some geological …
- … tracts’, Darwin Library–CUL †. Kirby, William and Spence, William. An introduction to …
- … of Rio de la Plata. London, 1825. (DAR 33: 269v.). Owen, William Fitz William. Narrative …
- … Berlin 1769 ed. †† (vol. 2). Phillips, William. Elementary introducton to . . . mineralogy …
- … 28 June 1836, Collected papers 1: 26). Webster, William Henry Bayley. Narrative of a …
- … 109v.). Werner, G. See Syme, P. [Whateley, Richard]. A view of the Scripture …
- … (Letter from Caroline Darwin, 28 October [1833]). § Whewell, William. Essay towards a first …
- … tracts’, Darwin Library–CUL †. Buckland, William. Considerations of the evidences of a recent …
- … I have got it in bedroom, Taxidermy’.). Possibly Swainson, William. The naturalist’s guide for …
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 …
- … of thinking about the significance of John Gould’s and Richard Owen’s identifications of his bird …
- … 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 …
- … . The work comprises five parts: Fossil Mammalia , by Richard Owen; Mammalia , by G. R. …
- … by C. G. Ehrenberg; fungi by M. J. Berkeley; and corals by William Lonsdale ( Collected papers , 2 …
- … Towards the end of 1843, he increasingly hoped that William Jackson Hooker or his son Joseph might …
- … Henslow, Jenyns, Waterhouse, and his second cousin, William Darwin Fox—knew, as he said to Henslow, …
- … selection preserved from this period are the exchanges with William Herbert, Dean of Manchester, a …
- … 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 …
