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List of correspondents

Summary

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,…

Matches: 28 hits

  • … (12) Agassiz, Louis (10) Agent for Mr Allen …
  • … James (c) (3) Anderson-Henry, Isaac (17) …
  • … Arruda Furtado, Francisco d’ (10) Ashburner, Lionel (1) …
  • … (1) Babbage, Charles (10) Babington, C. C. …
  • … A. A. van (2) Bence Jones, Henry (8) …
  • … E. M. (6) Bonham-Carter, Henry (1) …
  • … Charles (2) Bradshaw, Henry (1) …
  • … Cattell, John (3) Cecil, Henry (2) …
  • … A. A. L. P. (2) Coe, Henry (6) …
  • … Cohn, F. J. (22) Colburn, Henry (3) …
  • … (1) Covington, Syms (10) Cowper-Temple, W. F. …
  • … Denison, C. L. (3) Denny, Henry (13) …
  • … Dorrell, Mr. (2) Doubleday, Henry (13) …
  • … Edwards, Ernest (1) Edwards, Henry (5) …
  • … (9) Errera, L. A. (10) Erskine, H. N. B. …
  • … Farrer, William (1) Faulds, Henry (2) …
  • … (13) Forbes, Edward (10) Forbes, J. D. …
  • … François de Chaumont, F. S. B. (10) Fraser, George (3) …
  • … Gill, T. N. (1) Gillman, Henry (2) …
  • … (1) Gosse, P. H. (10) Goubert, E. M. J. M. P. …
  • … Grove, W. R. (12) Groves, Henry (3) …
  • … (1) Harcourt, E. W. V. (10) Hardwicke’s …
  • … (1) Leighton, W. A. (10) Leng, H. H. …
  • … (60) Litchfield, R. B. (10) Literary Fund …
  • … (1) Miller, W. H. (10) Milne Home, David …
  • … (7) Reeks, Henry (10) Reeks, Trenham …
  • … (5) Reuter, Adolf (10) Reviewer (1) …
  • … (1) Stanley, M. C. (10) Stanley, Thomas …

Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution

Summary

The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’.  Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…

Matches: 8 hits

  • … November [1868] ; this volume, letter to Thomas Woolner, 10 March [1870] ). Darwin included …
  • … were concerned about the consequences of Wallace’s book. Henry Walter Bates urged Darwin to respond …
  • … zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. A protégé of Thomas Henry Huxley, Mivart had established a …
  • … Darwin commented on Mivart’s essay in a letter to William Henry Flower: ‘I am glad you noticed the …
  • … Dalton Hooker, Darwin discussed the recent experiments of Henry Charlton Bastian, which Bastian …
  • … were injurious to offspring. He wrote initially probably to Henry Hussey Vivian, an MP and fellow of …
  • … May 1870?] ). Vivian contacted the home secretary, Henry Austin Bruce, about the possibility …
  • … Darwin’s health was generally good. He did consult Henry Bence Jones, his physician since 1865, …